Monthly Archives: December 2011

Feministing Year in Review: Vanessa’s top picks

Way too many favorites of incredible content this past year, but thought I’d highlight these. Jos Truitt really encompasses what it means to be a “thought leader” to me — one of many examples was in, “I am not your tragic trans narrative”: Here’s the thing: we’ve all got our own experiences, but in mine [...]
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Weekly Feminist Reader: Open Thread

To all who celebrate, merry Christmas! May your presents be gender non-conforming, your bellies full, and your lives filled with love. [Via] What have you been reading/writing/watching/learning this week?
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The Feministing Five: Rose Lyn Castro

Rose Lyn Castro is the Project Director for S.P.E.A.R. (Samahang Pilipino Education and Retention) at the University of California, Los Angeles. After attending four years at UCLA as an undergraduate and doing two years of Teach for America, she got hired back to the same organization where she started doing campus organizing. Samahang Pilipino is [...]
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What We Missed and Holiday Housekeeping

Hey Girl, I’m Sheriff Joe. The gay and lesbian community of Minnesota apologizes to recently resigned Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch for ruining the institution of marriage and causing her to commit adultery. The Crunk Feminist Collective has a solution to the Black marriage crisis: teach white boys to dance. Rick Santorum: “I’m for income [...]
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The temp from Chiswick: why I love Donna Noble

*Major Spoilers for the relaunched Dr. Who* Nerds like me know Christmas is Dr. Who season (I guess the UK doesn’t even pretend with “Happy Holidays”). I’m a huge geek for the show, one of those rare popular scifi/fantasy properties that (anecdotally speaking) has a more vocal female fanbase than male one. Which makes a [...]
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