XXX Marks the Spot...

i didn't know anything COULD wash away testosterone. via markpayne @ flickr If you’re tired of the countless ads for Viagra and Cialis and the like, Newsweek has some bad news for you. The newest condition that pharmaceutical companies are poised to pounce on is “Low-T” — the...

Vacation: All I ever wanted....

Mama wants. Via janusz l @ Flickr. Alas. You already know that two of our Harpies have flown the nest for a week or so. Of the three remaining, another two of us have serious professional commitments breathing down our necks (making us even more jealous of Becky Sharper and SarahMC), and it’s...

Ta-Ta For Now!...

I want to go to there. Via daveog @ Flickr.Readers, posting will be light for about a week, because BeckySharper is not the only one skipping town. Your very own SarahMC is going on vacation for the first time in four years! The boyf and I are leaving for the Dominican Republic tomorrow morning. ...

Harpy Book Club, May Edition...

photo via sarah.of.a.lesser.god This feature (for now in the custody of sarah.of.a.lesser.god) is our way of sharing those book titles, both fiction and nonfiction, that have been standouts in recent reading, and hopefully getting some from our readers in return. The focus is primarily, but not necessarily...

Cheerio for now!...

I heart the Tube. Via bessandra @ Flickr.com Ladies, I’m bidding you a brief farewell…I’ll be minding the gap in Londontown next week after a long weekend in Kent, the beautiful “garden of England”, at a house owned by a feminist novelist/essayist friend and her husband,...

On Being a Better Bitch...

Gentle readers, I was never a shrinking violet–in fact, I was voted “Most Outspoken” in my high school class–but these last couple months, as I’ve been caterwauling more loudly and openly and thoughtfully about women’s issues for Harpyness, I think I’m making...

Star Trek and the Male Imagination...

My dad has always been into science fiction, and although his interest rarely got above casual – he has donned no strange outfits that I am aware of – he is sufficiently obsessed that even now I retain some useless information on the differences between Romulans and Vulcans.  He still reminds...

What’s the opposite of “Glee...

"Spirit fingers" are also accepted. Via pacbat @ Flickr. Consternation?  Malaise?  Eye-rolling?  Or just a deep, deep sigh of disappointment? I suppose I shouldn’t expect anything better from FOX, really, but I was hoping that the pilot/premiere of their new scripted show for fall,...

Bad Economy Gives Horrible Sluts Conveni...

Via dogra @ Flickr.As women – and men – get poorer during the recession, abortion providers and women’s health agencies are fielding more calls and seeing a steep rise in the demand for abortion and long-term contraceptives. According to the LA Times, Planned Parenthood in LA County...

For the Record: The Meaning of Satire...

Since we started this blog, we’ve encountered a whole bunch of misogynist ish whose authors have dressed it up as “satire.” Be it the ill-advised “bikini bod” ads from Joe in New York or the hideous bit of hateration published by the Irish Times back in February, there seems...

In Defense of the Girl Child...

Disappointed? Via Stephen Poff @ Flickr.I recently had dinner with my aunt, uncle, and their granddaughter (my second-cousin) while they were in town visiting another relative. “I can’t believe A (the girl) is 14,” I told my dad a few days later. “Did she know who you were?”...

On Itty Bitty Victories...

My thoughts exactly. Via Sister72 @ Flickr. I have an oooooolllllld friend (I think I’ve known him 20 years now) whom I had lost track of, and was very happy to find on Facebook. Although I haven’t seen him since our college years, we’ve caught up, reminisced, swapped recipes, talked politics,...