Building Online Feminist Communities: How-To and What-Not-To

A few days ago, I decided to disable the forum I started last year (actually exactly one year ago this weekend — interesting timing) when the I Blame the Patriarchy forum disintegrated. It will be gone by the beginning of August.
Something Radfem Here was full of great stuff — incisive commentary, useful links, strong community. [...]

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Tough Love’s Steve Ward on Victim Blaming

I watch VH1 sometimes, I admit it.  And this season, since my favorite contender got kicked off of Rock of Love Bus, I began watching Tough Love: 
Handsome, cocky and smart, Steven Ward is America’s maestro of love. His brutally honest approach to matchmaking is what has made him and his mother Joann Ward one of [...]

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Kyle Payne is back — and as big of a douche as ever

Ugh, he’s so sleazy.
Background: here, here, and here.
I’ll echo the many others who’ve already said it: Kyle Payne is a sexual predator (whether or not there’s a “pattern of abuse”), and he is not welcome in my feminist blogosphere (whether or not he is interested in being called a pro-/feminist blogger).  
And, for the record? [...]

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Blog for Choice Day, 2009

Today is the 36th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision supporting women’s right to choose. This year’s theme is “What is your top pro-choice hope for President Obama and/or the new Congress?”
My biggest hope is that Obama & Friends move quickly to restore choice around the world by removing the global gag rule [...]

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Fall Semester

It’s been a long, long time since I last really blogged.  I apologize to my regular readers for my absence lately, but I want to thank everyone for sending their kind thoughts after my aunt passed away.  Needless to say, it’s been an interesting semester, both academically and personally, especially as my personal feminism is [...]

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