Thrifty Food Plan, Thermostats, and Lunchboxes
For anyone who has been following this series, Elizabeth’s family has finished one month of the government’s Thrifty Food Plan. (Post one, the one that started it all.) This conversation inspired me to get a few books on how to save money and shop savvy. There are some things on my budget that won’t budge, [...]
...read moreWhat I’ve Been Reading Since I Haven’t Been Writing
Now featuring fruits and vegetables! And mustard! Feminism: • Considerable pissing matches criticizing the “nice” guy/jerk binary between three notable feminist bloggers and an MRA. See Hugo Schwyzer (the instigator of criticism), Amanda, and Kameron Hurley. • I rediscovered this old post at Rad Geek, Why Libertarians Need Feminism. Great read. • Also at Rad [...]
...read moreOpinions sought from non-trolls
Flute here, not Lauren. I’ve just been speaking at length with my local MP about his position on abortion as it was reported that he is against government funding for it. He said that although he is personally against abortion, he is against any cuts or changes to the system and supports the right to [...]
...read moreThe fall and rise of community
Flute here, not Lauren. Humans are social animals. Yet today, through decades of targeted marketing, people place more value on consumer products than they do on each other. Gone are the days where social capital was the major currency of life, it has been replaced by the cold hard greenback. Now a persons capacity to [...]
...read moreIn depth SOTU analysis
Flute here again, not Lauren. I read Bush’s annual turn at the comedy club, in case you missed it, it went like this. Ignore the shitty economy, you’ve never had it so good, spend money on tanks and bombs not health and education, love God, hate the queers and dykes, don’t screw a business in [...]
...read moreFree Rodi Alvarado and all political prisoners!
Obligatory disclaimer: I am not Ms. Lauren, nor was meant to be; I am Charles Johnson, guest blogging on Ms. Lauren’s behalf while she takes a much-deserved break. You can normally find me at Rad Geek People’s Daily. If you’re not too busy getting hammered with Roxanne and following the latest jots and tittles from [...]
...read moreRelax, the battle is won
There is a perception in the Australian media (yes, its Flute here again, not Lauren) perperuated mainly by right wing women that there is no need for feminism anymore, if that is the case then why: * In 1966 there were 32% of women in full time work, in 1999 this had risen to a [...]
...read moreSOTU Drinking Game
I personally think “taking a break from blogging” is code for “I’ve got a shitload of Shakespeare to read this week”. However, I relish the opportunity to share my wit and wisdom as a guest-blogger here at Feministe while my favorite metriculant bones-up on the Bard. I’m sure others in the blogosphere (hate that word, [...]
...read moreMore than just a woman’s issue
While I’m on this tirade about the abortion “debate” its important to remember that this issue concerns more than purely women’s rights. Let me make this abundantly clear. The cutting of government funding, or restriction in any way of abortions will not stop those with money from undergoing a procedure, that would be beyond the [...]
...read moreAbortion Debate in Australia
Hopefully the other guest bloggers will be able to maintain the US side of things, as I get my fill of depression from the Australian media alone. If I have to absorb the evil doings of a nation roughly 15 times the size (in population) I think I would end up giving the toaster a [...]
...read moreIraqi Woman On the Iraq Elections
She says, “women are the new victims of Islamic groups intent on restoring a medieval barbarity.” I am an Iraqi woman, and I am boycotting Sunday’s elections. Women who do vote will be voting for an enslaved future. Surely, say those who support these elections, after decades of tyranny, here at last is a form [...]
...read moreDraft?: Uncle Sam Wants You
Conspiracy theories be damned. From Rolling Stone: Richard Flahavan, spokesman for Selective Service, tells Rolling Stone that preparing for a skills-based draft is “in fact what we have been doing.” For starters, the agency has updated a plan to draft nurses and doctors. But that’s not all. “Our thinking was that if we could run [...]
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