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Friday Feline Blogging: Les Misérables Edition

I’m going to keep this short and sweet since you all had the pleasure of meeting Samhita’s cats the other day, but I felt it necessary to give my kitten Tweet some Feministing love this week. She got spayed a couple of days ago and is absolutely miserable – mostly because she has to wear a cone on her head for the next two weeks and can’t do the normal galavanting and troublemaking she usually gets into.
What’s worse is that the cone is hella big on her tiny head, so her ears are flattened by its weight and she walks around with her head low to the ground as if sulking; it’s a very sad sight.

I’m going to keep this short and sweet since you all had the pleasure of meeting Samhita’s cats the other day, but I felt it necessary to give my kitten Tweet some Feministing love ...

By Vanessa • 15 years ago

Friday Frustrations: Gendered Vitamins

I forgot to cover this after seeing its commercial, but luckily reader Saira reminded me today. One A Day vitamins are marketing their new product, Teen Advantage for Him and Her, and it ain’t pretty.
It’s not even the gendering of vitamins in general or even the pink and blue bottles they come in that really get me, but their contention of what’s important for teen boys’ and girls’ growth:

Complete Multivitamins for Teen Boys & Girls to Support:*
* Healthy muscle function with Magnesium (for Him)
* Healthy skin with Vitamins A and C, Copper, and Iron (for Her)

That’s right ladies. Who needs muscle function when you have the clear skin to attract strong boys to pick ...

By Jessica • 15 years ago

Does the personal always have to be political? (And can’t it ever be private?)

So, I’m getting married. To this guy. There, I said it. I’ve been putting off writing about this for a while now (as somewhat explained by the hilarious someecard that Amanda sent to me above).
Being that most of us here blog about our personal lives quite a bit – from birth control and Spanx to body image and pets – it seems only natural that I would write about getting married. Especially given how political marriage is, especially right now.
But there was something nice about having this be private and not for public blogging, flickring, Facebooking or commenting. (After all, you don’t have to be ...

So, I’m getting married. To this guy. There, I said it. I’ve been putting off writing about this for a while now (as somewhat explained by the hilarious someecard that

By Vanessa • 15 years ago

Doesn’t get much worse than this.

Reader Shena caught eye of this lovely flyer walking to work the other day. Here’s a larger image.
I love how it says “McFadden’s proudly presents.” It seems bar ads bring out the very worst of sexist ridiculousness like this, and is only more convincing of how fucked up drinking culture is in this country.

By Vanessa • 15 years ago

Rite Aid is Random

I found this while getting my friend a birthday card at my Rite Aid in Queens the other day and couldn’t resist taking record of it. We all know that greetings cards themselves are gendered enough, but the actual card sections? Damn.

By Vanessa • 15 years ago

Random Ew of the Day

This makes me a wee uncomfortable.
It’s a shopping bag used by the German condom company Condomi, where the handle is conveniently placed right where peeps’ genitals are supposed to me. (Although the bags are of women and men.)
What do you think – offensive or just tacky erotica?
ht/ to Helen!

By Jessica • 15 years ago

Ending Pink’s Reign

Shiny Shiny brings us the latest in feminized gear: a pink heart-shaped guitar for Guitar Hero. Okay, I get that some folks like the color, but can I just say I’m so incredibly sick of products being marketed towards women simply by slapping some pink on them?
I mean, there’s pink laptops, tools, websites, iPods, pocket knives – even cigarettes! The pink madness has to end. In fact, I think one of my new year’s resolutions will be to avoid all things pink (with the exception of cotton candy Jelly Bellys – I love those things).
What’s your least favorite pink (or otherwise gendered) product?

Shiny Shiny brings us the latest in feminized gear: a pink heart-shaped guitar for Guitar Hero. Okay, I get that some folks like the color, but can I just say I’m so incredibly ...

By Vanessa • 15 years ago

You shouldn’t have!! No, you really shouldn’t have.

This is an oldie but a badie.
If someone got this for me for Christmas, I may have possibly beat them with it. This “sexy furniture” created by Mario Philippona isn’t new to us, but reader Mary alerted us to the piece and I just had to share.
Couldn’t be more offensive, right? But perhaps not as bad as his Winespread, which is bluntly described, “You can stick your bottle in a wide spread sculpted pussy.”
Warms the heart, doesn’t it?

This is an oldie but a badie.
If someone got this for me for Christmas, I may have possibly beat them with it. This “sexy furniture” created by Mario Philippona isn’t new to us, but ...