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18-Year-Old Woman Raped & Beaten By As Many As 6 Men In Chicago

Jessica WakemanJanuary 3, 2012 //

An 18-year-old woman was raped and beaten by as many as six men on New Year’s Eve in Chicago. The young woman, described by the Chicago Sun-Times as a Highland Park High School senior from the suburbs, went to a concert by British DJ “Rusko” at the Congress Theater and was turned away because she had no ID. Security cameras caught the woman inside a Mexican restaurant walking away with six young men. The woman was found naked, beaten and bleeding at 9:30 p.m. that night. On Sunday morning, she was listed in critical condition and in a coma. Keep reading »

#Pandagate Gets Taiwanese Animation

Jessica WakemanDecember 30, 2011 //
#Pandagate
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The BBC Women Of The Year list included a panda. Read More »
Best Job Ever
Baby pandas get reintroduced back into the wild in China. Read More »
Pandas As Pets
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Wahhh, why does YANNI get one?! Read More »
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As both a panda lover and a feminist, I was torn asunder by the BBC’s WTF decision to include a panda named Tian Tian on a list of 12 women of the year, but not include three women who won the Nobel Peace Prize or any female CEOs. #Pandagate, as the scandal became known on Twitter, is a bear claw right through the heart for those of us who love celebrating (human) ladies’ accomplishments as much as we love those funny, bamboo-eating black and white bears. And of course you know the Taiwanese animation treatment of #Pandagate is awesome, if rather editorialized with an anti-panda bias. Ahem. [NMA.tv]  Keep reading »

The 10 Proudest Sluts Of 2011

Jessica WakemanDecember 29, 2011 //
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The Best Of 2011!
Our picks for the best of the year in pop culture, style, sex, and more! Read More »

Slut. It’s an ugly word, isn’t it? Especially when it’s flung at you by some jerk who thinks the worst way he can insult a woman is by impugning her reputation. (Newsflash: it isn’t.)

But lots of unapologetically sexual ladies don’t let “slut” be a pejorative. Instead, they say, “Judgment be damned!” and wave their slut flag high and wide. They sleep with who they want, when they want, as much as they want, no matter what anyone else says. 

In the spirit of embracing sluthood, let’s tip our hats to the bravely hedonistic women (and a few men!) who make up  The Frisky’s 10 Proudest Sluts Of 2011!

Today’s Lady News: Iranian Woman Might Be Hanged Instead Of Stoned To Death

Jessica WakemanDecember 27, 2011 //
  • Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, an Iranian woman who was sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, may be hanged instead. She was allegedly complicit with her lover in murdering her husband, although her supporters say she was forced to confess under duress. Ashtiani, a mother of two, has been imprisoned since 2006 and her impending death sentence attracted international outcries accusing Iran of human rights abuse. The prison where Ashtiani is held claims the stoning may not be carried out because it lacks the necessary facilities. [Guardian UK]
  • Slate.com’s review of “The Iron Lady” is rather scathing. My review is heaping cupfuls less vitrolic. [Slate.com]
  • Two black women were found dead in Detroit, just one week after two other black women were killed. All the women have been linked to escort services on Backpage.com. For some reason, cops are not yet attributing the murders to a serial killer. [Madame Noire] 
  • The New Yorker profiled Carrie Brownstein of the show “Portlandia” and formerly of the band Sleater-Kinney. [The New Yorker] Keep reading »

Girls Can Like Superheroes, Boys Can Like Pink Stuff

Jessica WakemanDecember 25, 2011 //
Baby Hipsters
Shopping guide: nine items every hipster baby needs. 9 Photos »
Bad Baby Clothes
Seriously wrong baby clothes. Read More »
R-Rated Kids Toys
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Nine highly inappropriate toys for kids, like STD dolls. 7 Photos »
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Let’s do the Time Warp, yeaaaah!

Amelia has gone back in time and unearthed a video of Baby Jessica Wakeman (real name: Riley), who is just as opinionated as she is in adult form. Riley is seen shopping in a toy store, with a man I presume is her father, when she goes off on a rant about how pink is not just for girls. You tell ‘em, Riley! And in another 15 years, there is an internship waiting for you at The Frisky. [YouTube] Keep reading »

Motherhood Only Makes Ani Di Franco More Radical

Jessica WakemanDecember 23, 2011 //
Frisky Parenting!
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All the posts The Frisky has ever done about parenting! Read More »
Craziest Pregnancies
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This woman claims she got impregnated by a 3D movie. 8 Photos »
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“I do a lot of interviews where people ask, ‘Now that you’re all happy and content are you going to lose your edge?’ Like there’s nothing edgy about being a mom. Which means that as we all become parents, songs are not written for us anymore, and we have to relive our youth to get off on music or something. Where is the music of where you get older? To be content and secure in your personal life doesn’t make you lose your edge so much. For me it almost gives me more fuel to be radical, to be political, to be fighting the good fight because you have something to stand on. When you’re all wrapped up in your personal foibles it’s hard to have any energy for changing the world or whatever. But now I feel more energized because I have that support system behind me.”

