I have lived a lone life. For a long time, well into my thirties, I attributed that to my personality — I’m a loner, not a joiner. I also attributed it to my work life — part-time, relief, occasional, and done-at-home, none of which tend to result in the development of collegial friendships. And I …
Category: feminism
Nov 08 2017
Kids Behind the Wheel
The other day, I was walking on the gravel/dirt road I live on. It’s a back road that might see a dozen cars in a day. As one such car passed us, I noticed that a kid was at the wheel in dad’s lap. Proud dad, happy kid. What is it with that? Why, of …
Oct 25 2017
The “M” word on Prime Time TV!!!! (Misogyny; Scandal)
I’m delightfully surprised by the current season of Scandal. I had trouble getting into the show, and actually, I’m surprised I’m still with it; catching a glimpse of a political debate between two women and Melly’s bid for the presidency kept me involved, even though I don’t really like her, or Olivia … And this …
Oct 19 2017
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED – Traister’s All the Single Ladies
Just at chapter 3, but I can highly recommend Rebecca Traister’s All the Single Ladies. A few bits… “…as the legal scholar Rachel Moran argues, while the feminist movement of the 1970s was in part a ‘direct response to these conditions of early and pervasive marriage,’ the ironic side effect was that single women had almost no place …
Sep 25 2017
A Postscript to Why Feminist Manuscripts Don’t Get Published
So here’s a query letter my friend Chris Wind sent to a publisher recently: Editor, [XYZ Publishers]: Feminist theorist Dale Spender wrote, in Women of Ideas and What Men Have Done to Them, “We need to know how patriarchy works. We need to know how women disappear….” Indeed we do. Where are all the straight-A …
Sep 25 2017
Toller Cranston on Janet Lynn
[Obviously written a while ago, and yet … this shit keeps being said.] Toller Cranston, as Janet Lynn takes the ice: “You wouldn’t know by looking at her that she’s a housewife and mother of three.” What? Would he have said of Kurt Browning, “You wouldn’t know by looking at him that he does …
Aug 15 2017
Why Feminist Manuscripts Aren’t Getting Published Today – McSweeney’s List
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/why-feminist-manuscripts-arent-getting-published-today
Jul 09 2017
How Being in Public Feels: Men VS Women – GREAT VIDEO!
https://gendertrender.wordpress.com/2017/07/08/how-being-in-public-feels-men-vs-women/
Jun 25 2017
The Academy Awards – why sex-segregated for acting?
Why is the acting category of the Academy Awards sex-segregated (Best Actor in a Lead/Supporting Role, Best Actress in a Leading/Supporting Role)? We don’t have separate awards for male and female directors. Or screenwriters, cinematographers, costume designers, film editors, soundtrack composers, or make up persons. Is one’s sex really relevant to one’s acting ability? In …
Jun 18 2017
Women Now Empowered … GREAT ONION PIECE
http://www.theonion.com/article/women-now-empowered-by-everything-a-woman-does-1398
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