This photo depicts several examples of awesome, but the one I want to highlight in the fourth installment of my series on Awesome Things To Do In Life is the bag on Katie’s shoulders. Check this out:
This is a reusable bag that the UCSD bookstore now offers for a few dollars. [...]
Archive for the 'action' Category
Erasure
17May07WARNING: This post is about sexual assault.
Hoyden About Town is one of my favorite feminist blogs because TigTog and Lauredhel really get into the nuts and bolts of how sexist oppression works, how it spreads, and how we can fight it. Two recent posts are absolutely essential reading. They point out two frighteningly [...]
Rise Up
10May07Dear Men,
Here’s what needs to happen:
We need a massive fucking male uprising. We need to take to the streets and demand an end to the sexist oppression of women. We need to stop our work and commence studies of the pay distributions in our organizations, and we need the gaps to be closed. [...]
Here’s an awesome person: Kathleen Hughes hangs her laundry instead of using the dryer. Saves money and energy, gets you out of the house, reminds you that you’re alive, goddamnit.
Check out more Awesome Things To Do In Life.
Fiji, Evian, Poland Spring
06Feb07Often when I speak about issues on this blog (abortion, etc) I try to put forth an equivocating, balanced perspective. On the issue of bottled water I’m going to be direct:
STOP DRINKING BOTTLED WATER!
I’ve known bottled water was an irresponsible habit for a while, but today I read Pablo Päster’s math about how much [...]
Feminism or Chivalry?
17Jan07Over the last, probably 5 years or so, I’ve been becoming increasingly aware of the way that conversations get dominated by men. It doesn’t take much… I’ve seen in happen in groups with fifteen women and two men. I’ve seen it happen in groups of three men and one woman.
And I’ve been learning [...]
