Tag Archives: Feminist

The Blog and the Salon, Part I

2012/06/29 Written by Blogs

I am by no means an expert on the topics of salons or blogs, but I do know my fair share of French history. I did, after all, study Art History in Paris and have a ravenous appetite for everything and anything early modernist. So my introduction to one of the greatest salons of the [...]

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Alan Turing & Title IX

2012/06/23 Written by People

BLETCHLEY PARK / WASHINGTON DC, 23 June – Today is British mathematician Alan Turing’s 100th birthday! Today is American law Title IX’s 40th anniversary! Today is an extraordinary day in Civil Rights history! Perhaps no single human being sits at the nexus of 2012′s culture and technology moment more completely than Alan Turing. As one [...]

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This Is What a Feminist Looks Like: Vaneeesa

2012/06/07 Written by Biography

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSSETS, 7 June – Writer, blogger, wife, mother, feminist, and founder of The Mamafesto blog, Avital Norman Nathman has been posting profiles, This Is What a Feminist Looks Like, on Mamafesto for about a year now, and she recently invited Yours Truly to write one, which you’ll find both below and on the official [...]

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Previz #66 – Pink & Blue

2012/06/06 Written by Previz

NEW NEW YORK, 5 June – I was reading a couple of posts by Avital Norman Nathman, When Boys Wear Pink, and Pink Scare. It’s hard to believe the whole pink & blue trope is still alive at such a late date. We’ve come so far. Facebook & Google+ notwithstanding, we’ve made so much progress [...]

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I Love My Body!

2011/10/20 Written by Identity

Today is Love Your Body Day! I know because I just discovered Chloe Angyal’s wonderful blog post at feministing.com Of course I wanted to participate in NOW’s LYBD “Blog Carnival” – who doesn’t LOVE a carnival! The pretty horses… the scary clowns! This post is part of the 2011 Love Your Body Day Blog Carnival! [...]

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Bitches, Feminism & Pussypower

2010/12/14 Written by Humor

I`ve often wondered why so many women refer to themself as bitches. Since when exactly did it become so popular and cool to be a bitch? I asked Wikipedia for a definition of the word “bitch” and here`s some of the things it came up with: Wiki: The word “bitch”, literally meaning a female dog. [...]

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Felicia Day

2010/08/30 Written by People

The truth is that Felicia Day does not piss me off, she amazes me. She saw a lack of opportunity so she created opportunity. She felt disdain for gamers, so she created a web series that celebrates gamers. She understands the media of our age.

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