Feminism and Anti-capitalism: A Love Story
This past Saturday, I participated in Chicago’s Bughouse Square Debates, an annual event where authors, thinkers, and activists stand on literal soapboxes and, amid heckling crowds, argue a point in 15 minutes. My topic was, “Is there such a thing as a conservative feminist?” tied to Sarah Palin’s heartsinking claiming of the F word in [...]
...read moreMid-week intro!
Soooo I’m a little late to the game this week. But I’m here and very excited to guest-blog for Feministe. My name is Nona Willis Aronowitz. I just turned 26. I’m the author of Girldrive, a book based on a road trip my friend Emma and I took across the country to find out what [...]
...read moreOne more thing before I go: Feminist blog readers are the shit
Sadly, my two-week stint at Feministe has come to an end. It’s been really fun and informative to read your comments–thanks so much for your feedback. I’m gonna plug my own blog real quick and urge you to contribute your story to Girl-drive.com. I want to continue the conversation Emma and I started for as [...]
...read moreFlashback: World’s Youngest Feminist
(Cross-posted at Girldrive) So I know this is like a year old, but I couldn’t resist posting this aMAZing video before my guest stint was over. In this episode of “Smart Girls at the Party,” 7-year-old Ruby Karp, the daughter of BUST co-founder and TV producer Marcelle Karp, talks with Amy Poehler about–among other things–what [...]
...read moreThe Politics of Peeing: Test-driving a Go-Girl
The instant I found out about the newly rebranded female urination device (FUD), Go-Girl, I jumped for joy. The news segment I saw on it (above) made it look great, and the website paints it even better: like a statement of one’s bad-ass independence and sassiness. “Don’t take life sitting down,” the tagline proudly proclaims. [...]
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“Jennifer’s Body” and the feminists who hate it
(cross-posted at Girldrive) I went and saw Jennifer’s Body this weekend, not because I thought it was going to be a feminist masterpiece, but because writer Diablo Cody has been seeping through countless pubs and blogs in the last month, daring us to weigh in on her answer to the typical blood-n-tits horror flick. And, [...]
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Can I live, Gerson?: In defense of cohabitating
(Cross-posted at Girldrive) I’ve gotten used to the fact that national publications perennially print columns bemoaning how young people are screwing up love, sex, and marriage. I’ve even learned to contain my anger when the claim that casual sex causes “emotional wreckage” is now virtually considered a given (no matter how many times we beg [...]
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A thousand Hail Marys
Just wanted to make sure Feministe honored Mary Travers, of Peter, Paul, and Mary, who died yesterday of cancer. I went to a hippie socialist summer camp, and every year on Hiroshima Day, we’d sing “Where Have All The Flowers Gone.” Mary was charismatic, blinky-eyed, and honest…and her voice was positively wistful. She also really [...]
...read moreRubyfruit Jungle, oh how I heart you
Hi everyone–apologies for being MIA since Monday, things have been a lot crazier than I expected in the last few days. I am planning on posting something else later tonight or first thing tomorrow morning, but I’m going to first leave with you this. It’s a post I just did for Bitch’s blog about a [...]
...read moreIt’s getting harder and harder to think of a good intro title…
Just in time for Jaclyn Friedman’s piece on online misogynist assholes harassing Feministe guestbloggers (fab article, BTDubs), I’ll be Feministe’s guest the next two weeks. My full name is Nona Willis Aronowitz (yes, a mouthful!). I’m a loyal reader of Feministe, but only a once-in-a-blue-moon commenter. I’m a 25-year-old journalist living in Chicago and working [...]
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