The sorority Delta Delta Delta and partners have come together to introduce “Fat Talk Free Week”, a five-day event that challenges people to stop criticizing their, or anyone else’s, body. Its goal is to raise awareness of how cultural body ideals effect how we perceive ourselves, and how negative criticism keeps us in a vicious […]
Read More Quick Hit: It’s Fat Talk Free Week!The clip below is an opening scene from the FX show “Louis”, a sitcom starring comedian Louis CK. Feel free to watch the whole thing, but the part I’ll be talking about starts at 4:10. Also, this clip is not safe for work…or class, in the event you’re reading this when you should be listening […]
Read More “Louis” Talks About Queer Issues…In, You Know, A “Manly” WayHello, lovely readers, and welcome to this weeks edition of Mythbustin’ Mondays. Today we’ll tackle the well-known myth of the feminazi- the militant, angry feminist who wants nothing more than to destroy and oppress men. Personally, I’ve never met a feminazi. I’ve never even met a feminist I would describe as particularly militant. But I […]
Read More Mythbustin’ Mondays: The FeminaziThere’s been a lot of talk lately about the Size Acceptance Movement, which promotes the idea that people should be given dignity and respect, regardless of their size, and argues that overweight people face more discrimination than “average” sized individuals. I can totally get on board with size equality- people should be judged by their […]
Read More The Size Acceptance Movement and “Real Women”Today is the 12th anniversary of the vicious hate crime committed against Matthew Shepard. On the night of October 7th, 1998, openly gay Matthew, resident of Laramie, Wyoming, was coerced into an open, rural area, tortured and left tied to a fence to die by two men from his town. Matthew was found in the […]
Read More Revisiting Laramie: 12 Years After the Matthew Shepard MurderIf you have a Facebook profile, you’ve probably noticed a lot of women have been posting pseudo-sexual status updates that usually start with “I like it on the [floor, kitchen table, couch, etc.]”. It actually applies to where your handbag is at the moment you’re updating, and is meant to…raise breast cancer awareness? Wait, what? […]
Read More I Like It On The…As you may know, the tragic suicide of Tyler Clementi marked the fourth reported suicide of a gay student in the last three weeks. All four suicides were a direct result of the harassment the victims faced at school for being openly gay or gender deviant. In the video below, Ellen DeGeneres speaks out against […]
Read More Real Talk: Ellen DeGeneresAh, women. We are simple, simple folk who really only want two things: diamonds and husbands. At least, that’s how advertising campaigns see us. While trolling around the interweb one day, I stumbled upon this advertisement for Natan’s Jewelry (caption is mine):
Read More Diamonds: Because Men Should be able to Buy Your LoveCunt. C. U. N. T. Rarely have four letters been able to elicit such a powerful negative response from a person. People cringe at the world, get furious, raise battle cries. But why? Why is this four letter word so powerful? I hadn’t heard the word cunt until my senior year of high school. I […]
Read More A Reclamation of “The C-Word”Myth: Feminists don’t shave and burn bras. If you’re like a lot of people, the description above isn’t just a stereotype: it’s the truth. All feminists are lesbians. All feminists hate men. All feminists hate children. The list goes on and on. I’m here to help debunk this myth with the help of history and […]
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