Category Archives: politics
Sex Week 2012 & Occupy New Haven
My dear internet travelers, This blog post comes to you from New Haven, CT and more precisely, Yale University where I have been invited to speak at Sex Week 2012. Tomorrow afternoon, I will be a part of a round … Continue reading
J. Edgar
The reviews about the new biopic about J. Edgar Hoover directed by Clint Eastwood had spoken of individual moments of greatness awash in an underwhelming sea. It was said that Leonard DiCaprio gave a strong performance but the editing had … Continue reading
Born In Flames: A Film By Lizzie Borden
There’s so much I love about Born In Flames , a film written, directed, and edited by Lizzie Borden. It’s a landmark film about some of the different stripes of feminism and how they might work together to overthrow a … Continue reading
Filed under activism, art, censorship, community, feminisms, Netflix Recs, opinion, politics, queer, sexuality
The Prime Time Independent Woman
Full disclosure: I don’t have a television. This phrase is usually connected to hipsterism but when I went to college I made the conscious decision not to bring a television with me and I’ve never felt the need to introduce … Continue reading
Take Back The Night v. Slut Walk
In 1978, the first “Take Back the Night” March in the United States was held as a public demonstration against the connection between sexual violence, trafficking of women, and pornography. Thousands of women marched and chanted through a section of … Continue reading
Quickies
Big Think blogger Marina Adshade asks, “Would you confess to visiting a sex worker?” and responds to her partner’s “confession” by saying, “If we ever break up, never, ever, give this information to a future girlfriend. I said ‘if’ because it … Continue reading
The Life Zone and Kenneth Del Vecchio
Right off the bat, since I have absolutely no regard for this film whatsoever I’m just going to go ahead and pass along the spoilers. Read at your own risk. The writer of the film Kenneth DelVecchio is running for … Continue reading
Filed under activism, atheism, culture, feminisms, politics, sexuality, skepticism, slut shaming
In Support of Young Adult Fiction
Meghan Cox Gurdon, a children’s book reviewer for the Wall Street Journal noticed something startling on the bookshelves reserved for young adult readers. Her essay for a WSJ blog, written in a pearl clutching and startled panic, is titled “Darkness Too … Continue reading
Filed under About me, literature, politics
In Support of Planned Parenthood
I’ve been reading the news, I hope you have as well. If you read anything at all about the issue of women’s health being the “reason that the government is shutting down” then please read this. Please read that, please … Continue reading
