Tag Archives: shaming

Some Moralizing Advice to Set You On the Path to Safe Sex

Posted on Wednesday, 19 January, 2011 by Ouyang Dan

Dear Prudie over at Slate Magazine has some very jacked up opinions on pre-marital sex (why are we still using marriage as a litmus?). Her answer to a person (who in the letter printed neither disclosed ou’s gender or age) who … Continue reading →

Posted in random babble, sex | Tagged bad advice, Dear Prudie, sex, sex ed, shaming, Slate Magazine | 1 Comment

Buffy is So Whiny…

Posted on Monday, 6 September, 2010 by Ouyang Dan

Except, anyone who has spent five minutes speaking to me knows that I don’t really think that at all. And yet, I find that is a really popular opinion, and it begs the question, why that is? Because I just … Continue reading →

Posted in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, pop culture | Tagged BtVS, oy w/the poodles already, pop culture, shaming, Summer of Buffy | 44 Comments

Medical Autonomy Chronicles: The Virgin Pap Smear

Posted on Wednesday, 1 September, 2010 by Ouyang Dan

ETA: 18 Sept. 2010 After this post was linked at FWD/Forward in the RR, it was brought to my attention that this post possibly could be triggering to some people. This post should have a trigger warning for a graphic … Continue reading →

Posted in health, random babble | Tagged ACOG, birth control, bodily autonomy, equal rights, gender, OB/GYN, pap smear guidelines, pro-choice blogging, reproductive justice, shaming, women's health | 32 Comments

The Cautionary Sex Ed Tale From Season 2 of Buffy

Posted on Friday, 13 August, 2010 by Ouyang Dan

One of my friends, the Red Queen from Elizabitchez, told me once that she uses the story arc from Season 2 of Buffy beginning with “Surprise” to teach about sex ed and teen relationships. Or something to that effect. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, pop culture, random babble | Tagged BtVS, casual sex, favorite things, Joss Whedon, oy w/the poodles already, pop culture, sex, sexuality, shaming, Summer of Buffy | 3 Comments

How I Deserve…

Posted on Tuesday, 15 June, 2010 by Ouyang Dan

We were at the pool today, as we are wont to do after school since we are apparently living on the Surface of the Sun these days. The sky has been that foreboding shade of I Can’t Decide If I … Continue reading →

Posted in random babble | Tagged fuck you of the day, military, oy w/the poodles already, Random Stuff, shaming, speak up! | Leave a comment

They don't go away…

Posted on Wednesday, 12 May, 2010 by Ouyang Dan

I had a high school bully. He followed me around, yelled things at me, made lewd comments about me and what my then-boyfriend were or were not doing, threw things in my hair, and made my life kind of a … Continue reading →

Posted in disability, random babble, violence against women | Tagged assholes, bullying, disability blogging, fuck you of the day, oy w/the poodles already, shaming, speak up!, violence against women | 12 Comments

A Bird in a Cage

Posted on Tuesday, 11 May, 2010 by Ouyang Dan

see more Lol Celebs (Note: This post contains a lot of links to YouTube videos. I apologize for that inconvenience. I iz tired.) Well, she did it. Miley Cyrus has made her obligatory “I’m not a little Disney girl anymore” … Continue reading →

Posted in feminism, pop culture, pop music, random babble | Tagged Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Miley Cyrus, music, oy w/the poodles already, pop culture, random youtubery, rock the casbah, shaming, teens are people too yo | Leave a comment

Piece of Me

Posted on Thursday, 29 April, 2010 by Ouyang Dan

A few weeks back Britney Spears, whom I think most people around here are probably aware by now, is someone whom I admire the fuck out of did something else I kind of admired. We’ll get to that. We kind … Continue reading →

Posted in disability, feminism, pop culture, random babble | Tagged Britney Spears, fat shaming, favorite things, feel good stories, girl crushes, oy w/the poodles already, policing of bodies, pop culture, rock the casbah, shaming, thin privilege | Leave a comment

Those Who Yell the Loudest…

Posted on Monday, 29 March, 2010 by Ouyang Dan

A while back I was having a talk w/ The Guy. See, there were some related things that coincided with this little thing that happened where this celebrity you might have heard of, Amanda Palmer, together with her partner created … Continue reading →

Posted in apocalypse survival, disability, feminism, pop culture, race/racism, random babble | Tagged ass hats, assholes, disabled/differently abled, fuck you of the day, oy w/the poodles already, pop culture, shaming, WTF? | Leave a comment

The Space Between…

Posted on Wednesday, 6 January, 2010 by Ouyang Dan

The policing of other women’s bodies is never OK from a feminist standpoint. I can’t stress that point enough. It doesn’t serve any productive purpose in feminist discourse. It is mostly an understood concept among people outside of the mainstream … Continue reading →