Our emancipation as women is directly connected to our status as equal human beings—not objects. I’ll never forget the first time I saw Jessica Rabbit—no, I’ll never forget the first time I saw her breasts. Voluptuous and bursting out of her sparkling red dress; they were mesmerizing. I knew I had to have a pair. […]
Implying that mothers are sick or “selfish” for wanting to continue nourishing and nurturing their babies past a certain age is not only misinformed, but is demeaning to women, mothers, and children. Almost every time I read an article about extended breastfeeding—or even breastfeeding past six months—someone comments that at a certain point, breastfeeding is […]
Rachel Kramer Bussel responds to the blogger who blames other women for her husband’s roving eye. Recently, blogger Lauren of Apples and Band-Aids caused an uproar among bloggers when she wrote a post claiming that racy social media images by sexy female strangers were a threat to her marriage. To wit: When your bare shoulders […]
Nothing on the female body is as contested and controlled as The Breasts. Every day, my various newsfeeds are filled with stories of controversy surrounding what female persons, usually young ones, are wearing or not wearing. From a Quebec teen being sent home for “too-short” shorts to a Virginia high school student being sent home […]
