I wrote a eerily similar post for the community page of Feministing on my enjoyment of the James Bond franchise, but it was never put up. (posted to (Un)Feminist Guilty Pleasures: Reggaeton Edition)
I am having a baby boy with my long-time male partner (we are UNmarried) this August and we are giving our child my last name. I wanted him to have both our names, though NOT hyphenated, just one as a (posted to Quick Hit: Feminist baby-naming)
Oh Miriam...country music! I love it - and yet - it's absurdly un-feminist so much of the time. Women are always "girls" or dependent on their men. We are sometimes strong, but only ever in the context of a relationship (posted to (Un)Feminist Guilty Pleasures: Reggaeton Edition)
amen, hermanita! I love reggaeton, unfortunately. I am absolutely obsessed with Calle 13 ..."Quiero tener un par de hijos aunque seamos primos" ??? sigh. (posted to (Un)Feminist Guilty Pleasures: Reggaeton Edition)
Be willing to take your future husbands last name for yourself and your children, or don't get married. Period. (posted to Quick Hit: Feminist baby-naming)
Why would you have a baby with a man who is uncomfortable with his family name? Because he is a fairy and you can control him? I feel sorry for that guy in a way, but on the other hand, (posted to Quick Hit: Feminist baby-naming)