From the files of Captain Obvious…
Comes a study summarized by the New York Times thusly: Study Finds Women Wear Shoes That Cause Pain. Their grand conclusion: “More than 60 percent of women said that in the past they generally wore high heels, pumps, sandals and slippers, all of which researchers rated as higher risk.” Shocking. And then: “When it comes [...]
...read moreGetting Over It
[Trigger warning. Any and all rape apology will be deleted from this thread.] I’ve been skeptical about the efficacy of trigger warnings in the past, but after reading post after post on the Polanski case on the blogs, and seeing the story cycle through news media hour after hour, and hearing the story discussed by [...]
...read morePolanski Defend-a-Thon, Part 2
[Trigger Warning] Melissa has Part 1 (which disappointingly includes Whoopi Goldberg, who draws a line between “rape” and “rape-rape,” and leaves me wondering what the difference is — and if there’s also rape-rape-rape, and how many “rape”s we have to string together before we decide someone did something wrong). Add to the list: Ann Applebaum, [...]
...read moreLight the Night with Jack
Jack stepped away from the blogging world awhile back to deal with some real life stuff like the following, and I think we might be able to show her our gratitude for her work at Feministe, Angry Brown Butch, and in her real world activism by donating to a cause that is very close to [...]
...read moreMonday Reader
Hope everyone is having a good weekend, and that those of you who are observing are having a good Yom Kippur. Or at least I hope that you aren’t totally starving. Lots of stuff for your perusal this fine Monday: I don’t link to Tiger Beatdown enough. If you’re not already reading it, go. Sady [...]
...read morepuzzle activity time!
Dear newsmedia, Facebook page, friends, and assorted coworkers: I have a little quiz for you! I know you like quizzes. But first! A trigger warning for discussion of rape.
...read moreNational Equality March, October 11, 2009
From NOW: The 14th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on July 9, 1868, and granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States. In addition, it forbids states from denying any person “life, liberty or property, without due process of law” or to “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the [...]
...read moreCiao!
….it’s that time again. Mille grazie to the Feministe crew and the loyal readership. Hope to see some of you at my blog sometime in October, when I start posting there again (gonna be at a union conference this week, so…..little to no internet access. Believe it or not, not everyone has a laptop, or [...]
...read moreOne more thing before I go: Feminist blog readers are the shit
Sadly, my two-week stint at Feministe has come to an end. It’s been really fun and informative to read your comments–thanks so much for your feedback. I’m gonna plug my own blog real quick and urge you to contribute your story to Girl-drive.com. I want to continue the conversation Emma and I started for as [...]
...read moreShameless Self-Promotion Sunday
Post a short description of something you’ve written this week, along with a link. Don’t just post a link back to your whole blog — make it specific.
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