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Woman in Assam Stones Eve Teaser
In case you need a reason to smile today, find out how one woman responded when harassed by an army jawan in Assam. Thanks YouTube!
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It's my momoversary!
Normally I get hives when I see a mom-word like momtrepreneur, but I've been using momoversary for a few years now. What does it mean? It means today is the day I became a mom. It's a way to acknowledge that my daughter's birthday isn't just about her, it's also about me. Yeah, I'm selfish like... Read more »
Tip of my hat to Stephen Colbert
I couldn’t help but share this clip from last night’s Colbert Report.
In his ‘Tip of the Hat, Wag of the Finger’ segment, Colbert talks about
new efforts to de-gender language found in textbooks. (more after the jump)... Read more »
American Apparel Just Keeps Getting Pornier (Plus: Are You Hot Enough to Peddle Neon Spandex and Cotton V-Necks?)
As devoted readers may be aware, Dov Charney and his hip-tastic empire, American Apparel, have irked a Bitch blogger or two over the years. From the company's racist Afrika campaign to Charney's infamous... Read more »
Douchebag Decree: BROMANCE
Okay, okay. Before you and your platonic best friend get all up in arms, in no way does this week’s Douchebag Decree have anything to do with friendships between people of any gender. Friendship is super and in no way douche-y, obviously. However, this week’s dishonorable honor is... Read more »
Adventures in Feministory: Anna Elizabeth Dickinson
If you think politics today is a boy’s club imagine 1860s America. The Civil War was beginning, slavery was not yet illegal, and women were still a good eighty years from receiving the right to vote. Yet one fiery young woman was able to become a national celebrity through her impassioned... Read more »
Douchebag Decree: Deadspin and Will Leitch
Alert the office manager: We need to order some new parchment from the office supply company, cuz there were so many sports-related Douchebag Decrees to be handed out this last week, we can't keep up. You'll be glad to know, for instance, that gamblers aren't getting all bent out of shape about... Read more »
Dear Beauty Industrial Complex: Take Your LATISSE and Shove It.
Dear Women,
We realize that we’re already making you feel bad about your hair, breasts, lips, butt, legs, and overall body type, but our work is far from over. We would now like to introduce you to a new, hopefully self-esteem-lowering, chock-full-o-side-effects cosmetic designed to make you... Read more »
Feminism: Cool in college, ugly in the "real world"
"[The word "feminist"] has an ugly ring to it. I actually stopped using the term a while ago because it sounds so mean. It sounds so unsexy. I think it's come to [indicate] angry women who don't like men at all and don't like having sex, so I can see why people stray away from it. It's not one of... Read more »
Is This Feminism at Work?
For the first time ever, the winner of the Miss England pageant is a Black female athlete. What does this say about feminism and beauty?
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