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You Have to Eat to Live...

Posted by PhDork in You Have Got To Be Fucking Kidding Me on 02 15th, 2010 | 36 Comments
No. You don't. Via atomicjeep @ Flickr Dear Corporate Food-Like-Substance Manufacturing Overlords, I’ve been seeing this commercial of yours a lot lately–it seems to be in heavy rotation on TLC and Bravo (Lady Channels, for ladies!)–and I feel the need to write and ask if you realized...
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The Bouquet Toss: A Rant...

Posted by BeckySharper in Thoughts on 02 10th, 2010 | 63 Comments
Just say no, ladies. Via ghistil @ Flickr. I fucking hate the bouquet toss. I was ranting about this to MamaSharper just the other day, in anticipation of  an upcoming wedding where I’m on bridesmaid duty. Don’t get me wrong–I’m delighted for the bride and honored to be asked;...
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The Most Ridonkulous Op-Ed of 2010: Audr...

Posted by BeckySharper in Morning Snark, Thoughts, You Have Got To Be Fucking Kidding Me on 01 28th, 2010 | 24 Comments
I'm glad I saved this image from the last time I posted about Audrey Irvine. When last I wrote about Audrey Irvine, author of the erstwhile CNN column “Relationship Rants”, she was blaming everyone from Beyonce to the US Census for the fact that no one respects unmarried relationships...
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Our Labia Look Just Fine, Thanks: Part I...

Posted by BeckySharper in You Have Got To Be Fucking Kidding Me on 01 12th, 2010 | 28 Comments
As if it’s not enough that women can get our labia mauled beautified by plastic surgeons, we apparently need to dye them as well. Behold My New Pink Button, a ” Cosmetic Dye especially for the woman’s genital area, to help restore that healthy vibrant Rosy color. [sic]” Click...
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I Don’t Give a Damn What Color You...

Posted by BeckySharper in You Have Got To Be Fucking Kidding Me on 01 7th, 2010 | 31 Comments
Apparently instead of promoting research, funding and education, we ladeez are now supposed to fight breast cancer or raise awareness of it or whatever by posting our bra color in our Facebook status. Quoth a viral mail making the rounds: “Hi gals……..had this sent to me ……some...
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The Award For Most Ridonkulous Op-Ed of ...

Posted by BeckySharper in Morning Snark, Thoughts, You Have Got To Be Fucking Kidding Me on 12 3rd, 2009 | 26 Comments
Gentle readers, I think we have a winner. 2009 ain’t over just yet, but today on CNN I encountered a personal essay that combines many of the things I frequently write about: women, relationships, skeevy dudes, language, the need to be a bitch and Beyonce’s “Single Ladies (Put a Ring...
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Shut up, Gawker...

Posted by Pilgrim Soul in Thoughts on 10 19th, 2009 | 34 Comments
I’ve been too philosophical lately.  In life, I am sort of philosophical, but I also have, as you have sometimes seen, anger issues.  Serious, foulmouthed anger issues.  So let’s get some anger on the table.  Today, I am angry about people lacking fundamental reading/viewing comprehension...
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The List of Shame (or Rape-Apologists R ...

Posted by BeckySharper in You Have Got To Be Fucking Kidding Me on 10 1st, 2009 | 51 Comments
It’s really dispiriting–and utterly infuriating–how many Hollywood types have signed the petition to free confessed child-rapist Roman Polanski. I mean, Woody Allen doesn’t surprise me, but et tu, Wes Anderson? SRSLY, Steven Soderbergh? I can only assume they haven’t read...
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Every Working Woman Needs a Wife. Especi...

Posted by BeckySharper in Solo Flying, Thoughts on 09 16th, 2009 | 44 Comments
Gentle readers, the last few months have been something of an epic headache Chez BeckySharper. You see, after many years in my humble Brooklyn abode, I finally scraped together the money to renovate my home. I decamped to a sublet on the Upper West Side–rented to me by one of the not-boyfriends,...
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Don’t Call Me “Miss”: ...

Posted by BeckySharper in Thoughts on 09 15th, 2009 | 63 Comments
Do any of y’all get irritated at being called “Miss?” I don’t mean on correspondence–these days pretty much everything comes addressed to “Ms. Sharper”, which is as it should be. I mean being called “Miss” by salespeople in stores, folks who approach...
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Don’t Lie About Your Age: A Rant...

Posted by BeckySharper in Thoughts on 09 3rd, 2009 | 34 Comments
Recently I was at a dinner with a bunch of female friends. The five year old daughter of one friend had a birthday coming up, and was extremely excited about it. She kept rolling up on us guests and announcing: “I’m going to be six! How old are you?” We all dutifully reported our ages–which...
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“Humanist” is not a substitu...

Posted by SarahMC in Language Matters, Thoughts on 09 1st, 2009 | 95 Comments
I am distrustful of anyone who says they prefer the label “humanist” to “feminist.” You’ve heard the argument before. It’s an attempt to downplay oppression against women and avoid acknowledging male privilege. “Humanist” is taken. It has a definition. ...
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