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Genderlicious: What do you think of <i>Hey Baby</i>?
Via my home planet of Racialicious: Borderhouse deconstructs a new flash video game called "Hey Baby."
Borderhouse says:
The game is called "Hey, Baby", and it... Read more »
Adventures in Feministory: Happy Birthday Mother Jones
Although she always claimed her birthday was May 1st--International Worker's Day, Mary Harris "Mother" Jones was born on August 1st, 1837 (although she also claimed to be born years earlier, in part to maintain her grandmotherly public persona).
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Push(back) at the Intersections: Well, Howdy, Folks!
Welcome to Push(back) at the Intersections, an exploration of responses to feminist responses to pop culture.
Wait, what?!
Yes, that’s right. Bitch very kindly invited me back to guest blog about one of my favorite things: meta-analysis of pop culture critiques. I’m interested in how... Read more »
Genderlicious: I would like to buy Jhameel a drank
Some music for your weekend: I was thrilled to recently learn about Jhameel, a pop-orchestra musician who covers T Pain songs and whose lyrics (according to his bio) “revolve around such topics as Middle Eastern womanhood, homosexuality, and urban... Read more »
Douchebag Decree: Girls Gone Wild and Jane Doe's jury of leers
When a jury basically says “you were asking for it” in legalese, you know it’s bad. That’s what Jane Doe heard when last week a St. Louis court that decided that “playing to the camera... Read more »
Did the Lilith Fair Fail Because of Lady Gaga?!
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Jon Caramanica opens his recent New York Times piece on the changing landscape of "girl pop" with something Lady Gaga yelled during her recent run at Madison Square Garden:
"I hate the truth!"
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Feelin' Pervy: GQ's "Pantless Saturdays"
As someone who is not only the world’s biggest fan of Arrested Development (seriously, try me) but who has also dreamed of going on a date with Jason Schwartzman since his Rushmore and Phantom Planet days, I am struggling with... Read more »
Talking Trash with Annie Leonard
Want to know the story behind the Story of Stuff? In this interview, Annie Leonard talks about how the original Story of Stuff came about, how she got into activism, the backlash she got for covering cap and trade from within the environmental movement, and why its important for celebrity... Read more »
Genderlicious: "I believe that I can support you, but also support people who hate you"
The Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival is next week.
Having not grown up in North America and having taken a fairly circuitous route to feminism, the first time I ever heard of Michfest was about seven years ago in the Inga Muscio book Cunt, where Muscio talks about what a transformative... Read more »
Adventures in Feministory: The Women's Donor Activist Movement
Today’s Adventures in Feministory is brought to you by a smart and informative video from the Women’s Funding Network. Watch it and learn about the history of the Women’s Donor Activist Movement! (We could all use a fun video... Read more »
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