For someone who doesn’t believe in a self, you sure talk a lot about yours.
As you may have noticed from my guest posts here (or, if you sneaked a peek at it, the work on my home blog), I write a lot about myself. My own experiences. From a feminist standpoint: fine, okay. Might be better with some more news or articles mixed in, but overall no problem — [...]
...read moreHow men and women pitch stories
The Awl ran a piece today about inquiries they get for submission, noting the difference between emails they receive from men and from women: The emails from men are pretty direct. The emails from women are often kind of… apologetic! Inquiry letter from a man: “Do you take pitches? Should I just write something and [...]
...read moreGun Proponents Take Aim at Domestic Violence Survivors
Let me start out by saying that I’m not totally unsympathetic to gun rights. I’m not opposed to people having guns. I’m not even opposed to people having lots of different kinds of guns. I get it that people go shooting for fun, or that they like to hunt, or that guns are part of [...]
...read moreWhere Do We Take Refuge?
I’d been working on some posts for today, but right now I think I’d just like to take a moment to acknowledge and honor the pain that a lot of us are feeling as a result of some recent threads here. Now that trigger warnings have been added and the harm has been addressed, maybe [...]
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Tuesday True Blood Roundtable: It Hurts Me Too
SPOILERS BELOW. This week on True Blood, we are introduced to a new Nice Guy Werewolf, ponder the paternal lineage of Arlene’s baby, and hate on Bill for his misogynist extracurricular activities. Enjoy the discussion and add your own thoughts in the comments.
...read moreIt’s Dark But It’s Promising, This Marxist Feminist Ground
[Please keep in mind the guidelines for commenting on this post! To summarize, they are: (1) Abstain from snark; (2) Prioritize the positive; (3) Honor our bodies; (4) Be honest(ly); and (5) Get friendly with silence. I hope you might find some benefit in practicing them - and feel welcome to let us know how [...]
...read moreYou don’t get to out me
So far, I have avoided writing about trans subjects. Though that’s what I’m best known for here in Internet Land, it’s far from my only (or even dominant) interest in politics. I have layers, you know, like an onion or a parfait. Still, I have something that probably needs to be said. It’s basic, but [...]
...read moreShameless Self-Promotion Sunday
Do your thing. Also, frowny-face for the USA loss yesterday. Let’s go Germany!
...read morePre-Post Poll: Thoughts On Marxist Feminism?
At the community center where I live and work (yeah, long story), I have a lot of freedom to dream up ways of using the space. Starting new programs, things like that. And so, early this year, when a friend of mine asked if she could host a Marxist Feminist study group here, I was [...]
...read moreI get around
There has been a lot of pop music on Feministe lately – Sarah posted about Robyn recently, and s.e smith posted about Janelle Morae (both artists of which I Approve). So, in honour of Pride this weekend, I thought I’d post about my favourite band of literally ever. Dragonette are a Canadian electropop band that [...]
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