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The Biotic Woman: Talking About Transphobia and Ecofeminism With Ida Hammer
Ida Hammer has been writing The Vegan Ideal for several years as a way to examine and deconstruct overlapping oppressions. Her work centers on undoing transphobia in vegetarian and ecofeminist communities. Ida was kind of enough to speak with me recently about... Read more »
Reproductive Writes: Do We Need To Bleed?
Flicking through the pages of this month's Company magazine - diets, fashion, celebrities, diets, fashion - what's this? The word 'period' in a women's magazine? A feature entitled 'It's 2010 - so why are we still having periods?' Good question, according to the rest of the articles we're meant to... Read more »
Ice Dancing Queen: Tanith Belbin
If Lindsey Vonn and Julia Mancuso’s performances in the Women’s Downhill weren’t to make your feminist heart swell with Olympic pride (what are you, a robot?),... Read more »
Douchebag Decree: MTV Reality
"My Life As Liz" has put me over the edge. I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore.
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The Biotic Woman: Transphobia and Ecofeminism
Transphobia and anti-trans sentiments are not uncommon among ecofeminist writers and activists. It's a disgusting and painful reality. Feminists working on all sorts of issues know that transphobia and anti-trans sentiments are not uncommon among radical groups of any kind that nevertheless label... Read more »
B-Sides: When Breaking Up is the Best
NPR did a segment on break-up songs. Tigerbeatdown devoted a week on the subject. And Thao Nguyen... Read more »
On the Map: Out, Damned Spot
“Really? No! I mean, is this story for real?”
This was my reaction to finding out that, after four centuries (yes, centuries), Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre... Read more »
The Biotic Woman: What Big AR Gets Wrong
Last week, I got a message in my inbox: Starbucks is now selling vegan cookies!!!! Vegan revolution OMG!! And my cynical first thought was, "What? And why the hell should I patronize an... Read more »
Gwendolyn Brooks: Poetic License
Today's Adventures in Feministory features Gwendolyn Brooks, a Chicagoan, prolific poetess, and the first black author to win the Pulitzer Prize for her 1949 collection, Annie Allen.
"Poetry is Life Distilled."
-Gwendolyn Brooks
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I Can Has Feminizm?
Oh hai. So it’s been a while since the last installment of I Can Has Feminizm?, but fear not: Feminizt LOLz r bak. And just in time for the sporting event of the season! (You knew that cats love... Read more »
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