The problem I see with socialist feminism is that it subordinates women's issues to the state which is controlled by men. So much for feminism, in that case. The same goes for some types of Islamic feminism, for the same reason. Not to speak of strong, outspoken Islamist fundie women who are the Islamic equivalent of Sarah Palin...and just as ( Read more... )

Hello, friends. Happy Thanksgiving. It has been about three months since I last posted here. In those three months a lot has gone down in my life. Right now I don't know how to begin to get caught up narrating any of it for you. I've been through a lot of change. Been taken this way and that by changes. Reached a point where I need to catch my ( Read more... )

* Liberating your spirit from the crap that a bigoted, racist, misogynist, homophobic system laid on it.

* Living free.

* Gaining one's own agency.

Comment on this post. I will choose seven interests from your profile and you will explain what they mean and why you are interested in them. Post this along with your answers in your own journal so others can play along.

elenia28 asked me about these seven ( Read more... )

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Disparaging or even hostile attitudes toward femmes and femininity I've often heard from both cis women and trans women invite a look at a hatred that I've found to be very prevalent and yet hardly ever acknowledged, let alone analyzed. We need to call it out for what it is, another form of misogynyI suppose in response to comments I've encountered ( Read more... )

Alessandra Belloni is a percussionist, singer, dancer, and folklorist from the region of Apulia in southern Italy. Her art is centered on the dance indigenous to Apulia, the tarantella.


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I was just about to send in my subscription renewal when this sad news developed. Even though I'm broke, I'm sending them a donation. Economic pain is widespread this fall. Bitch is vital. Bitch is the most vital magazine I've ever read. Fortunately their fundraising drive over the past 3 weeks has been successful and will allow them to produce one ( Read more... )

The other night, I began attending a women's self-defense class in DC, given by Defend Yourself. I registered for this class through WEAVE (Women Empowered Against Violence). I am so glad I'm doing this ( Read more... )