As a Favor to Me, Do This Favor For Ben

Women, I swear that I will never ask you to do anything like this again, but as a favor to me, please tell Ben about your experiences in math class.  Ben, if we do this for you, you have to promise a.) to spend some time perusing this blog and b.) listening to women when [...]

Two Things I Hate

1.  I hate when you can see that you’re being stupid about a situation, but you just can’t get over being stupid.
2.  I hate when being stupid will come closer to bringing about a situation that you fear, and you can see that and yet you continue to act stupidly.
What good is self-awareness if you [...]

Afghan Again

I’m having a real problem with my current afghan.  I haven’t ever made one like it before.  I’ve never even crocheted with cotton string/yarn and I didn’t know how to do a half double crochet until just last weekend.
But as I work on it, I’m repeatedly overcome with the most overwhelming sense of deja vu, [...]

Gloria Steinem, With All Due Respect, Kiss My Butt

If you haven’t read Gloria Steinem’s piece in the New York Times, go on over there and read it. I’ll be here when you get back.
Done?
Okay, seriously, fuck you, Steinem.
Where to start? I pick the end.
What worries me is that some women, perhaps especially younger ones, hope to deny or escape the sexual [...]

Our Bodies, Your Selves

Thanks to alert reader, JP, we learn that the anti-abortion crowd is trying a new approach–”Ladies, don’t you see? When you have an abortion, you not only end the potential for a new life, you potentially make a man feel bad, maybe not today, but someday, in the future!”
I don’t have anything more insightful to [...]