By Vanessa • 15 years ago

Reasons to Love Halloween


Cindy Rodriguez from the Allentown Women’s Center sent us a picture of this awesome Feministing pumpkin she carved out for the clinic. Thanks for the awesome Feministing-o-lantern, Cindy! You can also check out some of her book reviews on Lesbiatopia.
What are you doing/wearing for Halloween tonight?


Cindy Rodriguez from the Allentown Women’s Center sent us a picture of this awesome Feministing pumpkin she carved out for the clinic. Thanks for the awesome Feministing-o-lantern, Cindy! You can also check out some of ...
By Vanessa • 15 years ago

(Un)Feminist Guilty Pleasures: Horror Movies


One of my favorite things to do on Halloween is to just chill out with my peoples/honey and watch horror movies. I’m a big fan of scary flicks, yet I always run into the obvious – that so many of them are pretty damn sexist.
So yes, I’ll admit I’ve watched some horror films that are a feminist’s nightmare – basically those cheesy, old school sexist flicks that are so silly and ridiculous, it’s laughable. But I also can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to turn off a movie five minutes in because the glorification of violence against women is so blatant.
Yet every once in a while, I come across a scary movie that actually manages ...


One of my favorite things to do on Halloween is to just chill out with my peoples/honey and watch horror movies. I’m a big fan of scary flicks, yet I always run into the obvious – ...
By Miriam • 15 years ago

Michael Pollan on what the candidates aren’t talking about: Food

Michael Pollan had a fantastic article in the NYTimes magazine earlier this month entitled Farmer in Chief. If you haven’t heard of Michael Pollan before, go pick up a copy of the Omnivore’s Dilemma immediately. It has been garnering a lot of buzz for a few years now and in that book Pollan does an amazing job of making the politics of industrial agriculture interesting. A large portion of that book focuses on how corn is at the center of almost everything we eat and how the government influenced this change in the national diet.
In Farmer in Chief, Pollan outlines an impressive food policy for the new administration. He explains how everything from farmers markets, ...

Michael Pollan had a fantastic article in the NYTimes magazine earlier this month entitled Farmer in Chief. If you haven’t heard of Michael Pollan before, go pick up a copy of the Omnivore’s Dilemma ...
By Jessica • 15 years ago

Feministing’s new comment format!


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I’m super excited to announce that we’ve revamped our comments section to make them more organized, and more community-friendly. Here are the new functions in comments; let us know what you think!
Threaded comments: This means you can not only reply to the post, but you can reply to a particular comment (like I did above). This will help the conversations to stay more organized.
Rated comments: Similar to recommending posts, this “liked or disliked” function allows readers to put their two cents in about comments as well. I find this really helpful because if you don’t have time to read a long thread, you can choose to ignore the ...


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I’m super excited to announce that we’ve revamped our comments section to make them more organized, and more community-friendly. Here are the new functions in comments; let us know what you ...
By Vanessa • 15 years ago

Reasons to hate Halloween


I know we’ve already covered the ridiculous sexism (and general sexualization of young girls) and racist bullshit that we find from too many Halloween costumes, but I couldn’t not point out these this gem today. The above is titled the “Oh No You Didn’t Wig.” Just….wow.

I know we’ve already covered the ridiculous sexism (and general sexualization of young girls) and racist bullshit that we find from too many Halloween costumes, but I couldn’t not point out these this gem ...
By Jessica • 15 years ago

Quote of the day

Obama, responds to the latest manufactured controversy from the McCain camp:
“I don’t know what’s next. By the end of the week, he’ll be accusing me of being a secret communist because I shared my toys in kindergarten. I shared my peanut butter and jelly sandwich.”

Obama, responds to the latest manufactured controversy from the McCain camp:
“I don’t know what’s next. By the end of the week, he’ll be accusing me of being a secret communist because I shared my toys ...
By Courtney • 15 years ago

Thank You Thursdays: Elder Bloggers Margaret and Helen

I thought I’d died and gone to heaven when I read Margaret and Helen’s best-friends-for-sixty-years blog, not because they’re really old, but because I love old ladies and don’t get to interact with them very often. My own grandmothers have passed away, and I don’t run into too many blue hairs here in Brooklyn.
If, like me, you’re hankering for some old lady interaction, do not stop go, do not collect one hundred dollars, but instead go directly to Margaret and Helen’s awesome blog.
When 82-year-old Helen was recently called out by her readers for using foul language when talking about respected government officials, she writes:

New rules:
I will stop calling George Bush a jackass when he stops calling ...

I thought I’d died and gone to heaven when I read Margaret and Helen’s best-friends-for-sixty-years blog, not because they’re really old, but because I love old ladies and don’t get to interact with them very often. ...

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