Post-Backlash Feminism

I have a confession to make. Yesterday I spent $200 on make-up. I did. I bought a "serum" for $49.00, that will make a 'visible difference' in my face's texture and quality. It has 'lipids' that will help to boost cellular...things... that collapse as we age. You see, the scaffolding of our skin weakens but can be repaired--with a fluid specially designed for women my age by caring men in white coats. (There were pictures.)

Today my make-up perfectly matches (compliment...

The Breck Girls wave to crowds, dress well and plainly know their way around a can of AquaNet.

They cannot be bothered to inform themselves on the issues they discuss. Or, more likely, they are happy to simply wave and wave and lie.

And they foster the worst stereotypes of women: petty, superficial, anti-intellectual, vain, with nothing of substance to contribute to public discussion. They talk about a potential Bachmann-Palin ticket like they're makin...

Notes on another tidbit of mainstream misogyny. *sigh*

Disney has decided they only want women with real breasts for their latest Pirates of the Carribean film. In fact, they will ask women seeking a role in the new film to submit to the standard boob authenticity test: running in place. You see, “false breasts,” the studio explains, are easily spotted by an audience because they “move less freely than the real thing” during action sequences. Since, ...

Polls show that 76% of American women say healthcare needs reform, and for good reason. Most states allow "gender" to be a consideration in setting premiums, which allows insurers to charge women more than men for the same benefits. Cesarean sections are often consider "pre-existing conditions" and used to deny women coverage; in eight states it is still legal to deny battered women health insurance. Having been abused by a spouse or partner in this case would qualify as the pre-existing cond...

Here is a sampling of the pro-rape pages up and running on Facebook. This is just a sampling. Some of these pages have more than 3,000 members/friends and feature images of sexual violence.

I've reported them all. If you are reading this, please report them as well and tell Facebook we will not tolerate their tacit endorsement of these cruel and dangerous pages.

id r a p e dat (aka Rape Dat),

It's Not R A P E if you enjoy i...

Victoria's Secret has launched a campaign to encourage women to love their bodies. This bullshit is the height of cynical marketing.

VS doesn't give a damn about how women feel about their bodies; in fact, the brand does everything it can to diminish the average woman's sense of self. Indeed, they specifically market self-loathing. Their ad campaigns then suggest that the right bra will solve the problem.

The real prob...

Hannah Storm is cute as a bug. Petite, fit, great "stems" as BleacherReport.com puts it, and a nice smile. She's good at her job and a pleasure to watch. (I recognized her charm when I saw her interview Liam Neeson. Ms. Storm could hardly conceal her attraction to the actor. It was endearing---and not a bad interview.)

A small media hubbub has erupted this week after one of her colleagues, the always noxious Tony Kornheiser, recently tore into Storm on air for the cloth...

Forgive if you have already seen this at OpEdNews.com; it seems important enough to re-post here.

Two days ago, Amy Bishop, tenure-track faculty in an Alabama English Department, opened fire on her colleagues during a department meeting, killing three.

The media consensus at the time the story broke circled around "having been recently denied tenure" as a motive. Yesterday, Glenn Beck blames the radical ideology he most fear...

I googled the term, "vaginal rejuvenation": 1,020,000 hits. So many ads. Here’s a sample from www.Gynaecosmetics.com, a UK site explaining the range of cosmetic vaginal surgeries available and offering a rationale for most of these procedures. For example, for vaginoplasty, or vaginal tightening: “vaginal relaxation, which occurs when the vaginal supports lose their tone, strength and control. The vagina becomes quite roomy and slack…”

Ok. Wait. My ...

from: April 2009

My step-son hits. When he’s angry, he lashes out. Sweetand funny when feeling safe and unaccosted, this boy turns ugly and violentwhen he’s provoked. He has a kind face, is handsome as he can be, and his sillyjokes make his dad laugh. He is 24 years old.

Since I’ve known him these past four years, he has beenarrested twice, involved in no fewer than eight bar fights, and has moved ninetimes, switch...