August 2011
21 posts
Guest Post: Teachers are Academic First Responders →
Janni is one of my favorite bloggers and tweeters out there. As a teacher, she is passionate and cutting-edge. As a feminist, she is ardent and intuitive. Her support has meant the world to me, and…
Guest Post: Feminism, TV, and Men →
You may remember Cat Rocketship from her guest post last year about feminism and being a housewife. I absolutely loved that post, and I absolutely love this one, too. My favorite thing about Cat,…
Guest Post: Queering Traditional Marriage →
I am so fortunate to have had the opportunity to interact with Carrie. Since well before I joined the Gender Across Borders team, and ever since, Carrie has literally had nothing but wonderful…
I’m getting a little sick of tumblr. Every time I open it up there are at least five posts within the first 30 I haven’t read with pictures if abused kids, missing people, or abused animals. Now I don’t mind those pictures; I don’t find them triggering in any way (though I’d be willing to bet some people do). What I can’t stand are all the notes telling me if I...
Guest Post: Lost in Translation →
When I met Colleen, we were at a reading for Reality Bites Back with Jenn Pozner. After the reading, she pulled me aside and said “I don’t know you at all, but I hear you’re a teacher and I want to…
For the record, before y’all tell me I’m being defensive because my rings have diamonds, the diamonds in my rings as well as the metals in Tim and my rings were obtained ethically by a company that also refuses to harvest coral and other materials of that nature. It’s not perfect, to be sure, but we did our research.
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Back to School →
Image via Wikipedia I’m headed back to school this week! And, as you know, I’m pretty excited about it. You know what else I’m pretty excited about? Some awesome guest posts I have coming up this…
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A Little More Love for Matt Damon →
Yesterday, I gushed about Matt Damon. Today, I saw his entire speech at the Save Our Schools rally, and I love him even more. Here’s the text of the speech from the Washington Post for your…
“I can’t imagine anyone becoming a writer who wasn’t a voracious reader as an...”
– Paul Auster Paris Review: The Art of Fiction No. 178 (via shotgunblogger)
“It’s criminal that so little is asked of people who are getting so much. I don’t...”
– Matt Damon (via lonelywerewolfgirl)
Matt Damon is the hero of the day.
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Matt Damon for everything.
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“I agree that it shouldn’t be important whether a woman has children or not, but...”
– TODAYMoms - One woman’s childfree status update ignites Facebook free-for-all (via jerseyjezebel)
“Everything tells me that I am about to make a wrong decision, but making...”
– Paulo Coelho (via impetrate)
Quick Hit: Adoption as a Feminist Issue →
I’ve written about adoption before. (Here, here, here…) It’s something I believe in very strongly, and will as long as there are children who need adoption. As long as women are pressured to give…
