Blogs for women are bad for women
But they’re really good for Susannah Breslin, who has gotten her bills paid by ForbesWoman, The Frisky, and The XX Factor (and also Esquire and Playboy, which I’m pretty sure are magazines for men). Also: Susannah Breslin is an American writer best known for creating the blog The Reverse Cowgirl and for her on-camera reporting [...]
...read moreSpanking Children
Time has a fascinating article on the first “real-time” spanking study, and the results are… disturbing. Bring up spanking among upper-middle-class college-educated coastal parents, and the agreement is that spanking is abusive, full stop, and parents who spank are absolute monsters. Bring it up around folks who grew up more middle or lower-class (as I [...]
...read moreOf course.
More “my religion means that I will refuse to do my job” nonsense. Citing her moral and religious beliefs, a town clerk in upstate New York has stated that she refuses to sign marriage certificates for same sex couples. Barbara MacEwen of Volney, NY, located in rural Oswego County, says that her name will not [...]
...read moreRain on my Pride Parade
On Sunday I went to my first ever Pride Parade in new york city, an experience that began with sunshine and happiness, and ended in frustration and blistered heels. I’ve been to and participated in Pride Parades and events when I was living on Coast Salish Land in vancouver, so I have seen how a [...]
...read morelinks for 29-6-2011
This Swedish school is awesome. Over at Tigerbeatdown, s.e. smith writes a sobering piece on why the increasing corporatization of education in america means that graduate’s degrees mean less and less for a financially secure future. A young Muslim woman has won her suit against abercrombie and fitch after she was fired for not removing [...]
...read moreLady walks topless through Central Park
This is awesome. I’m not gonna lie: when I wrote up that item about Topless Bowery Lady a few weeks ago, I got a bit jealous. To be able to walk around New York City all careless and fancy free like that, breasts unfettered, the cool breeze rushing across your chest…it all seemed so wonderful, [...]
...read moreYou know what would be cool?
If we could review a woman’s album without giving credit to dudes in every single paragraph.
...read moreDTMFA.
I should really be an advice columnist for all those people who write letters being like, “My husband/boyfriend/girlfriend/friend/wife is really great and wonderful, and I love them so much, and everything in our relationship is completely perfect except they always tell me to go make them a sandwich bitch / stomp kittens to death for [...]
...read moreMarriage Tip:
If you’re freaking out before your wedding because your fiancé wants strippers at his bachelor party and the idea of your fiancé hiring strippers makes you uncomfortable, you should probably just tell him that. And if he still insists on having strippers at his bachelor party even after you tell him it’s making you really [...]
...read moreHow many feminists does it take to change a lightbulb?
Shut the f*ck up everyone who is not able to understand that sometimes, there’s nothing more complicated here than Funny Book Is Funny. Nobody is suggesting that there’s a connection between Adam Mansbach’s book and child abuse or child neglect. Still, there’s no denying the reason “Go the F*** to Sleep” should be kept out [...]
...read moreOnline Dating: The Most Depressing, or Only As Depressing As Regular Dating?
This article about online dating is really depressing! See, for example: Some research has suggested that it is men, more than women, who yearn for marriage, but this may be merely a case of stated preference. Men want someone who will take care of them, make them look good, and have sex with them—not necessarily [...]
...read moreThe Best / Most Disturbing Thing You Will Read Today
I’m Gonna Need You to Fight Me On This: How Violent Sex Helped Ease My PTSD. Big big big sexual assault trigger warnings on that. Mac McClelland is an exceptionally brave and talented woman.
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