Female “privilege”, a point by point response.
This is a point by point response to Mark Saunder’s 18 Points of “Female Privilege”. I don’t normally do this kind of thing, but apparently I’m in the mood to write a list. This makes more sense if...
View ArticleLet’s talk about the men. Part 1
Feminism is for men because “man up” is still used as an imperative to imply that a man has stepped outside the bounds of acceptable masculinity. Men are the victims of a kyriarchical system of...
View ArticleStrength.
[Content note: I am going to be frank about rape, abuse, drug use, and other facts of my traumatic childhood. If you will find that hard to read, please practice self-care in whatever form that takes...
View ArticleOn Comic Books and Movies.
[Update: Chris Evans has apologized for the sexist comments (and possibly the ableist ones although I’d like to see that specifically mentioned). You can see at that link that Jeremy Renner...
View ArticleWe are not things.
I was going to write about how amazing selfies are today. I was going to talk about how awesome and feminist it is to post pictures of yourself, how you get to control what you say and how you present...
View ArticleA follow up to “We are not things.”
I find it hard to write about my rape. I’ve done it before, and I’ll do it again, but inevitably in the wake of writing an essay like that, I think about how I tell the story. About what parts...
View ArticleSex-positive feminist ethics collide with personal fandom, part the first.
This is an entry about an experience I had this weekend. It’s a personal entry, it doesn’t have much feminist meta-critique in it, but it is something I’m thinking about. I’m not calling anyone out, I...
View ArticleHow to Code Like a Girl: Get Thee A Support Network
This is the first in an occasional series, How To Code Like a Girl. I would especially like to thank my support network, including my Patreon Patrons, and all the folks who’ve given me support and...
View ArticleYour fave is problematic. So is mine.
[Content note: Mentions of rape, abuse, and potentially how your fave is problematic.] I live in a world where literally everything is problematic. There is no unvarnished good. I was going to say wild...
View Article(Strong) Women Characters, an occasional series: Introduction.
[This post contains spoilers for Dr. Who through Tennant.] So in the post midterm haze I’ve started re-reading one of my favorite series of books. Masters of Rome by Colleen McCullough. (Lots of people...
View ArticleSome thoughts on Captain America
I’m a late comer to most of the Marvel universe. When I was a kid there was no Kamala Khan, no Carol Danvers, there was no Storm as a book in her own right. Because my choices were people like...
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