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What is Geo-Fencing, and Why is it Helping Make the World Terrible?
The perfect surveillance device is the one you carry yourself | Photo: Johan Larsson, CC BY 2.0 *** For the most part, I am very pro-technology. I don’t think I would have half of the friends that I do...
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Staying “Safe”| Vol. 3 / No. 31.5
So it’s been a very, very long week, and I’ve had a couple of days where the bad news just keeps coming. I’m filled with more rage than I can stand at the entire Brock Turner debacle, but one thing...
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Uncle Sam Wants You: Ladies Night Edition | Vol. 3 / No. 32.5
Another battleground for gender equality | Image: US Government / Selective Service Publications, CC0 (Public Domain) *** In September, I wrote about how particular brands of bad people like to point...
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Creepy Magical Puberty | Vol. 3 / No. 34.5
Poison Ivy | Photo: Cliff, CC BY 2.0 *** In case you hadn’t noticed by now, I have a love/hate relationship with pop culture. It has given me some of the best things in my life—fandoms that I am...
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It’s (an Unconstitutional) TRAP! | Vol. 3 / No. 35.5
Good news! | Photo: Timothy Krause, CC BY 2.0 *** I don’t often write happy posts. This is partly because I have a bitter, cynical soul in which happiness roosts uneasily. It’s mostly because it just...
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When Bad Things Happen to Bad People | Vol. 3 / No. 36.5
There’s an interesting conflict happening in my brain right now. One that shows that even as a feminist, I can sometimes have the problem of wishing the “right” victim is involved in a case. See, on...
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When Online Threats Don’t Matter, Until Suddenly They Do | Vol. 3 / No. 37.5
Photo: Adikos, CC BY 2.0 *** Before I start this week’s post, I want to take a moment to express my deep grief over the passing of Dr. Kiara Kharpertian. Kiara was an amazing woman, and had the...
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Wait, Someone Will Take Harassment Seriously? Really? | Vol. 3 / No. 38.5
Catcalling | Photo: Michael, CC BY 2.0 So believe it or not, I can occasionally be in a good mood. This week happens to be one of those occasions. Partly because in order to deal with the RNC, I’ve...
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A Pro-Life What Now? | Vol. 3 / No. 39.5
Photo: Quinn Dombrowski, CC BY-SA 2.0 For the most part I’ve been trying to ignore the DNC about as much as I ignore the RNC. Not so much because the DNC folks say the same crazy stuff as the RNC folks...
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I Ain’t Afraid of No [Critiques of Male Power] | Vol. 3 / No. 40.5
Image: Adapted by This Week In Tomorrow, from Thoth God of Knowledge, CC BY 2.0 (based on the original logo, which is probably © Columbia Pictures) SPOILERS AHEAD. (Also, forgive me if any of the...
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It’s Never “Just” a Joke | Vol. 3 / No. 41.5
Someone who is probably not joking. Photo: Gage Skidmore CC BY 2.0 I’ve had a pretty bad headache for three out of the last four days, so today’s post is going to be a bit shorter, and way more of a...
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#FeministFriday At The Olympics: A Special Round-Up | Vol. 3 / No. 42.6
A special, extended Saturday edition on what we saw at the 2016 Olympics in Rio | Photo: Pierre de Coubertin, CC0; and Hector Garcia, CC BY-SA 2.0 *** Last week (before the Headaches of Doom descended)...
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Burkini Bans and Cultural Relativism | Vol. 3 / No. 42.5
Photo: Bruno Sanchez-Adrade Nuño, CC BY 2.0 One of the tough aspects of global feminism, and one of the reasons my own intersectional feminism occasionally isn’t as good as it should be, is the idea of...
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If You Give A Teen A “Baby”…| Vol. 3 / No. 44.5
Time for some parenting! | Photo: Chris Dlugosz, CC BY 2.0 If you believe young adult novels and television, every child or teen in America has had a similar experience when it comes to sex ed: the...
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Dear Person Who Probably Doesn’t Care What I Think…| Vol. 3 / No. 45.5
Dear Lena… | Image: Gabriël Metsu, CC0 (Public Domain) [Author’s note: I wrote this right after the brouhaha in question. Internet culture being what it is, it’s already Old News to most people, but I...
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No, We Shouldn’t Call Ann Coulter Ugly, Either | Vol. 3 / No. 46.5
No, not even Ann Coulter | Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0 One morning last week, I woke up to a message from my friend L. L: “I just felt sympathy for Ann Coulter…” Me: “…Did it hurt?” L: “Yes…....
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Some Of You Need Better Relationship Goals | Vol. 3 / No. 47.5
This might be the most hipster thing I’ll ever say: I liked Harley Quinn before she was cool. I was an early convert to her character on Batman the Animated Series (and by early I mean “I didn’t have...
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California Lifts Statute of Limitations on Sex Crimes, AKA, Screw You Bill...
The bill, sponsored by State Sen. Connie Leyva (D-Chino), was signed into law 28 Sept. | Photo: Jon Connell, CC BY 2.0 *** So the original plan for this week was to watch the debate, and then discuss...
View ArticleThe 2016 Sexist Costume Roundup | Vol. 3 / No. 49.5
I’ve always really wanted a tattoo. I’ve also never actually gotten one, because I am super eclectic, and I fall hard and fast for various phrases, characters, styles (etc.). I can never be certain...
View ArticleOkay, I’m Officially Scared | Vol. 3 / No. 50.5
Have you ever had one of those weeks where basically nothing goes to plan? Guess what this past week has been for me. On Thursday, I was certain I knew what I wanted to talk about for Feminist Friday...
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