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Another Feminist Wedge Issue
We shouldn’t be fighting amongst ourselves.
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Buying in to Gender Violence Phraseology
Wow. I consider myself a feminist, and I’m proud of that. But clearly I have a shocking amount to learn. Recently, a friend showed me this article from Middlebury Magazine, entitled “The Language of Gender Violence”, and it blew me away. I strongly encourage you to read it. It was discussing women’s issues such as…
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10 MORE Quotes That Should Piss Off Any Woman With Sense
A couple of years ago I wrote a blog entry entitled 10 Quotes That Should Piss Off Any Woman With Sense. It was about some of the outrageous things that American politicians and pundits have said about women. Recently, that post has been getting renewed attention. I have no idea why. Someone must have tweeted…
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A Thousand Points of Feminism
In a country in which women earn 79 cents for every dollar a man earns, in a culture where only 61 percent of absentee fathers actually pay child support, it stuns me how quiet the women’s movement has become. Feminism seems to be an epithet, a label to be avoided. Even worse are those people…
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Feminism: Why does it Terrify You?
Without a doubt, my most polarizing blogs are the ones with even the slightest feminist theme, and that always astounds me. Honestly, if you look at the definition, what on earth could you possibly take issue with? fem·i·nism [fem-uh-niz-uhm] noun 1. The doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those…