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Posted by sarah.of.a.lesser.god in Thoughts on 04 30th, 2009 | 35 Comments
via sandcastlematt @ flickr It was a sweltering and most unexpected ninety degrees here in New York City on Tuesday, and as I finished my daily power walk — yay endorphins! — I realized that I needed to do something about my hair. This is not a complete non-sequitur. I have very thick hair...
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You’ve Got Me, Cher...

Posted by Pilgrim Soul in Thoughts on 04 30th, 2009 | 13 Comments
Lately, to avoid thinking too hard about certain things in my life that are not going as planned, I have been watching a lot of movies.  I am a veteran movie-watcher of obssessive proportions; back in the video-store heyday I used to be a hated friend, because I’d already seen anything.  And...
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The only medicine you need is a Chill Pi...

Posted by PhDork in Thoughts on 04 30th, 2009 | 25 Comments
In the words of Senorita BeckySharper: N SRIO. Via Alaina B. @ Flickr. I may not need to address this to our regular readers, who seem to be an eminently sensible, educated lot, but as we’ve seen, we get a lot of weird search terms, and I hope that someone searching “OMG I’M GOING TO...
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Smile! (Or You’ll Wind Up Divorced...

Posted by BeckySharper in Morning Snark, Thoughts, You Have Got To Be Fucking Kidding Me on 04 30th, 2009 | 12 Comments
Doomed to unhappy singledom! Via moonjazz @ Flickr. Today’s “I Can’t Believe Someone Funded That” award goes to the recent study from DePauw University described in CNN’s article “Hunting for the Secrets of a Happy Marriage.”  According to the researchers at...
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Pain-Free is a Privilege...

Posted by SarahMC in Thoughts on 04 29th, 2009 | 45 Comments
Via LipglossJunkie @ Flickr.A couple times a month the pain breaks through; I imagine it stabbing past the wall of medicine in my blood, as a reminder: “I’m still here.” Once the torturous spasms stop – usually the following day – what a gift it is to be free from pain....
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Reaching First Base (In a Linguistic Kin...

Posted by sarah.of.a.lesser.god in Thoughts on 04 29th, 2009 | 25 Comments
where's the first baseperson? via delusionalcubsfan @ flickr I like to think that my dad’s a pretty cool dude, and occasionally he makes me smile by dropping little pearls of thought into my email inbox. Thus it was yesterday when one of our constant back-and-forth exchanges about baseball took...
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Feminist Food For Thought: bell hooks on...

Posted by Pilgrim Soul in Feminist Food for Thought on 04 29th, 2009 | 36 Comments
This recurring feature, curated by Pilgrim Soul, directs Harpy readers to important feminist thoughts and concepts as spoken by some of her favourite feminists on and off the web. The appraisal of the value of these snippets is, of course, entirely Pilgrim Soul’s, and does not necessarily reflect the...
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Too Much of a Good Thing…...

Posted by BeckySharper in Solo Flying, Thoughts on 04 29th, 2009 | 29 Comments
DO NOT WANT. Via bb_matt @ Flickr. Gentle readers, I’ve been meaning to bring this up for some time now, but wanted to find the right way to say it.  I know there are those of you who will disagree with me, and that’s fine. But I’m going to get it off my chest nonetheless. I prefer smaller penises. ...
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It ain’t the clothes....

Posted by PhDork in Thoughts on 04 28th, 2009 | 3 Comments
Yep, she's rad. Photo via Barack Obama (!) @ Flickr. Finally, a story on Michelle Obama that doesn’t once mention her fashion sense (although of course there are links to stories that do)! MO is, no doubt about it, a pretty amazing broad.  And her influence is being felt around the globe,...
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Math is Hard! Driving is Harder....

Posted by SarahMC in Thoughts on 04 28th, 2009 | 22 Comments
Silly girl, driving's for boys! Via enricod @ Flickr.Despite the fact that women pay lower rates for car insurance due to our more cautious, law-abiding habits on the road, many men insist that they are better drivers, cracking wise about women’s ineptitude behind the wheel. In fact, one such...
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Harpy Periodical: Cycle Four...

Posted by BeckySharper in Harpy Periodical, Thoughts on 04 28th, 2009 | 78 Comments
The Diva Cup. Via uterusqueetperils @ Flickr. After Cycle Two, when there was much talk in the comments thread about the Diva Cup, I resolved to give “menstrual cups” the old college try.  For the uninitiated, a menstrual cup–like The Keeper, Diva Cup and Lunette–is a pliable...
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What’s a Classic Rocker to do?...

Posted by SarahMC in Thoughts on 04 27th, 2009 | 21 Comments
It was by pure coincidence that PSoul and I both planned posts about song lyrics today. I haven’t bought or downloaded music since college. My very favorite jams were recorded before I was born, by bands of men who did dogknowswhat with their hoardes of hippie girl groupies. I’m embarassed...
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