Posts Tagged ‘ feminism ’

The Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomenon: Contemporary Fairy Tale or Porn?

April 23, 2012
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The Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomenon: Contemporary Fairy Tale or Porn?

Several weeks ago I was going to write about the E. L. James Fifty Shades of Grey book after watching a segment on the Today show about it. It was featured as the dirty little secret sweeping through suburban book clubs. The return of the bodice-ripper, with a twist…mainly BDSM (bondage, discipline, dominance, submission,...

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Who knew the word “wife” evoked such negative feelings?

February 20, 2012
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Who knew the word “wife” evoked such negative feelings?

The other day my friend Jade sent me a link to a Huffington Post article called “Is It Time To Retire The Word ‘Wife’?” I was appalled and offended, and, not for the first time in my life, disappointed in fellow females who have ever found the word “wife” objectionable. (Or, worse, something to...

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Thoughts on the housewife/stay-at-home wife negative connotation

November 21, 2011
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Last week my friend Jade sent me a fabulous article called “Evolution of the Housewife.” It discussed a study that found two-thirds of U.K. stay-at-home moms don’t like the word “housewife” and about a third of them find it insulting. HOUSEWIFE = WORTHLESS There is most definitely a negative connotation associated with the word...

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I’ve never been equal to my husband, I never will be, and I don’t want to be

February 4, 2011
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I came across a new favorite quote on Twitter yesterday. It was Tweeted by @WomenofHistory and I actually saw it as I was scrolling through @HauntJaunts‘s Twitter feed (a.k.a. my other blog), not @SAHWExperiment‘s. At any rate, here was the quote: Women who strive to be equal to men lack ambition. -Anonymous Short, sweet, but...

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What’s wrong with just wanting to be a wife?

January 20, 2011
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My mom used to get so infuriated with my “playing house” (as she used to call it). I remember on one of her visits to Jacksonville after we’d bought our house there she said to me, “This shit has got to stop. You’ve got to get your ass back to work.” I don’t remember...

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