Written by JLM; Published by GENDER FOCUS on June 21, 2015 *Substitutiary locomotion (definition): the craft of using the substitutive power of language for feminist purposes. Long before I had ever heard the word “feminist,” I knew about witches. What I knew about them, aside from their green noses and warts, which represent so obviously…
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Getting Real about Cultural Illusions: Review of Roxane Gay’s Bad Feminist
Written by JLM; Published by GENDER FOCUS on February 18, 2015 A title like “Bad Feminist” is about as rhetorically effective as it gets: it’s divisive, it’s evocative, it’s thought provoking, it’s maddening, and it’s badass. The simple act of placing a moralistic modifier before “feminist” pulls you in as much as it irksomely pushes…
The Two Faces of Time: Answering “Are You Mom Enough?”
Written by JLM; Published by GENDER FOCUS on May 11, 2012 Visceral reactions are where it’s at when it comes to Time Magazine’s cover story, “Are You Mom Enough?” While the topic of attachment parenting is relevant and in need of intelligent discourse, it’s the cover that’s making headlines. It isn’t the issue of attachment…
Conversations with Ashley Judd
Written by JLM| Published by GENDER FOCUS on April 12, 2012Feminism, Pop Culture I, like many of you, have read Ashley Judd’s feminist piece about the patriarchal objectification of the physical bodies of women and girls in The Daily Beast (as well as on her official blog). I am grateful that she used what was…
Radical Feminism is for Sisters, Not Just Cisters: Why We Need an Overtly Trans-Inclusive Radical Feminist Resurgence
Radical Feminism is for Sisters, Not Just Cisters: Why We Need an Overtly Trans-Inclusive Radical Feminist Resurgence Abstract This paper engages with the idea that radical feminism is inherently transphobic and exclusionary, exploring gray areas in what some have criticized as radical feminism’s promotion of a biologically essentialist position on the concepts of sex and…
Bedknobs and Broomsticks, and The Sapphic Resistance
I’ve learned that today is Angela Lansbury Appreciation Day. I appreciate Angela Lansbury every day but since she taught me about lesbian witches, I shall offer a brief comment on the first lesbian witch to win my heart: Ms. Price. The obvious must be stated: Ms. Price is a lesbian and Bedknobs and Broomsticks can…
Headmistress Press + Hexmistress Jess 