About/for my dad
Since today is Father's Day, I want to take some time to reflect on my dad, and try to start giving voice to some ideas and pain and anger that have been simmering in my mind.My dad died this past...
View ArticleNo Kidding: Academic Style
Last week, a good (lesbian, childfree, professor) friend sent me an article from an issue of the Palgrave MacMillian journal Feminist Review from 2003. I've tended to stay away from these sorts of...
View ArticleOn Our Radar
Friday is linkday!Bitch Leadership Council member and Feminist Coming Out Day organizer Lena Chen shares her experiences writing a popular sex blog as a college student on Salon.RH Reality Check passes...
View ArticlePreacher's Daughter: Why Do We Have to Be "Born This Way"?
Yesterday, Republican Presidential hopeful Herman Cain clashed with Piers Morgan about whether or not people are born gay. Here's the video:The important thing to know is that Cain sets out saying that...
View ArticleVisi(bi)lity: Cynthia Nixon and the Politics of Labels
As I've read through the comments on my first two posts (thank you for those, by the way!), I've noticed an interesting trend that relates to what I want to talk about today: A lot of folks seem to...
View ArticleVisi(bi)lity: Post-Bi? What Skins Can Teach Us About Labels
Throughout this series, we've talked a lot about labels. Identifying as gay or straight can be complicated enough; for those of us somewhere in the middle, it gets even trickier. Discussions over "bi"...
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