I hope everyone is having a great Thanksgiving weekend! Dan and I are visiting Versailles today, and Sunday we’ll celebrate Thanksgiving with my expat cousins. Today fellow blogger Yvonne Cruz shares her thoughts on self-care! Yvonne is a freelance writer, designer, blogger, wannabe Muay Thai fighter based out of Fort Worth. You can follow her… [Read More]
5 Ways Feminists Can Take Care of Themselves Online (Guest Post by Marisa)
Dan and I are in Paris! Let the guest posts continue! Today I have the honor of sharing my platform with Marisa Mohi, who blogs at her self-titled website. She is a college instructor in Norman, Oklahoma. If you’d like to hear more of what she has to say, you can buy her a cup of… [Read More]
Scattered Thoughts a Week after the Election
Let’s get the joking, selfish post-election thought out of the way first. I received SO much blog traffic all year for my political posts. Blog traffic that is no more. Obviously, I knew this would happen. People are no longer googling questions about whether or not they can vote. And obviously this thought troubles me… [Read More]
Let’s Talk About Dress Codes (Guest Post by Kayla)
I have not left for France yet, but the guest posts have already begun! So many bloggers wanted to contribute to Friday’s The F-Word that I won’t need to blog about feminism for another month. I love writing on feminist issues, but I don’t mind taking a short break! Today’s guest post comes from Kayla… [Read More]
10 Books to Add to Your Feminist Reading List
This feminist book list is as much for me as it is for you. I have read many of these feminist books, but not all of them. Disclaimer: this post contains Amazon affiliate links. What to Read as a New Feminist I haven’t actually read these books. I’m largely a self-taught feminist who had to figure… [Read More]
Donald Trump, Rape Culture, and Feminist Fatigue
Feminist Blogger Fatigue I am a feminist. And I’m fucking exhausted. Believe it or not, but receiving a steady stream of critical comments is not that great for mental health. Yeah, the really mean comments hurt, even when I try to laugh them off as pathetic. But even the low-level criticisms become exhausting after awhile…. [Read More]