Goodbye!
Thanks to hosts Jill, Cara, Holly, Jack, Lauren, piny and kactus for inviting me to join you and some truly excellent guest bloggers this summer! This has been inspiring, educational, and fun. Also thanks to the Feministe commenters for some stimulating discussion. This group really kept me on my toes (except for when I wasn’t [...]
...read moreIndividualism
Bigotry relies on classification. People who are sexist, racist, ablist, homophobic, transphobic, what have you, have convinced themselves that women, people of color, etc. are X or are not Y. That they are able to feel a particular way about an entire group because the group is homogenous in some way. Whereas, these people feel [...]
...read moreDirty Little Secrets
I have a secret. Some of the folks who know me in bloglandia know about it. It’s kind of embarrassing. OK, I’ll just say it.
...read moreJohn Edwards, Again: The Monogamy Issue
In Lauren’s post on John Edwards, anonymous says: “It is clear to me that the people posting about how monogamy is unnatural and how people can be happily poly amorous have never been on the receiving end of the news that their spouse has had an affair or seen the absolute devastation it can wreak [...]
...read moreJohn Edwards
It may be hip, detached and cynical, as befits the Third Wave, to deny that marital affairs are relevant in evaluating a politician. But being burdened by none of those particular attributes, I disagree. I think there are some fine presidents who’ve had affairs. But I disagree it’s not a factor that should be considered, [...]
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Princesses and Raunch Culture
My opinions on Raunch Culture took an abrupt turn about four years ago. That’s when I had a baby daughter. Now I haven’t experience some of the changes others have upon giving birth. I did not experience any desire to stop working or stop having sex. Except for several unfortunate incidents in the first few [...]
...read moreOpt Out, Push Out, and Pink Collar Paths
In ”The Other Home Equity Crisis”, Judity Warner claims there’s no real “Opt Out” trend, that instead: “Women left the workforce when the cost of child care ate up their entire after-tax salaries, or when family-unfriendly workplaces pushed them out. Or when, like women without children or men with and without children, they were laid [...]
...read moreLessons from the Magic Carpet
Is sex work a feminist act? Not in itself, no, IMO. Any job is feminist in the limited sense that women working and supporting ourselves is feminist. But unless a type of work actively promotes women’s equality, I don’t think it’s affirmatively feminist. It’s not antifeminist either, though, unless it involves coercion of unwilling participants [...]
...read moreCan Sparkle be Feminist?
There have been so many posts out there in the past few weeks about sparkle that I don’t know where to start. I’m using “sparkle” as a catch-all for burlesque, sex work, fashion, any kind of sexy display or fashion statement. Here are just a few of them. As I said in my whack at [...]
...read moreGuest Blogger Intro
Hi Feministe readers! My name is Octo and I blog at Astarte’s Circus. I am very excited to be chosen to be part of such impressive company for the next two weeks. My blogging is kind of an odd mix with very little rhyme or reason. I like to blog about women and work – [...]
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