It’s a statement I’ve heard a million times: “I’m not racist/homophobic/sexist, but…”. Usually, that “but” is followed by some sort of racist/homophobic/sexist/otherwise ignorant comment: “I’m not homophobic, but I don’t think gays should marry”; “I’m not racist, but I’m against affirmative action”; “I’m not sexist, but I don’t think women should have the right to […]
Read More “I’m Not (Insert Prejudicial Stance Here), But…”In my “Major Authors: Women Writers from 1900 to 1950” class last Tuesday morning the professor raised an important question: Where, in any major works of fiction (particularly American fiction) were mothers? After much deliberation, awkward silence and head scratching; the class concluded that mothers were notoriously absent from major works of literature. Amazingly, the one […]
Read More In Search of Mama Dick: Where Are The Mothers In Literature?Personal Digital Assistant? Parenteral Drug Association? Uh, not quite. Alright kids, it’s time to have “the talk”. You know, the talk that might even be more awkward than the mandatory birds and the bees talk following your first day home after Family Life in the fourth grade. We’re talking about the one thing guaranteed to […]
Read More PDA–Powerful? Or pansy?There have been a lot of responses to the recent suicides of several gay teens, they come in the form of celebrity sponsorship for organizations like wegiveadamn.org or the itgetsbetterproject , public outreach by organizations like the Human Rights Campaign and politicians, as well as a few touching amateur youtube videos. The focus of much of this is on […]
Read More Just Being “Hir”In this recent season of Desperate Housewives, there has been an addition to the cast, Vanessa Williams. After Williams’ axe on Ugly Betty, she quickly came into another on-going job, and from what I’ve seen, she fits. I don’t watch the show very often, I snag a view or two if my roommates are watching […]
Read More Desperate Are We?I must tell you, if you run into me and piss me off, I am mad because of what you did not because I am a feminist. Let me explain because this is unclear. I had close friends over one night recently. At one point of the night, I was outside with two friends, one […]
Read More Mythbusting Monday: If A Feminist Is Ticked Off, It’s Always Because Someone Offended Their Feminist Beliefs
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