October 2011
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If you read one thing this weekend, make it Jess Zimmerman’s takedown of “choice feminism” - pertinent in light of recent discussions on this blog about beauty privilege and positivity. Thoughts?:
Until the woman who doesn’t want to be seen as sexually available can go out with certainty that she won’t be harassed or ogled, your choice to turn heads and revel in attention is a...
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loqueellaescribe asked: Hi! I was hoping you could recommend me some books about the treatment of women in the media. Thanks in advance :)
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The Musings of an Inappropriate Woman Guide to...
It feels funny that I’m writing this post now, right as the feeling of “oh crap, there actually is rather a lot to do, isn’t there?” has begun to descend on me. Funny because, throughout this whole process, one of my most oft repeated lines – more than the whole money thing, even – is that wedding planning is not nearly as time consuming or all encompassing as the industry and the bridalsphere...
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Slut shaming: it’s not about how much sex you've...
Slut shaming – or dissing chicks who get more action (or appear to get more action) than you do – is a shitty was to behave, we can all agree. So why do we do it?
Okay, so maybe you never have – and in that case, I applaud you. But adding to my ever growing pile of politically incorrect bad feminist confessions, I’m ashamed to say I have.* And so have a lot of my friends.
Why? Because...
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My favourite media finds in a very, very busy week.
Best magazine cover ever of the month? I think so! (New Statesman)
Sadie Doyle compares SlutWalk and Occupy Wall Street:
I had been staying away from Occupy Wall Street. I wasn’t sure why; I, like every other progressive in the city, had been exhorted to attend, reminded that it was both my right and my duty. As a recession casualty, and a...
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Ask Rachel: Why do you write for women's...
Wyn writes: I would love for you to just bite the bullet and write a post about how troubling it is for you to be both a) a feminist and b) a regular writer for potentially anti-woman magazines like Cosmo, and how you deal with that dichotomy… since it keeps on slithering around under the surface of so many of your posts.
I’m guessing you wouldn’t believe me if I told you I...
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Does a feminist by any other name smell as sweet?
The gulf between pop culture feminism and pop culture feminists is an important one, writes Alyssa Rosenburg at Think Progress:
Getting so upset over a name feels silly sometimes, but if you can get people to reject membership in a group, you’re a step closer to getting them to not make more substantive gestures of membership, like, say, donating time and money to Planned Parenthood. Of course,...
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