Category Archives: Feminist
Bills on the SCS radar
If you’ve been reading the Siren lately, no doubt you’ve noticed my full support of a few bills — comprehensive sex ed and marriage equality, in particular — working through … Continue reading
The Male "Default Setting" is Not "Rape"
Reblogged from Make Me a Sammich: Guest post by Ryan Pytleski Ryan is a MMAS reader and Twitter friend who has consistently displayed a keen desire to understand issues that … Continue reading
Nevada GOP Reps Support Assault On 40 Hour Work Week
The Desert Beacon has a great take on the GOP plan to fleece America’s workers (see link below). Don’t be fooled by the GOP’s so-called Working Families Flexibility Act, which … Continue reading
Gosnell is a teachable moment about access
The verdict is in on Kermit Gosnell, the back-alley butcher who preyed on poor women’s lack of access to affordable, safe abortions. Gosnell was convicted of involuntary manslaughter after giving … Continue reading
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s our daughters!
What did you want to be when you were a little kid? I wanted to be a ballerina until I saw Lynda Carter spin into Wonder Woman on my black-and-white … Continue reading
Disgraced RJ publisher calls Nevada girls, especially Hispanics, “easy”
Doesn’t Sherman Frederick know it’s Mother’s Day? Here I am trying to enjoy a rare day off with my family and I have to deal with this piece-of-shit op-ed by … Continue reading
Keep your flowers, I want change for Mother’s Day
This year for Mother’s Day you can keep your flowers, candy, and spa gift certificates. What I want is some change — some real progressive change for women and their … Continue reading
These Precious Things
*trigger warning* I have a friend who, upon writing about the demise of his marriage, posted to facebook, “Writing is easy, you just have to open a vein…” Yes. Yes, … Continue reading
Feminist in a fat-shaming world
*Trigger warning: Eating disorders and body image For some reason I have not been able to escape the topic of body image and fat-shaming this week. Does the arrival of … Continue reading
Is Pepper Potts No Longer the "Damsel in Distress" in 'Iron Man 3'?
Reblogged from The Opinioness of the World: Originally published at Bitch Flicks. Superhero films often exhibit assertive, outspoken female characters. Yet they often simultaneously objectify women’s bodies, reduce them to … Continue reading
