It is no accident that Enlightened Sexism, Susan J. Douglas’s new book, opens with a discussion of the Spice Girls. The Spice Girls represent the negation of feminism by commercial cooptation. Girl Power, which the Spice Girls placed front and… Read more
My facebook friends have AWESUM posts. I limit myself to under ten, that way I choose only the best to maximize your entertainment, political ire, and/or your general amazement. 1. Tim Wise on the word nigger/nigga — I love Tim Wise. I think… Read more
Recently on WMST-L, the Women’s Studies discussion list, someone posted a call for papers about porn culture. The call was clearly anti-porn and the posting provoked a brief but rapid pro-/anti-porn debate before the moderator shut it down for… Read more
Baton Rouge has a new radio station: 103.3. Well, not a new radio station but an old station with a new format. The new format is “Music for Generation X.” That’s me, of course. The old format was “Divas” — not for me. I listened to the station… Read more
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