Soliciting Your Meta Opinions
You know how I said I was going to get meta? Well prepare yourselves. Maia had a good point a couple of weeks ago when we were digging into the issues surrounding beauty work. One of the things that I find frustrating about blog discussions is that often we talk about where we disagree on [...]
...read moreControl: Or, How I Learned My Feminism From 80s & 90s Women in R&B
As promised. Well before I was even remotely cool enough to listen to music that wasn’t on the radio, I was surrounded by a fierce pro-woman message. If, as I wrote before, the message in Dirty Dancing sank in well before I had any idea what was happening to Penny, then it’s obvious that I [...]
...read moreWoe Is She: A Mainstream Liberal Gotcha Media Guide to Michele Bachmann
Why hate her because she’s beautiful, when there are so many other reasons to hate her? Before you attack a candidate for her appearance, parenting choices, or emotional state, take a minute to consider all of the valid, legitimate, non-sexist reasons to criticize. Such as: Candidate: Michele Bachmann Standard go-to criticism: Crazy, and a fox [...]
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On “The Help”
Haven’t read/seen it, won’t read/see it* and was generally squicked out by the whole premise of the book to begin with — let’s tell a story that is kinda-sorta about race but more about how these nice black ladies helped white women Find Their Voice, from the perspective of white women of course — but [...]
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Wooohooo!!! Its Monday!
Hi Everyone! Wow, I’m so excited to be blogging here for two weeks that I barely know what to do with myself. For those who don’t know much about me, I’m one of the regular commentors around these parts. Although most of my bio is scattered in comments all over this blog, I’m not going [...]
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