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Booknotes: The Secret Lives of Wives...

Posted by annajcook in Harpy Book Club on 02 9th, 2012 | 11 Comments
A couple of weeks ago, I posted a pre-review review of Iris Krasnow’s book The Secret Lives of Wives (Gotham, 2011). From those notes, it should be clear to you that I had major issues with the book — and to be fair, I expected to have major issues with any book by someone whose previous...
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Booknotes: Outdated...

Posted by annajcook in Harpy Book Club on 02 7th, 2012 | 8 Comments
I’ll be honest with you: I don’t think I’m the target demographic for this book. At nearly thirty-one years old, I might be in the age cohort of women whose romantic lives are the target of cultural anxieties. But I have literally never participated in dating culture, straight or queer,...
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Equal Opportunity Objectification, with ...

Posted by BeckySharper in Thoughts on 02 5th, 2012 | 15 Comments
So this year’s round of Super Bowl advertising was not NEARLY as bad as in years past (the absolute low point was 2010, when we collectively blew our feminist gaskets over the super-abundance of misogynist advertising). Sure, there was a dumbass Teleflora ad starring model Adriana Lima, who seductively...
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Poetry Saturdays: Virginia Hamilton Adai...

Posted by BeckySharper in Thoughts on 02 4th, 2012 | No Comments
Virginia Hamilton Adair was a 20th century American poet whose work was frequently compared to TS Eliot, Wallace Stevens, and Robert Frost. Her first book of poetry was published in 1996 when she was 83 years old. She died in 2004. Cutting the Cake Gowned and veiled for tribal ritual in a maze of tulle...
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In Which We Say “Fuck You, Komen&#...

Posted by Marie Anelle in Guest Post, Thoughts on 02 3rd, 2012 | 15 Comments
3 of my good friends created a Facebook group that was name-checked in the Washington Post.  No big deal or anything, it’s not like I “know people” or anything.  Anyway, one of those creators had the following to share with our dear readership.  Please welcome Krissie as she sums...
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Let’s Talk Images: Motorcross Brea...

Posted by annajcook in Let's Talk Images on 02 2nd, 2012 | 19 Comments
Back in early January, I saw this image of Motorcross racer LeClan McMillan breastfeeding on the blog blue milk, and posted it to my Tumblr blog. Image credit: LeClan McMillan with her baby (via Annie Urban). (via bluemilk.wordpress.com) Image Description: The color photograph depicts a motorcross cyclist...
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