Culture
Open Thread: Slangin' Out
We’ve got a discussion in the works on our Facebook page about the phrase “how’s it hanging?” that I thought I’d bring to the blog as well. What’s the deal with how’s it hanging? (Asked in my best... Read more »
Reproductive Writes: Love Your Vagina Dot Com
In my last post I discussed with Elizabeth Kissling the anti-advertising campaign produced by Kotex to promote their neon-bright range of tampons and pads. There has been a delay... Read more »
On the Map: The Kitchen Sisters Shift from Food to Feminism
Kitchen Sisters Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva debut The Hidden World of Girls on NPR with an interesting tale about Jamaican women obtaining beauty from an unlikely source.
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The Biotic Woman: Parting Ways, Moving On
My time on the Bitch blog comes to a close today. It's been nothing but an honor and privilege to be here, dissecting environmental issues and animal rights among some other stellar bloggers. I had a number of things that I wanted to tackle that never made the blog, and mostly, I straight up ran... Read more »
Adventures in Feministory: Loretta Lynn
Full disclosure: I love Loretta Lynn. I have dressed like her for Halloween. I have sat glued to Sissy Spacek’s performance as her in Coal Miner’s Daughter. I have been known to... Read more »
Raising Trouble: The Pink and Blue Project
Artist JeongMee Yoon was inspired to create "The Pink and Blue Project" when her five-year-old daughter only wanted to wear pink, and to play with pink objects.
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Raising Trouble: Is My Four-year-old a Budding Hate Criminal?
"I want to shoot Iggy*," Ivan often tells me. He and his friends want to shoot Iggy, he says, because "we don't like princesses." Iggy is a boy in my son's preschool class who wears dresses to school – often bringing several, as he may want a new look by midday -- and likes to play princess with... Read more »
The Biotic Woman: What the Hell is a Femivore?
I mentioned over the weekend that I was a little too miffed after reading the terribly myopic piece in the New York Times Magazine last weekend, "... Read more »
Douchebag Decree: DOUCHEBAG SHOWDOWN EDITION
Someone should make a bumper sticker that reads So many douchebags, so little time. I’d buy it. Every week when the Douchebag Decree comes around, there are too many douches and it’s almost impossible to determine who deserves the honor most. This week, we have two very strong... Read more »
The Biotic Woman: In Praise of Sistah Vegan
For a long time, one of my favorite vegan thinkers has been A. Breeze Harper, author of the Sistah Vegan website/blog and now the author of her newly released book of the same name—out this month! Harper also... Read more »
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