I’m not a big fan of platitudes. I believe in the power of prayer, and I believe in God’s plan for me, but I don’t need a saccharine platitude when I’m hurting. Don’t tell me life will get better when life is hard now. It’s been a really, really hard year, easily the hardest year… [Read More]
Feminist Role Models
I found this post more difficult to write than expected. I have a somewhat wonderful problem: my life is filled with feminist role models. I have put together a very incomplete list of feminists who have inspired me from childhood to today, loosely grouped by category. My Earliest Feminist Role Models A list of my… [Read More]
5 Reasons Republicans Should Vote Libertarian
The most famous libertarian has run for president three times: once as the Libertarian Party candidate and twice as a Republican primary candidate. Ron Paul might be counted among Republicans, but we all know he’s a libertarian. Just because you’re registered as a Republican doesn’t mean you have to vote for them. Last week I… [Read More]
5 Reasons Democrats Should Vote Libertarian
A few weeks ago I wrote the most politically-neutral post I will possibly ever write. And it still leaned feminist libertarian, because that’s how I roll. Today, however, and next week, I appeal to Democrats and to Republicans to think outside the two-party system. I challenge all US voters to research third-party candidates, especially libertarian… [Read More]
7 Reasons to Vote in the Midterm Elections
True or false. You only need to vote in the presidential election. FALSE. If you live in a red state or a blue state, your vote in the presidential election doesn’t actually matter (unless you vote third-party, which will help future third-party candidates). The rest of your state will overwhelmingly vote Republican or Democrat, so your… [Read More]
Feminism 101: What Feminists Say About Feminism
Pat Robertson once infamously said, “The feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.” Rush Limbaugh routinely attacks any feminist as a “Feminazi,” despite once saying that his definition… [Read More]