Gender Fierce — Genderfork. Community and Consequences: Understanding the Costs of Reclaiming “Tranny” « In Our Words. By: Tobi Hill-Meyer I’m at a small local performance hall.
It’s the annual queer women’s music festival. In this small college town, events like these only happen a couple times a year, and after an anti-social northwest winter, it feels good to be out. I sometimes forget how many friends I have here; some that I haven’t seen in over a year. The loud music washes over us as we dance in the semi-dark. Somewhere in my head, I should have known this would happen and prepared myself. Like many trans women, I’ve got a complicated history with the term “tranny.” QueerBlackFeminist. Musings of a girl revolutionary. The World Is Watching. Delilah. She Writes. Feminists for Choice. Contemporary UK Feminism. BUST Magazine. Jezebel: Celebrity, Sex, Fashion for Women. Without Airbrushing. Feminist Frequency.
Retro Sexism and Uber Ironic Advertising. Marketers are increasingly using Retro Sexism to sell products.
This form of advertising uses irony and humour as a way to distance itself from the sexist and/or racist representations and stereotypes they perpetuate. Retro Sexism (n.): Modern attitudes and behaviors that mimic or glorify sexist aspects of the past, often in an ironic way. Transcript – Retro Sexism: Uber Ironic Advertising*music* and isn’t it ironic, don’t you thinkHave you noticed this strange trend in TV commercials recently? Teenagers exposed - Features. 15-year-old C.
Robinson looks at the causes and ramifications of a culture where teenage girls are encouraged to bare all C. Robinson, 3 June 2011 "Dress Less to Impress" is the advertising slogan for a women's underwear brand named Sapph Lingerie. The F Word: Feminist Media Collective. Feminism in Vancouver, Canada. Young Feminists Blogging, Organizing, Kicking Ass. Feministe. On Monday night, Donald Trump’s wife Melania touched hearts as she addressed the Republican National Convention, sharing the lessons she learned growing up as a black girl on the South Side of Chicago.
As first spotted by journalist Jarrett Hill, Melania’s speech bore more than a passing resemblance to another speech at another convention about eight years ago — Michelle Obama’s 2008 address to the Democratic National Convention. The cribbed portion discussed the values that Michelle and Melania apparently share, including working hard for what you want in life and keeping your word. Read more → I apologize for Feministe’s long, long radio silence, and I hate that this is the occasion to break it. This space is available for discussion of the recent extrajudicial executions of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. Bitch Media. Runaway Slave. Stuff What Boys Can Do. This is a list of ways that boys can ally themselves against misogyny. Examples, anecdotes, and stories.
This list is for men that want to help but don’t know what to do. It is also for anybody who wants to share a story of something good that they saw. Anybody can contribute to this list. Here are the rules: A Daily Dose of Sexism « Fugitivus. New feature for this blog: the Daily Dose of Sexism.
A list of the little daily indignities that come from not presenting the right genitalia in the right place at the right time. 1. At Wal-Mart the other day, my bear was looking for a wireless router. I wandered into the HDTV aisle, since we’re also thinking about buying one of those. The male sales person who lived in the HDTV department walked by me several times with a nod and a smile, but never asked if I needed help. Another post about rape « Fugitivus. By the by, I consistently use that title because I mean for it to operate as a trigger warning.
I write a lot about rape, but sometimes I write about other things, and I don’t want anybody taken off-guard transitioning from “help computer” into wtf rape-talk. Case you were wondering. I was re-reading my five billion goddamn posts about rape and force, and I realized (surprise!) Frothing at the Brain. This ain't livin' Feminist Music Geek. Seaneen / The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive. Two Whole Cakes. Clarisse Thorn.
2013 8 May On April 27th, I returned from a week-long trip to Berlin, and I’m still kinda shell-shocked.
Over that week, I spent hours every day being interviewed by all sorts of people: Europe’s biggest newspaper, for example. The German edition of Andy Warhol’s magazine, Interview. Four different German television stations. (Seriously. This is all because my first self-published book, Confessions of a Pickup Artist Chaser, has been acquired by a “real” German publisher. Perhaps oddly, this is my first deal with a traditional publisher. I am handling such complicated feelings. There’s been other coverage too, plus a lot more on the way. Where to begin? The translation deal began with a piece of fan mail last year, early 2012. We talked, and then we talked more. Jenny and I had lunch on my final day in Berlin, two weeks ago. Not in the Kitchen Anymore. Liz Henry's blog. Parenting, privilege, and rethinking the norm.