I wish I had been this smart as a teenager
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The Word is Transvaginal
Are you freaking kidding me with this shit, world? It is 2012 and you’re still trying to legislate women’s bodies. Really? REALLY? The United States has being in full-on attack mode all year. De-fund Planned Parenthood? Why not. Those poor women are clearly all sluts anyway. Veto the FDA recommendation to allow Plan B to … Continue reading »
Your Joke’s Not Funny
CBC’s Q hosted a discussion of sorts on the reaction to “rape joke” Facebook pages. The pages — with real people who “like” them and everything — have charming names like “You know shes (sic) playing hard to get when your (sic) chasing her down an alleyway” (194,000 “likes”) and “Riding your Girlfriend softly, Cause … Continue reading »
Slutwalk 2011: If she’s a slut, I’m one too
Slutwalk Toronto, a march down the streets of Toronto to protest the shaming women based on their appearance and their choices, and blaming women for sexual assaults (check out the list of other cities participating), happened today. Let me start by saying that I am not an authority on this event, and probably not even … Continue reading »
Rape, Reporters, and Women
Note: I wrote this after news of CBS correspondent Lara Logan’s brutal assault surfaced, when amongst all the victim blaming, people had the nerve to ask ‘Should women reporters be allowed to report from war zones?’ I forgot to post it, but nothing’s changed since then Asking what it means to be a women in … Continue reading »
International Women’s Day: Why feminsim isn’t passé
I don’t know what I take the bait every time and read Margaret Wente’s nonsense. But I did. And it was as poorly thought out, under-researched, offensive, and so full of ass-hattery that I have been sucked into replying. I will not, however, link to the article. If you haven’t read it, I leave it … Continue reading »
Who’s afraid of Naomi Wolf?
What the hell happened to Naomi Wolf? Is there some crazy-making virus out there that inhibits logical thought? ‘Cause I’m stumped. I thought her intentions were good (but her argument ridiculous) when she wrote her J’Accuse piece in the Huffington Post last month. No, it didn’t make any sense. Obviously the solution to taking rape … Continue reading »
