Tag: Donald Trump

America really, really hates women

I have a laugh like Hillary’s — a loud, open-mouthed, unladylike, boisterous laugh that sometimes makes people stare at me. My laugh is not an attractive laugh. It’s not cute or girlish.…

What happens if you’re nasty

Janet Jackson’s Nasty was a response to “emotionally abusive, sexually threatening” men. It was born, she said, “out of a sense of self-defense.” While Jackson’s “nasty” was aimed at predatory men, tonight…

If Trump’s attitude towards women offends you, so should the sex trade

People of all political stripes are going nuts over audio revealing Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump bragging about sexual assault. While Trump defensively claimed his words were nothing more than “locker room…

On #TrumpTapes, power, and liberal hypocrisy

The much-deserved backlash against Trump’s remarks from the recently published 2005 recordings is a particularly interesting one, as it has received wide condemnation from within his own party. Republicans have essentially made…

Not your feminist dream girl

In May, I participated in a protest against Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump in Eugene, Oregon. A pro-Trump rally was scheduled and some of my friends figured it demanded a counter message.…

Naked women won’t challenge Trump’s misogyny

A U.S. artist named Spencer Tunick is planning a large-scale art project featuring 100 naked women holding mirrors. “Everything She Says Means Everything,” will take place on July 17, 2016, the week…

Taking feminist heresy to where the boys are

To call a man a “man’s man” is usually meant as a compliment. To call almost anyone a “girly girl” is at best gentle ribbing, at worst, a dire criticism. If men…