“What’s Galentine’s Day? Oh, it’s only the best day of the year.” Leslie Knope said it best. Made popular by Amy Poehler's character on Parks and Recreation, Galentine's Day is observed on February 13th, the day before Valentine's Day. It's an occasion to get your girlfriends together and ...
A feminist book list: books that inspired my soul
Hello, friends! I know what you're thinking: We never see you on a Tuesday! Well I'm sure you remember that awesome giveaway that I won (and am obviously still not over) on Kelly's blog. Besides this lovely blog design, I also got the opportunity to hang out on Brita's sidebar for the month of ...
Not a good enough feminist
I don't typically dedicate much of my writing on this blog to feminism. I enjoy reading the well thought out pieces that appear on The F-Word link-up each month and always leave me with little niggling thoughts (like Brita's hilarious satire on married names and Kelly's thoughts on sexist language), ...
On the inherent sexism in wedding ceremonies
As I wrote about in one of last month's Something Blue posts, Spencer and I are having a less than traditional ceremony in that we're being married outside in a field, not inside a church, and his uncle will be doing the honors, not a preacher. However, I had planned to include many of the wedding ...