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So, I was verifying my links, and I took a second look at Molly Faulkner-Bond’s byline, which led me to this totally amazing new feminist resource, Sirens Magazine. Featured articles include “Makeup Is a Feminist Act,” “A Soldier’s Style,” (“I wanted to wear my favorite Club Monaco pencil skirt instead of the high-waisted, polyblend pants [...]
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What is the most important issue that we, as a nation, face today? Why, women’s garments, of course! Which is why I was positively overjoyed to find fourth-wave feminism resurgent in Molly Faulkner-Bond’s vital piece, “The Power of the Miniskirt.”
[Miniskirts] seem so slutty and overexposed at times that we want to pack up all of [...]
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Tags: alternet, amanda woodward, clothes and cocks, i wish they taught shopping in school, molly faulkner-bond, the power of the miniskirt
Know and read everything about everyone, comment on it or criticize it on your Tumblr, but never mention it in real life.
This way we can maintain two separate spheres: one, where we are so honest that we hurt each other, and another, where we are so dishonest that we hurt each other even more.
If you [...]
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Tags: alec niedenthal, angry ladies book club, famesuckers, feminism, fourth wave feminism, i have a lady crush, jessandjoshtalk, jessica roy, new york, new york magazine, publication is the auction of the mind of man, role model behavior, the services of justin timberlake
Scarlet Letter 2.0
Fact: over a quarter of New Yorkers have The Dreaded Herp.
Fact: nearly half of New Yorkers with multiple sex partners do not use condoms.
Upon learning these facts, did you immediately think “social networking opportunity”? Then you, my friend, have mastered the Internet.
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Tags: herpes, new scarlet letter, safe sex, social networking opportunity, soresonyourfacebook.com, the dreaded herp
I am having the same conversation a lot lately. It goes like this:
“Don’t you see,” I say, “that the personal narrative is crucial to the history of women’s literature, and to feminism, rooted as it is in various literary antecedents, some as ancient as Sei Shonagon’s Pillow Book and others as recent as Riot Grrrl [...]
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Tags: consciousness-raising, feminism will eat itself, julia allison, julia allison's terrible friends, nonsociety, on keeping a notebook, overshare
Allies! It Turns Out They Exist?
I find myself talking and thinking a lot lately about the role of dudes, and specifically leftist dudes, in feminism.
Feminism’s second wave happened, in large part, because women were dismissed and marginalized in radical circles. At a certain point, it became clear to women that a) folks were talking so very much about liberation and [...]
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Tags: allies, domestic violence, feminism, i am very earnest lately, kevin powell, kyle payne, leftists, male feminists, obama, second wave, the dudes
[Note: I originally posted this on a private forum. I had a conversation not so very long ago (three hours? four?) with someone who told me that if I can't stand behind what I write in a public fashion, I probably shouldn't write it. Which is fair! So, when I re-read all this business this [...]
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Tags: blaming victims, date rape, feminism, lizz winstead, moe tkacik, rape, second wave, shoot the messenger, thinking and drinking, third wave, tracie egan
Here is one thing that I have learned from my job: every single human being on the planet believes that he or she has a story worth telling. Usually that story is about parents. These people are almost always wrong.
Nevertheless, I want to tell you a story now. People who read this blog (I assume [...]
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Then Again, Maybe Not
While I’m discussing these things, it does seem like a good idea to point out this piece by Jessica Valenti, which is old, but raises some points that are, in fact, helpful to keep in mind.
Even women who don’t put their pictures or real names online are subject to virtual harassment. A recent study showed [...]
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Tags: blogs, commenter wars, commenters, feminism, jessica valenti, keith gessen, privacy, TAKE BACK THE INTERNET