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Is It Rude To Bring A Baby To A Restaurant?
February 27, 2014 By erintothemax 13 Comments
Is it rude to bring a baby to a restaurant? Should parents get a babysitter or stay home so other patrons can have an adult conversation without the threat of crying in the background? Should mothers breastfeed their infants in the restroom because boobies don’t belong in a dining room? To all of the above: […]
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is A Rock Star
February 19, 2014 By erintothemax 5 Comments
Recently, Justice Elena Kagan gave a speech honoring Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. It is moving and wonderful. You can watch it here. The speech gives those of us who identify as feminist a lot to think about. In particular, I noticed the reoccurring theme of the strategic approach Justice Ginsburg used in her career before […]
The Push To “Lose The Baby Weight” Is Bunk
February 5, 2014 By erintothemax 6 Comments
The social and psychological push to “lose the baby weight” is among the crappier things we do to new moms. There is, even during pregnancy, a fixation on “getting your body back” that leads to pregnancy fat-talk, or the push to share how much weight you have gained. I have written before about why I […]
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Working With Police: How To Get A Permit For Your Demonstration
September 10, 2013 By erintothemax 4 Comments
The modern women’s movement, as connected by the Internet, is damn good at identifying the need for physical, in-person demonstrations and getting people to show up for them. As a general matter, however, there is less confidence in getting permits, working with police and the logistical side of getting boots in the streets. This process […]
Swapping Oppressions Is Bad Organizing: Why “Fitch The Homeless” Is No Good
May 28, 2013 By erintothemax 3 Comments
Let’s say the CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch explains that his stores don’t sell clothing for larger women, while they do for men, because they only want to market to “the cool kids.” This is outrageous and worthy of action, something many of us have done (myself included – here’s my open letter about eating disorder […]
Embarrassment Is A Powerful Tool For Social Change
May 14, 2013 By erintothemax 2 Comments
Today Minnesota will become the twelfth state, in addition to the District of Columbia, to remove discrimination against lesbian and gay people from its marriage laws. Just last year, it was the first state in the nation to defeat a ballot initiative that would have amended its constitution to ban marriage between same-sex couples — […]
It Is Extremely Important To Believe In Yourself
Never Doubt You Can Make Change
I believe in you. I believe in you so much. Shit, woman, it doesn’t matter: You can make change whether or not your parents think you’ll amount to anything, your boss treats you like a pile of dirt, your teacher or professor thinks you are the second coming of some debunked mental health condition, your boyfriend (oh, God, your boyfriend) wants to be supportive but just doesn’t get it, your girlfriend believes in you against the wishes of everyone else, anything or everything or nothing at all, you … [Keep Reading ...]
Cosmo Says Male-Dominated Workplaces Are Great Places To Score A Date
March 10, 2014 By erintothemax 1 Comment
For decades, Cosmopolitan magazine has been enthusiastically converting the mainstream, feel-bad-about-yourself mythology of girl-meets-guy into a mainstream, monthly infection. You’re supposed to only want guys (duh), and be validated through men (it’s so exciting!), and make yourself pretty so he’ll like you (eat a smaller lunch and tone those glutes!) and taking this matter into […]