Blogging While Female
I’ve probably posted about this before, at least I’ve alluded to things like this both here and at GeekGirlsRule.net, particularly referencing Jade Raymond or Kathy Sierra, but blogging ain’t easy … Continue reading
You know when I said I wasn’t always the poster child for HAES/Body Acceptance
My Body Acceptance is at kind of an ebb right now. I’ve been feeling meh and unattractive and unlovely for awhile now. I know part of it is that we’ve … Continue reading
State of the Micks in Polimicks
Yeah, it’s been a little quiet around here lately. And yeah, we did move, but that’s not what’s been keeping me quiet. Mostly it’s been a screaming case of outrage … Continue reading
Book Review: The Body Project by Joan Jacobs Brumberg
Released in 1997, The Body Project by Joan Jacobs Brumberg was groundbreaking in its conception, a history of girls through the words in their diaries and in interviews with girls … Continue reading
Book Review: Sex at Dawn by Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha
Sorry about the radio silence. As I said over on another blog, I thought I could keep up my blogging schedule while we moved, and I was delusional. Yeah, I’ve … Continue reading
New Lows in Victim-Blaming
So, yeah, a cop pulls over a woman in the wee hours of the morning, gets an erection and ejaculates all over her. She filed a report, had the DNA … Continue reading
More on Sugar Ray and Victim-blaming
So, at the end of Monday’s post on Sugar Ray Leonard, I linked to two articles. One of those articles engages in the time honored tradition of assuming that the … Continue reading
My Philosophical Epiphanies Come in Strange Ways.
Ok, so my husband and I go to a lot of punk rock shows. As a result we hang out with a bunch of younger people, ten or more years … Continue reading
Sexual Abuse is Not Just a Women’s Issue
In his upcoming book, champion boxer Sugar Ray Leonard talks about his sexual abuse at the hands of a boxing coach. This, if nothing else, should dispel the myth that … Continue reading
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