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Douchebag Decree: Oh, Susannah Breslin...
Susannah Breslin reared her post-feminism head again when she published a post explaining her "discovery" of trigger warnings on feminist blogs, subsequently dismissing them as "if you are EASILY UPSET, if you see a TRIGGER WARNING coming, you can look away REALLY FAST, or click elsewhere, so you... Read more »
Open Thread: Feminism, Fey, and Funny Ladies
OK, so I guess I was sort of under a rock the past few days, because I kind of missed the Tina Fey mega-... Read more »
Feminist Rapper: Real Ladies Fight Back
If you were feeling like this hump day was going to go on forever without anything fun happening, take heart: There is a new episode of Feminist Rapper! In this installment, our Women’s Studies professor uses rap to inspire a woman who... Read more »
Tuning In: Kiely Williams's (not at all) "Spectacular"
On Friday, Kjerstin Johnson forwarded me Vulture's post on the music video for Kiely Williams's "Spectacular." Once a member of the girl group 3LW and The Cheetah Girls, Williams has been... Read more »
CLEAN PURE SOFT FRESH: A Whole New World of Vagina Spray
Ladies and... ladies, welcome to the wonderful, bewildering world of eco-chic vagina cleaner feminine care products. Canadian company I Love My Muff offers products that are good for the environment, possibly but probably not that bad for you, definitely unnecessary AND, as an added bonus, with a... Read more »
Rape: Still not an "official crime," still making us stabby
Last week, Amanda Hess wrote an excellent and completely infuriating piece for The Washington City Paper called, “Test Case: You’re Not a Rape Victim Unless Police Say So”... Read more »
The Young and The Feckless: Class Conundrum
Watching Bristol Palin's teen pregnancy PSA the other day and reading reactions to it (including Bitch's own Kelsey Wallace), I was reminded of a question that I've been turning over in my mind lately, namely who has the authority/credibility/legitimacy to speak to issues of class and privilege?... Read more »
Yes! No! Wait, What Was the Question?
“Now when I listen to a really good song, I start nodding my head like I’m saying yes to every beat. ‘Yes! Yes! Yes, this rocks!’ And then sometimes I switch up with ‘No! No! No, don’t stop a’rockin!’”
–Homer Simpson
Give it up for the power of yes! And the power of no! Give it... Read more »
Raising Trouble: An Institute of Her Own
The Geena Davis Institute - how cool is that? - unleashes the wrath of Thelma on the kid-u-tainment industry.
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