M. Leblanc has a candid, thoughtful post on white feminism and the criminal justice system over at Dr. Bitch’s website. The whole thing is worth reading, but this really stood out. So much of White Feminism, especially the kind I have engaged in for most of my adult life, is excessively personal. In particular, the Read More
by guest contributor soltrane, cross-posted from blackscientist. Let me say upfront that Beyonce is my choice poison. If I had to choose one musical artist with a crappy message who I could listen to for the rest of my life, it’d be her (beating out weezy f baby only because of her music videos). I Read More
I had a quibble with G.D.’s otherwise fantastic weekend round-up. Margaret Cho, who confessed her dirty dreams about a certain Republican vice-presidential nominee, wasn’t being sexist. In fact, if she had left out the last line, it could have been the most solidly feminist thing she could have done. I understand the point, though it’s Read More
Then: Now: Nevermind that the latter ad, like those annoying Dove ‘Real Beauty’ ads, basically consists of a company patting itself on the back for broadening the spectrum of women it’s willing to parade around half-nekkid to sell a product. (Here’s where I’m finna be a hypocrite, tho: That first woman in the black? Very Read More
I’m honestly having a really hard time understanding, as Slate calls it, the rise of the Angry White Woman. I knew that older feminists would likely flock to Hillary Clinton, despite her problems as a candidate and as a feminist symbol. But this? And this? And this? Feminists are really going to vote for John Read More
Wow. We have no words right now.
Amanda Marcotte. BrownFemiPower is a well-respected, much-read blogger who took up the mantle of immigration as a feminist issue on the innanets. Amanda Marcotte, another well-respected, much-read feminist blogger (who is no stranger to controversy) wrote an article for Alternet that some some people say borrowed liberally from an uncredited BFP (of whom Marcotte was Read More
There seem to be two factions of commenters on this blog: the people who talk about race and the people who talk about gender/sexuality. There is frustratingly little overlap. We’re not sure why that is. Is privilege as it pertains to gender and sexual identity not a ‘black’ issue? Is ‘black’ stuff too foreign for Read More
Ashley Alexander Dupre. The question of whether or not prostitution should just be legalized turns on whether you believe the oldest profession is an inevitable part of human society, and whether you think the benefits of regulation (bringing the workers into a controlled environment and taking arrest off the table so they might Read More
This year marks the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, and its lesser-known cousin, Doe v. Bolton (both were pseudonyms, lest you think it’s crazy that two women named Doe and Roe were at the Supreme Court at the same time.) The arguments on whether or not abortion should be legal have taken a backseat Read More