It isn’t hard to impress me when it comes to Ani Di Franco. But I want to send this interview with Ani on Bitch‘s web site to every mama that I know. She reminds me of something the iconic feminist Gloria Steinem often says, which is that women grow more feminist with age. I can absolutely see how bringing a child into the world — a daughter, in Ani’s case — gives you that extra push to make it a better place. [Bitch Magazine] Keep reading »

The Soapbox: On Rape, Alcohol, Victim-Blaming & Feminist In-Fighting

Jessica WakemanDecember 21, 2011 //
I Was Date Raped
Amelia was date raped in college by a guy she liked. Read More »
Victim-Blaming PSA
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But the PA liquor board's ads DO raise an important issue. Read More »
Frisky Feminism!
Everything The Frisky has ever written about feminism! Read More »
Today's Lady News
All of Jessica's daily Today's Lady News columns in one place. Read More »

If you write for a living — especially opinion writing, and especially as a feminist — you set yourself up for criticism. You really have no control over how others respond to your work, other than choosing not to write it. By attaching your name to your views, you put yourself in the position to be agreed with, judged, lauded, mocked, quoted reverently, misinterpreted, called somebody others “must read”, called crazy or ugly or both. I’ve experienced all these things at some point in my career.

It sucks, though, when the worst of those experiences happen from within the feminist community. Keep reading »

Christian Group Refuses To Sell Bibles For Breast Cancer Charity Over Planned Parenthood Donations

Stefanie BlejecDecember 16, 2011 //
Cancer On Facebook
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Is this new breast cancer meme totally stupid? Read More »
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Critics say this Wonder Woman breast cancer PSA is too sexy. Read More »
I Heart Boobies
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A Cali school is up in arms over "I Heart Boobies" bracelets. Read More »
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Today in facepalms: a chain of Christian bookstore called LifeWay are pulling copies of the Here’s Hope Breast Cancer Bible from their shelves after it learned that one of the organizations benefiting from the sales is Planned Parenthood. The bible is produced by the Susan G. Komen Foundation, and $1 from each sale is donated to non-profit organizations that provide help breast cancer sufferers. Of course, Planned Parenthood is one of them. In fact, to assume that Planned Parenthood — the most well known non-profit sexual health clinics in the country — would not be among them was naive. Keep reading »

What Does CDC’s New Data About Sexual Assault Reveal?

Stefanie BlejecDecember 15, 2011 //
Date Rape PSA
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This date rape PSA has been accused of blaming the victim. Read More »
Rape Jokes On Facebook
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Joking about raping women is cool with Facebook. Read More »
I Was Abused
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Judy McGuire was physically abused by a boyfriend. Read More »
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The Centers For Disease Control released its National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey yesterday and the findings throw a fork in many common perceptions surrounding sexual assault and its victims. Contrary to the stereotype that a rape victim is “some slut in a bar,” the demographics found to be at the highest risk for sexual assault were preteen boys and adolescent girls. Keep reading »

In “The Slutcracker Ballet,” The Sugar Plum Fairy Goes Burlesque

Jessica WakemanDecember 15, 2011 //
Stripping Vs. Burlesque
Dita Von Teese on the difference between the two. Read More »
"Burlesque" Movie
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What actual burlesque dancers think of the movie "Burlesque." Read More »
Why Men Love Strippers
Why men like looking at nearly-naked women. Read More »

Everyone should see “The Nutcracker” ballet at least once in their lifetime. And if you’re demented like me, you should see the ballet/burlesque fusion show “The Slutcracker” at least once, too!

Whereas traditional ballet celebrates poise and elegance,  ”The Slutcracker” turns the traditional Christmastime show on its head with satirical, saucy performances involving pole dancing and BDSM. It’s the brainchild of former ballet dancer Vanessa White and has run for four holiday seasons in Somerville, Massachusetts. In an interview with Tufts Daily student newspaper, Vanessa explained how she danced ballet for 11 years but gravitated towards burlesque after an injury. Vanessa also edited Boink, the erotica magazine for Boston University, and went on to found a burlesque troupe called Babes In Boinkland. In an entirely natural way, “The Slutcracker” became a melding of all these interests. Keep reading »

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