Whenever I hear the "Activia!" jingle, I sing in my head "It makes you poop!" Kind of a derail, but it always makes the 10 year old part of me giggle. (posted to Our Bodies, Our Shits )
Add me to the list of the recently uninsured. Just turned 23, still in school, and got booted from my parents insurance. Its been 2 weeks and I'm already struggling with headaches and neckpain since I can't afford chiropractic treatment, (posted to Health care reform needs YOU)
I loved playing field hockey in my kilt. It didn't bunch up between my legs when I ran and it was totally restriction free. The restriction your talking about is the sense of modesty that typically accompanies skirt wearing. That (posted to Boys wearing skirts for field hockey)
"What's worse than being in third grade, and no one celebrating your birthday? Not being allowed to be born!" BAHAHAHAHAHA, what a ridiculous statement. (posted to Anti-choice cupcakes!)
This thread is totally frustrating. I get that you want to look sexy, but I think its important that everyone realizes that "sexy" has been defined by.... dun dun dun...patriarchy. In Western society, this definition of sexy is, very often, (posted to Weekly Feminist Reader)
"...[the critics think] the only reason you could possibly enjoy wearing heels is because you enjoy being attractive to men..." I don't see anyone who has implied that above. I myself talked above about creative expression as a secondary (posted to Weekly Feminist Reader)
If you think heels are *not* a feminist act, then why are you going out so hard to defend it to feminists on a feminist blog? That's not a hostile question - I honestly just don't get it.> I am (posted to Weekly Feminist Reader)
I agree so totally completely. If I hear one more time that feminism is about choice, and that therefore any choice a woman makes is feminist by definition, I just might barf. Women are pressured to display certain socially mandated (posted to Weekly Feminist Reader)
I'm sorry, but feminism IS about choice. That doesn't mean that any choice made by a feminist is a feminist choice. It does mean that we work towards creating a world where women -- or really, people in general -- (posted to Weekly Feminist Reader)
I'm sorry, but feminism IS about choice. It is not that I think choice is not part of feminism. I think a huge goal of feminist movements has always been making women free to make choices without being penalized for (posted to Weekly Feminist Reader)
