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Some more views across the blogoshpere on the recent controversy surrounding Marcotte and BFP. However, it is not just about one incident but a whole history of appropriating ideas from people of color in order to…

Fetch me my axe: Taking credit for other womens’ work isn’t feminist. It’s just tacky.

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or, as Sudy puts it, "Stop Stealing."Look. It's not that difficult a concept. A woman who's under the radar, relative to you, posts important news stories that are, in turn, under the radar. Both…

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Yeah, okay, what -if-?

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I decided to go a slightly different route this time.I -was- going to write this post mostly about how in fact this does work in what some of us laughingly know as the "real world." How I have attended a…

Passive-aggressive comment of the day

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over to Dear White Feminists. this was cute, I liked this, I really did:I’ll be honest: perhaps it’s because I’m a “white feminist,” or perhaps it’s because I’m a professor of English, but I found the…

He don't get no respect!

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And I feel just awful about it.Oh, this is not how I meant to draw attention to the original post (the above-linked) or at all, possibly. Basically, the original post is kind of wonderful, a genuine example of feminist…

Dear Jay Leno: This is my gayest look, from me to you:

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Yes! That's right! It's the CLEAR-EYED LESBIAN GAZE OF DOOM. Tremble before its power, Jay Leno (you douchebag). Tremble, I say!Shakesville has moar.