Eno Road
Writing about the Kingston Ash Spill reminded me of the whole Eno Road situation, which is another instance of environmental racism and the stupidity that results (I wrote about it last year, better than I am doing now). Here you have an instance of blatant racism, where white people were told of the dangers of [...]
...read moreFallout from the Kingston Ash Spill
Last December 22, a retaining wall at the Kingston Fossil Plant (run by the TVA) gave way and dumped over a billion gallons of coal ash slurry across a great swath of Roane County, Tennessee. It was one of the worst, if not the worst, man-made environmental disasters in our country’s history. People’s homes were [...]
...read moreHi there! And an intro and some thoughts on food.
Greetings, Feministe folks. I’m excited to be guest posting here again. Some of you may know me as the founding editor and publisher of Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture. Since leaving Bitch I’ve done a bunch of different things, many of which are too boring to talk about. But one of interesting ones (if [...]
...read moreThanks Feministe and Good-Bye
I would like to thank the Feministe bloggers for so generously sharing their space with me. I really appreciate the opportunity to engage with such a large audience. Thanks everyone for the great conversations that went on in comments. Remember that we cannot always agree but if we are engaging with each other, there is [...]
...read moreNice to Be Here
Whew, I am thrilled and nervous to be here. Let’s see. What do you need to know about me off the bat? I blog primarily at Tiny Cat Pants, which is rapidly approaching its 5th Anniversary. I also blog under my given name, Betsy Phillips, at Pith in the Wind, which is the Nashville Scene‘s [...]
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Moni’s Ground Rules
Hello Feministe! I’m Monica Roberts, AKA the TransGriot for those of you who have yet to be introduced to my writing either at my home blog, the Bilerico Project, or various places such as Racialicious, What Tami Said or Womanist Musings. For the next two weeks I’ll be guest posting here thanks to the gracious [...]
...read moreThe Fiction of Binary, Fixed Gender
Though I have long been a supporter of organized sports for young women, I cannot let Kai Wright’s piece on Caster Semenya go unnoticed here, particularly not after the comments produced on the Beauty and Power post on gender presentation in the women’s bodybuilding set late last year: [...] the reality is that Semenya may [...]
...read moreMan charged with kidnapping 11 year old girl and imprisoning her for 18 years suspected in serial killings of 10 prostitutes
(via Bound, Not Gagged) This story is beyond sickening. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that a man named Phillip Garrido and his wife pleaded not guilty to abducting Jaycee Lee Dugard 18 years ago, who they had allegedly kept imprisoned on their property since then. During this time, Dugard had two children, allegedly fathered by [...]
...read moreAdios, Feministe!
My two weeks of guest posting are up today, a big thanks to Jill and everybody here at the Feministe community for welcoming me. You can find me over at Amplify, where (in my highly biased opinion) we have some of the best young feminist bloggers you’ll find on the internet tubes. I leave you [...]
...read moreSo Long, Farewell
It’s been a lot of fun – you all have kept me on my toes and made me think. I haven’t had time to post as much as I’d have like, but then I haven’t had time to sleep as much as I’d have liked or spend as much time with my kid, so at [...]
...read moreShameless Self-Promotion Sunday
You all know how this works. Knock yourselves out!
...read moreSunday Shame: Ebay Frilly Shirt Edition
Another Sunday has rolled around and since everyone enjoyed last weeks Sunday Shane, I have decided to once again cross post it here at Feministe. Since becoming disabled, I have taken to making my clothing purchases on EBAY. The unhusband has been great picking up the slack since I have been sick. He does the [...]
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