Posted by PhDork in Help Me Harpies!, Reader Request, Life with a Dude, Sex, Sexy Time on Mar 29, 2010, 9:00am | 23 Comments
Posted by BeckySharper in Reader Request, Thoughts, Things That Are Awesome, Travel on Jan 10, 2010, 9:57am | 16 Comments
A Harpy’s Progress: India...
Yeah, I took this. And yeah, it's as mind-blowingly beautiful as you've heard. Well, y’all, I’m back. Back at work, got my luggage back, have gotten (mostly) unpacked, downloaded photos, etc. Herewith, my travelogue–in which I answer the questions y’all sent, talk about...
Lessons for Girls...
I got a tip from international reader Endora about a piece in a recent issue of the Guardian discussing our (schools’? feminists’?) responsibility to girls to tell them that they almost certainly will not be able to “have it all,” to use a phrase I loathe. We’ve discussed the value of single-sex...
Posted by BeckySharper in Reader Request, You Have Got To Be Fucking Kidding Me, Beauty Culture, So-Called Self-Improvement, Women's Health on Nov 16, 2009, 9:00am | 42 Comments
Our Labia Look Just Fine, Thanks....
Immortalize your lovely labia at Vulvalovelovely @ Etsy. Click on photo for link. Commenter aspiringexpatriate recently sent me an e-mail entitled: I don’t even know what to say. It included a link to a BBC News article entitled “New Warnings on ‘Perfect’ Vaginas.” The...
Posted by The Harpies in Harpy Seminar, Reader Request, Body Image, Choosing Your Choice, Tattoos on Aug 20, 2009, 9:00am | 41 Comments
Harpy Seminar: Tattoo You!...
BeckySharper's (somewhat blurry) actual tattoos 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,...
Posted by PhDork in Reader Request, Solo Flying, Thoughts, Double Standards, Family, Life with a Dude, Motherhood, Overshare, Women's Work on Aug 18, 2009, 3:00pm | 23 Comments
What I Learned on My Summer Vacation...
Via quacktaculous @ Flickr. I’m home, and since school is about to begin, I thought I’d get out my No. 2 pencil and write that time-honored back-to-school essay. My next few posts will be related to the concerns that arose during my vacation, away from the feminist /progressive /urban /pointy-headed...
Posted by BeckySharper in Reader Request, Solo Flying, Thoughts, Overshare, Stereotypes, Work on Aug 18, 2009, 11:00am | 7 Comments
Reader Request: In Praise of Great Bosse...
You know who you are... We got so many good ideas from the comments in our Six Monthiversary post! Thank you so much for taking the time to tell us what you’d like to hear–we’re always open to suggestions, so keep ‘em coming. Here is the first of what we’ll call “Reader...