You know who she kind of reminded me of, half the time? You might not think I get it, but I do. Tearing down the icons of the past is the easiest thing in the world, especially when they’re no longer here to defend themselves. But it’s like what Monica Roberts said over at whereContinue reading “No, Mary Daly was not awesome, you guys”
Category Archives: The F-Word
“Fully sexually available to men”? Haven’t we been through this?
Yes, Virginia, we have. Still, this is kind of a special moment in the history of the feminist blogosphere: transphobia AND rape apologia, in one nifty little stocking stuffer of a post: sex-pos transwomen–if i were born male, like you were, i might be “sex-positive,” too. you know: exhibitionist, pro-porn, and squeeee!-fully sexually available toContinue reading ““Fully sexually available to men”? Haven’t we been through this?”
So Elin Nordegren is a dew-fresh damsel in distress, and those other women Tiger banged are “skanks”
This — minus the clever asides — could have been written by some fratboy college paper columnist who calls his conquests “whores” and then wears a nice polo to church on Sunday. Virgin/whore much? Tiger Woods’ cheating isn’t a “symptom” of anything. The fact that anyone even cares about his cheating is the real symptom.Continue reading “So Elin Nordegren is a dew-fresh damsel in distress, and those other women Tiger banged are “skanks””
“Don’t treat me like a whore!”
Interesting to hear those words come from a man’s mouth, for a change. The problem with this trailer, though, is that you know exactly the sort of American demographic it is gunning for (obviously, I’m not at all qualified to talk about the demographic in its native France). It’s the sort of demographic that isContinue reading ““Don’t treat me like a whore!””
Bernard-Henri Lévy’s immortal genius
Let me show you it. I’m not going to talk about how rape apologia is a bad thing, because if that’s not clear to you by now, you 1) fail at life and 2) are hanging out on the wrong blog. I am, however, going to say this: McCarthyism? BHL, you compare the outrage overContinue reading “Bernard-Henri Lévy’s immortal genius”
Natalia A. 