Adding a few more to the lineup | Photo: JD Hancock, CC BY 2.0 In which Elle confesses her love of Disney princesses before informing us of some of the many badass women who would […]
Adding Some New Princesses, or Elle’s Unhealthy Disney Love | Vol. 4 / No. 20.5
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Trump’s ICE Roundup: Making Bad Situations Worse | Vol. 4 / No. 21.5
Photo: Moody College of Communication, CC BY-SA 2.0 Trump’s ICE roundups mean more abusers will stay on the streets, instead of in jail where they belong. *** One in four women will be abused in […]
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Welcome to Documentaries (Documentarists?) Anonymous | Vol. 4 / No. 22.5
Because the first step is admitting you have a problem.
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What Killed The Killing Joke? I’ll Give You One Guess (Hint: The Answer Is Sexism.) | Vol. 4 / No. 23.5
The Killing Joke movie takes a problematic storyline and makes it worse.
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I’d Like to Buy the World a Clue | Vol. 4 / No. 24.1
Image: Flea Market Socialist Every once in a while, I have the thought “Dear Lord, who I basically don’t believe in, please let us go at least one week without white feminists doing something really, […]
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Update From Academia: Sexual Assault for Fun and Literal Profit | Vol. 4 / No. 25.1
Choudhry admitted to hugging and kissing Sorrell, and in general touching his female employees in ways he would never touch a male employee. He had his pay docked and had to step down as dean, but kept his position as a professor. You will be so glad and shocked to know that a year later, with a lot of additional wokeness and a sexual predator in the White House, he will continue to face basically no consequences for his actions! Btw, it’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month, everybody. That just felt relevant for some reason.
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“Asking For It”| Vol. 4 / No. 26.1
My home state of Wyoming claims to hold to a “live and let live” ethos. The idea is that everyone just goes along doing what they want to, minding their own business, and not bothering anyone else. In this way we supposedly can accept all cultures, creeds, etc. In reality, this is mostly bullshit. The way that it actually works is “you can do whatever you want, as long as you don’t do it in front of me.”
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“Born Sexy Yesterday,” or “I Was Born in This Catsuit and it was Literally Last Night”| Vol. 4 / No. 27.1
It's been a hard week, so this Feminist Friday is a video link post. Watch it anyway.
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“Fair” and “Balanced” Beer Commercials | Vol. 4 / No. 28.1
Hot on the heels of Kendall Jenner trying to save the world with Pepsi and white feminism, Heineken released an advertisement that was probably in development for quite some time but was timed so fortuitously that I’m willing to bet that sacrifices to various gods were involved.
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Farewell to “Tropes Vs. Women”| Vol. 29.1
A short and bittersweet post from Elle, as she’s traveling sans laptop this week. I’m traveling this week, and going far outside my comfort zone while doing so: y’all, I’m leaving my laptop behind. I’m gonna […]
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“Ladies’ Size”| Vol. 4 / No. 30.1
Elle's out this week, being awesome in another part of the country, so I hope you'll accept a #FeministFriday post from me, for a change.
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Hera Give Me Strength (and Excellent Weekend Numbers) | Vol. 4 / No. 31.1
Photo: JD Hancock, CC BY 2.o I’m gonna start this week’s post with a plea: please, for the love of all that is good, go see Wonder Woman. Please. Go to a theater, give them […]
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Your Pride Month Book Club List | Vol. 4 / No. 32.1
June is Pride Month, and so I thought I would take a moment to celebrate the queer women authors and genderqueer authors that have made an impact on my reading habits, my work, and my life. This is by no means an exhaustive list of all of the amazing authors that fall into that category, merely the ones that have had the most impact on me (and probably not even all of those, because there are a lot. I read so much stuff you guys. So much). Because I’m selfish that way. And because if I let myself I would fall down this rabbit hole forever.
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Calling Myself Out | Vol. 4 / No. 33.1
Photo: Josh Jensen, CC BY-SA 2.0 One of the things I’ve written about a few times is how to react when you are called out. But one thing that I haven’t written about enough is […]
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Feminists Can Care About Male Representation, Too | Vol. 4 / No. 34.1
Photo: Meester X, CC BY-SA 2.0 I’ve written before about my desire to have body-type diversity in media, especially for women. FYI, I have had arguments about body-type diversity in media way, way more often […]
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Blessed Be the Fruit (And Screw the Tree) | Vol. 4 / No. 35.1
One of the things that I really don’t understand about the GOP is the way their party line is “the government should not regulate anything!” when it comes to things like the economy, housing, medical care, the environment, guns, etc., but then when it comes to a cisgender woman and her uterus the party line becomes “legislate her body to the smallest detail!”
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Updating Traditions | Vol. 4 / No. 36.1
Seeing as I'm such a Disney fangirl, it may surprise you to know that I've never been to any of the Disney parks. My parents claimed (probably correctly) that as a child I would have had no patience with the lines. As an adult, I'm broke. And probably would still have no patience with lines. So I have no skin in the game when I hear about a park attraction being taken out or updated, except to think "well, there's a ride I won't get to see in the hypothetical future where I get to go to Disney World." Other people take it more personally. Especially, it seems, when the changes involve reducing the sexism on what is supposed to be a family-friendly ride.
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“Appropriate” Dress | Vol. 4 / No. 37.1
So I was going to write about a new Arkansas abortion bill that could, among other consequences, mean that a sexual assault survivor would have to get permission from her rapist in order to get an abortion. But that topic made me so angry I literally could not word. Which hasn’t happened since the GamerGate fiasco a few years ago, so… well done Arkansas, I guess. Instead you’ll get a shorter, slightly less angry bit about the House dress code. And I'll try to tackle that other thing next week.
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It’s More Sexist on the Inside | Vol. 4 / No. 38.1
Pop quiz! Which of the following are real, actual statements about the new Doctor Who that real, actual people wrote on the internet under their own names, and which are fake ones created by my […]
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Fighting for Healthcare Backwards and in Heels | Vol. 4 / No. 39.1
This is what a real maverick looks like. Photo credit C-SPAN There’s a quotation that is (probably erroneously) attributed to Ginger Rogers about how she did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high […]
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