Erica Jong on Circumcision: A Case Study in Racism and Body-Shame
Is Erica Jong insane? It appears to be quite possible. I’m all for greater discussion about male circumcision. Personally, I find circumcision seriously troubling. I wouldn’t do it to my kid. If you want to be circumcised, more power to you, but I think parents have an obligation to allow their children to make decisions [...]
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Attention Rebellious Jezebels:
There’s now a t-shirt just for you. Two pages of shirts, even. And all the proceeds go to NARAL — what could be better? Thanks to Laurie for the link.
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Reminder: Feministing Party TONIGHT
6pm, Link Lounge — 15th and Irving Pl. I’ll be there around 7:15. Hope to see some of you!
...read moreSubpoenas allowed in AutoAdmit suit
This should be interesting. (No, I don’t feel like writing about this anymore. Hopefully the reasons behind that sentiment are obvious enough. If you have no idea what I’m talking about or what AutoAdmit is, here are some posts, in chronological order, to get you all up to speed): One: The first time I discovered [...]
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Overheard at the SOTU
Roommate’s boyfriend: What do you think Nancy Pelosi and Dick Cheney talk about up there? Jill: I think Nancy is probably like, “So, Dick, how are you?” and Dick probably responds with something along the lines of, “I like turtles,” except in his menacing voice. And then Nancy smiles really widely and nods and is [...]
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Waterboarding Cows and Poisoning Kids
Well this is disgusting, and offensive on several levels. It’s no secret that the American meat industry is inhumane and under-regulated, but the Humane Society has just released a video of slaughterhouse employees essentially torturing cows in order to get them to stand up for health inspectors — employees shoot water up the cows’ noses, [...]
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12 Crazy Old Ads
Trisha sends these along, and they are indeed… interesting. Major themes seem to be misogyny and somehow harming children.
...read more“Don’t make me backhand you”
In other news, Joe Scarborough is an asshole. And threatening to slap someone on TV is not acceptable.
...read moreWeirdest Exercise Schtick EVER.
The Hawaii Chair: I know there’s a Feministe reader out there somewhere who wants to buy this for me… via Lauren.
...read moreBut some of my best friends are Canadian!
The new racial slur: Canadian. Yeah, I don’t know whether to laugh or cry either. Thanks to Kyle for the link.
...read moreTuesday Travel Blogging – Legrena
I’ve been pretty hit-or-miss with the travel blogging these days, but life has gotten very stressful and it makes me feel a little better to look at pretty pictures. So today, I’m Travel Blogging a teeny tiny little Greek village called Legrena. The word “town” is almost certainly too generous for this place — there [...]
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What food could someone not pay you enough to eat?
I am so with Melissa on marshmallow peeps. Also on my list: Donuts. Capers. Chardonnay. Cocktail weenies. Aplets & Cotlets which, growing up in Washington State, I always got as Christmas presents. Lemon-flavored desserts (especially any sort of mousse, yuck). Jello, especially the way my grandma — God rest her soul — used to make [...]
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