My mom had a bumper sticker when I was younger that said "If you aren't outraged, you're not paying attention." I think there have been times within my life that this bumper sticker applied to current events (the Iraq War, Bush's reelection in 2004, the real estate collapse, Sarah Palin...) but never more than right now. Now, my urgency and alarm may sound very "Newt-esque" (see the definition of hyperbole), but I am dead serious. This is not a joke. If you are not outraged by the current discourse in our country, you are not paying attention.
So after a 10 month hiatus, the blog is back. Call it laziness or distraction, but I have been busy- quit my job, moved from NYC to Boston, found a new job, bought a car, made some new friends, got kittens. There, my 2011 in a nutshell.
Let me reorient you with the point of my writing: to discuss, with any and all who will listen, topics involving gender and politics, pop culture, and current events, all through the lens of feminism. If that sounds horrible to you, let me put it in lay(wo)men's terms: I argue my views about the world and current events.
I have decided to resurrect this blog because I am finally outraged enough to really feel as though I need an avenue for my frustration. I am shocked, appalled, disgusted...the list of adjectives goes on...with the current discourse in our country regarding women, and I'm genuinely sickened by the GOP Presidential primary. So instead of continuing to talk the ear off of whomever might be standing in earshot, I will once again begin to formally rant.
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