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Posted by PhDork in Feminist Food for Thought, Solo Flying, Thoughts, Navel Gazing, The Patriarch in Your Head, The Personal is Political, Wrongo Dongo on May 25, 2010, 9:30am | 23 Comments

Perfectionism, Feminism, and The Man...

Newt (not the Nefarious one) wants you to fail, too. Over the weekend, I got together with a colleague to drink nuclear-strength coffee and grouse about our writing-intensive summer plans:  deadlines, uncertainty, anxiety.  He mentioned the chapter “Shitty First Drafts” from Anne Lamott’s...
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Posted by Pilgrim Soul in Feminist Food for Thought on May 7, 2010, 2:00pm | 5 Comments

Feminist Food For Thought: bell hooks...

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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Posted by Pilgrim Soul in Culcha Vulcha, Feminist Food for Thought, You Have Got To Be Fucking Kidding Me on Mar 12, 2010, 2:18pm | 13 Comments

EDELSTEIN!...

So let’s say you’re a film critic.  Let’s say you’re a film critic at a widely distributed publication!  That happens to be located in New York, which means that you get to see a LOT of movies, because not only does New York allow you access to all the big blockbusters, but...
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Posted by PhDork in Feminist Food for Thought, Thoughts, Beauty Culture, Empowerfulment on Nov 6, 2009, 11:45am | 9 Comments

Thought for a Busy Morning...

We’re all up to our eyeballs in various meat-space commitments, so please forgive our recent absence.  In the meantime, a fisk-able link and a pithy quote… There have been several occasions over the last few day where a quote from scholar Peggy Phelan has floated to the front of my mind,...
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Posted by Pilgrim Soul in Feminist Food for Thought, Motherhood, Stereotypes, Theory and Practice on Aug 6, 2009, 3:00pm | 22 Comments

Feminist Food For Thought: Audre Lorde...

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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Posted by Pilgrim Soul in Feminist Food for Thought, Thoughts, Activism, Feminism, Racism, The Media on Jun 23, 2009, 10:20am | 31 Comments

Against Martyrdom...

Via Tyla'75 @ Flickr. Everyone’s been talking about the Neda video that’s been making the rounds lately.  I shan’t post it here, for reasons that will rapidly become clear, but you can find it easily enough if you Google around.  I have no strong opinion as to whether one “must” watch...
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Posted by Pilgrim Soul in Feminist Food for Thought, Motherhood on Apr 29, 2009, 11:00am | 36 Comments

Feminist Food For Thought: bell hooks on...

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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Posted by SarahMC in Feminist Food for Thought, Race, Sex, Stereotypes on Mar 20, 2009, 9:00am | 3 Comments

Feminist Food for Thought...

This recurring feature directs Harpy readers to important feminist thoughts and concepts as spoken by some of our favourite feminists on and off the web. The appraisal of the value of these snippets is, of course, entirely SarahMC’s, and does not necessarily reflect the views of other Harpies....
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Posted by Pilgrim Soul in Feminist Food for Thought, Theory and Practice on Mar 11, 2009, 3:00pm | 10 Comments

Feminist Food for Thought...

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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Posted by Pilgrim Soul in Feminist Food for Thought, Race, Theory and Practice on Mar 4, 2009, 3:18pm | 18 Comments

Feminist Food For Thought: Alice Walker...

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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Posted by Pilgrim Soul in Feminist Food for Thought on Feb 20, 2009, 4:03pm | 18 Comments

Feminist Food For Thought: Catharine Mac...

This potentially recurring feature, curated for now by Pilgrim Soul unless other Harpies wish to leap in, 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...
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Posted by Pilgrim Soul in Feminist Food for Thought on Feb 16, 2009, 4:41pm | 34 Comments

Feminist Food For Thought: Twisty Faster...

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