Activism
Mad Science: Deconstructing Bunk Reporting in 5 Easy Steps
British scientists have uncovered the truth behind one of modern culture's greatest mysteries: why little girls play with pink toys. Is it because toy companies flood whole store aisles with the color? Or because well-meaning relatives shower girl babies with pink blankets and clothing? Nope.... Read more »
From the Archive: Wack Attack: Giving the Digital Finger to Blog Bandits
We were under attack. It was late on an August night. I was trying not to come down with a cold and just about to go to bed. But I was also guest-blogging at Feministe that week, so I logged on to check my e-mail and moderate comments one last time before I turned in. I was already overwhelmed.... Read more »
Which PETA Campaign Do You Hate The Most! Vote Now!
After learning of PETA's recent agreement to do ads with the Suicide Girls and in light of their most recent demonstration (geez, even Perez Hilton was offended!) Feministing has had enough! Vote in their Which PETA Campaign Do You Hate The Most poll. An organization that loves animals but hates... Read more »
$pread is 3!
On the bus to work today, I read the new issue of $pread magazine. For those not familiar, $pread's mission is to build community and destigmatize sex work by providing a forum for people working in the industry. They publish interviews, feature articles, reviews, news, and personal stories of sex... Read more »
Skinny Bitching
Last week I was on a radio program to discuss Skinny Bitch, the vegan/animal rights manifesto wrapped in chick-lit veneer that became a bestseller after Posh Spice was photographed holding it.
Yep, thanks largely to this photo, Skinny Bitch has become one of the only books with an uncompromising... Read more »
Digging your grave with a knife and fork
Even though I take some issue with her critique of Skinny Bitch (more on that soon), Julie Klausner’s diet fads video is pretty awesome. Happy V-day…
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I choose my choice!, part 673
The SF Weekly's cover story this week is quite a departure. Rather than an exposé of city government shenanigans or a look at some local phenomenon gone national, it's a personal essay about gastric bypass surgery. The Weekly trying to get into the New Year's resolution swing of things by covering... Read more »
Check out our very own Ms. Rasmussen...
Quoted in the New York Times about the hateful Skinny Bitch vegan "health" book phenom. Cheers to reporter Julia Moskin for including Debbie's critical viewpoint—that skinny and healthy are not the same, and vegan junk food is still junk, that these books stop short of the challenge to our... Read more »
Big Trouble: Are eating disorders the Lavender Menace of the fat acceptance movement?
BeckyAll names have been changed. has been active in the fat acceptance movement for a good half-dozen years. She attends and organizes awareness-raising events, takes part in her local fat social scene, and fights to end discrimination against fat people with a powerful combination of weary... Read more »
Learning Curve: Radical “unschooling” moms are changing the stay-at-home landscape
Not long ago, homeschooling was thought of as the domain of hippie earth mothers letting their kids "do their own thing" or creationist Christians shielding their kids from monkey science and premarital sex. As recently as 1980, homeschooling was illegal in 30 states. Despite the fact that such... Read more »
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