February 2011
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Feb 27th
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Feb 27th
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“And what’s this crap about “distorting” Darwin’s “legacy,” anyway? Does she...”
– Distortions - Butterflies and Wheels
Feb 26th
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Feb 26th
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Feb 25th
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“I do resent the perpetuation of the hot-gamer-chick stereotype, to some extent,...”
– Real Live Hot Gamer Chix!: On female stereotyping in geek/gamer culture « Two Whole Cakes
Feb 25th
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“It annoys me that people still don’t get this. I remember being surprised forty...”
– Of pears and atmospheres - Butterflies and Wheels
Feb 24th
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Feb 24th
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“More women than men discuss sexism, and it is not because we find the topic more...”
– If tech discussion was really about tech, it wouldn’t be sexist. | Geek Feminism Blog
Feb 23rd
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Feb 23rd
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“You have to love how Santorum is out there mewling about being the victim here...”
– Joe. My. God.: HomoQuotable - Dan Savage
Feb 22nd
melanyouth: (via alisdee): melanyouth: (via dr-grumbles): This goes right along with that article, The Only Moral Abortion is My Abortion. Many years ago I worked with a woman who proudly called herself a ‘dittohead’ and just loved Rush Limbaugh. We discussed abortion on more than one occasion and of course she was against it. Hardcore pro-life. Until one day she came to me and literally...
Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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“In a recent and amusing example, actress Jeri Ryan divorced her husband to play...”
– Celebrity Paradox - Television Tropes & Idioms
Feb 19th
Revenge of the ur-fic! →
Mercedes Lackey’s book The Black Gryphon is pretty much the milstone that pinpointed my transition from wierd little girl to weird angry teenager. I must’ve picked it up pretty fresh off the…
Feb 17th
I get comments: Mouth-breathing chauvinist... →
No, seriously; sometimes I do. Like this gem, for example, left by “blackyboy” (whose email address starts with the classistly-amusing “whitetrash”) on my post about Garrosh calling…
Feb 16th
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“There was mention of a Khan Tusion scene where the woman cried the entire time;...”
– Porn, degradation, and Khan Tusion » Hey Epiphora Serious trigger warning at the link, and the site is possibly NSFW for pictures and ads of sex toys and related items.
Feb 15th
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“[Take a drink whenever…] Bella does something that sets feminism back by a...”
– ComicsAlliance’s Twilight Drinking Game - ComicsAlliance | Comics culture, news, humor, commentary, and reviews
Feb 14th
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“Beauty, women’s business in this society, is the theater of their enslavement....”
– Friday Feminist – Susan Sontag | A Bee of a Certain Age
Feb 14th
So like the next time I have an excess of money to...
I am totally getting wereRemjiff — who you may remember as the creator of the SUPER PRO AWESOMER THAN YOU Godbeast plushie — to make me an Alot. It will be the COOLEST. FUCKING THING. EVER.
Feb 13th
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Feb 9th
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Feb 9th
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Season 1, Episode 15: Greta Christina, News, Viewer Emails, September 26th, 2010 - Ask an Atheist - blip.tv Greta Christina talks religious accommodationism in liberal movements. Amongst other things.
Feb 7th
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Feb 7th
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“Second-wave feminism grew out of a lot of things. Yeah, there was...”
– Guest post: Why the left needs feminism « The Standard
Feb 6th
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“I have been sexually assaulted. I didn’t find the specific images in...”
– [LCA2011-Chat] Some Anti-Harassment Policies considered harmful (Link potentially triggering, mostly due to stats and frank discussions thereof.)
Feb 6th
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“I think it’s important to stand up for the things you believe in and...”
– Squidy Girl: Feeding Trolls or Feminism and Threats
Feb 5th
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Feb 5th
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tpdsaa: Submitted by http://indierockcombover.com/ To be fair, I fucking love gender-neutral copy; especially in advertising.
Feb 4th
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Feb 4th
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“[I]s it possible for a pattern of virulent media communications to create a...”
– UnderstandingSociety: Violent rhetoric and violent behavior I love how these questions get asked as if they’re magical and rhetorical in the US. Seriously, guys. Just look at almost any other country that doesn’t have the same violently hyperbolic media as you do (or does, but where...
Feb 3rd
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“Dear parents, Jasmine was in a relationship with a dirty homeless boy named...”
– Dear Blank Please Blank Do you note a theme, here? Perhaps one that’s gendered? Maybe? Just a little bit?
Feb 3rd
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Feb 2nd
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“[Sayeeda Warsi] wants to give greater voice to religion in the political arena,...”
– Sayeeda Warsi: A matter of pride and prejudice | Andrew Anthony | From the Observer | The Observer
Feb 2nd
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“Which is of course fine. The fact is Facebook isn’t made for someone like me,...”
– And Now, For No Particular Reason, a Rant About Facebook « Whatever I think I wouldn’t hate Facebook so much if it gave even lip service to interoperability. Of course, that would break its business model, so as it is… no thanks. It stays blocked in my proxy.
Feb 1st
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“Why is another culture’s conservatism always so much more attractive? I know...”
– Mona Eltahawy Blog » Archives » Me and the Feminists
Feb 1st
January 2011
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Jan 31st
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Jan 31st