people, I need to talk

it’s been weighing on me for the past week. I’ve been over it and over it in my mind. I’m dreaming about it. I cannot stop thinking about the finale of LOST.
I’m sure not all of you have seen it, so I’m telling you right now: I need to discuss the season finale in a [...]

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oh, also, I grow things now

when I was a little girl, there were fewer pleasures more dear to me than my Nanny’s garden. She was British, a war bride, and her gardens were true English Country style – very organized but made to look haphazard, and lush without being overgrown yet still retaining some wildness. She had all the flowers [...]

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TG, now appearing at Slant Truth

So, I got an email a little while ago from Kevin at Slant Truth, asking if I’d like to do some guest blogging at his place. I happily agreed. Here is my first post there, in response to the blogular disaster the past couple weeks about Jessica Valenti’s book, Full Frontal Feminism.
For the sake of [...]

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Feminism Friday – domestic goddess series, part 1

so, let’s call this a 3-episode arc.
For the next couple of weeks, I’m going to publish sections of a paper that reader Shannon recently sent me, on the subject of domesticity, in response to a post I wrote about women’s unpaid domestic labour. Her paper is VERY interesting, and I think there’s lots there to [...]

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i’m so proud i could burst!!!

My pal, Rainbow Girl, has an absolutely fabulous genius fundraiser idea. It’s a feminist comic book that she herself wrote, called Rainbow Girl stars in SEXY WAR, and ALL PROCEEDS go to the Umoja Uasa Kenyan Women’s Village, a group of women working to escape and end domestic and sexual violence.
I wanted to let everyone [...]

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women in politics

A reader, Alec, sent me an email yesterday with a link to this article, about the level of representation in the current US Congress as it relates to the population at large. It’s pretty clear that the Congress is not really representative of the US population demographics. Check it out:

 Males – As of the 2006 [...]

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hey y’all…

 just to let you know, Marcella’s ON FIRE lately!!!!! If you haven’t read her blog, which focuses on rape, then get your booty over there now. I especially love her critiques of the legal system and how it completely does not support rape survivors.
Go Marcella!

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Feminism Friday – separatism

yup, late again. *sigh*
there comes a point when a movement for social change questions whether it is wise and/or prudent to continue to work within the mainstream system that they are trying to change. this is a question that I find myself asking all the time in regards to my politics, and more and more [...]

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Carnival of Feminists 38

I’ve been SO slack lately on posting for carnivals, but my buddy Rainbow Girl is hosting the 38th Carnival of Feminists, so I thought I’d set up a link. I likey.

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funfunfun

ok, so I know I haven’t been around a whole lot lately… sorry kids, I’ve been a busy bee. working full time is such a drag!
Anyway, I’ll be back soon with a good Feminism Friday post that’s been brewing in my mind for a little while, as well as a post about the recent murders [...]

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