Culture
No Kidding: The Dreaded Overpopulation Conversation
At some point in discussions about being childfree, the inevitable “I don’t contribute to overpopulation” argument shows up. It’s one of the most complicated for an environmentalist like me because taking that stance immediately implies others do not care for the world in the same way... Read more »
Sex and the Fat Girl: Personal Style as Political Resistance
In a previous post about beauty standards/ideals, I suggested that fat women loving their bodies and viewing themselves as beautiful subverts the dominant beauty paradigm. One method of expressing your love for your body... Read more »
Adventures in Feministory: Women Sing the Blues
To look in the “Blues” section of most record stores, you’d think it was only men who had troubles worth singing about. This week it is my pleasure to prove... Read more »
The Games We Play: Access This
People with disabilities have long had difficulty accessing video games for various reasons and with varying degrees of limited accommodations. Game play details ranging from color schemes in darker settings to story lines and fight scenes that can overwhelm cognitive understanding have left many... Read more »
No Kidding: Academic Style
Last week, a good (lesbian, childfree, professor) friend sent me an article from an issue of the Palgrave MacMillian journal Feminist Review from 2003. I’ve tended to stay away from these sorts of pieces in this series because I don’t assume I’m writing for a specifically... Read more »
Bedsider.org: Sex(y) Education
“Welcome to the free birth-control support network. Find a doctor, find a method, find a happier you in bed.”
So reads the tagline of Bedsider.org, a new online resource operated by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and... Read more »
The Games We Play: Hardcore vs. Casual
The concern that casual games are going to ruin the gaming market plays on a couple of assumptions: 1) That “hardcore” means “difficult,” something that only a veteran gamer of many years should be able to play intuitively, and should only appeal to that certain narrow demographic. 2) That hardcore... Read more »
No Kidding: Are Childfree People Angry?
As a childfree person, I feel like I often have to defend against the stereotype that childfree people hate children. Based on the comments from my last post about being a childfree person who actually likes kids... Read more »
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