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Emily commented on the blog post Rebel Wilson, coming to a TV near you 4 days, 7 hours ago · View
I’ve ripped a skirt at work and stapled it back together too!
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Emily commented on the blog post For the mamas who don’t get love on Mother’s Day 1 week, 5 days ago · View
This post reminded me a little of the memoir The Pregnancy Project by Gaby Rodriguez. In this book, high schooler Gaby pretended to be pregnant as part of a school project. She documented people’s attitudes towards her and her “pregnancy” and theorized that those attitudes set teen moms up for failure. It also reminded me [...]
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Emily commented on the blog post Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet 1 month, 2 weeks ago · View
I started a petition on change.org for the University of Rochester professor. http://www.change.org/petitions/the-university-of-rochester-sanction-professor-landsburg I think I’m extra disgusted since I have family members that are alumni.
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Emily commented on the blog post What happened in the last episode of “Girls” was not “uncomfortable sex” 2 months, 1 week ago · View
On one hand, I think I see your point. I think it needs to be explained that nonconsensual sex (however sex is defined) isn’t just “bad,” but there’s a word for it and that word is rape. Applying this label to things will and teaching people this is rape, hopefully, make people change their behavior. [...]
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Emily commented on the blog post Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet 2 months, 2 weeks ago · View
I’m rolling my eyes over the War on Women piece. Not just because it’s a rehash of the worst the conservatives brought us last year, but also over this: “But Democrats also left their mark with an ill-timed snipe at stay-at-home mom Ann Romney, reinvigorating the “mommy wars”.” The webpage is just a summary of [...]
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Emily commented on the blog post New documentary on the past 50 years of the feminist movement premieres tonight 2 months, 3 weeks ago · View
I wonder if Phyllis Schlafly will be in the documentary. Because, according to Makers, she’s groundbreaking…in a good, let’s feature her sort of way.
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Emily commented on the blog post Vintage Sexism: Anti-suffrage pamphlet warns of “petticoat rule” 3 months ago · View
What I find interesting about the pamphlet, in addition to everything that has already been said, is that it bases its arguments on devaluing the vote. It neglects the notion that voting is a value and a right in itself (and maybe even one of the reasons why that whole American Revolution thing was fought. [...]
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Emily commented on the blog post Weekly Feminist Reader 3 months, 3 weeks ago · View
I’ve been seething about Israel giving depo-provera shots to Ethiopian women without their knowledge or consent: http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/israel-admits-ethiopian-women-were-given-birth-control-shots.premium-1.496519
And I complained about it here: http://emmawolf.wordpress.com/2013/01/27/eugenics-israeli-style-the-right-to-exist/ -
Emily commented on the blog post Elsewhere on the Interwebs 4 months, 1 week ago · View
I wanted to drive in the carpool lane when I was pregnant and argue that I was two people.
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Emily commented on the blog post CNN posts and takes down sexist study of women’s hormones and voting 6 months, 3 weeks ago · View
Well said. I haven’t read the article, but it sounds like a lot of ridiculous causation=correlation without taking into account the other factors that you mention.
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