Archive for April, 2009

Beauty pageants are stupid
April 24, 2009

It’s always been kind of hard for me to articulate why I think beauty pageants are so ridiculous. On one hand, I think they are exploitative, sexist, and reward women for living up to misogynistic societal standards of beauty. On the other hand, these women obviously have a right to choose to participate so who [...]

Groundbreaking DV psa
April 8, 2009

 This is one of the best PSA’s on domestic violence I have ever seen. It shows us that women in any socio-economic group are at risk of being abused. http://jezebel.com/5195435/keira-knightley-beaten-in-domestic-violence-ad