Politics
Feist a.k.a. Bitch Lap Lap
How do you listen to Canadian music?
With your ears, eh? Silly…
Sorry, must have been the feminist jokes post from earlier today that inspired that one.
Anyways, we are indeed heading to the Far North for today’s B-sides as we rock out with Nova Scotian and lady tune-weaver Leslie Feist.... Read more »
On the Map-In Your Facial: Queer Feminist Pornographers
Recently in Sweden, adult film director Mia Engberg received 500,000 kronor ($69,000USD) in public funding from the Swedish Film Institute to create a collection of... Read more »
On the Map: Fashion and Fundraising with The Uniform Project
In Mumbai and Delhi, several fashion designers are making their radical politics known on the runway, and in fashion capital New York City, one Indian woman is drawing attention to the need... Read more »
Bad News for People Who Like Good Girls
Newsweek has a piece on their website right now entitled, “How To Get A Raise: Stop Being Good” by Jessica Bennett. In it Bennett reviews a new book, Rachel Simmons’ The Curse of the Good Girl... Read more »
Adventures in Feministory: RIP Doris "Dobby" Brin Walker, progressive lawyer
Doris Walker worked throughout her life protecting and defending leftist causes and activists. She participated as an activist and legal counsel throughout almost every major America progressive social movement in the twentieth century, from denouncing Jim Crow laws and McCarthyism, to being a... Read more »
Is Meghan McCain the new heartbeat of the GOP or the new headache?: A point/counterpoint
You may know her as John McCain's cute, blonde, 24-year-old daughter, whose site, McCain Blogette, may have been the first campaign-trail travelogue to dish about its author's favorite cosmetics and love of Tupac. You may have seen her appearances on The... Read more »
Beaker Bitch: Freak Outs, Not Facts, Dominate Abortion Talk in Healthcare Debate
The healthcare debate this week has certainly been a lot of fingerpointing. In an effort to quash false rumors surrounding Obama's new healthcare plan (please let's never discuss the phrase "death panels" again), the White House went so far as to launch a... Read more »
Rave On: Anne Elizabeth Moore on Dirty Plotte
“Rave On” is the Page Turner series that asks feminist writers, artists, musicians, activists, leaders, and scholars to talk about a book that completely rocked their world. Today we feature media activist and writer Anne Elizabeth Moore on the Dirty Plotte comic books by Julie Doucet.
I don... Read more »
Fox Won't Air Family Guy Abortion Episode -- What Do You Think?
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The Seth MacFarlane creation that is “Family Guy” has built a reputation on poking animated fun at... Read more »
"Abortion Party": What's in a name?
Damon Linker recently blogged on the New Republic about a "deeply disturbing" Alternet article by Byard Duncan, My First Abortion Party.... Read more »
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