Monthly Archives: December 2011
SlutWalk: The Rape of Feminism (or, How I Learned to Love Porn!)
Most folk have heard of SlutWalk, the “movement” sweeping North America in response to a Toronto policeman’s misogynist comment at Osgoode Hall Law School that women could avoid sexual assault by not dressing like sluts. In response, Sonia Barnett, art school graduate and erotic arts purveyor, Heather Jarvis, Jeanette Janzen, Erika Jane Scholz and Alyssa […]
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Recently, Stonewall Democrats of Central Maryland announced its dissolution. Over the several years of its existence, Stonewall worked to endorse candidates that supported a “LGBT Agenda.” Like many LGBT political organizations, Stonewall apparently struggled to reconcile a Gay Identity with other interests important to individual gays and lesbians. What Stonewall wanted to be may never […]
Made This Way
I have hairs growing on my chin that my girlfriend threatens to pluck when I am not paying attention. Apparently, these stray hairs bother her. They also bother my mother, because “women aren’t supposed to have beards.” And yet, I am a woman, and I have facial hair. My chin hairs offend the standard of […]
Sniffdown on Michigan
If it’s August, it’s the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival (MWMF), where women from across the globe congregate in the woods of Michigan to jam to women’s musicians. Full disclosure – I’ve never been to MWMF, and I am not a big fan of live concerts or crowds. I went to Twin Oaks ‘Women’s Gathering with […]
Betting the Farm on Gay Marriage
Fifteen years ago, a University of Maryland law student named John Pucker worked diligently to promote marriage equality for gay folks. At that time, working to defeat anti-gay marriage bills took up most of the time Pucker’s Same-Sex Marriage Advocates Coalition (with its fantastic acronym “SSMAC”) dedicated to the cause. As a result of the […]
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