Mother’s Day as the day I realize the fondest memories I have of my mother are those in which we children were not there:

http://thedelphiad.wordpress.com/2013/05/12/portrait-of-the-mother-as-a-human-being/

How my mother’s life made me a feminist and a narcissist:

http://thedelphiad.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/lessons-from-my-mothers-life/

The blog may still be marked private despite my several attempts to make it public again. If so, do request access and it shall be granted.

My favourite is the bodysuit of live chameleons. That sounds pretty cool.

I have to respectfully disagree on one issue. If you want to avoid, really avoid gender essentialism, and you really think both men and women should have certain traits, don’t call some of them “feminine” and others “masculine”. Just call them human. You can explain that historically, and erroneously, these qualities were gendered, but they [...]

Haven’t been blogging at all, but recently put a song to a slide-show video. It was produced as a result of a grant from the Ontario Arts Council and essentially describes the damage caused by xenophobic pro-natalist attitudes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=435OIfdiiTg&feature=youtu.be

I understand only too well why and how men can become misogynistic when they feel like outsiders. My brother was one of those guys. He schooled me and steeped me so much in his worldview that I was unable to defend myself against predators, because I was supposed to feel sorry for them. Too much [...]

Did anyone hear someone mention women were taking over the world? Because the last time I checked, people who control the world a) do not have to go on strike over anything , especially not with a backup in the house (aka, husband); and b) they sure as hell don’t make international headlines just for not doing [...]

Two related posts on the aftermath of having your trust betrayed, especially at work.

Who can you trust after abuse? A tough call.

What happens next? Dealing with the no-baggage requirement.

About this whole “Some people are not going to like you, basic fact of life. Believe me when I say that this doesn’t matter “. I beg to differ. When people dislike you, they will do everything they can to make sure you lose your job. Then you will not speaking anywhere, about anything. Been [...]

Using gendered inanities to command us to behave in ways that will reassure you all is well with the world is as stupid as telling the rain to go back where it came from. I am quite belligerent and have been accused many times of “acting like a man”. This was not intended as a [...]

When and why women are “not funny”.

Canadian strip club owners show their true, sleazy colours: why it’s so damned hard to believe women aren’t really being exploited in the industry.

Why is Daniel Tosh even on the air when there are so many bright, funny women out there?

Yesterday, I went for a walk. After sundown.

Addicted mothers and babies:a narrative in which women are just like Komodo dragons. Aka, they reproduce by themselves.

With friends like these, you might as well get drowned in a bathtub… The protesting students of La CLASSE get some “help” from local comedians.

Watch what you think, or you won’t get an income: Corporate Big Brother’s underhanded way to try and crush feminism, along with any other dissent. This is a huge threat to our freedom to express ourselves, to organize, and to make a difference.

http://thedelphiad.wordpress.com/2012/06/08/is-your-boss-watching-then-big-brother-is-a-creep/

A reflection on the Montreal protests and higher education: student debt burden goes further than dollars and cents.

I online dated years ago and haven’t done it since. Most were duds, as in the kind who lied about everything from their job to their weight to their interests; this is something I don’t understand, since you get found out. One guy was particularly sleazy; luckily, I googled him successfully before meeting him. He’d [...]

Triggers for rape and violence and really, really bad language, in some cases in all-caps.

Offending the offenders: What to say to “You oppress my oppression of you”.

http://thedelphiad.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/were-offended-that-youre-offended-youre-oppressing-our-oppression-of-you/

That’s “when” life feels…

When life feels like a catwalk that you didn’t sign up for: Thanks for the discouragement, buddy.