There is green grass growing outside my window in Kiev. There are new puppies in the street. This isn’t exactly an spring-themed post, but this is nagging me, therefore… A couple of people forwarded this post to me in the last few days, and I’ve been mulling it over. As I understand it, the gistContinue reading “Not “just sex.” Just life.”
Category Archives: The F-Word
Falling in and out of love while feminist
Jaclyn Friedman talking about fucking while feminist. Jill Filipovic talked about dating while feminist. I’m going to talk about falling in and out love while feminist. Of course, we’re all still talking about the same things, pretty much. I’m going to use the word “love,” and I am going to blame my mother. I draggedContinue reading “Falling in and out of love while feminist”
Rielle Hunter in GQ; wow, someone actually said that they “don’t know if [they] would fully consider her human”?
A friend of mine sent me a link to Rielle Hunter’s GQ interview, and I wound up being more fascinated by the comments than I was by the interview itself. I mean, “Hunter is definitely a bad person and I don’t know if I would fully consider her human.” I always knew that American societyContinue reading “Rielle Hunter in GQ; wow, someone actually said that they “don’t know if [they] would fully consider her human”?”
Monday music: March 8th
I’m not for the ghettoization of female artists, but for today I’m going to say – screw it, this isn’t ghettoization. This is the highlighting of the women in my music library. There are too few, I’ve realized. Trouble – Pink Old Enough – Rickie Lee Jones Ghost World – Aimee Mann Sun Sun SunContinue reading “Monday music: March 8th”
For Kathryn Bigelow: Happy International Women’s Day
Bit of meta irony – but heaps of of praise as well. Seriously, I LOVE Kathryn Bigelow. She’s the only reason I even gave a crap about the Oscar this year. Well that, and, apparently, some homoerotic innuendo involving the ever-reliable Jeremy Renner. Mmmm. But screw men for a second (in every which way, darlings).Continue reading “For Kathryn Bigelow: Happy International Women’s Day”
Natalia A. 