Tag Archives: 60s
how many times do we have to say feminists like sex?
Oh, Ada, Katie Roiphe’s anti-feminist enfant terrible persona is so tiresome. In almost everything she writes she blames puritanical feminists for making sex no fun. But it’s hard for me to take her celebration of Norman Mailer’s violent sex scenes … Continue reading
jessica simpson and the butch-femme aesthetic
90s bisexuality! I wrote my undergraduate Women’s Studies thesis on it. And I actually think that sexual fluidity is a not-unimportant thing to bring up in this conversation. But first: I was thinking about how Gaga/Beyonce is a feminist statement … Continue reading
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Chapter One: Did Someone Say Male Gaze?
Ada, I’m not sure I’m going to get into a PhD program, because I have spent my morning watching Beyonce and Lady Gaga on repeat instead of working on my applications. (But if I have to go back to my … Continue reading
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Solanas vs. Polanski
I totally agree with you. And with that forgotten 90swoman Jewel. I saw the Polanski documentary on HBO last year and thought it was appalling how it insinuated that because Polanski has had terrible things happen to him, because the … Continue reading
Hello, 90s Women!
Last month at the thrilling and important show Our Hit Parade, Bridget Everett ended a long speech about her sexual exploits with the line, “What can I say? I’m a 90s woman.” Kara and I cracked up and laughed for … Continue reading
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