Culture
On the Map: Coming Out of the (Water) Closet
It wasn’t until moving to India that I realized just how much I’d been taking toilets for granted, and it wasn’t until coming across the newly published... Read more »
On the Map: Is CouchSurfing.org Safe for Women?
Since 2004 CouchSurfing.org has provided a way for budget travelers to connect with people across the world to take advantage of free hospitality—from a place to sleep to acting as a tour guide to simply meeting for a coffee. But do the site administrators go far enough to ensure its members aren... Read more »
Beaker Bitch: Freak Outs, Not Facts, Dominate Abortion Talk in Healthcare Debate
The healthcare debate this week has certainly been a lot of fingerpointing. In an effort to quash false rumors surrounding Obama's new healthcare plan (please let's never discuss the phrase "death panels" again), the White House went so far as to launch a... Read more »
Bed, Bitch & Beyond: I Do Not Scream For Viagra Ice Cream
This past week the London Paper brings us news of the September unveiling of a fancy (and expensive) new “Sex Pistol” ice cream cocktail at Selfridge’s. Loaded with... Read more »
Douchebag Decree: Men's News Daily
“It’s like AskMen.com but with fewer readers!”
Touted by its editors as “Your Daily Dose of Counter-Theory,” the folks at Men’s... Read more »
Karl Lagerfeld Calls Feminists Ugly -- FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE!
News in tired feminist stereotypes has taken a turn for the weird in this month’s issue of Harper’s Bazaar. Fashion designer (and future zombie-lookalike contest winner)... Read more »
Beaker Bitch: Inside the Bank of Breast Milk
One day's worth of breast milk from a new mother barely reached the first line on a four ounce vial. The freezer that held the thin, yellowish milk was nearly empty, too—the first breast milk donation bank in the Northwest was not officially open for business last week when I stopped in.
The still... Read more »
Bed Bitch & Beyond (Not So) Good Vibrations: A Confession
Ladies, I have a confession to make. I don't like vibrators.
Now, I have much respect for my feminist sisters at Good Vibrations and Babeland. If you love their products, and they get you off and make you happy... Read more »
Adventures In Feministory: Pat Benatar
This is not new information: Pat Benatar rocks. It's so obvious, I know. Yet I felt compelled to write this week's Adventures In Feministory about Pat because, frankly, I did not know as much about her as I thought. My recent renewed transfixion with all things Benatar formed because of her current... Read more »
When Mothers Hit the Bottle: reaching a gendered approach to alcoholism
A highly circulating AP article on the increasing number of women with DUI charges sends mixed messages about women who mix drinking and driving. In the wake of a... Read more »
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