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Watch This: No Joke. Choice Matters. Everywhere. (Bonus: Issa Rae is in it!)
The folks at Pathfinder International just launched No Joke. #ChoiceMatters. Everywhere., a campaign to raise awareness about international reproductive health care. The campaign is focused on building a movement to help more people... Read more »
Douchebag Decree: Don't Let Chick-fil-A Distract You From the Douchiness that is the Latest Hooters Campaign
The new Hooters campaign features two owl puppets—a devil and an angel—meant to represent the internal conflict many customers face when eating fried food at what is basically the world’s least gratifying strip club. On the one hand, you consider yourself a nice person, but on the other hand... Read more »
Punk Planet: Who Wants to Free Pussy Riot, and Why?
Pussy Riot is an anti-authoritarian feminist punk band. So why have they become the rallying cry of the international patriarchy?
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Thinking Kink: The Politics of BDSM Fashion
Considering how restrictive so much kinky clothing is, when does sexy cross the line into sexist? Is shoe-horning oneself into corsets, latex or agonizingly high heels just part of fetishism, or is it just another way in which the female body is molded and manipulated? Today, I’m peeling back... Read more »
Love and Afrofeminism: Is the Self-Care Movement Individualist or Revolutionary?
Sound familiar? You don't have to be Nigerian to recognize the challenge of traditional gender roles—and women being pigeon-holed into caregiving. Some of us have these roles upheld through political systems or religious faiths. However, in my case, the gendered role (of caring for... Read more »
About Face: HBO's Documentary on Aging Supermodels is Only Skin Deep
Last night I pried myself away from the hot bodies of the London Games to watch a documentary about a different group of people who make their living with their hot bodies: supermodels. Timothy Greenfield Sanders’ feature-length HBO film ... Read more »
Games On! The London 2012 Olympics: So Far, So Feminist?
If you thought this year’s Olympics would be a sexism-free zone, you were forgetting about the notoriously chauvinistic Mayor of London, who likened the female... Read more »
Bridal Party: Tale of a Tomboy Bride
As a tomboy bride, I BARELY wanted to wear a dress, let alone something that looked like to me like a cupcake.
The wedding industry, and pop culture in general, is so bossy about what everyone’s experience of gender is. Hey, Wedding Crap Culture! Not everyone is a pile of... Read more »
Thinking Kink: A Visit to the Sex Toy Store
Today, I’m reflecting on some of my trips to sex stores and consider the cost of kink, as well as how many stores pass the female-friendly test. Is having a decent kink toybox all about the Benjamins? And why do some sex stores still feel reserved for the dirty raincoat brigade?
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True Blood: Somebody That I Used to Know
It was a come to Jesus meeting in more ways than one on last night’s True Blood.
Best Mardi Gras ever?
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