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Category Archives: Femininity

  • Quick hit so we can talk about something other than how I’m a humorless, comics-hating, loveless feminist who thinks men should be arrested [...]

    Quick hit: Sour milk

    October 7, 2009
  • Introducing what I hope will be a regular feature here: Straw Feminist Weekly! In which we give a shout-out to the egregious straw feminists that [...]

    Straw Feminist Weekly: The baby-hater

    August 25, 2009
  • I spent this weekend in rural Oregon, attending my dear friend M’s wedding. Though the weather was unusually hot for the Pacific Northwest, [...]

    Beauty

    July 28, 2009
  • Here’s the thing about Robin Givhan, the WaPo‘s fashion journalist. She frequently writes about fashion in contexts that should make [...]

    What’s the point of judicial power if you don’t have Girl Power?

    July 20, 2009
  • Via Jezebel, which has a sharp post on female confessional journalism: Christa D’Souza writes about her breast implant saga in the Daily [...]

    Fried eggs, boulders, and spaghetti straps

    July 1, 2009
  • Via Jezebel and The F-Word, a nauseating ad campaign from Bacardi (warning: link plays music and also destroys your soul) suggesting we all make [...]

    I would need a lot more than a Bacardi Breezer to be able to stomach this

    June 20, 2009
  • So if you’ve read my profile, you know that I’m queer. I’m out and have been for, oh, over a decade now. When I first came out, [...]

    Queering my mirror

    May 25, 2009
  • I’ve been reading, thinking, and writing about feminist issues long enough that I usually think nothing beauty-related can floor me [...]

    Quick hit: Beauty by the dollar

    May 15, 2009
  • In the spirit of “Obese blamed for world’s ills” comes this little ad video that shows what happens if you fail to shave your [...]

    Your hairy legs could be mass murderers even now

    April 6, 2009
  • The Onion has a hilarious article this week: Renowned Hoo-Ha Doctor Wins Nobel Prize For Medical Advancements Down There. It includes this [...]

    In case you haven’t seen it yet

    April 2, 2009

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