This post contains spoilers about Barb from Stranger Things. You have been warned. If you wonder why a character who got about 6 minutes of screen time has generated so much buzz on the internet, read on. Relating to Barb Finally, here was a true geeky girl in a TV show, and that’s a rare […]
Entitled Men, or Where I’ve Been Lately
You may have noticed I haven’t been posting much the past 2-3 years. This had little to do with my preferences, and everything to do with entitled men. Creepy entitled men I have spent a surprising amount of time over the past several years fending off mostly middle-aged white men. By “fending off”, I don’t […]
Holiday Gift Guide — Gifts for the Rockin’ Anti-Sexist, Anti-Racist on YOUR Friends List
Note from Jenn: hello there! This year, I helped update Maria’s holiday gift guide for anti-sexist, anti-racist types on your list. We cleaned up/replaced any broken links, added some stuff, etc. Many of the links in this page are affiliate links, which means if you click them to another website and then buy anything, we […]
Humanitarian Crisis on the Aegean Sea: A Yogi’s View
I received the following in email from Becky. She wants this to be forwarded as widely as possible, so please share! Humanitarian Crisis on the Aegean Sea: A Yogi’s View By Becky Thompson “Since I have lost my brother, I am lost, “ the twenty-three year old woman tells me as she shows me […]
Remembering Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett, renowned for writing hilarious stuff (particularly the Discworld books) has sadly passed away. As a sort of In Memoriam thing, I thought it might be cool to talk about some of his characters, particularly the girls and women given the venue. Here are some thoughts I have as someone who’s read several (but […]
A Thursday Interruption: Street Harassment
I think the thing I love about this monologue is that both Sasheer AND her harasser seem mutually troubled by the incident. <3
A Thursday Interruption: Re: Rosas
Beyonce’s choreography in “Countdown” received a lot of criticism; Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker accused Bey of plagiarizing the routine… and of doing so poorly! Ouch. Here’s Rosas Danst Rosas, which is stunning in its anger. And here’s “Countdown” which is stunning in its utter sass. I find conversations like this fascinating, because I think there’s […]
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