Aaaaand we’re back! After a nearly monthlong hiatus while we moved things over from one site to the other, we’re finally settled into the new home at feministsonar.com! There’s going to be a bunch of new articles coming onto the site in the next few days, lots of content I’ve been waiting to share with you. As a bonus, I… Read more →
Today there’s a hashtag on twitter #tellafeministthankyou – so I’m going to say a few thank you’s to people who’ve taught me, or who keep me writing. Thanks to my mom, Paula, for raising me as a feminist. Thanks to MTR, because talking about feminism in his office made me better at what I do. Thanks to Kenna and Lillian,… Read more →
Last week bionic eyes went on the market in the US and the Uk! (Please be aware, it’s a surgical shot for the link, if you’re squeamish about eyeballs this may not be the link for you) The only thing I want to know is – why on earth is it 99k? There are so many people who would benefit… Read more →
Nerf is coming out with a line for girls. The Rebelle – and the first item in their line? The Heartbreaker Bow. It’s… well… Pink. And it’s for girls. And for those reasons, I want to hate it. But the converse of that is this: The function of the bow is absolutely not any weaker than the other products made… Read more →
I’m so tired of feminists judging each other. I know I shouldn’t read the comments I know this, but when Jezebel posted their “Most Women Would Rather Kick Their Husbands to the Curb than Be a Housewife” post we all knew I wouldn’t be able to resist reading the comments. After all, the comments are like watching an ambulance filled… Read more →
I don’t remember ever being told my father was dying. I must have been too young when I internalized this information. I think I always knew he was sick, and since my dad was an AIDS educator, it wasn’t like I didn’t know what the disease did. It was the 1990s. We were only beginning to knew what AIDS was,… Read more →
The Anniversary of Roe v. Wade was this week, and with it my attention turns to the legal issues surrounding the fetus. Except that I’m not doing that in the traditional sense this week, I’m doing it in extra special roundabout ways where I feel that my head is turning like the little kid in the Exorcist. In New Mexico,… Read more →
