Here’s a fun game for those at home: See how long you can click through, before you get too depressed to continue. Teenager, go-go dancer, hooker, teenager, “MILF”… yep, that’s enough for me! Who’s Number One? Ellen Ripley? Seems reasonable. And that’s when I clicked “close gender.”
Hello from vivacious Austin! I’ve just wrapped up two days of panels and events and already I’ve seen some amazing things. Here are the two best events I’ve attended so far: Clay Shirky’s “Why Would We Think Social Media is Revolutionary?” was absolutely engrossing. Shirky explained that social media tools can act as leverage in […]
Hey! Are you in Boston? Are you bored? Swing on by Ye Olde Ticknor Lounge, then! For the Feminist Coming Out Day Panel is upon us! Here are the details for you: Harvard College Ticknor Lounge 7:30 – 8:30 PM First off, we will have the Blogging As A Career Panel! I will not be […]
Friends: You may have noticed that Tiger Beatdown is a little quieter than usual. There are several reasons for this. For one, there is the Bi-Coastal Tiger Beatdown Tour happening right now, with me writing this on a bus to Boston, and Garland heading off to Austin for the SXSW. (“The South” is a coast, […]
So, I have a TRUE BAD FEMINIST CONFESSION for you all: There were some really awesome rallies this last Saturday for Planned Parenthood and the right to, um, basic genital-related medical procedures, and I did not go to a single one. I planned to! My gentleman caller and I made some extremely funny and inappropriate […]
Monday, February 28, 2011
Next month I will be speaking at South By Southwest! I’ve been invited to lead a core conversation on Dealing With Internet Drama in the Feminist Discourse with the event’s creator, Rachel McCarthy James of Deeply Problematic. One of the perks of speaking at SXSW is a free badge for the Film and Interactive festivals. Here […]
Friday, February 25, 2011
Women should not wear a tube top if they would like justice for their rape. If they are raped, it had damn well be “forcible.” If you do get an abortion do not be from Virginia! Or Georgia! If you are from Georgia you will send his excellency Bobby Franklin your sanitary napkins (Not the real […]
Friday, February 25, 2011
[Devery Doleman is a woman. A woman with a QUEST FOR JUSTICE! She has asked those of us at Tiger Beatdown to aid her in bringing a killer to light. As quasi-responsible bloggers, we have no choice but to aid her in this quest. Read her story of mystery and suspense below.] Dear Representative Franklin: […]
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Oh, hey there, my non-fetal friends. Would you believe it’s been an entire week, since I first hacked this blog and transformed it into a safe space for Fetus-Americans? I know! I know! That’s 1/12th of a trimester! OR SOMETHING. And at this point, I’m pretty sure I’ve won you all over with my radical […]
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Oh, hello again! It’s me! And by “me,” I mean “Grizzly Fetus!” As I usually do. Since I am Grizzly Fetus. Sorry, you girls are so simple in the mind-brain that I often feel compelled to give you a little extra explanation. Don’t remember me yet? Oh! Let me remind you, YOU BIG OLD SIMPLETONS: […]