feminism

22 Jan 2016

How To Not Get Raped at the Gym (and other lessons I’m learning as a Transwoman)

The gym is a complicated place for most transgender people. Thankfully, the one I belong to has been awesome throughout my transition. I started working out there a few months before going on hormones, wanting to get a jump on the muscle atrophy and weight gain estrogen so lovingly provides.

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14 Aug 2015

A Review of the Porn Documentary ‘Hot Girls Wanted’

Stella May and her mom are having the birth control talk. Stella is visiting home for the first time since she left Texas to do porn in Miami. She tells her mom she isn’t on the pill, but she is taking precautions, ‘Don’t worry, mom,’ she says, ‘The guy does it on you instead of in you.’

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30 Jul 2015

COMEDIANS YOU SHOULD KNOW: KRIS ACIMOVIC AND LAURA GREY

I got to hang out with comedy duo Kris Acimovic and Laura Grey aka ‘CrazyBitch/CrazyPussy‘ in Union Square a few days ago. These ladies are as funny off the stage as they are on. Their sharp wit and endearing modesty made them an absolute joy to chat with. I came

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15 Jun 2015

Profile of a Modern-Day Adventurer: Train Hopping & Hitchhiking in America

Ever wanted to just drop everything and go? Ever wanted to run away and join the circus, live a life on the high seas, train hop, hitch hike, explore abandoned buildings and have the greatest adventure of all? Adventure, along with a problematic lack of patience, is what entices me

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13 Apr 2015

10 Reasons You Should NOT Give Your Money to Broke-Ass Stuart’s Indiegogo Campaign

This post is sponsored by Citizens Against Broke-Ass Stuart. Apparently Broke-Ass Stuart is doing an indiegogo campaign so that he can grow his website, pay his writers, and continue creating what he calls “dope shit”. We at Citizens Against Broke-Ass Stuart don’t think you should give him money to do this

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09 Apr 2015

Tiny Baby, Tiny Apartment (Part 5): Going Back to Work Sucks Balls

You just had a baby and you’re cruising through maternity leave.  Five minutes ago your baby was a newborn — a cozy little blob of goo who slept peacefully on your chest between feedings.  Now she yells and laughs, she kicks you and yanks your hair.  She faces out in

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17 Mar 2015

Win A One-Year Subscription To Bust Magazine!

  It is no secret that Abbi and Ilana of Broad City are my spirit animals, so lucky me, they adorn the cover of an issue of Bust Magazine! Bust Magazine is a bi-monthly print magazine and online community for fierce, funny, and feminist pop-culture junkies. Founders of the BUST Craftacular

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03 Mar 2015

Femsplaining: a Safe Space for Women Online

After a few weeks of chasing I was finally able to catch the brains behind the new lady-centric website Femsplain. Amber Gordon is leading the charge for a site that is for women by women and just wrapping a successful Kickstarter for the site. Femsplain creates a safe environment for

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