Culture
Revenge of the Feminerd: More Feminerd Forerunners
Earlier in this series I did a post on the bluestockings and a Facebook commenter suggested I do a follow-up piece on Japanese anarchist feminists. I thought now would be a good opportunity to mention them and some... Read more »
Douchebag Decree: The NYPD Rape Acquittal
Sometimes a situation is so horrible that a Douchebag Decree just doesn’t cut it. However, I can think of nothing douchier today than the NYPD trial verdict, which found the two accused officers... Read more »
Grand Rounds: Dissecting Grey's Anatomy: Morbidity and Mortality
We reached the end of season seven of Grey’s Anatomy last week with “Unaccompanied Minor,” the somewhat explosive finale episode. The Grand Rounds crew is taking a look back over the seventh season today, evaluating what worked, what didn’t, and how we felt overall about the... Read more »
BiblioBitch: Chaz Bono's Book of Mixed Messages
Chaz Bono’s new memoir, Transition: The Story of How I Became a Man, co-written with Billie Fitzpatrick, brims with candid emotion. It covers his entire life so far, and as the title implies, it frequently comes back to Chaz’s lifelong discomfort with being thought to be... Read more »
Sexual Inadequacy: The Exposure Myth
Sexual Inadequacy refers to the poor representation of queer sexuality in the larger culture and in the media. Sexual Inadequacy is about the story straight writers and producers tell queer people about their own lives. Sexual Inadequacy is a comment on the amount of information queer students are... Read more »
Adventures in Feministory: Comandante Ramona
Comandante Ramona was an influential member of the Zapatista Army or Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN) in Chiapas, Mexico. Dubbed “The Petite Warrior,” she led the Zapatistas’ initial uprising against the Mexican government, leading to to the Zapatista rebellion and the... Read more »
Revenge of the Feminerd: Board Game Colonialism
Unfortunately there are a significant number of boardgames themed around European colonialism, and they really rub me the wrong way. The legacy of colonialism still underpins social inequalities in North America and around the world, so I want to take a closer look at the games I play that deal... Read more »
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Salon explores the implications of the fate of the Wonder Woman show described in... Read more »
Revenge of the Feminerd: Feminism? There's an App for That
Part of the reason the iPhone has been getting more buzz than other smartphones seems to be due to the plethora of apps available on the system (over 350,000 compared to just over 25,000 for Blackberry). And given some of the options we’ve seen, including hate-filled,... Read more »
Douchebag Decree: Comcast VP Steve Kipp, Attempted Reel Grrls Camp-Ruiner
Reel Grrls, the awesome Seattle-based nonprofit organization that teaches media production to young women, has been under douche attack! Recently, Reel Grrls tweeted about the massive conflict of interest that is... Read more »
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