Posted on February 29, 2008 by Dashaway
Get ready for some new-ness! As my blogging partner, femmemeister, stated in an earlier post, we’ve decided to author our own posts from here on out. This will allow you to direct all hate (or love!) at one of us specifically if we happen to write something insane or awesome… or insanely awesome. Also, [...]
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Posted on February 29, 2008 by femmemeister
Today is a Leap Year! It only comes around once every four years, so there is something a bit magical about the Brigadoon-like February 29. So, go have fun (it is Friday, after all)–but first, some bits o’ seriousness.
This is an extra day–a freebie. So perhaps you can take some time to [...]
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Posted on February 29, 2008 by Dashaway
Unlike my blogging partner, I actually showed up on time to the Father Wild forum (…meaning that I didn’t have an evening graduate class with a sweet professor. Jealous!). Anyways, as femmemeister stated, a round of us feminists showed up last Tuesday to smash some patriarchy. Okay, not really, we just asked a couple questions. The [...]
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Posted on February 28, 2008 by femmemeister
Since some of you guys were wondering which one of us was writing which posts, my blogging partner and I have decided to create separate IDs for ourselves.From now on, we will be appearing as our individual log-ins when we do individual posts/comments, and as “thewordwarrior” if we are doing a joint post.This will enable [...]
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Posted on February 27, 2008 by Dashaway
WAS AWESOME. A Big Thanks to all who showed up. There were quite a few of you! I Hope you all enjoyed the program and discussion as much as I did. We covered a lot in the time that was given, but there is so much more to talk about… which is why it’s great [...]
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Posted on February 27, 2008 by Dashaway
A great response to the LA times article that we blogged about a couple days ago was written in the LA times today. The piece, written by SAFER board member, Nora Niedzielski-Eichner, directly addresses the problems with the article and the larger problems with sexual assault and sexual violence prevention and awareness programming that many college campuses face today.
In [...]
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Posted on February 27, 2008 by femmemeister
Remember how we told y’all about the Father Wild forum? (If you don’t remember, here’s the post.) Well, seven of us Marquette feminists were in attendance (a pretty good turn-out, if I don’t say so myself!), and we had the opportunity to ask Father Wild several questions.Unfortunately, I showed up rather late, so [...]
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Posted on February 26, 2008 by Dashaway
Check out this sweet viewpoint in the trib today from Lauren Demshar. It’s fantastic. Read. Read. Read. And comment on its sweetness if you want!
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Posted on February 26, 2008 by femmemeister
Jacky Fleming: a cool illustrator and activist fighting against sexual violence, domestic violence, and sex trafficking.Go visit her site, read this sweet interview, and in the meantime, enjoy this cartoon:
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Posted on February 25, 2008 by femmemeister
Since it’s a rainy Monday, you all should do some reading. Here are two articles, each with an off-the-charts level of What-the-Fuckness. Aren’t y’all lucky? (I got these articles from feministing.com, which is the BESTEST blog ever–even better than this one!)
What the Fuck #1: Doctors in Canada are refusing to give [...]
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