Mothers with dangerous voices.
Today is the shared birthday of three woman who inspire me in all parts of my life- my parenting, my studies, my activism, my art, my sexuality, my feminism and my belief in radical love: Yoko Ono, Toni Morrison and
Eat. Fuck. Travel.
Nic came to visit the Bay this week. It’s been a few months since we’ve seen each other. Last time I flew down to LA to spend a few days with her and her son. This time, she spent the
Evolutionary Psychology is a discipline of make believe.
We have a cultural concept that assumes a genetic hard-wiring to gender roles and sexual behavior. This cultural assumption is disseminated through popular media, creating a form of ‘pop-evo-psych’. In a 2009 article published in the journal Feminist Media Studies,
Shades Magazine and Sex Positive Media
“We live in a culture that puts so much pressure on women to box themselves in. We’re taught that there is too great a cost for us to indulge in questioning and exploration, that time is of the essence, that
I think I’m gonna stop now
“Stop what?” right? That’s the natural question to follow a declarative headline like that. Maybe even a little panic: “No! Don’t stop doing anything! You’re awesome, do more!” Which makes me smile. Because I want to do more, in fact,