Kudos to the Las Vegas Gleaner for reminding me of just how blindly afraid of women the heartland really is. (And that’s saying something, because I’m pretty much always on red alert for these kinds of things.) In one of his posts today the Gleaner hits the mark about our fear of female political candidates…
I love this! Leonard Nimoy (yes, the man who played Spock on the original Star Trek) has a new traveling photography exhibition and upcoming book, The Full Body Project, dedicated to nude portraits of fat women, but in a good way. Excuse my art ignorance, but apparently Nimoy is an established art photographer. But apparently…
One of the things I believe as a feminist is that on some issues there are no wrong answers, even though we tend to go at each other relentlessly over them. Take motherhood, which is perhaps the most fought-over decision a woman makes (aside from abortion). Should every woman have a baby? If she does,…
Check out this image from today’s Washington Post. (Thanks to Feministing for the cropped image.) The larger version of this illustration and accompanying story are about the health consequences of wearing high heels. I admit to owning my share of mules and I already know they do damage. (Duh!) What irritates me about this image…
Bust magazine is looking for “America’s Next Top Bustie,” or women who model their own style to put in their magazine. While I generally like the magazine, I think it would be great if women who sent in their photos of their unique style also represented more than the average fashion model standards. I say,…
The Sin City Siren 