You are so gorgeous. The words hit me quickly, quietly. Panic rose up in my throat even as I kept pushing my cart down the aisle. My heart racing, my anxiety spiking, an adrenaline rush of fear–all in a split second, before my mind could even process. Did that just happen? I immediately started second-guessing… [Read More]
Challenge Accepted: A Controversial Instagram Trend
Is your Instagram feed flooded with badass women posting black and white photos of themselves and writing out Challenge Accepted? My pinktastic, feminist soul initially loved this celebration of womanhood, especially the way my friends took part. My friends who decided to post are women who do volunteer work in their communities, who use their… [Read More]
The Problem with Strong Independent Women
Welcome to the seventeenth day of the 2020 Love Blog Challenge! Today’s prompt is Strength. Check out the announcement post for all the prompts and rules this month. You can still join the link-up for yesterday’s topic, Forgiveness. “Brita is a strong independent woman who don’t need no man,” my best friend joked at a… [Read More]
How to Grow as a Feminist in 2020
Welcome to the fourth day of the 2020 Love Blog Challenge! Today’s prompt is Growth. Check out the announcement post for all the prompts and rules this month. You can still join the link-up for yesterday’s topic, Creativity. I’ve been a feminist for about as long as I can remember. Even as a little kid I noticed… [Read More]
Georgia Wants Me to Change My Name to Ofdaniel
States across America are ready to force women to live in an oppressive regime not too dissimilar from the dystopian universe of The Handmaid’s Tale. In case you missed the reference, that book is the inspiration behind my title. Georgia recently passed the so-called “heartbeat bill,” outlawing abortion when a “heartbeat” can be heard… Except… [Read More]
Brett Kavanaugh, Rape Culture, and Feminist Fatigue
It’s been a long few weeks. A long few months. Two incredibly long years since Donald Trump was elected to office. I’ve been quiet on Instagram and on Facebook regarding this whole Brett Kavanaugh disaster. Twitter, however, is a different story. Retweets make it easy to share my thoughts, my feelings, my befuddlement, my rage…. [Read More]