Fembots Have Feelings Too
Or, How I Learned To Stop Caring and Admit I Love Pop. A guy I met recently was sort of surprised that he met me at a Hold Steady Show. “They’re such a guy band,” he said, and I sort of agreed. The show that I attended (with two very feminist girlfriends, I might add) [...]
...read more“Heroes” Just for One Day
“I never met a hero I didn’t like. But then, I never met a hero. But then, maybe I wasn’t looking for one.” That’s a line from a Lester Bangs piece, I believe, actually, his epic interview with Lou Reed. Anyone who’s read Bangs knows that he loved Reed passionately, obsessively–and so his willingness to [...]
...read moreCaught in a bad romance
I wrote not too long ago in semi-defense of the Twilight books, mentioning that part of the backlash against them was rooted in sexism. I hate that argument. I like dresses and makeup and boys, and I’m still a feminist. I maintain that I can also be a romantic (when I’m not being a cynic) [...]
...read moreHello and Thanks for Having Me!
Hi, Feministe-ers. I’m Sarah Jaffe, and I’ll be one of your guestbloggers for the next couple of weeks! I have a blog that is rarely updated these days–more often I do my writing elsewhere. I’m a journalist by trade, but I do dearly love blogging and so when the Feministe crew offered me a guestblogger [...]
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