About HBO’s Girls…
So what’s the deal with that HBO show Girls? It’s getting a lot of attention as a great new feminist tv show, but Julianne Escobedo Shepherd over at AlterNet isn’t quite so convinced:
...read moreBowling for Abortion Access (Again)!
People, it’s time to get your bowl-on! OR, for those of you not in the NYC Metro area, it’s time to get your fundraising-on! Yep, for the second year in a row, Feministe & friends are participating as The Barrier Method in the National Network of Abortion Funds’ bowl-a-thon. NNAF is raising money for grassroots [...]
...read moreTough Times, Alanis, and Giggling
I’ve had a weird/hard year in my personal life (well… all aspects of my life, really), and my therapy through most of that was music. Nothing new, really, but I did find myself going back to Alanis again and again because no matter what mood I’m in, I can always count on Alanis to see [...]
...read moreChris Brown, Still Keepin’ It Classy
Chris Brown made his way to GMA this morning and was riding on the high of being relevant again, what with headlines about his penis and the restraining order against Rihanna being lifted. He’s changed his ways, he keeps assuring us, and those anger management classes were a huge help. But then GMA asked him [...]
...read moreI Wanna Be a Billionaire So Freakin’ Baaad
If you’re an aspiring billionaire (I mean, aren’t we all?), I’m sure you’re obsessing over Forbes’ list of billionaires, studying it meticulously and figuring out how you can make the cut. If you’re a woman, your role models are somewhat limited as there are only about 100 women on the list, out of over 1,200. [...]
...read moreKye Allums, NCAA Basketball Player, Comes Out as Trans Man
I don’t know much about college basketball, but I know it’s a fairly big deal when a player comes out as trans. Kye Allums is on George Washington University’s women’s basketball team and is officially out as the first openly trans NCAA Division I player. Queerty points out that things might get dicey for him [...]
...read moreMeet Dilma Rousseff, Brazil’s New President
Three cheers for Brazil for electing their first woman President. Dilma Rousseff of the Worker’s Party won yesterday’s runoff election against Jose Serra and will be inaugurated this coming January. Learn a bit more about Rousseff here. Feminist agendas in Latin America still need work but hopefully as more women come into positions of power, [...]
...read moreMarisol Valles García: Your Inspiration for Today
Violence and terror have been the norm in the towns near Juarez, Mexico for quite some time now. Public officials have been harassed, threatened, and killed, so people aren’t all too eager to step up to the plate. Except Marisol Valles García. She’s 20 years old, she’s a student, and she’s the new police chief [...]
...read moreUp Next: A Twilight Degree
I guess this answers the whole “Can feminists read/like Twilight?” question: California State University’s women’s studies program offered a course on Twilight this semester. From their special topics descriptions: Topics in Women’s Studies: Twilight: The Text and the Fandom Examines the Twilight saga and the resulting fandom. Explores Twlight in relation to the social and [...]
...read moreTuesday True Blood Roundtable: Evil Is Going On
Spoilers below! This week on True Blood, the season ended with less blood, guts, and sex than we’ve come to expect. See how it all came together and what we think of it.
...read moreTuesday True Blood Roundtable: I Smell a Rat
Spoilers below! This week on True Blood, everything was just one reveal after the other: we found out what Sookie and Crystal are, we got a slice of Sam’s past, we uncovered (part of?) what’s up with Holly, and we learned about Jesus and Lafayette’s ancestry.
...read moreSYTYCD Season 7 Top Three
Spoilers below! This week on SYTYCD: we’re down to the last three and everyone gave it all they had. Jump over to the recap and discuss with me.
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