Sometimes I Rain on Parades
Sorry for the radio silence, but I’ve had the flu of DOOM for the last week. I’m still hacking my lungs out. It’s hard to put two sentences together while … Continue reading
Rape Awareness Doesn’t Stop with #Mooreandme
I’ve been blogging as Polimicks over on Livejournal since 2005 (I had to go check), and rape awareness has been a big part of that blogging effort. As a survivor … Continue reading
An Embarrassment of Riches.
Sometimes a blogger is blessed with far too many things to blog about. The Marie Claire bullshit: The editors at Marie Claire felt that it was a good idea to … Continue reading
Feminism has a Class Problem
In a big way. This goes to the heart of the “Not all poor white people are Budweiser-swilling NASCAR fans” and the “Feminism has let down WOC, and poor white … Continue reading
No Fault Divorce
First, I feel like I should start with the disclaimer that I’ve never been divorced. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with divorcing, and I’ve held plenty of people’s hands … Continue reading
Enthusiastic Consent
I’ve blogged about the concept of Enthusiastic Consent before, here and other places, and I have got to say: I do not get how this offends people. I mean, it’s … Continue reading
Of Triggers and Media…
But what I’d like to talk about here is something I don’t really get into until the end of my GGR rant. I’m talking about the expectation that sexual assault survivors are somehow constructed of spun glass and will completely disintegrate upon being “triggered.”
Huh, go fig?
Well-Rounded Mama cites a study that finds, if you put would-be healthcare providers on the restricted diets many doctors prescribe for overweight to obese patients, they have much more sympathy … Continue reading
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