I hope everyone is having a lovely week. It’s finally Wednesday, which is great because it means we’re so close to the weekend. Last round-up, aliasmitch noted that we’re going to be bi-weekly round-ups instead of one long one at the end of the week. We’re hoping this will keep the round-ups current and not inundate […]
Read More Wednesday Links Round-UpHello Fellow Shoutout! Followers, Did you know that 2,000 American guns are smuggled across the border into Mexico every single day? Did you know that 50,000 people have died in the past 5 years due to gun violence in Mexico? Or that an estimated 70 percent of the weapons used in Mexico between 2009 and […]
Read More Stop Gun Smuggling to Mexico!*TRIGGER WARNING-discussion of rape* I was supposed to write my first full post on working women and feminism today. But lately, I’ve had something slightly more important on my mind. There’s been a lot of talk about rape in the news recently. From the Fox news reporter telling women in the military that they should […]
Read More Coming to terms, 4 years laterWith the recent news of the Virginia House passing a personhood bill and a mandatory transvaginal ultrasound bill, I’ve found myself searching for anyone who supports these measures. In my search, I turned to pro-life blogs and news articles that discussed these issues or the issue of abortion in general. While reading, I was becoming […]
Read More The Rhetoric of the Anti-Choice Movement and Why I Have a Problem With ItA reminder that I wish wasn’t necessary. With the news breaking that popstar Rihanna and her abusive ex-boyfriend Chris Brown have re-united to collaborate on a single together, the wonderful legions know as internet commentators have come out to largely shame Rihanna for what is in effect, an act of publicly forgiving her abuser when […]
Read More Quick Hit: A Reminder that Rihanna is still a Victim of Domestic ViolenceGreetings readers! The time has come yet again for us to share what we have been reading this week! We are now making our round-ups bi-weekly (Sunday and Wednesday) with only one article from each blog writer in an effort to make the round-up less overwhelming. Aliasmitch loved Yosimar Reyes’ “Five Tips For Queer Boys”, […]
Read More Sunday Links Round-Up!Liz Canner presents quite an interesting perspective in her documentary, Orgasm Inc. (available on Netflix) in February 2011. She dives into the science of the female orgasm and analyzes attempts from the pharmaceutical industry to quell so called female sexual dysfunction as she is hired for a drug trial for this “medicine.” Apparently, this is […]
Read More ORGASM INC.: A review!(Or Maeby I could just become an atheist instead…) For this week’s Bitchin’ Table, Katie O. and Femistorian have decided to take a brief respite from the super-duper-political and move into the (slightly, until the GOP has their way and America becomes a theocracy) less political realm of religion-or lack thereof. That’s right readers, this […]
Read More The Bitchin’ Table: Teach Us the Ways of the Secular FleshContent/Trigger Warning: This post may link/refer to material that contains graphic references to self-harm, bodily harm, sexual assault, domestic abuse and other forms of violence. Also, probably NSFW. Greetings readers! As you may recall, a few weeks ago I wrote some of my brief thoughts about my search for Queer Artists and what Queer Art may […]
Read More In Search of Our Queer Gardens: Jamie Stewart
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