Books
Sapphic Salon: Sex and Misogyny in the Publishing World
There's a great piece in this Sunday's New York Times Book Review by Katie Roiphe regarding the inclusion of sex in novels by American male writers over time. Roiphe... Read more »
Transcontinental Disability Choir: Disability in Comics -- A Discussion
Comics haven't always been a bastion of feminist values, but they have given readers some fairly positive examples of characters with disabilities over the years. I've pulled together a brief list of characters who are more than just tropes meant to teach a Very Special Lesson.
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The Transcontinental Disability Choir: Art Imitating Life Imitating Art
Whenever someone starts talking about “crip-drag” - the slang term that basically means “currently non-disabled actor playing a disabled character” - the conversation tends to eventually (usually sooner, rather than later) turn to this:
But but but! We shouldn’t accept a less-than-stellar... Read more »
Bound by Raw Survival: Working Class Women Writers
In Pedagogy of the Oppressed Paulo Freire wrote, “Critical and liberating dialogue, which presupposes action, must be carried on with... Read more »
BiblioBitch: The Grammar Devotional
Grammarphiles of the world, rejoice! The fabulous Mignon Fogarty (aka Grammar Girl, profiled in the Buzz... Read more »
On the Map: Constructing Feminist Motherhood
Balancing Act is a newly published work of fiction by architect and author Meera Godbole Krishnamurthy that demonstrates the... Read more »
Webcomics: Entertainment for the New Millennium
Eve Ning of Octopus Pie
Independent webcomics are, generally speaking, a lot more interesting than the comics you can read in the newspaper – they have the space and the freedom to experiment artistically and tackle controversial or niche subjects, and women aren't as underrepresented. After the... Read more »
Bibliobitch: That's a Dealbreaker, Ladies, edition
One of the lesser-discussed hassles of identifying as feminist is that
people often think you'll be super-delighted to engage in some good
old-fashioned man bashing. Those men, you know? What's up with them
never being able to pick up their damn socks? And the belching? And
like I care about... Read more »
Transcontinental Disability Choir: Disability: The Human Condition
I didn't realize that in my quest to be up on YA literature and be able to have thoughtful discussions with my Kid about her reading adventures that I would encounter something so wrought with this many problematic themes. Or that I would find it all wrapped up in the charming red ribbon of the... Read more »
On the Map: Feminist Road Trippin
Two twenty-something, upper class, educated, Jewish girls traipse around the United States looking for the feminism of a new generation, and once they find it, one of them kills herself. That’s not exactly what the back cover of... Read more »
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