Home repairs
I could make a whole blog bitching about other blogs. (Wait, have I?) Exhibit A: a post on Feministing about home repairs. The post struck me as gee this sucks, but help me brainstorm solutions. The...
View ArticleProstitution: doing versus being
So there’s a proposed change to the legislation in Illinois to increase penalties for pimping and soliciting or patronizing. I don’t feel like getting into why more laws doesn’t mean better right now,...
View ArticleJohns might become felons.
Illinois HB 6195 is a bill to increase the penalty for soliciting a prostitute to a felony. It’s part of this whole end demand in Illinois campaign. You’ll be hearing a lot about this bill from me in...
View ArticleBurnout: also known as insurmountable fuckery
You know, I never thought that I would, but I got burnt out. I’m taking a hiatus from activism for a couple of months to hopefully get my steam up. I think I always expected to maybe someday get burn...
View ArticleCrying in bathrooms on your birthday.
I spent part of my 21st birthday in the bathroom crying. We were all out at a bar. I don’t remember why, but I remember that my ex-boyfriend made me cry. I had some sort of terribly deluded idea that I...
View ArticleJane’s Manifesta to Guys In Bars
(Note: I wrote this post when I was pretty drunk after being hit on in a bar. I shelved it until I sobered up. Now I think it’s fucking hilarious. You only wish you could hang out with Wasted Jane...
View ArticleCongress tries to make IDs mandatory for prepaid phones.
Have you heard about this? The claim is that it will cut down on terrorism. Or something. I mean, invoke terrorism, and our rights are always out the window. I happen to use a prepaid cell phone for...
View ArticleI’m not your Proof.
Okay, feminists, let’s get real about something. I’m getting pretty fucking sick of the use of people with eating disorders to make some sort of point about the patriarchy. We are people who have had...
View ArticleUh, hi, world.
In case you didn’t notice, I haven’t been blogging. (Although that hasn’t stopped the trolls, it seems.) I’ve had a string of really fucking shit things happen in my life that have stopped me from...
View ArticleSex Work and Sob Stories
I love Serpent’s post so much I have write my own. I think it’s very important to point out the types of harms sex workers face that don’t get the press, don’t get the attention of anti-traffickers and...
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