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10 Quotes That Should Piss Off Any Woman With Sense
What breaks my heart is that this blog entry could practically write itself. “The fact is the Republicans don’t have a war on women, they have a war for women, to empower them to be something other than victims of their gender.” –Republican Mike Huckabee (Gee thanks, Mike. It sure has been no fun being…
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Gender-Specific Jobs? Pffft.
It happened again this morning. I was leaving the bridgetender house at the end of the shift, wearing my extremely unattractive uniform and safety vest, and someone drove by and looked at me in shock. Fashion police? I doubt it. For some reason some people don’t expect women to be bridgetenders, as if it takes…
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Sworn Virgins in Albania, Montenegro and Kosovo
In the isolated areas of Albania, Montenegro and Kosovo, the gender roles have traditionally been extremely restrictive for women. They could not inherit, own land, vote, work outside of the home, choose their own spouses, smoke, drink, wear pants or watches, sing or dance, interact with men, or own businesses. They weren’t even supposed to…
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Watch What You Call Me, Buster
If you want to see me completely lose it, in other words, explode all over you, sending shrapnel of pure fury raining down upon your soft underbelly until they will need a hefty bag to gather your putrid remains, simply call me a gender-specific curse word. And there are so many of them available for…
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Reveling in the Red Tent
I went to an amazing event the other day. It was for the premier of a movie called “The Red Tent: Things We Don’t Talk About”. This was a ladies only affair, and as well as the screening of the movie, there was a drum circle, belly dancing, handmade jewelry, tarot readings, massages, a raffle,…