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I'm Michelle. This is my blog. I write about women and fatness, expound upon semi-coherent thoughts I have in the middle of the night, and offer tough love to those in whom I am disappointed; they are legion.

Category: Warning: Strident Feminism Ahead

“We have to love each other. You hear me? It’s up to us.”

My friend-who-I don’t-keep-in-touch-with-as-much-as-I-should Charmaine Chua posted this story on Facebook earlier today. I read it, threw up in my mouth a … More

Being alive while having a vagina is a dangerous state of being, Misogyny, Rape

Burqas for everyone! Well, just those skanky girls.

Proposition: If your male teachers are so distracted by the skinny jeans their students are wearing that they can’t teach, perhaps … More

Feminism, Girls, Maybe we should have all the male teachers instruct from behind a screen and let the girls wear the goddamn yoga pants

Forbes Errata

Dear Forbes, There was an egregious typo in a column you recently published on your website. In the forward-thinking and … More

Forbes, Fraternities, I am a sober woman who is also one of the greatest threats to fraternities

In the absence of true consciousness-raising, I’ll settle for half an ounce of critical thinking skills.

There is an article in the Washington Post, published a few days ago, with the headline: Women’s greatest threat isn’t … More

Feminism, In my feminist movement we're able to draw basic connections between culture and behavior, Media

Mockery is the sincerest form of rape prevention.

I was coming online to write a post about something totally-non-dander-raising, but made the mistake of first pausing to read … More

Rape, William Smith, You're so vain I bet you think this march is about you

Hear, hear, Clare. Keep using your voice.

Clare’s story makes me want to rage, but the fact that we’ve got 17-year-old young women like her gives me … More

If you can't stop ogling your teenage daughter's friends then the problem is YOU, Patriarchy, Prom

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