Some dickhead that I know slightly from my recently-completed program of study just sent me an invitation to his “pimp ‘n’ ho” party.
For fuck’s sake.
A female classmate invited a few of us to a social/critique group for aspiring designers. I was ambivalent about going, but I need more activities, and I like the organizer […]

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Dear Tools,
Stop with the female murderers already. I get it, you think it makes your book edgy and gives it a “twist” ending, because since women commit hardly any of the violent crimes in the world, no one would EVER guess that the murderer is female! But you know what? Since […]

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The other day Littoral Mermaid blogged about a horrible racist column from a Cornell University student blog.
A few days before that, this anti-fat-people article turned up in the student newspaper at the University of Toronto:

Public health care - why should the rest of us have to pay high taxes for you to eat yourself to […]

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This was written by a friend who wishes to remain anonymous. It’s a response to this poster (pdf) which is up in a space where we sometimes hang out.

For every womon/gyrl in a family, neighborhood, school, or job who fears violent backlash if she names oppression, there is a male who holds the power […]

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There’s a whole slew of bogusness going on in the blogosphere at the moment, in the traditional, non-tarot sense of “foolish.” For example, I was thrilled to see this post of Twisty’s calling out some of the downright offensive crap that passes for political discourse on various lefty blogs. I’ve been lurking […]

Filed under: blogging, conflict, fat politics, feminism as politics, lesbian feminism, personal is political, rants, white privilege by Amy's Brain Today

Stop. Just stop. This goes for you, Mr. Three-Sheets-to-the-Wind Chuck-Norris-Wannabe on US Airways to Cleveland, snatching my tiny cup of raspberry vinaigrette out of my hands to open it for me without a word, but especially for you, Pervfesser Dickhead, sitting next to me in Photoshop class today. Who said you could, […]

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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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I’ll say right up front that I’m cranky and defensive, so if you’re not interested in reading the cranky, defensive ranting of an unapologetic lesbian feminist separatist, you should navigate away from this blog immediately.
This rant is sparked by what is going on over at BB’s site, especially the comments section of her feminist cred […]

Filed under: consumerism, feminism as politics, rants by Amy's Brain Today

Perhaps part of my blogstipation of late is comparative. I’ve been trolling the blogosphere, reading all the witty incisive slang-term-laden commentary out there, and wow does it make me feel like a big loser writer. I don’t use cutting-edge creative words like “asshat,” “schmoopy,” “ginormous,” or “fucktard.” I don’t have any cute […]

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When I got my spiffy new laptop backalong, it came with a three-month free trial of AOL. Now I’ll confess, I knew I hated AOL. I’m not sure how I knew, but I did. Nevertheless, I was going to be doing some traveling, and so I signed up for the three-month trial […]

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