Sex works for fashion, but does fashion work for sex?
Planned Parenthood released a line of swank condoms entitled, “Proper Attire” with the tagline, “Required for entry” in preparation for National Condom Week 2008, or last week (aka, Valentine’s Day equals a week of sex).
The condoms come in four styles: basic (plain), color, dots, or XL. They are packaged in threes, at $6. Only to […]
Born again BookWoman
The local feminist bookstore, BookWoman, had a run of bad luck last December and couldn’t find a balance after tippy-toeing around piling slips of debt indication.
BookWoman has been around since the second-wave flutters of the ’70s– And has stayed around to become one of the remaining 12 feminist bookstores in the nation.
The owner, Susan Post, […]
Spring, women, and art
Women and their Work, your women’s art gallery down Lavaca, has released its spring exhibit schedule.
Feb. 21-March 29, Katy Heinlein: Unknown Pleasures: sculpture work using fabric as a medium. Take that mid-50s housewife. The opening reception is Feb. 21- 6-8 p.m.
April 19, Women and their Work 30th Anniversary Art Party: video art on 15 different […]
BlogHer Business announces speakHers
Incredible BlogHer site, the community blogsite for women, has an annual conference where businesswomen sit around and talk about blogging. They also have another conference where non-businesswomen sit around and talk about blogging…and eat lunch.
Yesterday they announced the speakers for the conference, to be seen here. One of the speakers is actually the co-founder of […]
Presidential debate? Um, you aren’t allowed.
Feb. 21 I will be at school, and so will Hillary and Barack.
But I can’t see them; I don’t have an invitation, and I don’t want to pay $50 to watch the debate with a bunch of hxc Democrats.
But if YOU do…
Hyatt Regency, 208 Barton Springs Rd., 6:30 pm to 10 pm. You get “light […]
How to be the perfect girlfriend.
“How to be the perfect girlfriend” ranked 2nd in the top-viewed videos on Videojug today, with “How to be the perfect boyfriend” ranking in at number 5. –And I could rant about the rankings but I won’t. But I wanted to compare the titles of the “steps” each video listed.
“How to be the perfect girlfriend:
1. […]
All along the border
Coming from CC, aka almost-the-valley, stories like this remind me of the lack of info they give women in the region about sex and about preventing pregnancy.
This article discusses women in Brownsville who cross the border to Mexico to retrieve pills to induce miscarriages.
Chelsea’s been “pimped”
The National Organization for Women (NOW) alerted the execs at MSNBC today that they did not tolerate the commentary from anchor David Shuster last night. Shuster called Chelsea Clinton’s work for Hillary an example of “being pimped out.”
Apologies were already made.
The phrase “being pimped out,” seems more like a hybrid phrase–there are multiple issues tied […]
Exploitation Apparel Part II
Look your best at exploiting in American Apparel.
After yesterday’s post, I thought I would research more about this. Austin is not the kind of community that welcomes racism, sexism, etc., thus unfolds the truth.
An abridged press release from AA in November of 2005:
“JUDGE DISMISSES SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAWSUIT AGAINST AMERICAN APPAREL
No Further Legal Action in the […]
American exploitation?
Exiting the Co-op after innocently buying my last textbook for school (shhh), my eyes did their normal rounds analyzing everything and everyone until they were disturbed by shiny silver. On a woman’s crotch.
When I saw fliers in what I now confirmed were a couple of womens’ hands wearing shiny underwear, it hit me. The apparel […]