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I've revised the cartoon a little - made it more explicitly about opposing genocide in Gaza, and erased the star…
conservatives are happy to judge women, queer people, immigrants and the poor based on nothing but conspiracy theories and internet…
conservatives are happy to judge women, queer people, immigrants and the poor based on nothing but conspiracy theories and internet…
We're human. We judge everything on incomplete information. I judge each and every comment I read. I judge people I…
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Category Archives: Gender and the Body
Lubna Ahmed Hussein: "if the law is constitutional, I'm ready to be whipped not 40 but 40,000 times"
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudanese police fired tear gas and beat women protesting at the trial Tuesday of a female journalist who faces a flogging for wearing trousers in public. Sudanese journalist Lubna Hussein could receive 40 lashes if found … Continue reading
The Dos and Donts of Dick Jokes, or What Feminist Critics Got Right
I wrote this a long time ago, but I never got around to posting it, which is why the articles it refers to are old. I think it’s still more or less relevant though. The fellas and lasses over at … Continue reading
Posted in Gender and the Body, Sexism hurts men
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Dora The Explorer's Makeover
From an Associated Press story, reporting on the widespread objections among mom-bloggers to the “new Dora” doll planned for October: Mattel and Nickelodeon both say there are two major misconceptions about the new Dora, which is not replacing the “Dora … Continue reading
Bottles, Breasts, and Mothering "Choices"
A few months after my boys were born I stumbled across a message board for twin moms, I really started to enjoy the tips and the sense of community that I gained from reading and posting on the site. One … Continue reading
Thinking About Condoms For The First Time In A Very Long Time – 1
Author’s Preface: I see each post in this series as one section of a single piece of writing, not as a discrete essay unto itself. As a result, while each section may contain its own argument, it is not really … Continue reading
About My Body
(Note: soon after I started writing this this morning, I realized that it’s heavily influenced by BFP and Jess’s (Re)Thinking Walking series at Flip Flopping Joy. I’ve had a troubled relationship with walking for a few years, but their essays … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Gender and the Body
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Unimpressed.
I was curious about this book until I saw this little gem by the author on Jewcy: Whatever we say about women and men being equal now and tomorrow – I have three daughters who I want to see beat … Continue reading
Joss Extravaganza – The problem with the comics
I’ve really enjoyed the Buffy comics, even though I stopped reviewing them. After a while there are so many ways you can say “It’s great that Buffy had sex with someone that I don’t hate so much I would like … Continue reading
@Megalodon: Yes, but god forbid that we judge Charlie Kirk on his extremely lengthy record of public speech on practically…