My Sluthood, Myself.
Last summer, I suffered the breakup of a relationship that I had thought would be permanent. Now, I’ve been through my share of break-ups, even of quite serious relationships, but nothing ever broke me like this one. Since then, I’ve had sexual interactions of the orgasmic kind with 9 different people, none of which I [...]
...read moreClass Action Against U.S. Military On Behalf Of Sexual Assault Survivors
Just got this news via the fine folks at CounterQuo: The DC firm, Burke PLLC, is preparing to file a class action suit on behalf of those harmed by the military’s failures to address military sexual trauma. They are interested in speaking with anyone who has been assaulted or raped while in the military or [...]
...read moreA Friday-afternoon Diversion (of the Feminist Kind!)
Need some inspiration with your distraction as you wind down the hours to the weekend? Check out nist.tv, the latest addition to the feminist web. According to creator Anne Jonas: Nist.tv brings together feminist videos from across the web and embeds them in one place, making them easily searchable and browseable. My hope is that [...]
...read moreTwo Other Massage Therapists Claim Assault By Gore
Trigger warning for some description of assault This just in via The National Enquirer, which broke the original story: The ENQUIRER recently uncovered shocking allegations, from two other massage therapists. The first incident allegedly took place at a Beverly Hills luxury hotel when Gore, 62, was in Hollywood to attend the Oscars in 2007. The [...]
...read moreOn Sex & Compromise
I’m a huge advocate for the principle and practice of enthusiastic consent. In fact, it’s one of the main things I talk about whenever I open my mouth. For a whole range of reasons, I firmly believe that some baseline “willingness” is not enough: you should only interact with someone sexually if they’re actively psyched [...]
...read moreWell, hello there.
Fine readers of Feministe, thanks for having me! I’m Jaclyn (sometimes Jac, never, ever Jackie) and I’m tickled and, well, kinda nervous and excited to be joining the fray here for the next two weeks. About me: I’m a white Jewish queer able-bodied fat cisgender femme from the real Jersey Shore. I’m founder and executive [...]
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Good Night, and Good Luck.
Well, it’s been quite the week, hasn’t it? My time here at Feministe is coming to an end, and I just wanted to say a quick thanks to Jill et. al. for handing over the keys to the Porsche. I hope I didn’t put too many dings in it. In all seriousness, this has been [...]
...read moreFurther Proof of a Vast Conspiracy Against Us
Shoulder pads are back! Enough so that there’s a slide show of them! (aren’t you just as exited as she is?)
...read moreHow to Stop a Blog War.
Whatever you do, don’t ask the BlogWarBot! I’ve been weighing the different approaches being advocated in the comments threads about the recent attacks, and I’m torn. From where I sit, both sides (respond vs. ignore) have good arguments, as well as flaws in their positions. And then it occurred to me — who better to [...]
...read moreSleeping with the Enemy, Part 3
In which we discuss all those swirly questions about who I fuck(ed), why it matters, and whether or not we should even be discussing it at all. (For background on my sitch, and an ongoing discussion of the role of men in feminism, check out Part 1. For a not-as-irrelevant-as-it-seems-at-first tangent on what to do [...]
...read moreAn Open Letter to Anonymous.
Dear Anonymous, Thank you for your organized campaign to silence us. That you would choose to devote so many hours and resources to your illegal and ill-fated efforts toward our demise is the highest compliment you could pay us. It tells us that you think our movement is powerful, and that we are a significant [...]
...read moreSleeping with the Enemy, Part 2
I know I promised to make Sleeping with the Enemy, Part 2 about what happens in your community, family & culture when you go from over a decade of queer relationships to dating a straight cisgender man, but honestly, I’m fighting off some narsty illness that’s swollen my throat nearly shut and made me run [...]
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