Posted in feminisim on July 22, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Did you ever say something like this to yourself about feminism: “I don’t really see what the problem is?” I did. I mean, that’s how I felt for most of my life, especially once I became an adult and got a job. Because I was making pretty good money, and no one was harassing me [...]
Posted in feminisim on July 21, 2008 | No Comments »
Posted in feminisim on July 13, 2008 | No Comments »
M and I have been volunteering at our local homeless shelter once a month for a while now. Yesterday, one of our fellow volunteers brought his teenage son who had been arrested for drinking or some such innocuous crime and needed to do community service hours. We were expecting the kid, but not his girlfriend [...]
Posted in feminisim on July 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Making feminism funny as hell.
Posted in feminisim, political on May 18, 2008 | 21 Comments »
Soooo, it looks like McCain–a man who once called his wife a “trollop” and a “cunt” during his 1992 senate race–is now pandering to lefty bloggers:
The McCain campaign has recently started to hold bi-weekly conference calls with left-wing blogs and blogs focusing on single issues, such as the environment and health care. … The last [...]
Posted in feminisim on May 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This post began as a response to Drek’s post about objectification of women, education, and fashion. In it, he points out a recent article from Psychology Today, which cites a study about sex differences in math scores depending on whether subjects are wearing swimsuits (see the end of this post for what I think [...]
Posted in feminisim, religion on May 16, 2008 | 25 Comments »
Conservative Christians come up with all the good buzz words. Why didn’t I think of Slutbucks?
But seriously, folks, why is a stylized, half fish half woman’s body in the form of a national chain’s logo so very scandalous? What’s the message here? “Be ashamed of your boobies, vile temptress!”
Posted in academia, feminisim on January 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Remember when I realized I was a feminist? What I was really realizing at that time was the subtle ways that western society is built to subjugate women. The full weight of that hit me hard, and I had to sit around reflecting on it for a long time.
Now that I have, I [...]
Posted in 365, feminisim, tagged austin, feminism, ryanhaecker, texas, thedailytexan, universityoftexas on November 29, 2007 | 12 Comments »
Day 24: Tribute To Ryan Haecker
Originally uploaded by Kristina B.
Michael came home from school last week with his uni’s daily in his hand. He handed it to me to read an op-ed piece. By the time I finished, my cheeks were all red and hot. I was visibly furious! It [...]
Posted in feminisim on October 19, 2007 | 7 Comments »
The company filed an amicus brief in Roe v. Wade, was the only corporate sponsor of Masters and Johnson’s groundbreaking sexuality research, and has come out strongly in favor of gay marriage. Both the company and [their foundation] provide large-scale support for civil liberties, sexual health, reproductive freedom, gay rights, and women’s rights.
The company in [...]
Tweet Tweet! | kristina b on signs |
 | alison on signs |
| kristina b on signs |
| alison on signs |
 | Jezebella on Day 24: Tribute To Ryan H… |
|
Mmm, Delicious
