"As Cool as I am" and "I was a boy too" by Dar Williams "American Girl" by Trisha Yearwood "Goodbye Earl" by Dixie Chicks (posted to Feminist Songs)
Smiley, You are 100% correct. Confused, you will have plenty of time to figure out exactly what happened and why after you leave (if you still care that much). There is absolutely no reason to stay with some one who (posted to Abused?)
Oh My God. I didn't know we had the Queen of All Feminism on Feministing. Please, can you take a little bit of time out of you busy schedule to tell us about what the exact definition of feminism. Never (posted to a christian feminism blog)
Perhaps before we all go about pointing finger and commiserating about the broken movement we can all give examples of what we do that will improve your outlook. Until August (when I started back to graduate school) I volunteered 1 (posted to Fighting Disillusion)
Thank you for saying this. With all the calling-out of privilege that happens on this board this is one argument that always gets shut down. I am really sorry that when anyone is made to feel bad about how they (posted to Barbie, eat a sandwich)
Oops, sorry, not attorney general, surgeon general. Yes, we're not "forgetting about" the thin women. It's not OK to have anyone dictate to you what you should or should not eat based on judgments about body shape. But still, again, (posted to Barbie, eat a sandwich)
While the overall message of this might be against the culture that Barbie represents (which is ok), the title phrase "eat a sandwich" is offensive. I was the "too thin" girl in high school not all that long ago, and (posted to Barbie, eat a sandwich)
High five! It's not about skinny girls vs. fat girls - we all have to tell each other that we're beautiful no matter what size we are and stop caring about how much we eat. (posted to Barbie, eat a sandwich)
There is no such thing as "fat privilege". It is impossible that thinness invites as much scorn and hatred as fatness in women. Policing women's bodies is always a bad thing, but everyone who thinks that it happens equally on (posted to Barbie, eat a sandwich)
