One of my favorite moments is when a guy, at that certain point in a relationship, says something desperately hopeful like, 'Are you on the pill?' I simply say, 'No, are you?
Relationships
I get my first paycheck. We are paid once a month, which requires the kind of budgeting I am incapable of. Life is unpleasant after the twenty-third or so. I've been a graduate student for so long it's hard to fathom that one check can have four numbers and change. Then I see how much The Man takes. Damn The Man.
Life, Humour
I would rather be a bad feminist than no feminist at all.
Women, Feminism, Woman
To read narrowly and shallowly is to read from a place of ignorance.
Reading, Ignorance
More troubling than this oddly timed debate about birth control is the vehemence with which women need to justify or explain why they take birth control - health reasons, to regulate periods, you know, as if there's anything wrong with taking birth control simply because you want to have sex without that sex resulting in pregnancy.
Sex
When I drive to work, I listen to thuggish rap at a very loud volume even though the lyrics are degrading to women and offend me to my core. The classic Ying Yang Twins song 'Salt Shaker'? It's amazing.
Women, Music
If people cannot be flawed in fiction there's no place left for us to be human.
Literature
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