Activism
The H-Word: "Cleaning Up" OWS and Our Country's Historic Fear of Contagion
Not so good morning, America. I woke up yesterday to discover that on Monday night the police had cleared Zuccotti Park. As of this morning, Zuccotti Park remains largely unoccupied and quiet,... Read more »
Bringing Up Baby: The Overrepresentation of Fatherhood in TVLand
In today’s complex television landscape, it’s easy to argue that traditional conceptions of “parenthood” are changing as we see fewer heteronormative nuclear families, which reflects demographic and social changes in the real world. Yet a closer look at parenthood in contemporary... Read more »
Mom & Pop Culture: Remakes
This trend of remaking childhood classics holds no nostalgia for me. It only holds anger that companies feel that they can update a part of my childhood in order to double their profit margins and, in the same breath, insult my child by suggesting he won’t enjoy something with a simple,... Read more »
The H-Word: Essence, Revealed
The first time I met Essence Revealed was two years ago at the Sex Workers Cabaret, an annual event in New York City where sex workers take the stage to tell their diverse stories through performance, narrative, puppetry, burlesque, comedy and more. Essence is a dual degreed, former lap dance... Read more »
On Our Radar
Here’s what we’ve been reading (and watching, and thinking about) this week.
Have you been reading Ladydrawers’ interview comic with Alison Bechdel? Catch up with part two of three over at... Read more »
Mom & Pop Culture: Totally Terrible Toys
Yup, that’s right. The folks at the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood scoured the toy aisles and found (what they feel are) the top five most offensive toys, and will present the TOADY (Toys Oppressive And Destructive to Young children) Award to the one that takes home the (dis)honor... Read more »
The H-Word: WTF, America.
Every now and again I’m struck immobile by the state of our nation. I had wanted to prepare an article on the risks of sex work, real versus imagined, but I’m thinking what the fuck. Why bother. This country sucks. No one’s listening. I turned on the news this morning and... Read more »
Bibliobitch: "We're fat, we f*ck, it's good, get over it": A Q&A with Hanne Blank
Sometimes the best books about sex simply state the obvious: masturbation feels good, most women require direct clitoral stimulation to orgasm, fat people have and (gasp!) enjoy sex (and with all kinds of partners!). Hanne Blank’s newly released edition of Big, Big Love is a prime example of... Read more »
Bringing Up Baby: Stay Away From That Tuna! (Or I'll Take Your Baby)
During last week’s episode of Parenthood, Julia panicked because Zoe—the young woman carrying the baby Julia plans to adopt—is caught eating sushi. With tuna.
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Trade Secrets: The tough talk of the new anti-trafficking movement
In the 2008 film Taken, Liam Neeson plays Bryan Mills, a retired CIA operative whose undercover past is called into action when his daughter is kidnapped while traveling abroad and sold into sexual slavery. Using his counterterrorism skills to torture and murder those who stand between him and his... Read more »
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