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Sm{art}: Jennifer Strunge's Cotton Monsters are Frighteningly Cool

by Deb Jannerson
June 8, 2011 at 12:12pm

As soon as I chanced upon Cotton Monster, I felt like I’d been waiting all my life for toys, art, and eyeballs to intersect.

Revenge of the Feminerd: The Queeriodic Table

by Jarrah E Hodge
June 8, 2011 at 11:41am

Vancouver artists Jen Crothers and Kona have created a delightfully nerdy project to raise awareness of queer language and its evolution, and to raise money for the local organization Out in Schools, which educates young people about homophobia and bullying. It’s called the Queeriodic Table, and it’s going places.

Political InQueery: The Danger of Conscientiousness

by Everett Maroon
June 8, 2011 at 10:00am

Last January a certain bill in the House of Representatives caught the attention of the media. At the very start of the 112th Congress, House Republicans made moves to “redefine rape” and shift how publicly funded insurance covers (or doesn’t cover) abortions. Speaker of the House John Boehner, at the time, said that the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act was a priority for the GOP. An...

B-Sides Open Thread: Rihanna's “Man Down”

by Kjerstin Johnson
June 7, 2011 at 10:11am

Pop-star Rihanna’s new single “Man Down,” is making waves and opening up conversations about depictions of sexual assault.

Sexual Inadequacy: The Lonely Island's “3-Way”

by GarlandGrey
June 6, 2011 at 10:10am

Last month Saturday Night Live released aired a video by the television skit/musical act The Lonely Island called “3-Way.” It starred Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg from such other digital shorts “Dick in a Box,” “Jizz in My Pants,” and “Mother Lover.” The two men play flashy, ridiculous men who consider themselves sexual dynamos and most of their songs revolve around their sex...

#YAsaves, Ignorance Hurts: The <em>Wall Street Journal</em>'s Attack on Books

by Deb Jannerson
June 6, 2011 at 10:06am

On Saturday, the Wall Street Journal fired a shot heard around the literary world: a so-called book review by Meghan Cox Gurdon condemning the YA genre. Gurdon begins by describing a mother looking at covers in a young adult section and finding nothing she considered appropriate for her daughter, only “vampires and suicide and self-mutilation, this dark, dark stuff.” Of course, many...

Revenge of the Feminerd: X-Men Goes Retro

by Jarrah E Hodge
June 6, 2011 at 9:53am

I enjoyed most of X-Men: First Class. The acting, special effects, and writing were excellent, except possibly the two times Xavier tries to hit on women in bars by saying they have “groovy mutation[s]”.

But then again, the whole movie had a cheesy retro vibe to it, with its Cold War setting and costumes (turtlenecks for the men, not much clothing at all for the women)...

Political InQueery: Yes We Might

by Everett Maroon
June 6, 2011 at 9:39am

It has only been a few years since the “yes we can” wave made landfall in Washington, DC, ushering in Barack Obama and a broad sense of hope, after two long Bush administrations, during which progressives were increasingly alienated and frustrated. While President Obama was marketed, during the last campaign, as a liberal politician, his political stances on everything from same-sex marriage...

On Our Radar

by Deb Jannerson
June 3, 2011 at 2:27pm

Bringing you fine, feminist work from around the web!

  • Bitch YA Blogger Jessica Stites follows up on police response to Ms.’ petition demanding they apologize for having a woman who reported her rape fined.
  • Queerty shares a video and list, “Just In Case You Forgot Why The Family Research Council Is A Hate Group.”
  • Monica at TransGriot provides a history...

Bitch YA Book Club: Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott

by Ashley McAllister
June 3, 2011 at 1:47pm

For this month’s YA book club, Jennie Law asks Erin Blakemore, Ellen Papazian, and Nona Willis Aronowitz what they thought about Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott. Add your own answers to Jennie’s questions (or come up with your own discussion points) in the comments section!

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