Notes to Self

sexartandpolitics: merlin: Meaty. I’m awed, disturbed,...

Sep 1st

“Let me first say that I think rape is one of the most...”
— WHENEVER a comment starts out...

Aug 31st

I am really, really, REALLY sick of people “blaming feminism” for whatever their current...

Aug 31st

“There is nothing more revolting than the “moderate”...”
— Liss Admit it. You LOL’d. (via...

Aug 30th

“Of course they say that! Of course they talk about welfare...”
— My mom’s outburst to my...

Aug 30th

“In fact, it wasn’t until I was an educator myself, and...”
— Bitch Ph.D., whom I still read...

Aug 30th

national women's history project quiz...

abbyjean: in honor of women’s equality day, which was, um, yesterday, here’s a quiz! click thru to...

Aug 30th

champagnecandy: ekswitaj: toddboss: Perspective...

Aug 30th

“But here’s where Bri (or, perhaps, Elle) gets into trouble:...”
— Elle’s “New Face Of...

Aug 30th

New Rule:

likepolishingfirewood: Stop assuring me that “x” herbal remedy is “all natural,” as though that’s...

Aug 30th

College Candy: "The Stigma Against Rough Sex"

Aug 30th

“What I already love about this conversation — because it’s...”
— Melissa, on our proposed SXSW...

Aug 29th

“Ed ReBrook, Gravely’s defense attorney, called no witnesses....”
— i am shaking with fury as i...

Aug 29th

these things make unjust social...

champagnecandy: abbyjean: But the reality is that Semenya may be neither “boy” nor “girl,” or...

Aug 29th

“Can you be sexual and professional online, even if sex isn’t...”
— Getting Professionally Naked...

Aug 29th

“When psychiatrists lament that over half of depressed people...”
— Why anthropologists should...

Aug 27th

ericmortensen: ohhleary: mikehudack: stevewoolf: ...

Aug 27th

“I think that one of the hardest things that sex workers...”
— Penny from ‘Survey Says: Job...

Aug 27th

sexartandpolitics: The Far Side

Aug 27th

“When psychiatrists lament that over half of depressed people...”
— Why anthropologists should...

Aug 27th

“When somebody says, “I don’t think women should be raped for...”
— From the follow-up post to A...

Aug 27th

““You know full well that no one is talking about wanting to...”
— Tim Wise, Racism, Right Wing...

Aug 27th

what not to do when talking to a...

abbyjean: “Well, That’s Really Interesting, But Have You Perhaps Considered The Status Quo? Just...

Aug 27th

“His career is proof that a lifetime of privilege and its...”
— yeah, this is what i was...

Aug 27th

“Allow me to answer with kidney stones. I had my first one at...”
— Ask the Author Live: David...

Aug 23rd

“If men like Brannon want to do right by women, if they want...”
— Melissa Gira » Blog...

Aug 23rd

Aug 23rd

Watched The Virgin Suicides tonight. Had forgotten how much...

Aug 23rd

WTF?? Seen at a curiosities shop in Decatur. Violence...

Aug 23rd

“So, yes, privilege exists and most of us have some of it. Is...”
— this is a great articulation...

Aug 22nd

Sexual Assault Prevention Tips...

katoleary: nonotyou: Kat reposted a nice piece about true rape prevention, which reminded me of...

Aug 22nd

“I wasn’t raised to think I was going to be valued for my...”
— Susie Bright debunks the...

Aug 22nd

Watch

champagnecandy: Bikini Kill - I Like Fucking (via SuEcideSally) Hey! do you believe theres...

Aug 22nd

Privilege

sexartandpolitics: Recognizing one’s privilege does nothing for the world beyond slightly reducing...

Aug 22nd

Via Married to the Sea

Aug 22nd

“While I’m not a fan of the netroots nation conference–the...”
— La Macha

Aug 21st

“I’d be a very happy girl if we could never ever ever have to...”
— Rachel

Aug 21st

champagnecandy: smutandsparkle: (via bookshelves) ...

Aug 21st

jomc: Ethical Style » Glamour Runs Unretouched Photo of...

Aug 21st

Betty Dodson: "Threesomes & Moresomes:...

rkb: by Betty Dodson (do read the whole thing, which starts out “Growing up in Wichita in the...

