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”
Category Archives: The F-Word
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”
Radical Feminists and the “Wrong” Kind of Sexual Abuse Survivors: Or Why We Should All Just Slit Our Throats
Satsuma, a radical feminist minion/smelly sockpuppet, has really, really made me mad just now. Satsuma, for those of you lucky enough to have been shielded from her radioactive stupidity up until now, hangs out over on the website of one Cheryl “Heart” Seelhoff (don’t try to leave comments over there, like, ever, they’ll be censoredContinue reading “Radical Feminists and the “Wrong” Kind of Sexual Abuse Survivors: Or Why We Should All Just Slit Our Throats”
“New Wives For Old”: Older Men, Younger Women, and Cindy McCain
When I was a teenager, a couple of relatives cautioned me about marriage: “Never go for a younger man, or even a man your age. Go for the older ones, who have money and success and no energy to leave you.” This advice did not just materialize out of the ether: nearly all the womenContinue reading ““New Wives For Old”: Older Men, Younger Women, and Cindy McCain”