Leaving Us Behind
What We Leave Behind by Derrick Jensen and Aric McBay (Seven Stories Press) Soil Not Oil: Environmental Justice in an Age of Climate Crisis by Vandana Shiva (South End Press) Derrick Jensen and Aric McBay’s What We Leave Behind begins with a story about shit. It sounds snarky and unfair when I describe it that [...]
...read moreOne Book I Won’t Be Reading
The East, the West and Sex by Richard Bernstein. The Slate review is actually pretty good. It points out Bernstein’s troubling view of women, and “Eastern” women in particular — with “East” apparently meaning Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Bernstein basically argues that, sure, colonialism was kinda bad and racist, but the sexual interactions [...]
...read moreEmails from my mother
Okay, here’s what you need to understand going in: my mother is mentally ill, most likely with borderline personality disorder (characterized by certain patterns in a person’s social interactions). She is extremely passive-aggressive, as well as manipulative and emotionally abusive. Around sixteen years old, when I was just beginning to realize how fucked-up my family [...]
...read moreShorter Ross Douthat:
The rich deserve passion. The poor aren’t entitled to that luxury, and maybe if they settled, they’d be less poor.
...read moreo hai etc
Hi y’all. I’m Queen Emily, one of this week’s guest bloggers. Some of you will know me from as one of the bloggers at Questioning Transphobia, or possibly my personal blog where these days I mostly talk about what pop music is amazing (girls with synths) and what is rubbish (boys with guitars). Thanks to [...]
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I’m back!
Hi folks! This was a bit short-notice, but I’m very glad to be guestblogging here again. My name is amandaw and I’ll be writing here for the next couple weeks. My introduction from last year: Who am I? Let’s get the demographics out of the way: I fall under the default personhood in western culture [...]
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FNTT Season 5 Round 2, the Traditional Values episode
Feministe’s Next Top Troll Round 2 is still going, this time with some very traditional commenters. Vote below the fold.
...read moreProject Guest Blogger 2009
It’s that time again: Project Guest Blogger is starting up at Feministe. We have a great crew lined up for you, and the guesting will commence tomorrow. I’ll let them introduce themselves, and I’m very, very excited to have them all here. Enjoy!
...read moreShameless Self-Promotion Sunday
Do your thing.
...read moreInternet Friends:
I’d appreciate some help from the Feministe commentariat. I’m trying to buy language software. I have heard wonderful things about Rosetta Stone, but they are fucking expensive. Can anybody out there speak to whether they give good value for the money? Or recommend a cheaper alternative? I’m looking for French and/or (standard) Arabic. I need [...]
...read moreCash for Babies
Hey, look, it’s two dudes who will never be pregnant discussing policies that only impact women. Really, New York Times, you couldn’t have found anyone other than William Saletan and the Beliefnet guy to discuss abortion rights and coercive economic polices? The whole thing is so infuriating I’m having trouble coming up with a coherent [...]
...read more“Women and Trans” Health Care Really Ought to Mean It
I was really shocked, confused and appalled when I saw this. Queen Emily was trying to find trans friendly health care services in Louisiana. Believe me, this is not an easy task even in regions that haven’t been economically devastated by disasters and disastrous government. I have risked my own health more than once because [...]
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