I made a post similar to this awhile ago, but this list is far more comprehensive. Name of store, location, specialty if any. Not all of the stores I would consider feminist, and some do sell unsafe toys, so if it says it's made of jelly, don't buy it. Not all of them have online shops. Some of them are on etsy and those are going to have a very ( Read more... )

Glamour magazine has an American Icons spread, with young actresses/singers portraying the women chosen. I found the choices interesting. I understand they're trying to provide a cross-section of people, ethnicity and profession-wise, but Carrie Bradshaw? Seriously?
I like that they included Michelle Obama but so far as president's wives I would ( Read more... )

Has your work been translated into Finnish?

Why yes, it has. “Lepakkoelämää,” which supposedly means “Spawn of Dykes To Watch Out For,” but could mean “suck my llama” for all I know, was published in 2000 by the Helsinki publisher Kääntöpiiri. Finland, in fact, seems to be just one big sauna full of Dykes To Watch Out For fans, one of whom wrote a ( Read more... )

Spoilers to various degrees throughout, primarily for Grindhouse, Hostel, Hostel: Part II, Death Proof, Captivity, Planet Terror and The Devil's Rejects.
Triggers include but are not limited to: physical/psychological torture, rape, dismemberment, murder.
The quotes I have chosen to encapsulate each article or blog post, the ones that do NOT appear ( Read more... )

I had a dream awhile ago that I forgot to post about. In the dream I saw nationwide advertisements for reusable menstrual cups.
I'm pretty sure I've talked about my deep and undying love for reusable menstrual products before. But let's do it again!

Ohmigod. Reusable menstrual products are the best thing ever.

The Cloth Pad Menstrual Database includes ( Read more... )

This isn't a commentary on the initial concept/execution but rather a commentary on other posts. Particularly the comments to various bloggers' posts. People who have been to/are familiar with science fiction-themed and related cons have commented/blogged as well as people whose knowledge of this subculture seems to come solely from stereotypes/ ( Read more... )

He kept us waiting while the other guests drifted out into the summer night, and then sat us down at his grainy wood table and said to me, "So? I hear you've written a couple of books."

I replied, "Several, actually."

He said, in the way you encourage your friend's 7-year-old to describe flute practice, "And what are they about?"

They ( Read more... )

Here is the original post, with an added apology. The comments are now closed. If you don't want to read the entire thing there's a break-down at Feministing here. All links are to individual posts, even if they just give the blogger's name.

The Open Source Knuckle Sandwich Project
THE OPEN SOURCE KICK-ME-INNA-CROTCH PROJECT
Open Source Swift Kick to ( Read more... )

I was talking with Ali John earlier about Zadie Smith, which led to 20-something writers, which led to The Devil Wears Prada. I don't know how many of you have read the book and/or seen the movie. I have done neither and I am not going to talk about either. I'm going to talk about this review, which I really, really dug. (Click the box to view the ( Read more... )

This article was linked to in one of the communities I belong to. The article's header line (is that the correct term?), "Is Pre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder for real? Eli-Lilly, the company that brought you Prozac, is banking on it," gave me a bad first impression. I heartily believe in the existence of PMDD (big duh) but the article brings up a ( Read more... )