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- I recommend The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service by Laura Kaplan. A really powerful story that stuck with me and would seem to work well for your book club.
(posted to Your favorite feminist books?) - I certainly don't think whoever made the video was intending to maliciously attack feminism. I get that satire is supposed to take what we value and what we accept uncritically in society and undermine it through comedy. On the one
(posted to Just Another Humorless Feminist?) - I meant post-feminism. The idea (in my mind) is that people claim that we are in an era of post-feminism because the feminists of the first and second waves have won their battles, that gender equity has been achieved, and
(posted to Post-Feminism at its Best (Worst?)) - I'm also a DivaCup user. I got mine about 3 years ago after attending a menstrual health workshop in college, and I am a convert, through and through. Not only is it way cheaper than buying tampons every month (cups
(posted to My Tentative Review of the DivaCup) - yep, i am also a bostonian and agree about the sidewalk situation. i live on a tree-lined street, and one day i was walking to my apartment as two men were walking towards me. they could have EASILY moved a
(posted to Adventures in Taking Up Space)
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- This post made me think of how, because guys would always whistle at me or make comments too me, even in sweat pants, I developed a habit of slouching unconsciously. The same idea- to occupy as little public space as (posted to Adventures in Taking Up Space)
- I'm a woman, and I still retain WAY too much of my stupid gender socialization. However, much of the way I sit I learned from my dad. For me, if there is no one around I practically take up two (posted to Adventures in Taking Up Space)
- Oh, and I agree that you do have a nice balance between the two, and I like that because it shows a respect for other people combined with confidence. Two thumbs up. (posted to Adventures in Taking Up Space)
- Your comment includes a great explanation of the tendency for a privileged class to cite "nature" as an excuse for transgressions on another class. I like. (posted to Adventures in Taking Up Space)
- Yes. Seriously. (I direct you to my post, discussing the impact of my big ol' vagina). It's obvious that the taking up of space is seen as a male privilege when a woman is deemed "masculine" (as implied by the (posted to Adventures in Taking Up Space)
