2012 is the year I started Feminist Sonar. Today I have a small writing career beginning, a .com version of this site coming soon, and have been interviewed on Huffpost Live. Next year I hope for even better and more interesting things. So Wednesday we come back with a long piece about mental illness and media representations. We’ll talk about… Read more →
I grew up in a world most people will never see. My childhood was one where I knew about chest tubes, how to use syringes, running jokes about biohazard signs. I learned what sex was at the same time that I learned what death was. I wore plastic gloves more often than any child did in my grade level. My… Read more →
One of my biggest concerns looking forward for this country has to do with the way that we handle children. It isn’t just that parents have become more protective, or that the world has suddenly become more dangerous. What worries me is the trend towards having a diagnosis for everything. So when I saw the following news item on BoingBoing… Read more →
What’s a sad voter to do? Pick up a new hobby? Find a new political cause you care about? Call your mom? … Oh. I see. Okay. You’re going to start a petition to secede from the United States of America. Gotcha. That’s… uhm…. Unreasonable. Yes. Secession. So very 1860. In fact, this has almost become a fad. Now it’s… Read more →
Hi everyone, Until I get my internet back, your regularly scheduled feminist commentary will be somewhat interrupted. Hurricane Sandy is over, and I now have power, and hot water, and heat (for which I am incredibly grateful) But my internet is still unconnected and my phone is intermittently working. Please have patience. Hopefully I will be able to bring you… Read more →
I noticed a fair amount of activity coming from a share on facebook today, so I figured it was time to make a page. You can find the blog here: Feminist Sonar On Facebook Please like it! I’ll be posting links to things I don’t cover on the page as well as links to blog posts!
Glimpses of Tanya Ransom It isn’t often that I get to see my father perform. Actually, it’s a pretty rare occurrence. I think the last time I saw him perform was when I was seven years old. Maybe 8, I can’t really recall. The point, is that this is very unusual. yesterday I got to watch a video of my… Read more →
Neil Gaiman shared a letter by a young, frightened actress today. I wanted to link to it, and also to talk a little about the nature of truth. Anna wrote to Neil asking for his advice and he wrote back to Ms. Anna Gurji, and told her to send him her story. He said “The best weapon against lies is… Read more →
Well, this blog has been in a work of progress mode since May – and now that I’m settled, I know what it is. Feminist Sonar indicates what I do – I seek out things that need discussing, and I do the work that I feel needs doing. That’s what this space is for. So far, it seems like whoever’s… Read more →
These days, many of us wake up to the fresh sensation of new horror. We hear of republican candidates threatening our rights to our bodies, making assumptions about the very nature of how a woman’s body can “stop” pregnancy for a legitimate rape. We live in a frightening climate. Freedom of speech is something I hold very dear, but I… Read more →
