So I am returning after months of not posting to wade right into the maelstrom that is Topics You Aren’t Allowed to Discuss. Today, sexism (and racism, as another example of the same phenomenon).

I’m gonna assume that everybody’s heard about the Isla Vista massacre, where a young man, so enraged that women collectively denied him sex in spite of ( Read more... )

I decided to do one of those "Why I Need Feminism" stories, since the phenomena is still going strong in spite of administrators' efforts to dampen it.

So:
I need feminism because…

...as a young, single woman whose friends are busy tonight, I had to stay in of be called a bitch. Because a woman going out to a bar or party or club alone is ( Read more... )

You've no doubt seen Miley Cyrus's performance at the VMAs, or at least heard about it to the point of nausea. She's been called "sick," "disturbed," and diseased. Diseased really gets me- she must have some sort of STI if she's acting like this. Because of course her actions on stage, at an event long known- and even anticipated- for its ( Read more... )