Natalia Antonova

Speaking of trafficking and sex-work… Look what W is up to!

Some of the outgoing president’s decisions are disturbing to the extreme. Check this out: …The administration also wants to deny funding to organizations that help victims of sex trafficking if they also advocate legalized consensual prostitution. These and others can be found on ProPublica.org’s list of midnight regulations. Awesome. Once again, slavery and sex-work areContinue reading “Speaking of trafficking and sex-work… Look what W is up to!”

The mortal sin of disliking Sarah Palin

I think that this LJ author said it best: Woman A: I don’t like Sarah Palin. Woman B: YOU DON’T LIKE WOMEN! Woman A: No, I don’t like Sarah Palin. I liked Hillary Clinton a whole lot, remember? Woman B: YOU DON’T LIKE WOMEN! Woman A: You’re being unreasonable. Woman B: YOU SAID WOMEN AREContinue reading “The mortal sin of disliking Sarah Palin”

I am (trashy) Spartacus

In solidarity with the divine Caroline. Tasty glass necklace: Anthropologie. Ring: Russian Orthodox Church gift shop (Moscow Patriarchate). Trash: authentic, E. Euro, hey-bitch-you’re-not-on-the-guest-list riffraff stock. Regular readers of this blog know that I never need an excuse to put up a trash-tastic or otherwise over-the-top picture, but credit must be given to Fearless Feminist Warrior,Continue reading “I am (trashy) Spartacus”

Today, November 20, 2008, is Transgender Remembrance Day

Please take a moment to acknowledge people who have lost their lives, people denied their dignity – even in death, and people who are told, over and over again in a particularly ugly version of a never-ending mad tea party, that they shouldn’t even exist. Some links: The Quick and the Dead How to MournContinue reading “Today, November 20, 2008, is Transgender Remembrance Day”

Awesome Names for Radfem Blogs, the Special Kind

As it may be obvious by now, I’m a tad bit annoyed by much of online radical feminism. And one of the things that bothers me about it, and bothers a whole lot of other people too, is the whole tone of the radfemosphere – the breathless drama of it, complete with agrrieved-sounding blog namesContinue reading “Awesome Names for Radfem Blogs, the Special Kind”