Transgender Politician Sued for “Fraud”
So this is utterly repulsive: City Councilperson Michelle Bruce is being sued for fraud by her failed opponent. Why? Because Bruce is a transgender woman. Four years after she won a City Council seat, making her what is believed to be Georgia’s first transgender politician, Michelle Bruce is battling a lawsuit by an unsuccessful opponent [...]
...read moreSo You Wanna Be a Rock n Roll Star
About a month ago, I wrote a post about Guitar Hero III. The main gist was that as a big-time previous fan of the series, I was thoroughly unimpressed with the the changes that have been made to the game, which are quite misogynist, exploitative of women and completely insensitive to the fact that the [...]
...read moreU.S. Immigration Enforcement Finally Preaches What it Practices
Julie Myers, the director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, apparently thinks that blackface is “original.” Myers, director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ran into trouble earlier this month after she and two other agency managers gave the “most original” costume award to a white employee who came to the agency’s Halloween party dressed as an [...]
...read moreInternational Day of Action Against the Northern Territory Intervention
Via Laurelhel and BFP, today is the International Day of Action Against the Northern Territory Intervention. The Northern Territory is a territory in Australia that is sparsely populated and largely made up by Aboriginal people, whose ancestors were the original inhabitants of Australia and the victims of white colonization. The Day of Action is based [...]
...read moreYour Daily Dose of Hate
Here’s a beautiful example of male college students who think that being offensive is the same thing as being funny: The Sentinal “humor” piece “Mock of Love.” It’s a set of “spoof” suggestions for the second season of the VH1 Bret Michaels dating show Rock of Love. The irony is that if you’ve ever watched [...]
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What are bitches for? Making men money, of course.
Ah, the polite “we both know who’s going to call who a bitch later” smile Several feminist bloggers have reported on John McCain being asked by a supporter “How do we beat the bitch?” His response was to laugh, not denounce the question, in fact call the question “excellent,” and then answer it. More than [...]
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Bad Ass Women’s Activist of the Week: Gutsy Abortion Provider Edition
The Bad Ass Women’s Activist of the Week is a semi-regular segment that I do over at The Curvature whenever I come across a really kick ass person who deserves some praise and recognition. With all of the bad news out there in the feminist blogosphere, I figure that news about the people who are [...]
...read moreSex shouldn’t matter in politics. Let’s all be gender-blind!
Here’s what happens when USA Today tries to write from a feminist point of view: you end up with a headache. Women are more kind and nurturing than men. They are natural altruists, placing the common good — including education, health and the environment — ahead of their narrow personal interests. And that’s why we [...]
...read morePleased to Meet You
Hey everyone. My name is Cara and I’m the latest in the round of guest-bloggers. You may know me from my blog The Curvature. Or you may know me from a guest-blogging stint that I did a couple of months ago at Feministing. Or, I could be totally brand new. I know that lots of [...]
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