Review of Yes Means Yes (originally posted at CANOW)
This collection of essays edited by Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti and published by Seal Press, is excellent. I highly recommend it to women of all ages. If you are … Continue reading
Things No One Tells You About Recovering from Eating Disorders
Here are a list of things, might be a short list actually, but some things that actually surprised me to learn about myself and my body when I recovered from … Continue reading
Rape Myths (Originally posted on Livejournal, and CANOW in May 2009)
Sorry for the radio silence all week. I appear to have contracted the plague (not swine flu, I did go to the doctor), and have had difficulty stringing together any … Continue reading
Hey, It’s Been A While
My life has been… strange. Something that led to a phenomenal amount of stress in my life has changed, leading to less stress in my life. So as my body … Continue reading
Contemplating Dr. Tiller’s Death – Originally Posted at CANOW.org
Originally posted June 10, 2009 Part of the reason I haven’t posted much here is that I’m still not over the frothing with sputtering profanities stage of my grief over … Continue reading
On Being Emotional – Originally posted at CANOW.org
Originally posted May 22, 2009 Because I write about a lot of charged topics, such as Fat/Body Acceptance, Abortion, Rape and Sexual Assault and the right of women to exist without having to ask for approval,* I … Continue reading
Sweating the Small Stuff – Originally Published at CANOW.org
This was my first post at CANOW.org, so kind of an intro. At the time the bulk of my blogging was done at Geek Girls Rule!, my geek culture blog, … Continue reading
Rape “Illiteracy”
Jessica Valenti wrote a really good piece at The Nation about “Rape Illiteracy.” You should definitely go check it out. Not only do we live in a culture where many … Continue reading
The War on Women and Girls
The Republicans aren’t the only ones out there fighting the “good” fight against the evils of female sexuality. Just recently Adrian Chen of Gawker outed uber-troll “Violentacrez” on Reddit as … Continue reading
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