Things Making Elle Mad | Vol. 5 / No. 15.1
This was one of those weeks where I was in the "should be enviable but actually just depressing" position of having an overabundance of things to write about. But the thought of actually writing about...
View ArticleHow Not to Respond to Constituents | Vol. 5 / No. 14.1
I don't make much of a secret of the fact that I'm from Wyoming, and I also don't make much of a secret of the fact that I detest my federal level representatives with a hate that I normally reserve...
View ArticleI’ll Show You Scorn | Vol. 5 / No. 13.1
Larry Nassar is going to jail for a long, long time: 40-175 years to be exact. Which, if he were to miraculously stay alive long enough to fulfill his own sentence, would be roughly one year for every...
View ArticleI Didn’t Want to Have to Do This | Vol. 5 / No. 12.1
There are a lot of things that we can mock about Trump: his complete ignorance, his poor policies, his inability to go a day without tweeting something that directly contradicts something else he has...
View Article2018’s Reading List | Vol. 5 / No. 11.1
So I probably should be writing about the Golden Globes, and allyship, and how Patty Jenkins and Daniel Kaluuya were robbed, and fake allyship, and James Franco being a predatory dick. Instead, I'm...
View ArticleFeminist New Year | Vol. 5 / No. 10.1
Traditionally, I’m not really one for New Year’s Resolutions. This year, however, I’m going to share my resolutions with all of you. Because we could all use a Feminist New Year. Read More...
View ArticleOnce Again, From the Top | Vol. 5 / No. 8.2
Sometimes, being a feminist blogger feels like living through Groundhog Day. Only instead of learning how to play the piano or stalking a woman, you’re having the same arguments over, and over, and...
View ArticleIf You Like That Black Women Defeated Roy Moore, Do More Than Thank Them |...
When I was in high school, I took economics and political science. Those classes taught me that people behave in a logical fashion according to their wants and needs, and that they choose candidates...
View ArticleYou’ve Got to be Kidding Me | Vol. 5 / No. 6.1
[Content warning: Sexual assault: Brock Turner case. Again. I was totally hoping to talk about something more pleasant this week, and then this dumbass had to go and get in the paper yet again. If...
View Article#FreeCyntoiaBrown | Vol. 5 / No. 5.2
[Content warning: Cyntoia Brown. This article discusses pretty graphic sexual and physical abuse. If that is (understandably) not your cup of tea, rejoin me next week when I’ll hopefully be talking...
View ArticleMoral Arithmetic and Finding Justice | Vol. 5 / No. 4.1
A couple weeks ago, someone asked me a question that I hadn’t been asked before. Regarding the harassment allegations against Louis C.K. and his subsequent removal from various projects, he asked,...
View ArticleThe Worst Bad Thing (This Week, So Far, I Hope) | Vol. 5 / No. 3.1
Sometimes, sitting down to write these posts feels like rolling up to an all-you-can-eat buffet of rotten hamburger and spoiled green beans. How could I possibly choose, amongst the smorgasbord of...
View ArticleA Short, Happy Post | Vol. 5 / No. 2.1
You will all be super surprised to learn that I am still sick, so this week is going to be a bit short as well. I mostly want to talk about the election on Tuesday, and the monumental, fantastic...
View ArticleWe Have to Change Things | Vol. 5 / No. 1.1
Photo: Steve, CC BY-SA 2.0 I’m sick, so this is going to be short (and late! Go sick me). I originally wanted to write a whole long post about Weinstein, Toback, Spacey, and so many […]
View ArticleWhat I Think About Wonder Woman: The Extended Take | Vol. 4 / No. 52.1
This week you get something special. In an extended post, Elle tackles (nearly) everything good, bad, and ugly about the movie Wonder Woman. If you ever wanted to see what in-depth pop-culture...
View ArticleOkay, But Seriously, Haven’t We Reached Maximum Sexy? | Vol. 4 / No. 51.1
It’s that time of year again: the leaves are falling off the trees, you’re pulling out all your old sweaters, and decent stuff is on TV again. It’s fall, which means it’s time for us to delve into a...
View ArticleShut up, Sharon, Or When It Isn’t Your Turn to Talk | Vol. 4 / No. 49.1
Photo: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0 In general, I do my best to try to not silence other women. As a whole, we’ve had our voices oppressed for quite some time, and as the newly […]
View ArticleColor-Changing Nail Polish is for Raves, Not Rape | Vol. 4 / No. 47.1
Hey lovely readers! Trigger warnings for discussions of sexual assault in the following piece. If that is (understandably) not your bag, please rejoin me next week, where I will hopefully not be...
View ArticleThe (Mopey, Entitled) Piano Man | Vol. 4 / No. 46.2
Last year for Valentine’s Day, I wrote a post about our troubling tendency to romanticize talking behaviors and grand gestures as things that prove a man’s love. And oh look, I get to do it again!...
View ArticleWhen Your Diversity Isn’t Intersectional, Or Why I Won’t Be Buying L’Oreal...
Here’s the first rule about “Pretend to Care About Social Causes So People Buy Your Shit” Club: you gotta commit. Otherwise you end up showing your ass, and instead of being the champions of diversity,...
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