I am happy, or at the very least willing, to debate whether or not a certain act, behavior, word, or belief is inherently sexist or misogynistic. I am not, however, willing to debate the importance or necessity of feminism. Honestly, if you really truly think feminism is wrong, or that women just have it made […]
When You’re Just Wasting My Time… Read More »
Daniel Abraham observes: Ms. L suggests that Ms. M is insufficiently feminist because she is encouraging middle school girls to learn math by pointing out that being smart is not inconsistent with shopping and fashion and the consumerism that all us good lefties decry as bad and which middle school girls seem to think is
As a writer, you may write colorblind. You may pull out all the color and race and cultural tags for every single one of your characters, and thereby prove that they could be of any race! Sure. Let’s go with that. Nobody in your book has a skin color, or any sort of physical description
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From here. Real or not, I’m still waiting for a day when this is a given, not a privilege or an employer’s recruitment bargaining chip.
Purported American Apparel Tag Read More »
I work for a minority-owned company, and it just so happens that the majority of our franchisees are also minorities and women (I love the stupid word “minorities” to mean “not white!” because, you know, you put together all of the “not white” people, and suddenly, they’re not so much a minority, but Let’s Not
Because really, it never gets old.
Ranting About the Short Form Read More »