1) Songs Ohia - Blue Chicago Moon
2) Pharcyde - Passin’ Me By
3) Buzzcocks - What Do I Get?
4) Money Mark - Radiate Nothing
5) PJ Harvey - 50 Foot Queenie
6) Lori Collins - Rock Boppin’ Baby
7) Roots Manuva - Evil Rabbit
8) Public Image Ltd - Imagine
9) The […]
I’ve been watching The L-Word from season one on DVD, and it’s alternately terrible and brilliant. As a series primarily about women, it definitely has its blind spots when it comes to race and class, things the writers and producers have tried to correct as the series goes on with little overall effect. […]
A painfully incomplete photo essay, but whatever. (Including kitteh pics.)
What you should read since I’m not writing:
The Most-Praised Generation Goes to Work - WSJ.com - Younger generations need more ego-stroking. We’re all narcissists.
Peggy McIntosh’s Invisible Knapsack, LOL Cat Style - via Sylvia of Problem Chylde
Cake and Cunnilingus Day - Have your cake and eat me too.
An Anecdote - “God, I don’t know, I […]
The proper response to a call to end the erasure of women of color from the public sphere does not include silencing others, much less drowning out the voices of women of color who have a direct personal and professional stake in the discussion at hand with your righteous white feminist rage. At this […]
We adopted another rescue cat this weekend. His name is Fidelio, and he’s a black persian mix with a smooshed-in face and big golden eyes. He’s a little ratty from his time spent on the streets, but he’s a sweet one.
UPDATE: This one was taken with a camera phone, so it’s not […]
After several weeks of feeling run-down and yucky, bile burps and all, I went to the doctor today and he believes that my chronic stomach aches are either a) a gall bladder problem, or b) an ulcer. Because what I need is another random health issue. At least I have insurance this time.
I […]
Chef happened across this new album by Baby Dee, who is “an American performance artist and singer/songwriter. She is a musician and transgender street legend from Cleveland who has worked with Antony and the Johnsons and many other artists on the New York scene.”
While I’m not a fan of the Antony and the Johnsons type […]
Brill:
Bitter People Increasingly Bitterer, Study Shows
A recent survey showed that bitter people in towns all over America have been becoming increasingly bitter, in no small part because of people calling them bitter.
Gordon Stillwater, a native of Elk’s Mount, Pennsylvania, denied that he was bitter. “I may be a little peeved,” he said, holstering his gun […]
And helpful tips for the rest of us.
Consider this a preview.
The Feminism series on Wikipedia is way, way more expansive than the last time I checked. In addition, the Wikipedians are also putting together a Gender Studies portal.
Go, internetz.
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