About Erasing …
It has not exactly gone unreported that the casting of 21 is racist. (One widely linked critique is here. I found another here but I feel like there must be a whole body of WOC coverage of this story that I missed. If I did, my mistake and I will gladly update if anyone brings [...]
...read moreOrange Juice That Comes In Juggs
Posting on this at the request of my spouse. At 20 seconds, is that the most transparent metaphor for breasts to sell orange juice? (It might not be so clear if it were not for the voice-over, which contextualizes the images.) We’re surrounded by the commodification of the female body. The drumbeat is so steady [...]
...read moreFeminism without fragmentation
When Jill asked me to come on as a regular blogger for Feministe, one question/concern that I had for her was about the type of stuff I could post here. Feministe is, of course, centered around feminism, so I asked whether it’s all right for me to post things that aren’t explicitly related to feminism [...]
...read moreHey, everyone!
I’m happy to announce that I’m the newest blogger on this awesome Feministe team! A big thanks to Jill for inviting me and to my fellow bloggers for welcoming me. (And to Jill, have a good break. I strongly believe in blogging breaks for sanity’s sake. Looking forward to your return.) A bit about me: [...]
...read moreMen Who Take Their Partners’ Names
One of my spouse’s college friends, a het woman, married a het guy who took her name. It has been years, but his mother is still bitter. I thought of it because it came up in Jessica Valenti’s new book, He’s A Stud, She’s A Slut, which I am in the middle of. There are [...]
...read moreTaking a Break
I need to leave the internets for a while. About a month ago, I arranged to have a guest blogger start today so that I have time to prepare for finals. So as you can see from the previous posts, Thomas will be covering for me for a while, and of course the other Feministe [...]
...read moreNow You Too Can Avoid Pain… Just Like Men, but Smoother!
The amazing Julia Serano has contributed a post to Feministing about this Philips ad for an epilator: All of her points are great, and you should go over to Feministing and read them, and then follow the link from her fourth point to her essay on media depictions of trans women. Personally, I shave my [...]
...read moreJoe Francis, Again
I just love to type these words: Joe Francis is in trouble again. AP is reporting that Ashley Dupre, the sex worker who became famous in the Spitzer case, was in a GGW video. She was 17. She was drunk. She is suing. Joe Francis, child abuser, might have to seriously consider not filming any [...]
...read moreNew Blogger Joining Feministe
And I couldn’t be more excited, because she’s one of my favorite writers on the internets and she’ll be an awesome addition to the Feministe team. I will let her announce herself, so keep an eye out for the new kid.
...read moreHow Marriage Inequality Affects Transgender Spouses
There are several things that bug me a lot about this NY Times article on a married couple that stayed together through one partner’s transition as a transwoman. There’s referring to the transwoman, Denise, by masculine pronouns and her birth name to reference past events where she did identify as female but had not yet [...]
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More About the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints
FLDS founding patriarch Rulon Jeffs with his last two wives — sisters Edna and Mary Fischer — on their wedding day. He received the pair as a 90th birthday present. The recent raid on a fundamentalist Mormon sect in Texas has been all over the news, and it’s a tragedy from all angles — sad [...]
...read moreAnti-Choicers: Punishing Women with Non-Consensual Invasive Medical Procedures
Anti-choicers in Oklahoma again demonstrate how much they care about women: So much that if women want to terminate a pregnancy, they’ll be forced to undergo an ultrasound, whether they consent or not. Making women undergo an unnecessary medical procedure against their will is bad enough — especially when medical professionals do not recommend unnecessary [...]
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