Tag Archives: gender roles
Ambiguous feelings about Turkey
TweetAfter graduating from high school, I decided to take a gap year. College will always be here; nothing will change about it. Many things happened to me during high school-an accident, my grandfather’s death, etc- and I never took the time to actually cope with them; I was always rushing, always focusing on my schoolwork [...]
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Where is Feminism in the Democratic Family?
TweetJudging by Michelle Obama’s speech, feminism is dead to the Democratic party. A few nods to feminism, with catch-phrase references to glass ceilings and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act cannot atone for valorizing mid-twentieth-century gender roles. A riveting speaker, Mrs. Obama (she apparently prefers the retrograde ‘Mrs.’) surely captured the audience’s hearts with her [...]
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Wife Strike.
Tweet A SYTYCB Entry. I live in Texas. Everything down here is a little slower, including policy reform and the southern drawl, yall. So what’s a feminist to do when she ties the knot, and moves in with her new hubby? Go on wife strike, I suppose. Here is a post I wrote when shit [...]
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“Do you want me to pay for dinner?” and other awkward questions
TweetAn interesting point was recently brought to my attention by a male friend: it’s hard to respect someone’s expectations about things like going dutch and gestures like holding doors open when you don’t know what those expectations are, but asking about them can be awkward and come off as rude. When you’re dating in a [...]
On female nudity