Monthly Archives: September 2009
Wait a minute… women have periods?
So let me get this straight. When I get my period, unicorns and lollipops don’t float down from the pastel-pink heavens? Fairies, with gossamer wings, don’t wisp into my bedroom at night, as I sleep soundly on all-white satin sheets, … Continue reading
Filed under Randomosity, Rumblings on Recent Events
Banned Books Week! Give the finger to the establishment by reading some Joyce.
The last week in September: leaves crackle and tumble, in showers of orange, yellow, and red, from the fingers of grasping branches; the bite of the evening breezes cuts through any remaining heat from the shortening days; giant, yellow land-yachts, packed full with … Continue reading
Filed under Rumblings on Recent Events
Abstinence-only sexual education… with FLASH!
I got a lot of flack from random strangers when, during my last year of grad school, my colleague Amanda and I started a VOX outreach group, a student-run liason of Planned Parenthood, at Clemson, a conservative public university situated deep … Continue reading
Filed under Feminism in all its glory, Rumblings on Recent Events
Wait, don’t you have to be smart to get into Stanford?
I saw this on Jezebel this morning, and I had to repost it, as its ridiculousness absolutely astounds me. A) Dude, no she’s not. That’s Laetitia Casta, demigoddess in her native France and one of the supermodels from the 1990s … Continue reading
Snuggie as fashion? Too far. Far too far.
New York Fashion Week. The words roll off the tongue with the balletic ease and luminous genius of Homer’s dactylic hexameter, Fosse’s choreography, and Modigliani’s brush-strokes. I live for the most important week in fashion, as the houses debut their lines for … Continue reading
Filed under "Vogue" is my Bible
Would you like some butter with that muffin-top? No. No, you wouldn’t.
I think The Daily Mail needs to create a position for me. Minimum Qualifications: Must have expert communications skills. (Check.) Must understand and continually strive to research, analyze, and critique societal outpourings from a feminist point of view. (Yeah, check.) … Continue reading
Filed under Feminism in all its glory
And yet, video dating is still around today…
“Are you lookin’ for meeeeeeeeee? I’m lookin’ for someone!” In the lowest realm possible. This is so awesome and tragic at the same time. “Hi, I’m Maurice. I’m an executive by day and a wild man by night.” I can … Continue reading
Filed under Randomosity
Sixty years later, and not much has changed.
People often ask me how I stay thin (if they didn’t do it, I wouldn’t post this; I’m not feeding my ego with this blog. My ego gets fed by my awesomeness as is). Easy answer: genetics. I know, you … Continue reading
Filed under Feminism in all its glory, Glamazon-esque
I challenge the Repubs to take some damn responsibility.
I’m pretty sure that since the day I entered this world, my dad has inspired me to succeed, as have my sisters, my extended family, my teachers, and my friends. Words, actions, even a friggin’ Hallmark card: all ways that people have … Continue reading
Filed under Rumblings on Recent Events
Dropping the F*bomb…
A subtle look glancing over another’s face, resembling, briefly, the countenance of one who has just smelled milk out of the carton with an expiration date three weeks passed: this is generally what I see when I confirm to people that I’m a feminist. … Continue reading
