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,...

Wave Your Legs in the Air If You Got Hai...

Footie sez: Hairy Legs are Zzzzzzzzzzzz... Via PhDork. I started writing this post back in November, but got distracted with more timely things, real life things, etc., but with the recent hoopla about Teh Horror!  of Mo’Nique’s unshaven!  legs!  at the Golden Globes!, I seems like it’s...

Childless Artists and Other Half-Existen...

Heh. I searched for existentialism and this is what came up. Via lordsutch @ Flickr. Lately I’ve been contemplating – and actually planning, and taking concrete steps toward – taking my life in another direction altogether.  This direction is, to put it bluntly, rather more risky...

You keep using that word. I do not think...

When I imagine a selfish person, I picture someone who cheats, or steals, or behaves in some other way that benefits herself at the expense of others. So why, I wonder, is “selfish” so frequently used as a weapon against child-free women? Not procreating doesn’t hurt anyone, especially...

New York Times Sez: You Women Suck at Ch...

If you’re like me, and you hate high heels, well, check out Roni Rabin’s article: High Heels and Pumps Now, Foot Pain Later. The article describes a study of people over age 66, which found that the women–who had worn heels most of their lives–had a lot of foot pain. The researchers...

I (Still) Blame Porn...

Harpyness readers, however, DO IT RITE. At brunch yesterday, my fellow Harpies asked if I would be writing a responsa to the 80+ comments generated by my “I Blame Porn” post at Bitch Magazine. They know me too well. What has two thumbs and likes to have her say? THIS BITCH. Here it is. Thank...

On Women, Alcohol, and Anti-Feminism...

For weeks now, I’ve been fuming over the misogynist media pile-on that took place after a horrific car crash on New York’s Taconic Parkway, in which Diane Schuler killed herself, her daughter, her three nieces and three men in another vehicle. An autopsy showed that she had drunk 10 shots...

Friday Fun Thread: Dream Jobs...

DO NOT WANT. Via House Of Sims @ Flickr. I’ve got two, maybe three part-time jobs lined up for this fall, and one of them starts Monday.  I’m usually excited when the school year fires up, but I’m less than thrilled this year, because although I will be doing some teaching, which...

What Confused Me On My Summer Vacation...

Baroo? Via pigpogm @ Flickr. I’m fairly certain that this will provoke somebody’s ire, but I’m going to put it out there anyway, and let slip the ring-bearing dogs of war. While we were visiting the fam, Sister Dude asked her brother if he would stand up for her at her wedding, which...

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,...

High Heels Now Officially NSFW...

Wear at your own risk! Via shoesexpert @ Flickr. Y’all know that I fucking hate high heels. And apparently, I’m not alone–since I wrote my rant about heels back in January, it’s been one of our top-rated posts, still getting a couple hundred hits a week and generating plenty of...

Fake Bake: A Rant...

Via kibblesthepig @ Flickr. I fucking hate fake tans. Let me be perfectly clear: I don’t mean a nice, natural weekend-at-the-beach tan. Or even Jergens Glow. I’m talking about those fake-ass orange-y, practically florescent “tans” that you get sprayed on as though you’re...