Posted by The Harpies in Guest Post, Solo Flying, Sports, Stereotypes, Things That Are Awesome on Mar 3, 2010, 1:00pm | 18 Comments
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Posted by BeckySharper in Solo Flying, Thoughts, Overshare, Rants, Work, Work-Life Balance on Sep 16, 2009, 7:51pm | 44 Comments