Culture
Push(back) at the Intersections: Defining (and Critiquing) 'Intersectionality'
The conflict between proud statements about viewing things intersectionally and actually being an intersectional feminist is at the core of many problems within the feminist movement right now. Including the feminist pushback to critiques of pop culture that focus on issues other than the depiction... Read more »
Lookism: OK If It's at the Hands of a Multinational Corporation
Mary Elizabeth Williams doesn't want to be sold pants by an ugly person. In her recent article for Salon, Williams maintains that the appearance-centered hiring practices and employee... Read more »
The Dating Game: One Isn't The Loneliest Number
There is no such thing as The One.
There, I said it. No fairy godmother is going to come down and give you fancy One-seeking slippers, there's not some other higher-power-created other half of you waiting equally wistfully for you to walk into his or her life, and there's no ultimate, perfect... Read more »
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 »
Size Matters: You Better Work
Fat fashion, while still leaving much to be desired, has definitely come a long way. I can remember going to Lane Bryant with my mom as a little girl and being horrified by the beaded, sequined, baggy travesties they called clothes. Now the travesties are poly-cotton blend! I joke; Lane Bryant is... Read more »
Push(back) at the Intersections: Women Making Pop Culture
I thought it might be fun to start this series by exploring some female creators who are shaking things up in their industries. These women are a sign of great things to come,... Read more »
Mad World: Absolut Commercials
When a conversation turns to branding (and don’t all of your conversations turn to branding?) the efforts of Absolut Vodka, the little alcohol company that could, are inevitably evoked. There’s good... 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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Size Matters: Just One Last Donut
The majority of my life has been spent inhabiting a body deemed too fat. While I spent my early childhood and elementary years as a "normal" sized child, I soon started the upward climb towards "fat" and when I reached that particular mountaintop, my body built a house, bought the furniture, put in... 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 »
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