Author Archives: Jessica

What is feminism worth?

[I]f you want your activists front and center out there doing the work to combat the Forces of Intolerance and create a better liberal-progressive world, the reality is we need to get paid so we can comfortably live our lives and fight for you full time. – Monica, TransGriot
There’s been some controversy over a letter [...]

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What I read today (Abstinence video games and douches)

So…yeah.  Apparently there’s a creepy video game that teaches girls (and only girls?!) how to remain abstinent.
In news that isn’t entirely shocking, Dr. Phil is a douche to stay-at-home-moms who don’t wanna be.
Also a douche: the editor of Deadspin.
In non-douchey news, Prop 8 was overturned!

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Slut-shaming and misogyny as traffic bait

We all know that on the internet (as in life), there’s a special disdain reserved for women who write about sex – especially women who write about sex bravely and without shame. Which is why I shouldn’t be shocked by the nastiness that followed Jaclyn Friedman’s characteristically wonderful post, My Sluthood, Myself. But I guess [...]

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