i hate the finger-pointing title of this article, but it is otherwise hilarious. 5. Problem: Your Vagina Tastes Bad Solution: Vagina Mints If your partner is reluctant to give you oral sex, it’s not because of pervasive cultural belief that cunnilingus is complicated to the point of being impossible and that vaginas are inherently icky [...]
Posts Tagged ‘makeup’
6 weird products for vaginas
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cultural shame, genitalia, makeup on January 31, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Emma Goldman strikes again
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged anarcha-feminism, emma goldman, expectations, gender roles, identity, makeup, patriarchy, personal, power, second wave, sexualization, shaving, third wave on August 3, 2009 | 7 Comments »
[Woman] can give suffrage or the ballot no new quality, nor can she receive anything from it that will enhance her own quality. Her development, her freedom, her independence must come from and through herself. First, by asserting herself as a personality, and not as a sex commodity. Second, by refusing the right of anyone [...]
Our society is relationshipist.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cultural shame, feminism, makeup, relationshipism on December 29, 2008 | 16 Comments »
I was shocked to discover two years ago that I see the “perfect me” as someone in a relationship. And I still haven’t figured out how to break free from this expectation. And I think I know why. It seems nearly every classic story, if it has a happy ending, ends with a wedding, a [...]
a book: female chauvinist pigs
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ariel levy, chauvinism, democratization, girls gone wild, howard stern, makeup, pornography, raunch culture, sexualization on December 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
i’m reading this book, Female Chauvinist Pigs: The Rise of Raunch Culture, by ariel levy. it talks about the increased visibility of sexual expression, in the form of exhibitionism and raunchiness, as evidenced by shows such as girls gone wild, howard stern, as well as the appropriation of pornography by mainstream american culture. it talks [...]