Why aren’t the Google searches that are bringing folks here more disgusting? Other feminists get all the kiddy porn and big breasts searches–here’s what I get:
“dyke” (well, okay, natch)“female chauvinist pigs disagree” “empress me”“explain word reprise”“Julia Penelope”“mature women”“Stay at home moms and cleaning” (huh?)“I’m sick should I drink” (now dear, do you really need […]

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Go read Edith’s blog. She’s anti-porn, erudite and hilarious.

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Generous Visionary

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Thank you to reader R for noticing and remarking upon my recent absence! I myself was fairly astounded to find I’d gone an entire week without posting anything. It’s been a while since that happened.
Last Thursday I went to “the land”* to spend a little extra time at K’s house, in honor of […]

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This is for the two summerschool teenypuds I encountered in the pharmacy parking lot this afternoon. Oh, they’re so precious with their fresh little razor cuts, the single earring, the thongs, and the perpetual smirk, all shiny with french fry grease and sperm. And oh, I’m so weary, the routine is so familiar–one […]

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“…just then one of the men from Jean’s co-op waved to us and came over. He began talking earnestly about Jean’s commitment to social revolution and Jean said lightly, “Oh, you’d be amazed at the number of things I’m not committed to,” but he wasn’t going to take it it as a joke…(Some of […]

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_____From Sylvia, by Nicole Hollander, 1991.

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I’m a liberated woman, Quiche Lorraine says so.

______From a really old Bloom County, by Gary Trudeau.

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In our society, we’re taught the metaphorical concept ARGUMENT IS WAR. Consequently, when we talk about arguments, we say things like, “I tried to defend my position but she outflanked me,” “I really shot down her objections,” “her arguments were right on target.” No wonder we feel so good when we win […]

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Here’s Naomi Klein again:
When goods began to be produced in factories, not only were entirely new products being introduced but old products–even basic staples–were appearing in strikingly new forms. What made early branding efforts different from more straightforward salesmanship was that the market was now being flooded with uniform mass-produced products that were virtually […]

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