November 2010
34 posts
The Feminist Lens: The Hunger Games Trilogy →
Image by GoodNCrazy via Flickr
I’m sure by now you’ve all noticed I’ve been conspicuously absent these past few days (or maybe you’ve been busy enough with…
“Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for...”
– Louisa May Alcott (via revolutionnow)
“Art is not living. It is the use of living.”
– Audre Lorde (via zami)
Up in Flames →
I had every intention of blogging yesterday. And then I got a message from my best friend’s mom that the store where she bought her wedding dress and where we bought our…
“Combating bullying is not going to be easy, but it’s definitely not going to...”
– danah boyd (via azspot)
This.
A Feminist Wife: Sunday Breakfast →
Sunday breakfasts are maybe my favorite part of married life. No matter what has been going on, no matter what we have to do before work starts on Monday, we sit down to a huge…
On the subject of "male feminists"...
I just had a guy email me telling me he’s writing about how women shouldn’t change their names upon marriage because he wants them to be “absolutely clear about what they are doing and why.” He also commented on my site telling a woman commenter who said she’d change her name because her name wasn’t a big part of her identity that she was mistaken - her name is...
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DREAMZONES: Rejecting Feminism: A Guide for Cis... →
junkwhore:
garlandgrey:
Rejecting Feminism: A Guide for Cis Men
Figure out early in life that equality is RAD! Equality, BRAH!
Deign to enter into a conversation about the inequality women face.
Like, almost fucking break something patting yourself on the back for it.
Encounter a woman saying something that rankles you.
Refuse to consider that it rankles you because you were raised to ...
Feminism and Choices: Should We Always Choose the... →
I’ve been thinking quite a bit about Cat Rocketship’s post about Feminism and Being a Housewife and about the venomous response she received when the post was linked elsewhere. I’m…
The Observation Deck: Ask A Question (Open Thread) →
Ask a Question
Ask a question? OK! Open thread time!
I’ve been having a pretty rough week as weeks go. So I really could use some happiness! So, what makes you happy?…
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The Observation Deck: Become the Other →
Become the Other
Interestingly enough, the first card I pulled from The Observation Deck was “Become the Other.” For creative writers, this card is all about becoming…
“…young women are taught to fear ageing/our mothers. When we don’t listen to...”
– Shelby Knox (via raspberrycordial)
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Tradition is in the Eye of the Beholder →
Since I began the wedding planning, I thought our ceremony was going to be largely traditional. The white dress, the readings, the music (I guess The Beatles are sort of traditional…
Yea, I’m Going to Write About Name Changes Again. →
Stephanie (one of my favorite bloggers/tweeters – you should check her out) pointed me to this Shakesville article yesterday that deals with the [radical] idea that, as…
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I just realized that this Tumblr is becoming nothing more than a feed for Small Strokes, and the feeding will continue, but I’ll now also be doing a photo-a-day project for at least a month on here. I’ll probably usually do it from my phone and it may not be super exciting, but let’s just see where this goes, shall we? Starting today. :)
Quick Hit: Another Tradition I Could Do Without →
Did you know that the tradition of saving the top tier of the wedding cake for consumption one year later originated in the 19th century when people believed that, after a wedding, a…
From Feminist Wedding to Feminist Wife: Cleaning... →
I absolutely cannot wait to tell you all about my wedding ceremony and all of the wonderful personal touches we added that made our nods toward traditional wedding ceremonies feel…
A Feminist Wife: “If you think being married is... →
… wait till you have kids!”
I should have known this would be the most common comment I’d receive when I said marriage is hard. Of course, it was more or less a tie between…
So… I just reblogged something that I didn’t write, yet there’s no automatic credit to the original author. What gives?
Racist jewelry
James: Ms. Basye, you should wear those earrings (white, feathery-looking) everyday.
Me: Why?
James: Well..nothing.
Me: No, what? Do you like them? Do you think I'm beautiful? Do you want to wear them??
James: NO! It's just that...only black girls can wear them big hoops you were wearing yesterday.
Class: HAHAHAHA..(.heated but good discussion about race).
Guest Post: Feminism and Being a Housewife →
Cat Rocketship, the author of this guest post, is maybe like my long-lost twin. She writes today about how she reconciles being a housewife and being a feminist, and her themes really…
Guest Post: Feminism & Tattoos: A Woman’s Right to... →
When Janet approached me with this guest post topic, I was really interested. I’ve always been intrigued by body modifications, particularly tattoos. I have one myself (it’s small and…
A Feminist Wife: Marriage is Hard, Continued →
A fellow Twitter-er read yesterday’s post about early marriage being difficult for me and asked: “Why do you think the act of getting married changed things? I’m genuinely…
Chicago Feminists Book Club! →
The Chicago feminists have a book club! If you’re in the Chicago area and would like to participate in a real-life in-person book club, join us! I anticipate meeting bi-monthly…
A Feminist Wife: Being Married is Hard →
Being married is hard.
Well, it is. Three weeks in, at least.
There have been so many times these past few weeks when I’ve thought to myself that I might as well have changed my name…
