That's why I started a sex talk radio show on my conservative college campus (Southern Methodist University in Dallas). I get calls all the time about the most simple, common sense sexual information. Being in Texas, I understand that not (posted to Why Stay A Virgin?)
That's my costume idea! Swine Flu Incarnate. I'm wearing a spooky long black dress, a pig snout, and a pig's tail. I also want to construct a large syringe prop so that I can carry it around and poke people (posted to Some Non-Racist, Non-Sexist Halloween Costume Ideas)
I just want to say that I'm happy to see this discussion on Feministing (or anywhere outside my head, for that matter). As a multiracial kid, my hair was always off limits to my own hands until high school, and (posted to Reactions to Good Hair)
FWIW, The Autobiography of Malcolm X has some pretty harrowing descriptions of how "processing" worked back when he was a young man. (posted to Reactions to Good Hair)
Now that you mention it, I'm remembering the scene from the movie Malcolm X, when Denzel Washington (as Malcolm X) is conking (?) his hair. It starts to burn and b/c the police have shut off his water he has (posted to Reactions to Good Hair)
"Also, I'm a white female, so I worry about whether my presence will be good or bad in a theater." "I saw the movie in the theater and worried a bit that I was almost eavesdropping on something that was (posted to Reactions to Good Hair)
I was concerned about my own presence, not about anyone else's reaction to my presence. And, as stated, I saw the movie. Thanks. (posted to Reactions to Good Hair)
Chill. I wasn't attacking you personally. All I was saying was that it is our business, as humans, to be critical and aware of the beauty standards in our society. It is about race - but it also goes way (posted to Reactions to Good Hair)
