For shameless self-promotion! So dear readers, you may want to know some of the wonderous ways you can flex your feminist activist muscles on campus with like-minded people. You may wonder how we got this gig at the blog! You too can be a blogger! Or you could look into contributing or working on JMU’s feminist zine Sister […]
Read More It’s that time of year…So Guys, here is a post just for you, written by a fellow guy. You should feel just as special as anytime you read, well, 80% of anything written ever. So, feel mediocre. You are entitled to it, after all. Oh, I’m just being facetious! I kid. But maybe, you have been wondering, why do feminists have […]
Read More Mythbustin’ Mondays: Feminism Ain’t For The Menz.Alright guys, you know the drill. It happens in almost every household from sea to shining sea: You’ve eaten the turkey, you’ve polished off the last your mashed potatoes (and your brother’s, too…), so you bring your dishes to your mom/aunt/grandma/other-well-established-female-family-member in the kitchen as all the men sit on the couch and watch the […]
Read More A Feminist Guide to the HolidaysBridalplasty, a new reality show on E! airing tomorrow, November 28th. Where women compete with other women for plastic surgeries and for their dream wedding. If the shows Bad Girls Club and Dr. 90210 had a baby, Bridalplasty would be its child.
Read More Boobs, Husbands, and Noses, Oh MyThe Daily Swarm has announced that on December 11th The Knitting Factory in Brooklyn will be hosting “Rah! Rah! Replica,” a benefit/show/project/EXTRAVANAGZA to honor Riot Grrrl goddess Kathleen Hanna. ‘Bout time, am I right? Or am I right?
Read More “Rebel Girl, You Are the Queen of My World”Hope everyone was having an amazing holiday! This post was supposed to go out yesterday, however, my family celebrates Thanksgiving on Wednesday instead of Thursday (long story) so I just totally forgot. SORRY READERS! Anywho, in my hometown of York, Pennsylvania the one big club that we have is a gay club called XS. I […]
Read More XXXsYou might have heard of the It Gets Better Project, which was started in response to the chain of suicides committed by gay teens after being tormented in their middle/high schools/colleges. Now, Brian Gallivan, aka Sassy Gay Friend, is joining the project. While he’s by no means the most famous voice to join, Gallivan has […]
Read More Quick Hit: Sassy Gay Friend Wants You to Know “It Gets Better”Okay, everyone, so I’m sure you’ve heard about the new TSA regulations at many U.S. airports that require passengers to go through a full-body scan. Well, if you haven’t, here’s a photo of the type of image that the scanner creates for TSA officials: Now, for those passengers who find the scanners […]
Read More Hey, Man! Lay Off My Junk!Hello again, lovely readers, and welcome to this weeks edition of Mythbustin’ Mondys! This week we’ll be talking about birth control, specifically Plan B versus Ru486, aka the Abortion Pill. There’s been a lot of mystery and controversy surrounding Plan B, and as I sit here watching 16 and Pregnant in the comfort of my […]
Read More Mythbustin’ Mondays: Plan B is the Abortion PillIn the interest of full disclosure, and so my bias seems a little more warranted, I’d first like to say that I was raised Catholic. My mom’s family is Catholic, my dad’s family is Catholic, my grandma is probably the most terrifyingly Catholic person I have ever met. She could out-Catholic the Pope himself (who, […]
Read More Screw the Pope, but don’t forget your condoms (especially if you’re a male prostitute)
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