Posts Tagged Deep Thoughts

Quick Hit: Ukraine Outlaws Porn

Disappointing news: Porn is now illegal in the Ukraine.
Ever the optimist, I see a silver lining here. At least the whole “unless it’s for medicinal purposes” clause unwittingly points to the health benefits of masturbation

Disappointing news: Porn is now illegal in the Ukraine.
Ever the optimist, I see a silver lining here. At least the whole “unless it’s for medicinal purposes” clause unwittingly points to the health benefits of ...

Personal is Political: On transportation

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how people get around and what impact it has on their lives.
I grew up in a small Southern college town. We drove everywhere. There was a public bus but we never took it. Since leaving home I’ve mostly lived in big cities with public transportation–NYC and DC. The subway is amazing and almost everywhere was really accessible. It runs all night, hits all of the boroughs and is relatively affordable and fast.
When I moved to DC last year, I settled back into life in a smaller city. Still a relatively good public transportation system but it gets less places and closes at night. I started riding the bus, brought my car ...

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how people get around and what impact it has on their lives.
I grew up in a small Southern college town. We drove everywhere. There was a public bus but ...

Midwest Love


One undercurrent of Lauren’s recent post on work life was about geographic divisions. While I may reside on the East Coast now (and have also lived on the West), I was born and raised in Iowa, went to school in Missouri, and consider myself fundamentally Midwestern in many ways. And today I’m inspired today to give a shout-out to some of my personal favorite places and things about the Midwest: (Yes, I realize a lot of this list is about food. So?) The Chicago skyline
My first big city! As a kid, I remember staring out of the car windows on family vacations, looking at the buildings and busy streets. I will always associate this city with excitement ...

One undercurrent of Lauren’s recent post on work life was about geographic divisions. While I may reside on the East Coast now (and have also lived on the West), I was born and raised in ...

Reflections from a homownersexual

An interesting post by Emily Nepon from the website Enough:

In 2001 I bought a house in Philadelphia in partnership with a close friend. We called our new relationship “homownersexual” because we were queers in a committed partnership with each other that had nothing to do with marriage or monogamy. We bought a three story, five bedroom house that was in good shape for $25,000, with a personal loan from her grandparents and an agreement to pay it back at a relatively low interest rate (7%).
We and our various friend-housemates were white flamboyantly-gendered queers moving into a neighborhood that was 99% working poor African-American. I had been living for a few years in the Baltimore Ave area of ...

An interesting post by Emily Nepon from the website Enough:

In 2001 I bought a house in Philadelphia in partnership with a close friend. We called our new relationship “homownersexual” because we were queers in a ...

The woes of apolitical hair


Wearing white after labor day is a fashion don’t. So, apparently, is being black.
PS. I would really like to know how to get “political” hair.
Thanks to Lydia for the Deep Thoughts logo!

Wearing white after labor day is a fashion don’t. So, apparently, is being black.
PS. I would really like to know how to get “political” hair.
Thanks to Lydia for the Deep Thoughts ...

Huff on, wax off


Getting a bikini wax is bad.
Catching your bikini waxer huffing paint thinner is worse.

(P.S. I think “Deep Thoughts, by Feministing” may become a regular feature. Any Photoshop mavens out there want to make us an accompanying logo? The above one is Ann’s quick and dirty shot at it.)


Getting a bikini wax is bad.
Catching your bikini waxer huffing paint thinner is worse.

(P.S. I think “Deep Thoughts, by Feministing” may become a regular feature. Any Photoshop mavens out there want to make ...

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