“I Know You’re Smarter Than Me” 2: Backlash, Feminist Ideology, and Flexibility
It’s dangerous to start posts with anecdotes, but I’m gonna try it again. This one is from when I was a little baby proto-feminist, and I got my period. My mama, who was born in the USA in 1945, regaled me with stories about old myths around menstruation: she talked about how when she went [...]
...read moreWhy under-educated pop stars should probably not try to talk politics.
Oh Justin Bieber, your hair is so pretty but you are not the sharpest knife in the drawer: In his new Rolling Stone cover story, Justin Bieber tackles the hard stuff: sex (“I don’t think you should have sex with anyone unless you love them”), politics (“I’m not sure about the parties, but whatever they [...]
...read moreLara Logan assaulted in Egypt
CBS Journalist Lara Logan was physically and sexually assaulted in Egypt this week (trigger warning for this whole post): In the crush of the mob, she was separated from her crew. She was surrounded and suffered a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating before being saved by a group of women and an estimated [...]
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