Tag Archives | Bitching

Killing the Muse

By on July 28, 2010 in But I'm a Writer

My “day job”, as it were, is seriously stifling my creativity. I spend all day doing things that are antithetical to creative thought. Filing, answering phones, fetching coffee. Not exactly stimulating work. My writing has to take a back seat, because the only time I have to work on it during the day is at [...]

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Is White Really the Combination of All Colors?

By on July 13, 2010 in Color Lines, Media Matters, Politics As Usual

This “family feud” has been mentioned in blog post after blog post, so I’ll keep the history short. Big “feminist” site Jezebel posts about female comedy writers not being represented in the staffing of The Daily Show. Big “feminist” site XX Factor posts about how hypocritical it is for Jezebel to post something controversial to [...]

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Street Harassment Season Begins!

By on June 16, 2010 in Feminist Struggle, The Body Politic

Yesterday I experienced some of the worst sexual harassment I’ve had happen to me in a long time. I was standing on a corner, waiting to cross the street, and a man walks up to me and asks me if I’m married. I said yes, hoping the conversation would end there, which of course was [...]

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My Fat, Your Issues

By on May 15, 2010 in Talkin' Greasy, The Body Politic

So yesterday Jezebel contacted me and asked if they could republish “As Fat As I Wanna Be”, which I posted here I think a few days ago. Here’s the Jezebel link and all the glorious comments I’m preparing to shred. There are definitely those at Jezebel who get it, who don’t miss my point, and [...]

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I Talk Like This Cause I Can Back It Up

By on May 3, 2010 in Talkin' Greasy

I’m in a bitch of a mood today and I just want to clear some things up for those who don’t really know me, which I guess is most of you. I’m new to the “blogging” game although I’ve been doing zines and online diaries since ’97, but if you don’t know me from that [...]

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