Posts Tagged ‘feminism’
Goodreads Review: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel by Lisa See My rating: 4 of 5 stars In a brilliant bit of gender stereotyping, my husband has been heard to observe of my friendships with other women that they’re far more like romantic relationships than the friendships he has with other men. Though I bristle [...]
Tags: adult, chick-lit, feminism, friendship, goodreads, historical, novel, review
Goodreads Review: The White Queen
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The White Queen by Philippa Gregory My rating: 4 of 5 stars I first encountered Philippa Gregory while working in a library. I was desperate for a juicy read, and a co-worker suggested The Other Bolelyn Girl. It definitely pulled me in, and, though I loved it enough to get my mother hooked on Gregory’s [...]
Tags: feminism, goodreads, historical, review, romance
Body Image and Truth and Teaser Tuesday
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Kristin Otts has issued a challenge: The truth is, ladies and gentlemen, perfection is boring as hell. We are human beings. We are as diverse as the earth we live on. And we need to embrace it. So, lovely readers, I have a challenge for you. I challenge you to help me start a wave [...]
Tags: body image, fat, feminism, photos, smile, teaser tuesday, writing
Vagina!
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I would warn you that this entry is about periods, but that would go against the spirit of the thing, wouldn’t it? So Kotex seems to be going in a different direction with their advertising. Namely, they want us all to start talking about menstruation and vaginas instead of using veiled, metaphoric language. I’m so [...]
Tags: blue spots, commercials, feminism, periods, stuff, stuff i like, video
Brilliant Superbowl Follow-up Commercial!
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Parisian Love, Part II from Matt Haughey on Vimeo.
Tags: consumerist tripe, feminism, metafilter, sexism, video
Goodread Review: As Nature Made Him
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As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl by John Colapinto My rating: 5 of 5 stars I first encountered David Reimer’s story as a kid: my mother was getting her special ed certification and brought home a textbook on Child Psychology. At the end of one of the chapters, there [...]
Tags: feminism, goodreads, non-fic, review
Goodreads Review: Grass
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Grass by Sheri S. Tepper My review rating: 3 of 5 stars In her Pern novels, Anne McCaffrey introduced readers to telepathic dragons who bond psychically with humans. In her Valdemar series, Mercedes Lackey introduced readers to telepathic horses who bond psychically with humans. In Grass Sherri S. Tepper plays on the same theme, introducing [...]
Tags: feminism, goodreads, review, scifi
phoebeeating.com relunch
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Well, I’ve gone ahead and done it: I’ve deleted all of my old posts in this blog. Not because I was ashamed–not due to self-censorship or anything like that. But because I realized that I was doing the concept of this website a disservice. When I would tell people about my website, they would laugh, [...]
Tags: feminism, food, hunger, manifesto, relationships
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