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Monthly Archives: February 2009

The Weapon

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Every now and again, I come on something that I feel I can’t even begin to address. Every now and then, I come on something that I have to address. This is both: Samira Ahmed Jassim, 51, is accused of recruiting more than 80 women to become human bombs, including 28 who carried out attacks. […]

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My Mom:

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

A) Enjoyed the sensitive folk-rock hits of the Seventies; also, Stevie Nicks.B) Tried to raise me as a vegetarian and a person unconfined by traditional gender roles of generations past; was successful on one count.C) Was really, really pretty. (Still is, in fact!)D) Bought me this EFFING AWESOME SWIMSUIT.

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Um, WHAT? Whoa.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Psychologists, child development specialists, and all concerned with the development of personality, take note: it is twenty-six years later, and I have still not stopped making this face.

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Things That Have Cheered Me Up: An Interblog Mixtape, Because I Love You

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

People! It is February! Do you know what that means? Well, I will tell you what it means around Ye Olde Tyger Beatdowne: it means I am going to be incredibly bummed out for the next twenty-eight days. Seriously, February: what gives? You are cold, and you are dark, and you have none of the […]

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Why Not?

Monday, February 2, 2009

To me, political lesbianism continues to make intrinsic sense because it reinforces the idea that sexuality is a choice, and we are not destined to a particular fate because of our chromosomes. I also suspect that it is very difficult to spend your daily life fighting against male violence, only to share a bed with […]

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Dear Daily Mail:

Monday, February 2, 2009

Are you fucking kidding me: We should examine the double standards in operation [regarding female novelists who write about sex]. There’s virtually no market for men to write about Lothario-style conquests. Nor would they be hailed as freedom fighters if they did dare to write a warts-and-all account of pulling women… Nor can I imagine […]

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