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Category Archives: Misogyny

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

July 21, 2011 · Leave a comment

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

June 27, 2011 · 2 Comments

The Very Basis of the Anti-Choice Movement is the Idea that Women Just Don’t Matter.

I have a point, and I’m bound to get there, but it’s going to be a little circuitous, so bear with me. I read a lot of Sci Fi.  A … Continue reading

June 2, 2011 · Leave a comment

Just When You Thought They Couldn’t Get Any Less Compassionate…

It’s getting hard to come up with titles for these posts that aren’t just a random bunch of characters as I bang my head repeatedly on the keyboard, longing for … Continue reading

May 27, 2011 · 1 Comment

Enough with the Hating on Slutwalk

If it doesn’t work for you, fine. If you think the only reason ANY WOMAN gets called a slut, regardless of race or social standing, is because she has done something … Continue reading

May 23, 2011 · 3 Comments

Dear French Media,

Get bent. No, really. You’re upset because the US media did something that is Standard Operating Procedure, and showed Dominique Strauss-Kahn being led out in handcuffs.  So, in retaliation… You … Continue reading

May 19, 2011 · 4 Comments

Polimicks Podcast 002 – Slutwalks

In this episode, my friend Jenna and I discuss the Slutwalks, and what they mean to us, since both of us were labelled sluts at a very young age. Listen … Continue reading

May 18, 2011 · Leave a comment

The War on Women

I haven’t posted about this before because I have been so incredibly angry at… everything.  It’s ridiculous.  We’re in the 21st Century.  It’s more than 30 years since the Roe … Continue reading

May 16, 2011 · 2 Comments

Daddy, I Do

May 4th, Planned Parenthood of the Greater Northwest brought Seattle-native Cassie Jaye and her film Daddy, I Do to the University of Washington for a screening.  Daddy, I Do has won … Continue reading

May 9, 2011 · 3 Comments

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