Monthly Archives: February 2007
The Feminist Sorority
TweetIs the feminist sisterhood more sorority than social justice? A sorority at DePauw University in Indiana has recently come under fire for dismissing 23 sisters for being “socially awkward.� The women evicted from the Delta Zeta house included every woman who was overweight and the only black, Korean, and Vietnamese members. The national officers of [...]
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Oh baby, it’s so sexy when you chain me to the radiator
Tweet From the acclaimed misogynist director of Hustle & Flow comes a new movie in which Samuel L. Jackson chains a skeletal Christina Ricci to his radiator and attempts to “cure her of promiscuity.” I saw the trailer a few months ago and found it hard to believe. But seeing the film’s website, which is [...]
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Ah, Tammy Faye.
Tweet The fabulous Bill Scher introduced me to Tammy Faye Starlite years ago and I have been a fan ever since. Just hysterical. Tweet
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A diaphragm renaissance?
TweetOne of the most embarrassing Sex and the City scenes was the one in which Carrie enlists Samantha’s help to remove her diaphragm. Not because the situation seemed a little intimate, even for two close friends, but because it revealed that Carrie’s chosen birth control method was the diaphragm. I mean, how retro was that? [...]
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Fun with Feminist Flickr (feel good edition)