People often think that vegans face a limited menu. But I’m constantly inspired to cook new recipes and try new ingredients by reading cookbooks and watching cooking shows. I’ve shared with you all before my unabashed adoration of Italian chef Giada De Laurentiis and her show Giada at Home. My Sundays always start by lounging … Continue reading
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Bye-Bye to Questioning Bi
Okay, it’s time to do a little myth-busting: bisexuality is NOT a myth. In an interview with Esquire Magazine a few weeks ago, actor Evan Rachel Wood shared that she’s bisexual and dates both women and men. As a response to her revelation, The Frisky posted a titillating slideshow of Wood and other “bisexual babes” … Continue reading
Even Angels Fall: ‘Something Borrowed’ Reduces Women to Stereotypes of Good Girls & Bad Girls
Originally published at Bitch Flicks. I’m usually no fan of chick flicks romantic comedies or chick lit women’s commercial fiction (god I hate the infantilizing term “chick”). While I enjoy romance, I cringe over the vapid dialogue, shallow characters, the reinforcing of stereotypical gender roles, the obsession over men, getting married and finding The One. … Continue reading
Meat-Free Monday Recipe: Stuffed Shells with Lemon Rice & Creamy Lemon Herb Sauce
As yesterday commemorated Mother’s Day, celebrating moms everywhere, I wanted to make a dish in honor of my mother. My mother and I share a strained relationship. But despite our complicated past littered with disappointment and pain, she yields a tremendous impact on my life. While I don’t have very many happy memories growing up, I do fondly … Continue reading
Guest Post: The Grass is Not Always Greener: On Body Image and Illness
Written by Amber Leab. Originally published at I Will Not Diet. Reprinted with permission. People have often told me—throughout a lifetime of being underweight—how great I look. I confidently wear a bikini. I’m one of those people you might love to hate: I can eat anything, and as much of it as I want, without … Continue reading
Bowling for Dollars: Raising Money for Abortion Access in Supposedly Liberal Massachusetts
I’m pissed off. The House passed H.R. 3 and I’m tired of the bullshit. I’m exasperated with white men (and some women) trying to tell ALL women what they can and cannot do with their bodies. Governments don’t belong in anyone’s uterus. Yet that’s precisely what’s happening. But there is something you can do. My … Continue reading
Guest Post: On Rape, the Media, and the New York Times Clusterfuck
Written by Stephanie Rogers. Originally published at Bitch Flicks. Reprinted with permission. On Tuesday, March 8, the New York Times published an article by James C. McKinley Jr. titled, “Vicious Assault Shakes Texas Town.” Eighteen men held down an 11-year-old girl and repeatedly raped her in an abandoned trailer while recording the rape with cell … Continue reading
If At First You Don’t Succeed…: GOP Restricting Abortion and Still Attempting to Redefine Rape
Today, the House votes on H.R. 3, the douchebag misogynistic legislation that would restrict abortion coverage and redefine rape. Now for those of you who’ve been following the onslaught of anti-choice legislation (although I’ve gotta admit it’s been a nightmare to do so…they just keeping coming…like zombies), you might be saying, wait a minute…I thought … Continue reading
Voices Carry: The Role of Women in North African Revolutions
Originally published in the April 2011 edition of Italianieuropei. Civil uprisings exploded across the Middle East and North Africa in the past few months. Protests in Tunisia spurred a chain reaction. Ignited by the suicide of Mohamed Bouazizi, an unemployed college student who set himself on fire in front of a government building after the … Continue reading
Happily Ever After?: The Royal Wedding, Princess Culture & the Fairy Tale Myth
Let me tell you all right now…I am so not a royal wedding watching type of person. I’m not even sure I want to get married myself. So imagine my surprise when I woke up at 3am today…all to attend a royal wedding viewing party with a couple of my girlfriends. Mostly, seeing my friends … Continue reading
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