After an encounter with a box of cereal, I am trying to be blind to all those ribbons and banners on ordinary things I buy.
Casting the First Tweet – On Becoming, and When a Friend Stumbles
My brain-churning, stomach-twisting questioning presumed that I knew all there was to know about what it’s like to be a woman in this world. And I don’t.
Just “For Girls?” How Gender Divisions Trickle Down (Reblog terribleminds)
Our feeds are full of ire about men who don’t get it. A lot of men do, so I’m sharing just such a case, with my own comments as someone who markets without apology to a specific audience.
One Way to Talk to People About “Religious Freedom” Laws Like Indiana’s
ow would you like to walk into a bakery, clothing store or dentist, either by yourself or in front of your kids or grandparents, and have the person behind the counter take one look at you and say “We don’t serve your kind.” And it is legal to treat you that way?
Mr. Bean Inserted Into Historical Portraits By Caricature Artist Rodney Pike – reblog from earthporm
hat is it about Rowan Atkinson’s smooshy, agile face that fits so perfectly across so many eras? Blackadder’s range of feckless to sneering expressions, and Mr. Bean’s wordless cunning to clueless antics – they make me laugh.
Stars Fell On Alabama’s Lesbian and Gay Couples – reblog from Mary Griggs
Mary Griggs shares a wonderful history lesson and a summing up of the beautiful, supportive “Wedding Week” in Alabama. Read it, it will do your heart good.
Sally Ride to Stand Tall in National Statuary Hall?
Astronaut and Scientist Sally Ride’s statue may represent California in the Capitol Statuary Hall and she’d be the first openly LGBT person figured there.
Keeping it “Real” and Buying into the Big Lie
What is a “real lesbian” and who decides? Karin Kallmaker on the tightrope of being guest and host in the Big Queer Tent.
There are Two People in this Photo
There are TWO PEOPLE in this photo and only one is being slut shamed.
Beyond Tears – What Words Are There?
Unfortunately, many of the same people who want so desperately to protect the public from nonexistent voting fraud do not want to protect the public from real, pervasive gun violence.
The New Yorker – The Accurate Cover
seems to me that if this satirical cover shows Obama as an empty chair (fun play on the Clint Eastwood thing) and Jim Lehrer asleep, then Romney needs to have a Pinocchio nose and pants on fire. #FIFY Copyrighted material.
Maximize Your Contribution – Cut out the Middle Man!
If any of these things happened to you or your friend or your child, what would you call it? I call it hate.
“No One Cares Who’s Gay”
When an openly out straight woman insists Sally Ride should have stayed in the closet even after she died…
The Vigilant Answer to an Age-Old Question
When anyone suggested women should be permitted to do something…
Are You Censoring Your Own Blog?
It’s true that filtering software may examine your site and decide it’s “adult,” but let the software make that decision; don’t do it to yourself!
Giving Her Credit
Imagine for a moment that you’re filling out an application for a credit card and it asks for contact information for your father, your brother or your husband, one of whom must sign the application before you’ll be considered.
Such a Dirty Word!
I’m actually talking about an even dirtier word: FEMINIST. I think younger women have heard “feminazi” more than they’ve heard “feminist.”
The Horror of Gay Oreos – But I’m So Much More Dangerous!
But you know what, One Million Moms? I am really far more dangerous! In my lesbian love story Sugar, there are LESBIAN BAKED GOODS where children could see them.