I recently read an article about “sex-positivism” which is the idea that a woman should be in charge of her own sexuality. That a woman should be free to have as much sex or as little sex as she feels aligns with her own personal truth. It encompasses the idea that women should be comfortable […]
Read More It’s MY Body…Sort ofFor my post this week, I’m going to start out by being honest – I have always been a little judgmental. When I first meet someone, I think, hmmmm…this person is X, Y, or Z. This isn’t because I’m a huge asshole; it’s just how I compartmentalize people in my mind. Call it judgmental…or maybe […]
Read More Future Leader of America…Hopefully Not.I was scanning through blog posts this week and was excited to find the CW channel is planning on launching a new television series titled Ze, with the focus on a transgender teen and his life with his chaotic, dysfunctional family in Texas. This will be the first show that features a trans* person as […]
Read More Trans* Characters Take the MainstageI walked in to CVS on Easter Sunday, dressed to the nines in my good friend’s dress. I wasn’t much into the holiday, but I went home to NJ to get out of the dorm. In her purse sat a wad of cash and her nerves were aflame in the tiny town. She probably knew […]
Read More What’s the Plan? B, that is.What happens when 9 friends with different backgrounds, interests and aspirations come to live in a 100-year-old house? No, it’s not another predictable season of Real World (or any other train-wreck of a reality show MTV produces), no it’s actually my current living situation. As I’ve mentioned before, I live with eight other guys and […]
Read More Judge a Man by the Quality of His Dishwashing: Politics of HouseworkIn my humble opinion, nothing brings folks with seemingly varying backgrounds all together quite like the topic of sex. Aside from breathing and eating, and setting aside any wise crack on potty humor, what’s more universal than human sexuality? The feminist view on sex adds another interesting element to the already juicy conversation. So when […]
Read More Feminism and Porn: Mutually Exclusive?Check out what the bloggers found most interesting in feminist news this week: Redheadfemme thought this article brought up a really interesting point that Rom Coms ( and other genres) need to have more female directors! ElFeministo read through this article on Slate.com claiming “The Patriarchy is Dead,” with conflicted emotions. He later found this […]
Read More Links Round UpEarlier this week I discussed what it meant to others to have a CEO of a company proclaim that they not only do not want LGB individuals in their advertisements but they also only want a “traditional family” structure presented. This of course spun a boycott of Barilla pasta that naturally consumed the LGBT news […]
Read More The Corporation Bandwagon ApproachLet’s cut to the chase – there is still this antiquated idea floating around that every person on this planet is just waiting for that special someone…a “soulmate”, if you will. Maybe even the idea that people can’t possibly be complete by themselves, and they need to meet a person who they will eventually marry. […]
Read More Do We Have to Put a Ring On It?Last week I talked about my frustration with the media industry focusing on body image more than real news. Along the same vein, I explore a little bit about the media’s role in promoting a beauty ideal. I was mindlessly scrolling through tumblr one day, when a flash caught my attention and demanded a second […]
Read More Weighting for Change, Part 2
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