Aug 20th

reason to support health reform: protect...

champagnecandy: amandaw: abbyjean: #4 Sliding-scale subsidies so middle-class, working...

Aug 20th

champagnecandy: isabelthespy: abbyjean: (wow) I am...

Aug 20th

which group are uncivilized hooligans...

amandaw: abbyjean: The people at the tea parties are screaming and angry and furious about bad...

Aug 20th

“I realized another similarity between the ideals of feminism...”
— frau sally benz,...

Aug 18th

“Orly? I see Americans not “white people”. Glad your racial...”
— Stupid white person (via...

Aug 18th

Other linguistic habits

sexartandpolitics: I say “acrost” instead of “across” and I drop my Gs. As in, “we’re passin’ by the...

Aug 18th

thomaswheatley: jessicasutton: I want one of these in my...

Aug 18th

“During the event, Berardi, who was sitting in the back of...”
— Specter Faces Rambunctious...

Aug 18th

The "death panels" are already here | Salon...

Aug 17th

At free clinic, scenes from the Third World

Aug 17th

Rusty at Carroll Street Cafe yesterday. This is my new cell...

Aug 17th

Monday morning tradition: LottaFrutta fruit cups

Aug 17th

Mural in downtown Atlanta. Photo by Keith Mendel.

Aug 17th

“There are the persistent, tiresome pronouncements of...”
— Melissa McEwan (via gauntlet) ...

Aug 16th

frustrated with "just people"

amandaw: Here is where we need to come together as PEOPLE…just PEOPLE. We can’t “rank” feelings...

Aug 16th

Owl painted on table @ Carroll Street Cafe

Aug 16th

apsies: (via soupsoup)

Aug 16th

“We must stop using passive language when talking about rape...”
— Victims don’t “get raped”: on...

Aug 16th

“You’re better off with zero health care than a bad doctor.”
— Dr. Erika Schwartz in...

Aug 16th

“Once you get a group of men together to socialize around the...”
— pandagon.net- Epic battle of...

Aug 16th

abbyjean: For anybody who has ever watched the gendered social interactions of women — watched a...

Aug 16th

I almost started this post by saying I was shocked by Donna Hughes’ (and Margaret...

Aug 15th

“I enjoy feeling wanted. Dancing is a great and obvious way...”
— Mandy Morbid, on the Rumpus...

Aug 15th

“When it comes to young people, you are told so often that...”
— Heather Corinna Further, if...

Aug 15th

I don't care who you are

thecurvature: ohfortheloveofdog: vindicatedcommunications: Once you state that you’re...

Aug 15th

(via ohmyowls)

Aug 15th

Retarded

rosasparks: vindicatedcommunications: I’m not sure why, but I’ve noticed a lot of liberal and...

Aug 15th

“Basically I want single payer health care and doctors that...”
— Danny

Aug 15th

“Imagine if you heard on the news that a thousand people of...”
— Let’s be honest with ourselves...

Aug 15th

“The last thing we want to do, however, is rebuild the old...”
— The media, the left and power:...

Aug 15th

“I think part of the problem is separating individuals from...”
— a comment on this post that a...

Aug 14th

“The reason it feels jarring — “naming”? “marking”? — to you,...”
— dglen, “Semantics, Gender, and...

Aug 14th

“You have no idea what it’s like to be called into a sterile...”
— Southern Beale: Don’t Talk To...

Aug 14th

“About 70 strippers who worked at a Chelsea club can each...”
— Go, go, my Chelsea girls! (via...

Aug 14th

“So if your Internet’s running slow in the local Starbucks...”
— NBC Chicago While it’s kind...

Aug 14th

“So if your Internet’s running slow in the local Starbucks...”
— NBC Chicago While it’s...

Aug 14th

“But my body begins to shake. My muscles feel weak. I feel a...”
— amandaw

Aug 13th

“Defenders of Britain’s system point out that the UK spends...”
— ‘Evil and Orwellian’ –...

Aug 13th

On Health Care

thecurvature: katoleary: hortenseg: At the hospital I saw women have to leave early, saw them...

Aug 12th

Oh, synchronicity, there you are again. I was just looking...

Aug 12th

“I want more people to write frankly about sex. I want to see...”
— Susie Bright Don’t we all,...

