Bearing Faithful Witness and the Social Justice Life
I choke up every time I read “She Should Write,” Ann Friedman’s farewell to Feministing earlier this year. (Jill recommended it here at the time.) Being committed to social justice means, at its worst, living in defeat. Sometimes no matter how many victories I have, no matter how many wrongs I live to see righted, [...]
...read moreIf you can’t beat them and you won’t join them, you can at least take their names
In the Washington Post today, Lisa Miller brings what looks like old, unwelcome news to feminists like me: Now, in a reversal, some conservative Christian women are tentatively claiming the feminist label for themselves. In the reframing, feminism has nothing to do with a woman’s right to choose an abortion or with government programs for [...]
...read moreAdoption as a Feminist Issue
There is some really excellent discussion happening in the comments of my last post, “Pregnancy: a Public Affair,” in which I wrote about how society allows and encourages people to make pregnant bodies their business, and how that has affected my thoughts on whether or not to ever become pregnant. One topic that has come [...]
...read morePregnancy: a Public Affair
Figuring out whether or not you want to have kids is the weirdest thing. I have gone through about three distinct periods: When I was a kid, and I assumed I would have kids; when I was an adolescent and young adult, and I was sure I never wanted to have kids; and now, when [...]
...read moreWho cares if we’re “born this way” — and who decides if it matters?
Do you ever look for evidence of your adult traits in memories, photographs, or other records of your younger self? (Keep your answer in mind. There will be a quiz.) Born This Way is a submission-based “photo/essay project for gay adults (of all genders) to submit childhood pictures and stories (roughly ages 2 to 12), [...]
...read moreMy Femme: A partial personal history, or a purpose statement in progress
Hi, folks! I’m Brigid, twenty-something queer femme femininist, environmental researcher, and aspiring badass. I live with my butch husbian, two rabbits, and an elderly cat in Washington, DC. I blog at O, Pioneers! about our misadventures in building a life that’s socially just, environmentally conscious, and personally fulfilling — from urban gardening and angry letter-writing [...]
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