Sodini scares me. A lot. I read his blog. I read it weeks ago. It reminded me of a number of things: The Game, het-cissie boys at my school, and my high school livejournal acount. Strangely all the things connecting the things it reminded me of are connected by Vassar. Neil Strauss was a Vassar [...]
Posts Tagged ‘vassar’
Darling, it is no joke. this is lycanthropy, or killing the Sodini in my head
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged lycanthropy, misogyny, pittsburgh, sodini, vassar on August 20, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Happy Belated May Day
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged May Day, politics, power, sex work, vassar on May 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Because sex workers rights are workers rights And because Workers Rights are Women’s Rights Ok so kind of unrelated stuff but stuff to see all the same. Friction is a cool blog a member of my gender and social space shared with our class. The blog is articulate, well put together, and engaging. Peridot Ash [...]
FEMALE VSA PREZ!!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged vassar on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The past five Vassar Students Association Presidents have been men. But today we wake up to a female president! Here’s to Caitlin! Hope she’s cool.
BMI Project and self lovin’
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bmi, body image, cultural shame, fatphobia, feminism, media, patriarchy, Shapely Prose, vassar on April 10, 2009 | 8 Comments »
It ain’t easy being “obese” on a campus where the trend is to be a skinny hipster. A place like Vassar should have so many happy wonderful women, and yet hardly a day goes by when I don’t hear some sort of comment come out of my mouth or a friend’s that has some self-hating [...]
Language of Ladies
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged biology, misogyny, objectification, vassar on February 28, 2009 | 6 Comments »
So Vassar offers mini-courses, small classes taught by any member of the college community who signs up and gets approved. Imagine my surprise when I saw this course on the list: The Language of Ladies Instructor: ———- Thursdays 7:00pm- 8:00pm, Rocky 101, starting March 26 This course aims to take a critical look at dating [...]
Celebrating Traditions of Oppression!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged african violets, daisy chain, education, sexism, tradition, vassar on January 8, 2009 | 7 Comments »
One thing that always ticks me off is Vassar’s constant love of traditions that should have kicked the bucket 100 years ago. Some of Vassar’s traditions I love, others not so much, which brings me to today’s topic of discussion… THE DAISY CHAIN. But what is the daisy chain you ask! I did a little [...]
