Feminists: Revel in Your Profound Power...

The brilliant Liss posted this under her “This is So the Worst Thing You’ll Read All Day” at Shakesville, but I must respectfully disagree. This is comedy fuckin’ GOLD.  I want to go though and hug individual lines and phrases (like “New York Times columnist and radical...

You’re in…some hands with Al...

You have to pay extra for the "hot chick clause." It’s a dangerous world, y’all.  Bad stuff can happen, and that’s what insurance is for. And Allstate’s recent ad campaign would like to remind you that “bad stuff’ means women.  I’ve been seeing this...

Girls Gone on a murderous rampage...

A young woman went to a bar. A criminal offense was committed against her. Some people taped it and, without her consent, make lots of money on it to this day. The woman sued the people who made the video but because it was Girls Gone Wild, the jury ruled against her. Jane Doe was 20 when she was filmed...

The Vatican Keeps Digging Its Hole...

And while we’re on the topic of women priests, the New York Times reports: VATICAN CITY — In its most significant revision to church law since a sex abuse crisis hit the United States a decade ago and roared back from remission in Europe this spring, the Vatican on Thursday issued new internal...

Heard. (In the Neighborhood)...

Rhythmically chanted by a middle-aged woman standing on the corner in my Caribbean neighborhood, apropos of…nothing, as far as I could tell. Me hate lesbian An’ me hate batty-boy Leave me alone! Repeated, for as long as it took me to pick out a couple of ears of sweet corn at the produce...

But Is It Art?...

“What is art?” is guaranteed to whip up a good discussion, as I found out this past weekend when some art lovers took serious issue with my 4th of July post praising Mary Jackson, in which I committed the unforgivable error of suggesting that perhaps the sun didn’t shine out of Norman...

What Matters...

Another flame-haired, green-eyed girl you wanna get your hands on. It’s all over the news here in NY, and, I imagine, elsewhere in the States:  RUSSIAN SPY RING BUSTED!!! That’s right, 10 individuals were arrested on espionage charges, although at this point it looks like in the decade or...

Size Matters...

Too big? From wikimedia. I happened across this article on Stony Brook University’s Feminine Boy Project a couple of months ago, but I couldn’t figure out what to do with other than say “Wow, how horrible!  Thank goodness we’ve evolved beyond this kind of bogus ‘medical-minded’...

You’re Never Too Young To Be Sexy!...

This week the UK’s Independent reports a new dismal trend, this one involving my old enemy—high heels: Asda, GapKids and Next are among the High Street brands who offer heels for young girls. Justine Roberts of Mumsnet, the parenting forum, said: “Some of the shoes I have seen on sale...

High school students silenced after atte...

Samantha Zyduck and four other students at Mosinee High School in Wisconsin wore homemade t-shirts to school last week to promote sexual abuse awareness. School administrators confiscated the shirts, saying they would be returned on Wednesday, the last day of school. According to acting associate principal...

Troll Poetry Part 3: The Douchening...

This weekend we got a visit from a troll that led PhDork to comment: That doucheweasel needs a one-way ticket off the planet. The comment was on a post from January by SarahMC about a recent study that showed that instead of women “trapping” men by getting pregnant, it’s more often...

Things Doodz Ruin...

The list is long, but a few particular things were brought to my attention as I went about my business being Female in Public over the long weekend.  To wit: 1.  Doodz ruin wearing weather-appropriate clothes.  That plain cotton tank dress was just really comfy for running errands in, I thought. ...