My mom says I’m setting the movement back ten years when I am sexually assertive. What should I tell her?
Why do you think there aren’t more men at this lecture?
Why and how did you get into blogging?
I feel like I have to be the spokesperson for both feminists and feminists of color all the time. What should I do about it?

These were just some of the questions that Samhita, Miriam, and I answered last evening at Wheaton College as part of our Feministing Fall Tour. It was a great event, kicked off with a talk in a lively Intro to Women’s Studies class, where we discussed quite a bit about the blogging life–both its highs and lows, ...

We had an amazing night last night kicking off our Feministing tour in Kingston at Queens University in Canada. Miriam, Vanessa, and I were joined by super star Kim, a graduate student in human geography at the university (stay tuned for a guest post of her incredible talk, which earned her a standing ovation!). Thanks to the amazing Martha Polk for coordinating our visit, and The Women’s Empowerment Committee and other groups on campus for bringing us out.
Kim spoke about a range of local concerns, including the difficulty of investing sustainable activism in a town that most students are transient in, and linking theory with action. She also gave other students permission to be angry and encouraged them to ...