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By Maya Dusenbery • 11 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

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Is Taylor Swift a feminist?

MoJo talks to the woman working to reopen Dr. Tiller’s clinic in Wichita, Kansas.

An interesting read about online “dating” sites for people looking to find a co-parent.

It’s the 50th anniversary of Sylvia Plath’s death.

Kobe Bryant tweets that homophobia is “not cool.”

An undocumented activist will attend President Obama’s State of the Union address tomorrow night.

Sarah Silverman’s Sister, Susan,  is among the 10 women arrested at a Western Wall protest in Israel for wearing “men’s” prayer shawls.

The Pope will abdicate February 28th.

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Is Taylor Swift a feminist?

MoJo talks to the woman working to reopen Dr. Tiller’s clinic in Wichita, Kansas.

An interesting read about online “dating” sites for people looking to find a ...
By Jos Truitt • 11 years ago

Sarah Silverman demonstrates how to make a rape joke

One of my favorite things about a lot of the feminist response to Daniel Tosh’s rape “joke” is the way it’s taken a nuanced approach to the issue instead of repeating the tired soundbite that no rape jokes are funny. As Maya said in the Weekly Feminist Reader: “If there’s one thing the Daniel Tosh episode has taught us, I hope it is that rape jokes can be funny.” It’s not that the topic is off limits for comedy, it’s just that jokes that target victims and perpetuate rape culture make you a lazy asshole. Humor is ideally suited to target our absurd culture around rape, though.

Sarah Silverman demonstrates that perfectly in this excerpt from her stand up ...

One of my favorite things about a lot of the feminist response to Daniel Tosh’s rape “joke” is the way it’s taken a nuanced approach to the issue instead of repeating the tired soundbite that ...