How will Gustav impact the race?
At The New Republic, Nate Silver argues that Hurricane Gustav could end up helping – rather than hurting – the Republican Party in at least five ways, with the most potent of these – I think – being this one: 5. Crisis Mentality May Benefit McCain. By appearing in New Orleans, and perhaps even delivering [...]
...read moreEight Hours for Work, Eight Hours for Rest, Eight Hours for What We Will!
That was the motto for the Eight-Hour Movement, chanted in labor demonstrations and union halls far and wide in the latter part of the 1800s. The fight for the eight hour day was a long one, originating with the onset of the Industrial Revolution itself (first in the form of the ten-hour day, with two [...]
...read moresaying goodbye on a good note…
It’s been my pleasure guest blogging here for the past two weeks. (I think I’ve overstepped by one day–Labor Day screwed me up.) I tried to touch on different topics of interest to me and hopefully of interest to some of the readers here at Feminste and I’ve been excited when people took the time [...]
...read moreintroduction to cripchick and the mda telethon
Hello, all! Cripchick checking in—Thanks to the lovely Feministe folks here, I’ll be guest-blogging for the next two weeks. A little bit about myself: I identify as a queer, disabled, radical woman of color interested in an intersectional approach to ending oppression. I recently started blogging in the last year and am amazed at how [...]
...read moreShorter Michael Gerson: “Women are children.”
Michael Gerson – noted Bush minion feminist – believes (not surprisingly) that most women are idiots: Palin is a historic pick — if elected as vice president, she would most likely be America’s first female president. Though the evangelical/hunter/beauty-contest contestant is unlikely to appeal to the hardest core of Hillary’s feminist supporters, she is likely [...]
...read moreSalve!
Hello Feministe readers! My name is Jamelle and – thanks to Jill’s generosity – I’ll be guest-blogging here for the next two weeks. I’m not particularly good at writing extended descriptions of myself (they always turn out really stilted), but here goes: I’m a fourth-year (yes, that’s the terminology we use) at the University of [...]
...read moreBefore The Speculative Commentary Gets Out of Hand
News is that Sarah Palin’s oldest daughter, Bristol, is five months pregnant and plans to marry the father and keep the baby. Amidst some nasty rumors that Bristol is actually the mother of Palin’s infant — rumors that are completely unfounded but don’t stop the Daily Kos kids from running them into the ground — [...]
...read moreQuannu lu gattu nun c’e li surci abballanu!
…Sicilian for “when the cat is away the mice will play” (will dance), which is kinda how I feel when I’m guest blogging. I’ve guest-blogged twice, and posted two introductions at Feministe, here and here; my first introduction at my own blog is here. So, as Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes sang, “if you [...]
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Touch of Gray
I’ve gotta say, I think gray hair is attractive on men and women alike. Zuzu wrote about embracing gray hair awhile back and the consensus was clear: Gray hair is hott. Now the Beauty Machine eats at men, men with gray hair, and it deems them old and unattractive. And unfortunately it gives them the [...]
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