Posted by BeckySharper in You Have Got To Be Fucking Kidding Me, Anger, Double Standards, Hypocrisy, Religion, Women's Work on Apr 22, 2012, 5:25pm | 17 Comments
Posted by Marie Anelle in Thoughts, You Have Got To Be Fucking Kidding Me, Anti-feminists, Ladylike Endeavors, Politics, Rants, The Media on Apr 14, 2012, 8:43pm | 8 Comments
Ann Romney Has Never Worked A Day In Her...
There. I said it. In the latest faux outrage that has recently swept the nation, a simple and true statement was used by the Conservatives to further stoke the Mommy Wars and throw yet another woman under the bus. For the many times that Repubs piss and moan about liberal selective hearing, I find...
Posted by Marie Anelle in You Have Got To Be Fucking Kidding Me, Fuck Socials, Politics, Violence against women and girls on Mar 27, 2012, 7:33pm | 3 Comments
When Your City Ignores The Problem....
Guys, it’s not even April yet and Winnipeg is having a rough year. Out of 7 homicides, 3 are victims of domestic violence. The latest death occurred last weekend in the form of a murder suicide. The couple was new to Canada. She was 28 years old. Their 3 year old daughter was there and...
Posted by BeckySharper in You Have Got To Be Fucking Kidding Me, Advertising, Beauty Culture, Fat Is A Feminist Issue on Jan 19, 2012, 8:17pm | 8 Comments
Snake Oil and Badvertising: FatGirl by B...
Somehow I got on the mailing list for Bliss Spa & Beauty, I suspect because I cashed in a gift certificate for a facial there a few years ago and now they own all my information. The products they sell are way too pricey for me, so normally I just recycle the catalogue. But today when I glanced at...
Posted by BeckySharper in You Have Got To Be Fucking Kidding Me, Dumbassery, Education, Mansplaining, Poverty, Privilege, Racism, Rants on Dec 14, 2011, 10:25pm | 10 Comments
Uncle Whitey Explains It All...
There are days when I think we should revive those iconic anti-drug ads from the 1980s to read This Is Your Brain On White Privilege. We could use it to advertise op-eds like the one published this week on Forbes.com entitled “If I Were a Poor Black Kid.” Now, if you’re a middle-aged...
Posted by Marie Anelle in Thoughts, You Have Got To Be Fucking Kidding Me, Abortion, Assweasels, Sexual violence on Nov 11, 2011, 10:19pm | 3 Comments
A Good Thing/A Bad Thing…Or How I ...
Woah, it’s been a long time! Work has been exhausting for sure, and I meant to write a post about the Winnipeg Slutwalk and whatnot. Sadly the organizers have not gotten back to me and I had some epic questions of doom (and I don’t know what that says about the movement, though I may...
Posted by BeckySharper in You Have Got To Be Fucking Kidding Me, Birth control, Holy Fucking Shit, Things That Suck on Sep 17, 2011, 12:02am | 11 Comments
PSA: Birth Control Pill Recall...
From Reuters: Qualitest Pharmaceuticals is voluntarily recalling several lots of birth control pills because of a packaging error that could leave women at risk for unplanned pregnancy, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said. Select blisters were rotated 180 degrees within the card, reversing...
Posted by BeckySharper in You Have Got To Be Fucking Kidding Me, Oh Please, Sports, Stereotypes on Sep 1, 2011, 9:26pm | 7 Comments
Won’t You Please Pity the Jocks?...
Photo by Joe Giza for Reuters. From today’s New York Times article “Humility by the Pack“: In this tradition-bound sport…a hazing ritual that has gone on for years seems to have reached a new level of absurdity at major league ballparks: rookie relievers are being forced to wear...
Posted by BeckySharper in You Have Got To Be Fucking Kidding Me, Family, Language Matters, Stereotypes on Aug 29, 2011, 7:43pm | 24 Comments
Relative Terms...
Last week, the New York Times Motherlode blog cross-posted a piece by Femamom‘s Haley Krischer about a thorny situation at her son’s school. When seven-year-old Jake referred to his sister—his mother’s child by his stepfather–as his “sister”, the school nurse...
Posted by BeckySharper in LOL, Morning Snark, You Have Got To Be Fucking Kidding Me, Abortion, Activism, Larfs, Reproductive rights on Aug 17, 2011, 8:36am | 30 Comments
A New (and Delicious!) Weapon in the War...
A cupcake design suggestion from the campaign's website. Mmmm...it's murderlicious! Gentle readers, I am chortling over my morning coffee at this one. Yes, it’s the national “Cupcakes for Life” campaign, coming your way on October 9. Mark your calendars! What is this latest...
Posted by The Harpies in Guest Post, You Have Got To Be Fucking Kidding Me, Abuse of Power, Anger, England, Northern Ireland, Politics, Violence on Aug 9, 2011, 10:00am | 7 Comments
JediCrow: Bricks in the Wall...
Cross-posted at …fly over me, evil angel…. I don’t normally write about politics or current events because, honestly, I sometimes don’t keep up with my news feeds for days at a time and there are many other people on the Internetz who cover that role far better than I ever could....
Posted by annajcook in You Have Got To Be Fucking Kidding Me, Feminism, Politics, Racism, Rape culture, Sexism, Things That Suck on Jul 1, 2011, 4:13pm | 8 Comments