The Vajayjay, the Womb, the AIDS test, the Eternal Battle

In a last-minute dick move we may as well have expected from the Bush administration, newly introduced regulations mean that basically anyone can refuse a woman health services now, for as long as their decision is based on nebulous “beliefs.” As Jill points out over on Feministe, this is being framed as an abortion issue,Continue reading “The Vajayjay, the Womb, the AIDS test, the Eternal Battle”

Good Girls, Bad Girls – You Know We Have Our Share

So I went over to Nine Deuce’s blog a few days ago, and left a couple of comments, mainly because conversation threads that stray into “if you like sexual activity ‘a’, it means you have no self-respect” territory actually get me energetic enough to the point of want to commenting (all the radfem back-and-forth onContinue reading “Good Girls, Bad Girls – You Know We Have Our Share”

Sex, Immaturity, Britney, Bristol, and Good Old Americana

This post on The Interculturalists reminded me of the one thing that I’ll never get over in regards to the US of A: this tee-hee-omigod-wee-wees-and-hoo-haas attitude toward sex and procreation in our collective public discourse. Now, do I think that all French people couldn’t give a crap about Rachida Dati’s pregnancy (Rachida Dati is unmarried,Continue reading “Sex, Immaturity, Britney, Bristol, and Good Old Americana”

For Caroline, because not all of YOUR likes are MY likes

OK, so Caroline got called a “frigid bitch” because there was a picture that made her uncomfortable. Now, I honestly wasn’t bothered by said picture, even if the (very much) adult models could be interpreted to look somewhat underage. But Caroline has the right to her opinion. And I believe she’s been both humble andContinue reading “For Caroline, because not all of YOUR likes are MY likes”