There's another Dame Helen quote (from the article to which I responded with my "Friday (tattooed) Feminist Fuck You" a couple weeks ago) saying something to the effect that she's so much better than all the other tattooed women cause (posted to Helen Mirren: Please stop talking about rape)
I cook -- I love cooking for my boyfriend, especially because he never makes me feel like it's something I have to do since we both know that he's a grown-up and can at the very least feed himself. I (posted to FeminiKnitsm (please help))
I just want to point out one thing, and make of it what you will, but Seattle (where Dan Savage lives and is the EIC of The Stranger) is remarkably homogeneous (as in milk). Really, we have a smaller percentage (posted to Dan Savage doing the backpedal)
I do have one question, and I know the answer to it, but it's kind of always in the back of my mind: how do I make sure that I'm not forgetting/exploiting my privilege and forgetting that I've had it (posted to Ten Feminist Questions I'm Still Exploring)
When I was in college there were ads on the back of the Stranger asking for women who wanted to sell their eggs -- I would have been all over that (5 grand is a lot when you're a Freshman (posted to Donate Eggs?)
"It is only about the inherent nature of a polygamous relationship, which does not necessitate abuse. " Again, this is not reality, and this is not what history has shown. Give me one example of a culture that practices polygamy (posted to Ten Feminist Questions I'm Still Exploring)
Jessica, I can't help trying to answer question 1 as well, but I come to different conclusions... like you I've studied this area and I have to say I have a real problem with using rats as human substitutes especially (posted to Ten Feminist Questions I'm Still Exploring)
Exactly, Rachel! I commented further up the thread about Money's study coming to much the same conclusions as you. (posted to Ten Feminist Questions I'm Still Exploring)
Well, if two hyphenated last names married each other than I suppose in theory they could just each pick one half of their hyphenated last name for the children. (posted to Ten Feminist Questions I'm Still Exploring)
But yeah, having really tiny advantages from patriarchy is what confuses me about the whole thing- we all get screwed by it, so why not just give it up all together, and fully embrace equality, instead of clinging to only (posted to Ten Feminist Questions I'm Still Exploring)
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