Tag Archives: Books
On “Guyland,” and how Michael Kimmel has some catching up to do
TweetToday I finished reading Michael Kimmel’s book Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men. I wrote a previous post calling out Kimmel for his failure to speak out for women as valuable human beings, blaming this failure primarily on his choice to narrate his book from the perspective of the (awful) men he’s depicting. [...]
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‘On the Road’ with a feminist
Tweet Last week I took myself out on a date to see On the Road, the movie based on Kerouac’s novel of the same title. I read the book this past year while I was in France, and I really liked it. I mean, I’m obsessed with traveling and rambling kooky prose so, how could I [...]
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Craigslist and accepting myself as a woman living alone
TweetI might as well say it out loud. I sometimes date men off of Craigslist. It a mixed-bag of cock and ab pics, men who are looking for sex-only relationships, kink, and men who are looking for ltrs (long term relationships). Recently, I posted an ad, looking for a brotherly type man to hang out [...]
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In the game of feminism, you win or you… well, no, you pretty much just win.
Tweet A SYTYCB entry In a recent interview, George R.R. Martin, the author of the fantasy saga A Song of Ice and Fire, on which the popular HBO television series Game of Thrones is based, said something that brought a triumphant grin to my face. George Stephanopolous: There’s one thing that’s interesting about your books. [...]
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Brave little girls: I know you are, but what am I?