Activism
Sexual Inadequacy: Body Shaming is Not Sexy
I understand being firmly rooted in your own sexuality and there is certainly a limit to how comfortable I am being touched by people I’m not having sex with. But that isn’t what this is about. This is about making a joke at the expense of a real group of people. They could have just... Read more »
Douchebag Decree: Forty Beads
If you’re straight, monogamous, and female, Carolyn Evans wants to SAVE YOUR MARRIAGE! Her new book, Forty Beads, has “simple, sexy” advice: overcome the “libido gap” between women and men by having sex whenever... Read more »
Revenge of the Feminerd: For Girls Who Wear Glasses
This goes out to all those girls who’ve heard the message that intelligence and geekiness is antithetical to attractiveness.
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Takin
I wrote in Part I about the problem of a “neutral” women representing all victims of street harassment, and in this post I want to tell a story about how I’ve seen this happen in my own work. I will also... Read more »
Douchebag Decree: the DC Comics "Re-Boot"
Earlier this week, DC Comics (who dominates the mainstream comics market along with Marvel) made a real douche move when they announced a “reboot” of their leading characters. This means they’ll be ending... Read more »
Revenge of the Feminerd: The Queeriodic Table
Vancouver artists Jen Crothers and Kona have created a delightfully nerdy project to raise awareness of queer language and its evolution, and to raise money for the local organization ... Read more »
On Our Radar
Bringing you fine, feminist work from around the web!
Bitch YA Blogger Jessica Stites follows up on... Read more »
Internet Crush: I'm Not Racist But...
Time for Internet Crush! A new series highlighting the latest thing on the interwebs that we love.
You can pick your friends, but you can’t always pick what shows up in your news feed (no matter how much I’ve messed with my Facebook settings). I... Read more »
Revenge of the Feminerd: Counsellor Troi and Telepathic Rape
To five-year-old me, Counsellor Troi was more appealing than Disney princesses: beautiful and serene and intuitive, but also she got to go on cool missions and sit on the bridge of the Enterprise and tell the Captain the truth about his own motivations. Troi was the first action figure in my... Read more »
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