Critical Thought… She-Hulk: Is Marvel Failing Feminism? 22 Oct 2022 I won't name her, but YouTube decided to hit me with a video the other day about how woke superhero Hollywood was failing women. It begins with an article supporting…
#HeForShe… In Which One is Critical of Gender Critical Gender 10 Oct 2022 I saw a Twitter post the other day asking why the recent Jon Stewart piece was doing everything with respect to women rather than men. It seemed like an odd…
Anxiety… Mental Health and Sexuality 9 Aug 20219 Aug 2021 We need to begin this post with a pure truth: definitions describe; they do not prescribe. Some definitions are by their nature comparative. For example, I could describe myself as…
#HeForShe Toxic Femininity Does Not Exist 26 Nov 2019 "Toxic masculinity" is shorthand for "the pressures of social expectations of traditional masculinity resulting in violence". As I talk through the matter with intelligent people who disagree, who claim that…
#HeForShe… The Demisexual Feminist 4 Jun 2019 I learned a new word recently! Hooray! Demisexual. Feel free to Google the term, the top results are safe for work. What one will find is various lists of criteria…
#HeForShe #NotAllMen 18 Feb 201914 Mar 2019 "Men are despicable." And then it comes: "Not all men!" It's more likely to come if the original speaker was a woman. I have often made the same arguments as…
#HeForShe… Because (An Open Letter to the Daughter I May Never Meet) [Redux] 17 Jan 201914 Mar 2022 Dear Alice Kathryn, Hey there, Ally Kat. You know, even before I met your mother I had dreams about you. Your mom and I would be laying on a couch…
#HeForShe Schrödinger’s Gender Pay Gap 4 Jul 201814 Mar 2019 Today I write from atop the fence of the gender wage gap issue. Some wonder why feminism is still a thing and consider it a four-letter word. Some wonder why…
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