Rule, Brittaniea! A 10-ticket thrill ride
Hester Prynne, the first riot grrrl
From The Scarlet Letter*
Indeed, the same dark question often rose into her mind, with reference to the whole race of womanhood. Was existence worth accepting, even to the happiest among them? As concerned her own individual existence, she had long ago decided in the negative, and dismissed the point as settled. A tendency to speculation, [...]
“To Kanye”
— verb (used with object)
1. to demonstrate male privilege right egregiously, to interrupt the woman speaking and dispense your “wisdom”
The inimitable Jessica Hopper used this term in a recent blog post about a man in her gardening class who kept trying to finish the (female) master botanist’s sentences with incorrect information. Constantly.
…never raising his hand, [...]
Innnnnnteresting…
Columnist Ann Landers once did an informal survey of her readers back in the 1970’s. The single question she asked of them was: “If you had it to do over again, would you still have children?” A surprising 70% said “no.”
From a MeFi thread on the rudest of all rude questions, “So… when are you [...]
Soul Nite
CLH and I got married at the original Aurora Picture Show church and yet, in all our years together and in Houston we’ve never been members. We go to tons of their events and pay full price for each one, and we’ve always talked about joining but just never have.
Until Friday.
All last week I was [...]
Me gusta la Vespa
Helmet Hair Magazine, a Texas-based magazine catering to women who ride motorcycles, has branched into covering the scooterist lifestyle too. I have a column in their brand new section, Scooteristas Unite.
Bib #33799
My finish in the Aramco Houston Half Marathon at 2:27:30, under my goal of 2:30 with room to spare, and right at 50% compared to the other runners. It was my first half marathon, and my second race ever. It was hard but I know I could have pushed myself harder. It’s still a PR!
You [...]
I voted for her. Twice.
Remember winter, the four hours of it we had in Houston? John Stewart thinks this is related.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
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World of Warmcraft
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The perils of being female in Korea
The Awl’s take on The Korea Times’ report that one in five South Korea women are starving themselves to be “beautiful.” No shit!
If you asked a South Korean woman to draw what she thought she looked like on a wall in crayon, she would FORGET THE TASK BECAUSE SHE IS SO HUNGRY.
Even I wasn’t immune [...]
My boyfriend
Jezebel’s list of the sexiest men *not* included in Life’s Sexiest Men of the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s includes Jean-Paul Belmondo. Vindicated!
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