Posted in Eugene, Oregon, Gender, life, opinion, politics, social justice, tagged abuse of power, American Empire, Eugene, gender equality, hierarchy, Oregon, Palin in Alaska, patriarchy, rape, rape kits, relationships of power, Sarah Palin, sexual violence, social justice, the state, video, worst political decision ever on September 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
After charging rape vitims for the rape kits used to investigate their rapes as Mayor of Wasilla (and looking totally fuckable doing it!), Sarah Palin continued to damage and marginalize women in her community as she gained power. As Governor of Alsaska, crazy-eyes-McPalin’s anti-feminista agenda coincided with a personal vendetta as she further undermined the safety and security of Alaskan women:
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Posted in Eugene, Oregon, Gender, Sarah Palin, South Park, celebrities, culture, entertainment, herstory, life, opinion, politics, women, tagged abortion, daughters, feminism, Gender, gender equality, herstory, hierarchy, mothers, patriarchy, post-feminism, poverty, refugees, relationships of power, Sarah Palin, Sarah Silverman, sexual abuse, single mothers, social justice, structural violence, the state, ugly sister, uglysister, women on August 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
So in the last 15 years the relationship between femininity and sexuality (never straight-forward) has become increasingly problematic. While I was busy watching cartoons and playing with action figures with my kids, the role of women and girls within the narrative of twenty-first-century American identity became publicly sexualized in a way that makes me feel [...]
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