Good intentions, atrocious execution

                You’ve all probably read Feministing’s post on the anti-female genital mutilation ad depicting a victim as a sex toy. I was immediately reminded of another well-meaning but horribly offensive campaign to raise awareness for the genocide in Sudan. MTV has launched an on-line game, “Darfur is Dying,” in which players take on the role [...]

Fave Feminist/Least Favorite Anti-feminist films

In the interest of further procrastination, I urge you STRONGLY to visit Radar’s list of the most misogynistic films of the 2000s. Done? Good.
Now, I want you to visit feministing.com ’s discussion of the list and the numerous posts about people’s favorite pro-feminism/pro-woman films. Done? Good.
Now, please share your faves [...]

“Post-Postfeminist”? WTF???

As I was happily reading stories about how the writer’s strike has been resolved (go, labor, go!), I ran across this article about Sex and the City that disturbed me in many ways, not the least of which is the following quote:
It’s clear that viewers are more than a little Sex-starved. So we couldn’t help [...]