Weekly Feminist Smorgasbord: Indigenous People’s Resistance Day
http://www.racialicious.com/2011/10/11/decolonization-and-occupy-wall-street/ I did not celebrate “Columbus Day” on Monday; did you? Let’s leave it to Howard Zinn to say it straight: To emphasize the...
View ArticleToday is Love Your Body Day
designed by kyla hollis, winner of the NOW love your body day poster contest Wednesday, October 19th, 2011 is the National Organization for Women (NOW) foundation’s 14th annual Love Your Body Day! It...
View ArticleWeekly Feminist Smorgasbord: Support Body Positivity and Anti-Bullying Campaigns
I considered putting a really really frustrated title for this week’s smorgasbord, as every single thing in the news this week is infuriating me. See below for some examples. But first, some...
View ArticleWeekly Feminist Smorgasbord: The Good & the Ugly of Occupy, Pro-Choice United...
Occupy Wall Street: Check out this video of Eve Ensler explicitly detailing the ways in which economic inequalities disproportionately affect women. “Why aren’t we supporting nurses? Why aren’t we...
View ArticleWeekly Feminist Smorgasbord: Remembering the Ms. Revolution, the History of...
The first cover of Ms. magazine, Spring 1972. In honor of its 40th birthday, a fabulous tribute to Ms. magazine at NY Mag. My favorite tid-bit: some of the proposed titles for Ms. included Everywoman,...
View ArticleWeekly Feminist Smorgasbord: Shame-Free Sex, Katie Roiphe (Eye-Roll), and...
The brilliant Jaclyn Friedman, feminist activist and writer, has finally come out with her new book, What You Really Really Want:The Smart Girl’s Shame-Free Guide to Sex and Safety. Read a review at...
View ArticleWeekly Feminist Smorgasbord: An Anti-Racist Dating Book, NPR’s “Living Large”...
photo credit: Bitch media So much feminist news to catch up on! Enjoy. My favorite story of the week: Fox News is apparently worse than no news at all. via GOOD magazine. The wonderful Samhita over at...
View ArticleWeekly Feminist Smorgasbord: Plan B, Feminist Art, &“Gaslighting”
Frida Kahlo, Self-Portrait with Hair Cut Off, 1940. Bitch media does a series on feminism in art: they ask, “How did you discover Feminist Art?” Frida Kahlo (<3) and Judy Chicago get shout-outs! Go...
View ArticleWeekly Feminist Smorgasbord: All-American Muslim, Victim-Blaming Ad Campaign...
via feministryangosling.tumblr.com In an attack on women of color’s reproductive freedoms, anti-choice members of Congress have pushed for a bill called the “Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass...
View ArticleWeekly Feminist Smorgasbord: Vanity Fair, Anti-Choice Race for the Cure, &...
Happy 2012! We’re back after a long winter break. Here’s a little of what has been going on in feminisms around the web. Vanity Fair's Hollywood issue emphasizes fresh white faces. via Jezebel Vanity...
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