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Posted by The Harpies in Guest Post, Solo Flying, Sports, Stereotypes, Things That Are Awesome on Mar 3, 2010, 1:00pm | 18 Comments

Women and Mixed Martial Arts: A Guest Po...

Well, how does one begin a guest post? Carefully, I think. The topic I’m choosing to introduce myself with is why I am both a woman and a mixed martial arts fighter. For those of you unfamiliar with MMA, let me give you a little background. MMA is a form of fighting that incorporates elements of martial...
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Posted by BeckySharper in Solo Flying, You Have Got To Be Fucking Kidding Me, Be A Bitch, Rape Apologists, Rape culture, Roman Polanski, Sexual Predators, The Media on Feb 12, 2010, 7:07pm | 32 Comments

Be A Bitch: To the New York Times Public...

Dear Mr. Hoyt: I am writing to express how disgusted I was by Dennis Lim’s February 12 article about Roman Polanski. Certainly, the Times has given plenty of coverage to Polanski’s crime, including a 2009 editorial which read: This case has nothing to do with Mr. Polanski’s work or his...
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Posted by Pilgrim Soul in Solo Flying, Choosing Your Choice, So-Called Self-Improvement, Solipsism, Unexpected Consequences on Feb 3, 2010, 8:22pm | 32 Comments

Towards a Personal Theory of Change...

Via David Reece @ Flickr on a creative commons license. Last week a thing happened to me that I both wanted and dreaded: I was informed that my current employer wants me to leave my job in the coming months.  I’m just “not going to thrive in this environment.”  Which is fair enough,...
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Posted by PhDork in Solo Flying, Nerdery and Dorkitude, The Patriarch in Your Head, The Personal is Political on Feb 2, 2010, 9:00am | 39 Comments

Feminism in the Classroom...

Howdja like my hat? Via Candie_N @ Flickr I love teaching.  To an absurd degree.  I’d do it for free, even (which is good, because my pay is for shit).  This semester I have a couple of really fun classes, and thus far the kids seem engaged in the material and the discussions. And based on...
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Posted by sarah.of.a.lesser.god in Solo Flying on Jan 2, 2010, 12:00pm | 1 Comment

Starting 2010 in the Sunshine...

Oh sun, how I have missed you! via civoz @ flickr I may love New York, but not so much when it’s January and twenty degrees. The Christmas atmosphere buzz has worn off, the winter doldrums kick in full force. So I am happy to be getting on a plane today and flying out to the sunshine and warmth...
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Posted by Pilgrim Soul in Housekeeping, Solo Flying, Solipsism on Jan 1, 2010, 9:54pm | 10 Comments

On Weariness and Other Fears for 2010...

You may have noticed I’ve been blogging here a lot less frequently lately.  And by lately, I mean for the last three or four months.  At first this wasn’t a conscious decision – I got caught up in some other projects in my real life: I’ve been applying to graduate school, doing...
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Posted by sarah.of.a.lesser.god in Solo Flying, Grief, Marriage, Money on Dec 9, 2009, 3:00pm | 23 Comments

How Do You Learn Independence?...

grandma.of.a.lesser.god and her granddaughter.of.a.lesser.god I got the call just after noon on Saturday. My mom asked me how I was feeling (I had been sick almost all week) and if I was making progress on a final paper due on the 17th. It seemed to be a mundane conversation. Then she paused and said...
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Posted by PhDork in Solo Flying, Thoughts, Life with a Dude, Marriage Equality on Dec 8, 2009, 9:00am | 72 Comments

Unmarried to Each Other*...

Via Franco Folini @ Flickr. There has been lots of news–mostly bad–about the fight for marriage equality in the States.**  Not only do I feel for my many friends who are prevented from legally wedding, I believe that institutionalizing same-sex marriage is crucial if we’re going to...
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Posted by Pilgrim Soul in Solo Flying, Thoughts, Feminism, Great Male Narcissists, Solipsism, The Media, Theory and Practice, Violence against women and girls on Dec 7, 2009, 1:00pm | 21 Comments

Gender Studies for Kindergarteners (and ...

The Guardian recently published a list of feminist books for five-year-olds.  Being one of those feminists who wasn’t exactly trained from the cradle, this sort of thing doesn’t tend to catch my interest; it seems to me that children either will find their way to right-thinking or they won’t,...
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Posted by sarah.of.a.lesser.god in Solo Flying, Overshare on Oct 26, 2009, 9:00am | 24 Comments

No Longer a Girl, Yet Still Interrupted:...

I find that puppy therapy can be immensely helpful. photo via sarah.of.a.lesser.god, with assistance from her pup lola I haven’t been around here for a while. I’m kind of embarrassed about that, to be honest, and not sure if anyone has noticed. About six months ago I wrote about my experiences...
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Posted by BeckySharper in Solo Flying, Thoughts, Bitch Magazine, Celibacy, Feminism, Sex, Sex Positive on Sep 26, 2009, 9:44am | 19 Comments

Is No Sex Still Sex Positive?...

Via Liz_Kelly @ Flickr. In my most recent post for Bed, Bitch and Beyond blog, I actually switched from talking about sex to talking about…no sex. This was in response to a brilliant reader comment: Becky I’m interested to know if you’ve ever thought about abstinence from a sex positive...
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Posted by BeckySharper in Solo Flying, Thoughts, Overshare, Rants, Work, Work-Life Balance on Sep 16, 2009, 7:51pm | 44 Comments

Every Working Woman Needs a Wife. Especi...

Gentle readers, the last few months have been something of an epic headache Chez BeckySharper. You see, after many years in my humble Brooklyn abode, I finally scraped together the money to renovate my home. I decamped to a sublet on the Upper West Side–rented to me by one of the not-boyfriends,...
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