Gillette pissed some people off

Are you one of the 8.5 million people who've watched this video in the past couple of days? If you've been here for any length of time you'll know that I have some *thoughts* about this commercial and the response to it. Hi, rabid intersectional feminist, right here. First and foremost: I don't love that Gillette...

A Luna Lovegood subscription box? YES.

I hadn't planned to do another news-type post, but then I saw on PopSugar that Luna Lovegood (ok, the actress who plays Luna) is starting her own vegan, cruelty-free beauty subscription box. YAS LUNA YASSSSS! From here on I'm going to do my best to call this lovely, wonderful actress by her actual name, Evanna...

The Stepford Wives – as relevant as ever

I don't normally talk about movies, but I'm making an exception for this. It's based on a book by Ira Levin, so it's not totally outside of my norm. The story is basically the same, but it was updated for the 21st century. Nicole Kidman plays Joanna, the President of a cable network. She loses...

What am I reading? Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History by Tori Telfer

I feel like we're all friends now so I can tell you things without you thinking that I'm a danger to those around me. I love serial killers. Not like I admire them or want to be them, but I find them fascinating. How do they commit such grisly crimes? What happened to them that removed...

Feminism and the beauty community

We can't talk about feminism without giving a nod to our foremothers; Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Ida B. Wells, and the hundreds of other women who devoted their lives to making the world a better place for women, children and minorities. Susan B. Anthony spent her adulthood in the city where I currently...