Caty Simon and the Virtues of Vice (part two)
Oh, LOL. Sike. Before I go, I present the conclusion of my email interview with the one and only Ms. Caty Simon. Part one is here. Why do you think people on all sides of the issues involved have such strong feelings about Natalie Dyan and the choices she makes/made about how to make money [...]
...read moreGoodbye Goodbye
My last day as a guest blogger! I want to thank the Feministe regulars for sharing your corner of the interwebs with me. Thank you to the readers who read my posts, and especially thank you to those of you who posted thoughtful responses to them. Like many guest bloggers before me, I leave you [...]
...read moreThe White Liberal “Feminism” of Tina Fey and Baby Mama
Last night I decided to watch Baby Mama while doing some not very mentally taxing work online. Oh, my. Was that movie worse than I expected or what? It was so bad, in such an interesting, ugly bouquet of ways, that I feel the need to share my thoughts with you, both about this movie [...]
...read moreCaty Simon and The Virtues of Vice (Part One)
Soon after I was asked to guest blog at Feministe I emailed my internet friend Caty to ask if I could interview her for one of my posts. She maintains the fabulous blog The Virtues of Vice and is generally one of my favorite people to talk with about politics or pop culture or pretty [...]
...read moreBlack Male Outsider
I wanted to plug this book while I’m still blogging for you all. It’s a memoir by Gary L. Lemons, a former professor of mine, who had a large influence on the development of my politics. I took a number of his classes when I was in college, more than of any other professor. He [...]
...read moreMan charged with kidnapping 11 year old girl and imprisoning her for 18 years suspected in serial killings of 10 prostitutes
(via Bound, Not Gagged) This story is beyond sickening. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that a man named Phillip Garrido and his wife pleaded not guilty to abducting Jaycee Lee Dugard 18 years ago, who they had allegedly kept imprisoned on their property since then. During this time, Dugard had two children, allegedly fathered by [...]
...read moreHappy Birthday MJ
I know some of you are like: “enough with the MJ!” But I’m in Brooklyn. There was a big birthday party in Prospect Park today that I did not attend as my asthma and allergies have been out of control this week; hanging out around piles of fallen leaves is not what I need. I’m [...]
...read moreNotes on Gore
I had about half a post written about my sometime contentious relationship with veganism (I am vegan), PETA, food justice, and a whole mess of other stuff, but then Renee had to go make an excellent post about the frequent failings of PETA and too many other animal rights orgs and activists in recognizing the [...]
...read moreAnother brief gripe about the dearth of accessible sex worker history
Almeda Sperry was a prostitute and anarchist writer and organizer in the early 20th century. She was a good friend of Emma Goldman. Some speculate that they were lovers. Sperry certainly wrote tormented, romantic letters to Goldman, some of which are reproduced in Gay American History, which I bought a used copy of once upon [...]
...read moreHello Hello!
Hi! I am thrilled to be blogging here at Feministe for the next two weeks. I’m honored and grateful to have this platform from which to communicate with such a large and engaged audience. I hope at least some of you will find my posts interesting, and that we’ll have some constructive conversation. A little [...]
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