April 2011
33 posts
Royal Musings →
I did not wake up any earlier than usual today. When my alarm went off at 5:30, I pulled my phone off my iHome charger and checked my Twitter feed (without getting out of my bed), like I always do….
Apr 29th
Guest Post: Eligible to Propose →
Today’s guest post is from Shelly, one of my favorite internet friends. Shelly served on the editorial staff of Equality 101 with me, bent over backwards to help me out, and always has made me laugh…
Apr 28th
What We Can Do For Women Right Now →
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Apr 28th
Three Hip-Hop Scholars Talk About Combatting... →
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Apr 28th
'Pumpkin Eater:' 1960s Domesticity, Sardonically →
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Apr 28th
Apr 25th
Guest Post: The New Perfect Marriage →
The following is a guest post by Becky Beaupre Gillespie and Hollee Schwartz Temple, authors of Good Enough Is the New Perfect: Finding Happiness and Success in Modern Motherhood, which I reviewed…
Apr 24th
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Apr 22nd
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More Changes to the Site →
If you’re an RSS fiend and you haven’t stopped by Small Strokes lately, please do so. I completely revamped the theme, and I’m really happy with it. It’s more website-y than journalistic. And it’s…
Apr 21st
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Guest Post: On hating the straight white male →
This is a guest post from Gwenn Liberty Seemel. Gwenn is named after the Liberty Bell, a cracked ding-dong with a venerable history. Gwenn is a working artist who has sold her soul…
Apr 20th
Guest Post: Is it Harder for Women in Criminal... →
Today’s post is a guest post from Marie Owens. Marie works in security logistics. In her spare time she teaches a female self-defense course and studies law in Washington state.
Apr 19th
“I learned compassion from being discriminated against. Everything bad that’s...”
–  Ellen Degeneres (via compassion-is-sexy)
Apr 18th
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Apr 18th
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Day of Silence →
Today is the National Day of Silence during which students who choose to do so will remain silent all day to draw attention to anti-LGBTQ name calling, harassment, bullying, and…
Apr 16th
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Apr 14th
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Psychology Today Hates Feminism →
feministjillian: This makes me all stabby and vicious. I will never subscribe to Psychology Today.  ARGGGHHHHHHHHHH! Wow! This is awful!!
Apr 13th
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Apr 12th
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Writers on Food~ Call for Posts ~ « Prof. Janni... →
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Apr 12th
Apr 11th
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And that we will love. →
Six months ago today, I was busy primping and pampering myself, trying to make myself look more beautiful than I’ve ever looked before. I arrived at the bridal suite nervous and a…
Apr 10th
101 Revolutionary Ways to Be Healthy →
quantumstarlight: pandacake: LOVE THIS! This is amazing.
Apr 9th
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Reality Bites Back: A Reading by Jenn Pozner →
On Sunday, I had the good fortune to hear Jenn Pozner read from Reality Bites Back at Women & Children First Bookstore. I was very excited to hear her read, and to hang out with…
Apr 9th
Apr 8th
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House Hunting →
Tim and I viewed our first houses in our house hunt on Monday. And believe it or not, we found a house that was absolutely gorgeous. Perfect neighborhood, perfect yard, perfect…
Apr 7th
The Feminist Lens: Good Enough Is the New Perfect →
Good Enough Is the New Perfect by Becky Beaupre Gillespie My rating: 3 of 5 stars I’m going to start this review with two important admissions: 1. I am not a mother.
Apr 7th
Grit In The Gap: Toilet Tuesday →
gritinthegap: There isn’t much driving me to the toilet these days, except that I just got off Spring Break. I just laid around, read the last four Harry Potter books, and enjoyed some beautiful weather in San Francisco. Since coming back, I am in denial that I am back—I was just SO happy on break—and I’ve been…
Apr 6th
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Apr 6th
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#Chifems Book Club – Vote for April! →
What book should we read in April, Chifems? Vote any time between now and Friday, April 8. The book will be selected on Friday, and we ARE going to read it this month, and we ARE going…
Apr 5th
The Feminist Lens: Moonrise: The Power of Women... →
Moonrise: The Power of Women Leading from the Heart by Nina Simons My rating: 4 of 5 stars A review copy of this book has been on my desk since the end of December, and…
Apr 4th
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“Because when we find ourselves believing that killing a man makes us more of a...”
– Jay Smooth, founder of New York City’s longest-running hip hop radio program, WBAI’s Underground Railroad and video blogger. (via spunkywarcannon) Gotta reblog. This is on my favorite quotes list on Facebook for goodness sakes. (via stfufauxminists)
Apr 4th
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Apr 4th
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feministhemes 2.0: feminists probably hate me (not... →
teenagebollocks: I don’t want a career I want to be a stay at home housewife I dress for my man (myself too but I wanna look good for him all the time..) I love to bake for my man I like cleaning and organizing everything I don’t really do anything for myself I just wanna make my man…
Apr 2nd
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