Feministe’s Next Top Troll, March Madness Edition – Elite Eight, Bracket One
It’s March Madness, Feministe-style. We’ve narrowed down our latest trolls from 16 to 8; those eight are divided into four brackets. Vote for your favorites in Bracket One now. Potentially triggering troll comments below the image.
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Sarah Haskins Blow Out
In case you’ve missed them, below are two new Target Women videos for your viewing pleasure. First up, Lifetime! (Click here if you can’t view the embedded video.) You know, I’m sure that the dogs reenacting scenes from famous movies is actually supposed to be a joke on the part of Lifetime (Right? Someone please [...]
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Derailing for Dummies
For everyone in need of a laugh, especially bloggers and regular blog commenters, check out Derailing for Dummies (tag line: Making Discrimination Easier!). Here’s the intro: You know how it is. You’re enjoying yourself, kicking back and relaxing at the pub or maybe at the library; or maybe you’re in class or just casually surfing [...]
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Mommy Dearest
French Vogue has a striking editorial spread in this month’s magazine — featuring images of a pregnant woman smoking, tossing a toy baby, and generally looking un-motherly. I think Tatiana is right when she says that this could never appear in a U.S. magazine, and that it’s poking at the sentimentality surrounding motherhood. What do [...]
...read moreApril Fool’s!
In need of some April Fool’s fun — and a giant timesuck? Check out the Museum of Hoaxes Top 100 April Fool’s Hoaxes of All Time (h/t). Though probably the cruelest of all I’ve come across so far, I’m particularly a fan of #21. #10 also gave me a good laugh. Have you been had [...]
...read moreFeministe Hero of the Day: Aspen Baker
Aspen Baker co-founded Exhale, an organization that provides judgment-free post-abortion counseling for all women. Here she is being honored for her work: And here she is talking about her own abortion: She’s an amazing woman, and another example of the positive feminist work that women are doing in their own communities every day. Thanks, Aspen, [...]
...read moreAfghan Leader Backs Law That Legalizes Rape
So much for women’s rights in Afghanistan: Hamid Karzai has been accused of trying to win votes in Afghanistan’s presidential election by backing a law the UN says legalises rape within marriage and bans wives from stepping outside their homes without their husbands’ permission. … The final document has not been published, but the law [...]
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