Culture
Bigger and better
Thanks to the wonderful Adele Nieves at A Book Without a Cover for sharing the news about the Adipositivity Project.
The Adipositivity Project aims to promote size... Read more »
'Stache-tastic!
Let me preface this by saying, that I don't believe this
phenomenon is revolutionary or even very subversive in terms of
gender-bending. But it IS a trend I've noticed, and one I can't help
but enjoy.
Men have been donning this upper-lip facial hair
for a long time, of course. It was a victorian... Read more »
"What does feminism, or sexism, mean in a vacuum?"
Another amazingly articulate, thoughtful, critical analysis of "feminism" by Jess Hoffmann... Here's a snippet, but please please go read the rest.
I see a lot of people who say they believe in "intersectionality" talk about it kind of like this: Since some women are people of color, and some... Read more »
I ♥ Sarah Waters
I felt very much out of the lezzie-loop yesterday when I found out that Sarah Waters' second novel, Affinity, has been made into a movie and was the opening night film at Frameline this summer. Now full disclosure: Sarah Waters is one of my celebrity crushes and I think I blew my cover on that fact... Read more »
Muslim women in comic books
Female, Muslim, Mutant: A Critique of Muslim Women in Comic Books, Part 1 of 2 by Racialicous guest contributor, Jehanzeb... Read more »
Defenders of the semicolon unite!
Our beloved punctuation mark is under attack for being 'girly'...
H/T to Broadsheet for linking to the Boston Globe article:
The credit probably belongs to Trevor Butterworth, who in 2005...wrote a 2,700-word essay on the semicolon in the Financial Times. Butterworth, who had worked in the... Read more »
Ad interventions
"Basically, I just want people to see what it would be like if plus-size models were represented similarly to slim models." -- Kristin Lou Herout.
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Mary Harris Jones must be turning in her grave
I've been debating whether I should post this for a few days, but I've decided I must.
Earlier this week, I went to the Mother Jones website to find an old article I wanted to post here. But my search was interrupted when I saw an ad for... Read more »
The Yanks are ruining yet another overseas comedy series
Kath and Kim
are the clueless, flamboyant, and extremely tacky Australian mother and
daughter on the show of the same name. The Aussie series—whose
cocreators, Jane Turner and Gina... Read more »
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