Polimicks

Leftist commentary from a mouthy bitch

Category Archives: Surviving

Privacy Versus Career: Deathmatch!

I wonder a lot if posting the things I post, here and at Geek Girls Rule!, and owning them with my real name and all, hurts my chances when I’m … Continue reading

March 18, 2013 · Leave a comment

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

January 7, 2013 · Leave a comment

Quit Minimizing Me.

Yeah, I know, there’s a lot of far more important stuff to talk about.  I have several angry blog posts about the wave of domestic, white, terrorism against Muslims, and … Continue reading

August 20, 2012 · 1 Comment

If You Think Rape is Ever Justifiable, I Don’t Want to Know You.

So, women are starting to loudly decry the whole, “Don’t get raped” advice that we’ve had shoved down our throats for our entire lives, and the lives of our fore-mothers, … Continue reading

June 22, 2012 · 9 Comments

Screw Diamonds, Eating Disorders are Forever.

Yeah, it’s a been a rough week around the Polimicks household.  I have a bunch of other things I wanted to blog about, including explaining to some “Free Market” Libertarian … Continue reading

May 25, 2012 · 8 Comments

This is Why Women Are Afraid to Tell You No

This past Thursday, a group of men started cat-calling/hitting on a group of women in Chicago.  When the women said, no, the men threw bottles and then SHOT at their … Continue reading

October 21, 2011 · 17 Comments

Did You Miss Me?

Sorry about disappearing there.  A couple of weeks ago, my in-laws took us down to southern Oregon for a family reunion of sorts with my husband’s aunt and cousins, one … Continue reading

October 6, 2011 · 1 Comment

Poverty is Not a Crime – A Guest Post by Frogmagick

Today’s guest post is by Frogmagick, a long time friend.  In the past few days I have caught reports in the media about laws both proposed and passed and political … Continue reading

September 2, 2011 · 6 Comments

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

June 17, 2011 · 1 Comment

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