So, I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but I’ve had the same poll question for, well, the entire time the fbomb has existed. And I probably could have guessed Kate Winslet would win. I think there needs to be a new question. Problem is I suck at coming up with new questions.
Well, the way I’ve decided to fix this is by giving a prize away to the person who can come up with the best question. The people over at Racks and Stands have offered to give away a free mini fridge (COOL RIGHT?!?!?) to the person with the best question. Just in case you guys didn’t know, Racks and Stands is a site with a lot of entertainment centers and just has all kinds of cool crap.
In my nominally liberal suburb of Washington, D.C., the sight of two mommies or daddies and their adorable offspring is not uncommon. In fact, the suburb adjacent to mine, renowned as a bastion of hippies, boasts one of the highest numbers of lesbian households in the nation. While pride parades don’t exactly march down the street, HRC Equality bumper stickers are plastered on every other car. So, my community was fairly shocked when the local American Apparel’s “Legalize Gay” window display was destroyed on Wednesday.
The unknown vandal smashed a window, though nothing was stolen, according to the Washington City Paper. The Georgetown location of American Apparel also received a threatening phone call.
Now, I have my issues with American Apparel. Their sexist ad campaigns with half-clothed barely-legal women …
fgbm27 at daily kos recently wrote their feminist wish list, which was condensed and re-posted by Bitch. It brings up a lot of really interesting things to think about – most of which I completely agree with. Here is the list:
1. There must be a widespread understanding that feminism does apply to men. Therefore, men who stand up for feminist issues may, and should, be identified as feminist. It is counterproductive and hypocritical to discuss gender equality while simultaneously creating a double standard towards males who share feminist values.
(I think that the phrase “feminist male” should be dropped, as well. A feminist who identifies as female is never addressed as a “female feminist”)
2. While transsexual acceptance and rights are an important aspect of third wave …
In this speech, Joss Whedon explains some of his answers when he is asked, “Why do you write about strong women?” It’s from a couple years ago, but it’s worth it.
I’m fifteen, and I live all the way in Amman, Jordan. I do get a lot of, “Jordan? Is that, like, behind California?” but that’s not the point. Jordan is a Middle-Eastern country—“Wow. Do you ride camels there?”—and has a population that is predominantly Muslim.
As such, it’s not the best place to be a feminist, or a female, for that matter. Surprisingly (or not), the prospect of female empowerment is suppressed not only by religious extremism, but by pop culture.
I know, I know. That happens everywhere. But the thing is, there just doesn’t seem to be a middle-ground, per se. It’s either oppression in the name of religion, with work, and covering up, and honor killings (which I have quite a rant on), or fake empowerment–you know, as …
Nikki Darling recently interviewed me for her blog, and we had a very cool chat.
Nikki Darling is a feminist music critic who writes for the LA Weekly and was the former interviews editor at LA Record. She also worked for Jessica Hopper on her book the Girls Guide to Rocking. If it wasn’t evident from this description, she is a really, really cool person.
Here are some highlights. You can read the whole version here.
What would be your goal or hope for the state of teenage girls who have perhaps fallen into old misogynistic traps? I.E Girls who have bought into the lie, how do you hope on reaching them?
Through my website I’m hoping to spread awareness. My goal is not necessarily to …
