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On Yoplait, eating disorders, and crappy marketing
I read this great article just before I went to bed last night about that stupid Yoplait bargaining commercial: “Why eat actual cheesecake when you can choke down a really disgusting artificially-sweetened approximation of cheesecake in semi-liquid form out of … Continue reading
NaPoWriMo–Day 8
I accidentally took feminist poetry my freshman year in college. “Accidental” because it wasn’t the class I’d signed up for; the class I’d signed up for was about narrative structure and symbolism in fairy tales, but there was some clerical … Continue reading
Amazing quote
“I call myself a patriarchal woman because I was socially programmed, as are most women and men, not to see the ways in which women are oppressed by traditional gender roles. I say that I’m recovering because I learned to … Continue reading
Heidi Jones and rape culture pt. 2
Does the ugh ever end? I became aware of this case in two ways: first, I saw it on MSN’s homepage where the headline said that she lied about an assault (which my mind took to mean mugging and which … Continue reading
Also this
which I definitely used to be guilty of (and at times still am). Sentiments like this have helped me be more aware of reinforcing stereotypes through perpetuation of gendered language.
Footsteps On Concrete 