December 10th, 2007
Apparently Dan Savage, the odious sex pox columnist, has reiterated his oh-so-radical stance that fat people are ugly and eat too much, and therefore deserve whatever mistreatment we get–unlike gay people, of which he coincidentally is one, who are just “born that way,” poor them, and don’t deserve to be persecuted.
As you all know, I’m […]
When was the last time this happened to a straight person you know?
From here.
December 6th, 2007
Laura Gomez’s new book Manifest Destinies: The Making of the Mexican American Race. I was fortunate to hear her speak last night on “Manifest Destiny’s Legacy: Race in America at the Turn of the Twentieth Century.” This was a really interesting talk which touched on the significance of legal cases like […]
December 5th, 2007
From Zuzu at Kindly Póg Mo Thóin, we have “Rejecting the frames”:
…why should healthy lifestyle be the ticket to being treated as a human being? I shouldn’t have to do a damn thing to claim my right to being treated equally other than exist. Who the fuck has the right to deny me that just […]
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Amy's Brain Today
December 2nd, 2007
I have long thought that feminists should more often emulate wildly popular forms of mainstream media.*
In that spirit, I bring you lolcastration.
Remember, you saw it first at Feminist Reprise!
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*I refer, of course, to the lolcats.
December 1st, 2007
All Diva Media wrote to me about her great entry 20 posts all women should read. She kindly included something of mine, but I’m very curious and excited to read the rest of what she found.
BTW, best comment by Samsara on this post:
“If men do not like the salty oceanic paradise that i[s] my […]