Men Leaders Notice Lady Problems...

I have eaten my birthweight in pumpkin products and spent an absurd amount of time sleeping these last few days; two lovely things I wish I had occasion to do more often.  I hope you’re all feeling as rested and pleasantly roly-poly. During one of my brief  interludes of conciousness, I came...

A Room of One’s Own: Part Three...

Via @ Flickr. Over 12 million unmarried partners live together in 6,008,007 households. - U.S. Census Bureau. “American Community Survey: 2005-2007.” The number of cohabiting unmarried partners increased tenfold between 1960 and 2000. – U.S. Census Bureau. “America’s Families and Living...

Harpy Thanksgiving, Y’all!...

We all have so much to be thankful for–including pies like this one–that we’re devoting the next couple days to celebrating Thanksgiving with our friends and family. Posting will be light, but we’ll be back next week! Among our many blessings, we’re thankful for such awesome...

On living with pain and taking care of o...

I have been managing my chronic pain and taking care of myself for years. But taking care of myself requires the cooperation of other people, and that can be the most difficult challenge to overcome. I cannot take care of myself or be well if others do not take my pain seriously. Just because I was...

Harpy Seminar: Ob-Gyns...

O HAI. U CAN HAZ DUCKBILL. Welcome to Harpy Seminar, a regular feature we plan to have at regular intervals, unless we get too busy to have it at regular intervals, in which case it shall appear whenever we have time and inclination for it. Each Seminar begins with a question, which we discuss amongst...

Friday Fun Thread: Thanksgiving Noms!...

Gobble gobble! (And then gobble some more.) Via Road Fun @ Flicker It’s hard to believe we’re nearing the end of November already.  While part of me wants to stop the clock so I can catch up on all I meant to have done by now, some other parts (primarily my mouth and my stomach) are getting...

Transgender Day of Remembrance 2009...

This November 20 is the 11th annual International Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day of honoring the lives lost due to anti-trans hatred and violence. It is also an opportunity to educate and engage in coalition building. More than 160 trans persons were added to the list of victims this year. The...

Is Feminist Punditry Really Possible? (...

Lately I’ve been realizing that feminist discussions tend to go better in general when we all give each other the benefit of the doubt.  Just look at that sex work discussion we have two days ago before about comment 125 (although I admit, I have NOT been getting laid enough lately), and you’ll...

Harpy Book Club, November 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...

A Room of One’s Own: Part Two...

The Harpy House (as envisioned by BeckySharper). Via bettyroland @ Flickr. In my last Room of One’s Own post I wrote about the phenomenon of women’s residences, and how we strike the balance between solitude, independence, and community. I’m lucky enough to have my own apartment in...

Manties!...

Ew. Via Tzpkcht Kzmsrskstlrz @ Flickr. I have, on any number of occasions, bought the Dude a pair of drawers.  Because they were funny (boxers with robots on them!) or sexy (mind your own beeswax) or whatever.  In doing this, I’m part of the vast majority of women who are the primary knicker-shoppers...

Sex Work and the Feminism of the Uncool,...

Thanks to Harpy reader heykoukla, who emailed me today on the subject of the British sex-work blogger Belle de Jour, pointing me to a recent post on Belle’s blog about the recent Shapely Prose post quoted far and wide, entitled “Schrödinger’s Rapist.”  The SP post is itself...