...not least because it makes me think of revena, who has taught me more than anyone else about what it means to truly claim and occupy one's space:

http://www.oneangrygirl.net/space.php

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The idea that Polanski's talent should excuse him from accountability for his actions--particularly considering that those actions involve drugging and raping a child, then fleeing the country to avoid sentencing--is the worst kind of bullshit. If anything, Polanski's visibility and status should be held against him in this: he has repeatedly and ( Read more... )

I've just posted a new Inside Out, in which I make a clarification.

Instead of responding here, please contribute to the official comment thread at Girl-Wonder.org.

Before you dissolve into a flurry of incandescent rage, just trust me and click this link.

h/t to lost_angelwings

"Don’t think so badly of compromises; we don’t always get to choose the ways we can be of use."
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( Sexual assault triggers below the cut. If you are an abuse survivor, please make sure you are in a safe place before proceeding. )

So, I'm a moderator on this kickass feminist comics forum. And recently, there's been a bit of a kerfluffle in one thread regarding the definition of "butch" and the use of derogatory language to describe women who don't fit traditionally acceptable definitions of femininity, and, inevitably, someone has invoked the descriptive epithet "real woman ( Read more... )

Phallocracy is one of my favorite made-up academic bulshit words, and use of it is a marvelous litmus test for whether a school of feminism has jumped the theoretical shark.

Also, it's a fucking hilarious mental image, which is basically the same reason I have trouble taking Carl Jung at all seriously.

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I am now the proud owner of a t-shirt that reads "MY MARXIST FEMINIST DIALECTIC BRINGS ALL THE BOYS TO THE YARD." I almost got the one that said "IS IT SOLIPSISTIC IN HERE, OR IS IT JUST ME?" but finally decided against it.

...Of course, my father doesn't wear t-shirts, but my point stands.

A bit under a month ago, I got an email from a Bulgarian feminist blogger asking if she could translate my post When I Say "Check Your Privilege"... into Bulgarian. We talked a bit about the cultural nuances of the translation (and I went back and fixed the broken link to the original article); you can find Cvetelina's translation here.

Neat!