I've found myself thinking about Cat Marnell lately. It wasn't my intention, really. I mean, I have written about her before, but I kind of assumed that was it. Anyway, I read a lot of online beauty writing. Like a lot, a lot. So it turned out that I'd actually been reading her beauty writing for possibly ever. I never put two and two together, ( Read more... )

This one's been floating around for a long, long time. But, as these posts often do, it takes a specific thing to make me point out, once again, that the game is fucking fixed.

So yeah. Makeup. And this damn thing. Ten "scary celebrity closeups" *cue spooky theremin*. All I'm seeing are nine women who adhere to the standards of beauty and Iggy Pop ( Read more... )

Note: I ain't locking this, or most further entries. Haters gonna hate, creepy stalkers gonna creep (I seeeeee yooooooou ( Read more... )

It's kind of interesting to think about how far back we've really gone when it comes to sex within the last few years. I mean, I remember that condoms weren't this weird taboo thing, and the idea of women fucking because they want to was actually like relatively common. Like Salt-n-Pepa songs. And Left Eye from TLC with her condom eyepatch.It ( Read more... )

( This is long and full of videos, and also discusses sexual and domestic violence )

Now it's no secret that I love horror movies and literature. With a deep and abiding passion. I've been spending the last few months on a glorious Clive Barker bender. I remember the grown-up feeling and glee I felt when I was finally allowed to watch scary movies with Dad, and when Mom gave me H. P. Lovecraft and Poe to read when I'd gone through ( Read more... )

So yeah, Naomi Wolf. I know The Beauty Myth rocked a lot of people's worlds back in the day, but it never really rocked mine. It just kind of came off as a restatement of the very obvious that there were already better pieces on, and seemed a bit condescending and reductionist. I spent a few years feeling left out of the Naomi Wolf lovefest. And ( Read more... )

It's the end of November, and that means I've been hearing Christmas music every time I leave my house for about a month already. Of course, that includes the perennially creepy "Baby, It's Cold Outside". I mean, Christmas isn't Christmas without a nice holiday date rape anthem, right? (Here's a link to the lyrics)The thing that really gets me, ( Read more... )

The idea is pretty much everywhere, from the most radical of feminists, to the most superficial ad campaigns put out by companies that also sell skin-bleaching agents in India. "Love Your Body". It's about the only thing most feminists, most mainstream people, and the Empowerment Industry seem to find common ground on. And on its face, it's a ( Read more... )

I was going to write clever things, but there's way too much going on, and besides, I've been reading some really awesome stuff online, and feel like sharing with the class.

Some interesting points on male geeks, and the flaws of evolutionary psychology, care of Restructure:
Evolutionary psychology arguments support white supremacy
Male IT geeks ( Read more... )