If You Ain’t No Punk, Holler WE WA...

Congrats. Now cover your assets. Via BestPix Photography @ Flickr. I’ve just spent a couple weeks hanging out with friends who are getting married. It’s been fun, and I’m happy for them, but I’ve been surprised by how so many of them–perfectly intelligent, educated, successful...

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...

YOUR LAST NAME HERE! for only two months...

There’s been some buzz (and some headdesking) in the blogosphere re: this study, presented at the American Sociological Association’s annual meeting, showing that 70% of Americans think women should take their husband’s last names when they get married, and 50% think it should be a...

Who’s the Best Feminist Wife of Al...

Does the blue ribbon go to Jenny or Hillary? Does it matter? via edensgate @ flickr In the fallout of the Mark Sanford affair (stemming from Mark Sanford’s affair) there has been some discussion about the behavior of his wife, Jenny. There have been so many instances in the past when wives of...

Being Everything and Nothing All At Once...

Apologies for the abstract and non-snarky nature of this post, but there’s no good source material to shred here, just some thoughts I’ve been having inspired by our continuing discussion of Harpy House and other forms of personal support. I like to consider myself a good friend to people,...

More Bellyachin’ about Sluts!...

Via jddunn @ Flickr. This time from NPR, of all places. Morning Edition had a piece on the dreaded “hook-up culture” today, and it’s more of the same handwringing and boo-hooing and it’s so sloppy and lazy and crappy and unhelpful that I just wanna barf. Read the full article, Sex Without Intimacy:...

Whoa-oh, Domino!...

Hee hee! Via Aussiegall @ Flickr. They’re falling, and squashing bigotry as they go. Another state has legalized same-sex marriage! That’s three new states in just a few months. Iowa, New Hampshire, and now Maine have joined Connecticut and Massachusetts, which lead the country in not being...

The Domino Effect...

There was Massachusetts, then Connecticut, then Iowa, followed closely by Vermont. Now New Hampshire is on its way to becoming the fifth U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage. The House of Representatives has already approved the bill, and the Senate passed it 13 to 11, with slightly amended language....

And Cartons of BJs* For All...

As you have no doubt heard by now, this morning Vermont’s legislature broke new ground by overriding the Governor’s veto on same-sex marriage legislation.  Not only did this move allow Vermont to enter the hallowed ranks of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Iowa as those states in the union...

I [heart] Iowa....

If you legislate it, they will come. Via McMorr @ Flickr.And not just because I love Sioux Bee Honey, Jiffy Pop, and RAGBRAI, and because I spent a few years of my childhood there (although I do, and I did). Iowa’s Supreme Court has just UNANIMOUSLY struck down a ban on same-sex marriage, ruling...

Spinsterhood Suits Me...

My pitiful future. Via RayCreation @ Flickr. A look of pity and concern appears in people’s eyes when I tell them. Don’t worry; I don’t have a deadly disease. I am not engaged, nor am I eager to get engaged, to my boyfriend of five years. Judging from some people’s reactions,...

Unsurprising (Yet Gratifying) News...

In between hugging and jumping up and down and weeping tears of joy on the night of November 4, I paused to say to my fellow Harpies, “Bristol Palin must be so relieved.” Back in Alaska, out of the spotlight, I was sure Mama and Papa Palin would put away the shotgun. Sho ’nuff, according...