So, I found this awesome thing on the Salvation Army website. It’s a “Code of Conduct” for men, and includes not just things like “I WILL NOT abuse my wife or partner,” but also things that get more at the roots of patriarchy, like “I WILL INTERVENE when my male colleagues, friends, or family belittle or [...]
In my senior seminar a couple weeks ago, we read a book called Get to Work. Basically, it’s a self-described manifesto by Linda Hirshman about how choice feminism has completely killed the feminist movement. For those of you who don’t know, choice feminism is essentially the idea that if women have the power to make decisions, [...]
Just a short blurb today, but congrats to Washington State for passing marriage equality! They’re waiting for the governor to sign, which he’s promised to do. After that, it’s just a 90-day waiting period—during which opponents have promised to fight it to the death, of course—before same-sex couples can start getting married!
Prop 8 was struck down today!! Okay, so I know I just gave you this whole big speech about how I’m not going to only talk about LGBT and feminist stuff anymore, but come on. Prop 8! This is big stuff we’re talking about here! Of course, the fact that Prop 8 was ruled unconstitutional [...]
Okay. I’m back, and it’s time for some changes! Clearly the fact that I couldn’t manage to keep this blog up for more than a few weeks indicates that there was something wrong with my first attempt, and some things need to change if it’s going to continue at all. So here they are! Time/timing [...]
