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Multiculturalism and Challenges
Yesterday, I put up a post that referred to Timothy Garton Ash’s article which appeared in The New York Review of Books last November, “Freedom and Diversity: A Liberal Pentagram for Living Together,”...
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Privilege
A year or two ago, my sister joined an anti-racist organization. After the first meeting, she asked me what I knew about the concept of privilege, if I had heard about it. I reached over and...
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Why I Post Everyday
The main reason I’ve tried to blog on several occasions is because I have ideas that I’d like to put out there and no better forum for them. I’ve tried it twice before. What always happens is that I...
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Idolizing Bodies
Yes, I know what you’re thinking. “Yo, fojap! Where’s the sex? You put it right up there in your tag line. Do you think I come here to read about your shockingly banal childhood? You haven’t written...
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Men’s Rights
I came across this Atlantic article, The Lonely Existence of Mel Feit, Men’s-Rights Advocate, via Skepchick. Stephanie Fairyington describes her first meeting with a group from the National Center for...
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Speak Out Against Sexism and Get Fired
This is going to be fast. I rarely post twice in a day, but this is a subject that is near and dear to my heart. A woman, Adria Richards, attending a developer conference, PyCon, heard men making...
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One Link
This week, rather than posting several links I’m just going to post one. Recently, I’ve started reading Ally Fogg’s Heteronormative Patriarchy for Men blog. Apparently, he’s had a WordPress blog for a...
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Links: Amina Tyler, Frank Lautenberg
Amina When I last wrote about Amina Tyler, there was not much information to be had. For those who have not been following this story, the nineteen year old Tunisian woman first came to the attention...
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In Need Feminism Because… I’m a Sexual Subject
I’m a naturally critical person. Present me with any argument, any man-made object, any work of art and one of my first instincts is to poke at it trying to find the weaknesses. Generally, being...
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The Shame about Shame
There was a post recently on the Huffington Post website by Alexis Jane Torre titled “I’m ‘Not Like Most Girls’.” You probably know those movies and books where there’s a female protagonist who is...
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Memories: The Mess
Generally, I find that my memory is pretty good, surprisingly so. I’ve tried to cross check facts with my sister and, to a lesser extent, with my mother, and this cross checking has left me with the...
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A Funny Mood
I’ve been in something of a funny mood for the past few days, peaking with a strange uncomfortable feeling when I woke up this morning. Since I was diagnosed with depression, I’ve found myself engaging...
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I Should Have Been an Abortion
If you haven’t been spending tons of time reading atheist blogs, you may be unaware that the topic of abortion has been raging like wildfire. There are so many aspects to this argument, that I’m only...
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Petition: War on Women, JP Morgan Chase Version
tl;dr: JP Morgan Chase refused to do business with a company that markets condoms to women because it’s policy of not serving “adult” businesses. The mother/daughter team who founded the company out of...
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Men’s Rights
I came across this Atlantic article, The Lonely Existence of Mel Feit, Men’s-Rights Advocate, via Skepchick. Stephanie Fairyington describes her first meeting with a group from the National Center for...
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What’s Wrong with This Picture?
Okay, I’m an adult woman, a serious, intellectual type person. I don’t want to admit that I play games. It’s even more embarrassing to admit that I’ve paid money to play games. You know, I’m supposed...
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Feminists Must Hold Sabrina Rubin Erdely Accountable
I’ve mentioned before that I could tone troll Amanda Marcotte on every third or fourth post she writes. I generally don’t because, while I believe her job mainly consists in voicing the outrage of her...
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