Because they introduce me to cool new music, and are willing to hear me out when I start babbling about the grand failure that is, at present, my life. This first song is like a corkscrew to my heart (thanks for the metaphor, Bob, sorry someone called the cops on you): Tennessee – Leatherbag OverContinue reading “Monday Music: the I love Helen & Shimalsky & Sasha edition”
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A man’s 1st wife sparked the horrifying wedding inferno in Kuwait?
Hmm, well, this is what I read on Maktoob this morning, anyway. Now, how much you want to bet that the groom couldn’t give a rat’s ass about his first wife’s opinion when he decided to marry another woman? And that patriarchal society cheered on and approved his choice – because he, having been bornContinue reading “A man’s 1st wife sparked the horrifying wedding inferno in Kuwait?”
War against whores? Answer with heavy artillery!
Renegade drew my attention to this bit of sex worker news this morning. Like Ren, what I found particularly unnerving about the missive was its insistence that the phrase “sex worker” should be put in quotation marks, and the writers’ very obvious and apparent distaste for this line of work. Considering the fact that theContinue reading “War against whores? Answer with heavy artillery!”
What gives me hope (as per Ashley’s question)
Ashley has a great post about hope on Feministe right now. I started to type out my response in the comments, but it got long and complicated, so I’m bringing it here. “What gives you hope?” is a great question. I don’t think we ask it often enough. When we fill out surveys and memes,Continue reading “What gives me hope (as per Ashley’s question)”
My photo of the moment, by Sasha A.
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