Bed, Bitch & Beyond: I (Still) Blame Porn: A Response
I opened a big can of feminist worms on Thursday with my post I Blame Porn, In which I talked about how the mainstreaming of mass-produced hetero porn is starting to influence—negatively—the cultural...
View ArticleLet's all put $ in our name$ like Ke$ha!
So, can I ask what the obsession with Ke$ha is? I only ask, because I too am completely enamored with her while simultaneously holding back the urge to be violently ill. The 'party girl' aesthetic and...
View ArticleWe're All Mad Here: Case Studies of "Crazy Bitches" in Cinema
This post includes spoilers for the movies Single White Female, The Craft, and Perfect Blue. These three movies have several things in common:The main point-of-view character in each one is what I've...
View ArticleOn Our Radar: Vaginas, Intentionality, and So Many Queer and Feminist Events!
This has been a week! Here's what we've been thinking about.After the giant mess around Rep. Lisa Brown's oh so horrifying use of the word "vagina" (GOD FORBID!), thousands of people watched in delight...
View ArticleOn Our Radar: Gabby Douglas, How Not to Write About Women, and Some Spoken...
Have you been keeping up with the Olympics? If you have, then this has surely been an exciting week. Other things have been exciting too though. Here's what we've been reading/watching.Smile, it makes...
View ArticleOn Our Radar: Tearing Down the "Typical" Trans Narrative, Casual Racism, and...
After a hot few days, it's finally cooling down in Portland. Here's what we've ben reading.I believe I was born in the right body; transgender, yes, but there's nothing "wrong" with me.Thomas Page...
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