Aug 11th

“That’s a great way to put it when ,19 years later, things as...”
— Wheelie Catholic (via amandaw)

Aug 11th

abbyjean: Corine Smith in Detroit Book

Aug 11th

abbyjean: crazyonyou: I’m making the same face as the girl...

Aug 11th

“Although he had received diagnoses for psychiatric...”
— Mentally Ill Offenders Strain...

Aug 11th

thomaswheatley: dominickbrady: YAY! Cool! Gotta go see...

Aug 9th

"Off the record"

Reposting from my blog because I thought it was relevant enough that some of the people who follow...

Aug 8th

How I know I'm not a Republican

sexartandpolitics: I hear, “government funded on-demand abortion and assisted suicide” and think,...

Aug 8th

8158.) I don't think I show you enough...

iheartlove: (via blogsecret)

Aug 8th

Talkie - listener voicemails, wistful...

Aug 7th

vainbuthonest: timevsmoney, this should answer your...

Aug 7th

One mockingbird I know lives in a flowering crabapple in a...

Aug 7th

How are people with average salaries supposed to pay those bills off? Who do you know who could pay...

Aug 6th

melissa: Charlie Jane Anders is your new website.

Aug 6th

“But anybody who’s been one form of privileged class or...”
— Offensive words...

Aug 6th

“Scarlette Johannson is Rebecca. She only has one friend, but...”
— — How Lifetime television just...

Aug 6th

Pet Peeve of the Day

thecurvature: People who use the word “ironically” when they really mean “interestingly,”...

Aug 6th

Watch

Video of my BlogHer ‘09 panel: see me awkwardly adjust my glasses, sip water, and try to...

Aug 5th

smutandsparkle: libraryvixen: yes I am

Aug 5th

victorianghosts: Voldemort: Let me tell you something about Dumbledore. We were best friends in...

Aug 5th

Street Harrassment

sexartandpolitics: I think there should be an organized effort to yell obscene insults and threats...

Aug 5th

Aug 5th

“I should be able to walk down the street that I live on...”
— blogofchampions: Seriously,...

Aug 5th

Why There Are No Girls In San Francisco

Aug 5th

“I think a lot of people get boxed into monogamy when it...”
— sexartandpolitics

Aug 5th

I saw this van SPEEDING down Howell Mill just a few hours...

Aug 5th

“Unfortunately, as much as sexsexsex is all over our culture...”
— Feministe » Taking the...

Aug 5th

“If you like the Post Office and the Department of Motor...”
— Arthur Laffer on CNN ...

Aug 5th

champagnecandy: smutandsparkle: bohemea: Dita Von Teese...

Aug 5th

Seen at Colony Square

Aug 4th

Seen on Edgewood Avenue. I feel like there’s some kind...

Aug 4th

Wheat paste birds on the Cabbagetown side of the Krog Tunnel

Aug 4th

“It’s as if every single American gets up in the morning,...”
— Senate Minority Leader Mitch...

Aug 3rd

10 Words I Would Love To See Banned From...

Aug 3rd

“Anyone who’s ever been the target of harassment – I’m...”
— Anonymous blogger “stunned”...

Aug 3rd

“And sometimes when the fail is too big and the pain is too...”
— karnythia: We Have Feelings...

Aug 3rd

“None of these people who gossip and say or think or write...”
— Lena Chen

Aug 3rd

Explaining The Haterade

lenachen: And another explanation I’ve come up with for all the vitriol: I think people like...

Aug 3rd

kimberleecline: silentsigh: a beautiful revolution

Aug 3rd

“Yes, it’s true: Seth Rogen feels NOTHING BUT OUTRAGE!...”
— Tiger Beatdown: SETH ROGEN IS...

Aug 3rd

“Just as much policy is designed to protect the fetus and...”
— unsettling economics (via...

Aug 3rd

“I had cancer a few years ago. I like the fact that if I lose...”
— Alter: Our Heath-Care System...

Aug 2nd

champagnecandy: sylviasrevenge: suicideblonde: Frances...

Aug 2nd

They just wanted an excuse to put “Blow Job” on...

Aug 1st

What I learned from running the Georgia...

I had been planning to write a post like this anyway, but when I saw Rusty’s post and found that I...

Aug 1st