Hello Darling Ones, I’ve worked myself into a barely coherent paroxysm of rage over 89.3 The Current’s Essential Debut Albums poll. I love/hate when they do these kinds of lists. Love: I am a musicgeek/pop…
Posts tagged sexism
The COVID Diaries: A Forest of Dick Pics from Men I Do Not Know
Dear Darling Ones, I am not an avid Facebook user. In fact, I genuinely hate it. Back when I worked at The Nerdery (2009) my pal Malmsy asked me if he should get on Facebook…
The COVID Diaries: Eat a Peach
Dear Darling Ones, The problem with starting a daily diary in the middle of the plague is that you get a little superstitious that if you don’t update one day everyone will think you have…
Day 108 of 200: On Listening to Sinead’s ‘Emperor’s New Clothes’
I was 16 the first time I passionately stated an opinion and after a grown man laughed at me and said, “Tell us what you really think.” It was Mr. Davids who laughed at me….
Day 91 of 200: Things We Need a Word For
1.) That feeling you get when you think you have eaten all your Potato Oles and then you dig into the bag for your taco and you find not one, but two more Potato Oles….
Yes, Even Me
My mind is full. The messages are contradictory. I need to write today and I haven’t yet. When I get around to it, my main character Cora will buckle under the weight of responsibility. I…
6 essential books from the last 25 years written by women
One of my Twitter pals admitted today that after reading my post about Flavorpill’s awful sexist literary lists he realized there were no books written by women in his list of personal favorites. I pondered…
10 of Flavorpill’s most sexist literary lists
10 essential books from the last 25 years includes only one book written by a woman, White Teeth by Zadie Smith. Top 10 Sidekicks in Literature, one Hermione from Harry Potter, only mentioned in conduction…
Do not be hushed
Today is International Women’s Day. To celebrate we should all point out sexism when we see it and not be hushed when people tell us we’re always pointing out things that are sexist. Do not…
Assumptions I could make based on what I see in commercials
Men don’t ever have any preconceived expectations when it comes to gifts, and are never disappointed by what might be a totally lame present. Clearly, this is a territory wholly owned by women and while…