This is what I did last night while I watched CSI. (Surprise, young beautiful white chicks getting raped. What a departure for patriarchal television!) For my intermediate knitting class we made these miniature squares before attempting the full size washcloths in each pattern.
Here are some more minis:
The full-size white one […]

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I’m so jealous of all the attention Twisty is getting for “Yarn-Covered Stick” that I feel compelled to point out that I made a washcloth. It’s purple. See? It may not be no highbrow art piece but it’s highly functional.

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I never lived anywhere where people were grateful for rain before, but when I saw the first few drops on my windshield yesterday, I completely understood the sentiment. It’s rained or snowed here probably a total of four times since September. That’s not good. Everything is dry, dry, dry, and there have […]

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The people have spoken; we just can’t go against the tide. So, by popular demand, we’re proud to present a full line of fashionista prudewear!
Prudish briefs:

For the modest prude:

Prudewear pour l’homme:

Be proud of your prude!

Filed under: feminism as politics, media/culture criticism, photographic mischief by Amy's Brain Today

Via TNTrash, I took the pledge today.
Read her blog, too, it’s really good.

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After spending an inordinate amount of time today trying to track down details of a conflict two bloggers are having, I realized I am strangely intrigued by difficulties between women. It’s no mystery to me why that is; it’s because I’m morbidly fascinated by my own history of fractured relationships with other women, with […]

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Via Rain and Thunder:
BUYING SEX IS NOT A SPORT
On January 25, 2006, the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW)* launched an international campaign called: Buying Sex is not a Sport. The campaign protests Germany’s promotion and public display of prostitution during the World Cup Games in June/July 2006. The petition is available in English, French, […]

Filed under: activism/organizing, feminism as politics by Amy's Brain Today

There’s nothing a lapsed-WASP gal likes to see in the mailbox better than Jesus. And yes, that’s an actual little golden keyring of Jesus’ glowing heart blessing me and the cats by name. I never turn down a blessing, but it did give me a chuckle. I’m enjoying getting solicitations in Spanish […]

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This morning I’m looking at last night’s fun graphic and I just want to make sure everyone understands–this is NOT a slam to Andrea, at all. I loved her post and left a comment on her blog about waiting for the movement to reclaim “prude” (in the way that sex-positives try to reclaim some, […]

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These are for Andrea:
Who says radical feminists are humorless?

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