Tomorrow! WAM!Prom!
It’s almost here! WAM!Prom 2: Electric Boogaloo, from BeeGees to Biggie. Tomorrow (Friday) in NYC at the Bowery Poetry Club. Details are here. You should come because (a) you support women in media; (b) you like dancing with fellow feminists to some ridiculous tunes and mash-ups; (3) you want to be judged by me (in the costume contest). Come, get down, wear your sparkliest.
...read moreHateful Girl Scout Mad That Girl Scouts Lets In Girls
“Wait, what?” you ask. “I thought the Girl Scouts was for girls?” And it is! But one California teen haz a mad because the Girl Scouts created a policy to let in all girls — including trans girls. She wants everyone to boycott Girl Scout cookies, because the Girl Scouts should be punished for not ostracizing a little trans girl from their organization. If you want to be extra-horrified, read the Baptist Press’s take on the issue. And then make yourself feel better by ordering a few extra boxes of Samoas this year.
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Saxby’s Coffee Bathroom Sign Celebrates Sexual Predators
Heeeey Saxby’s Coffee at Vermont and K in DC? Maybe this is not the most appropriate bathroom sign.
...read moreWhy I Am Pro-Choice
Trigger warning for sexual assault, child abuse and violence.
I am a survivor of childhood incest, rape and kidnapping. It is for this reason that I understand what too many arrogant lawmakers cannot: A woman’s freedom to decide what happens to her body (and mind), especially after it has been violated, is crucial to her physical, mental and emotional survival.
...read moreNew Favorite Things
Jaclyn Friedman’s Unsolicited Advice column in GOOD. This week she advises Blue Ivy Carter:
...read moreOne of the things that’s going to be especially weird, if the response to Shiloh Jolie-Pitt’s haircut is any indication, is that a non-trivial minority of the global population will soon consider what you do with your body and your sexuality their business. In fact, they’ve already started. Most people would welcome a new addition to their family as “the most beautiful baby in the world,” but in your case, perfect strangers are already being invited to assess that claim.
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