This place is like a knife in the face, compared to the other feminist/womanist blogs I read. The commenters here are getting more and more clueless about their privilege, ableism and racism. When I started reading Jez in the summer of '09, this place was on an upswing in terms of the tone of the commentariat. Now…

How about we back the eff off of everyone and mind our own damn businesses wrt how we look and eat and live. Problem solved.

Chouquette is frickin adorable! This is my Mister Darcy. I always dreamed of having a hedgie for a pet. I got Darcy a year ago and I adore him.

They do make flushable wipes. They're not compatible with all plumbing systems, like sceptic beds, but they exist.

Where there is justice, freedom and responsibility are always present in equal measures. When the state completely takes the burden of freedom from its citizens (by making them prisoners), it also becomes completely responsible for them. It leads to situations like this one, which are hard to swallow, but it makes…

I am still deeply affected by things that happened to me back then, and if you read Postsecret, you will find that others are, too. Maybe it seems like a dire thing to you because it's not something people talk about often. Maybe we should.

Today I was at her show in Montreal and someone random who had been in line in front of me, threw a binder with laminated letters and poems inside it onstage. She opened it up and read one aloud. It was totally unscripted and beautiful.

This is not "new". Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon turned down Albert, Duke of York's marriage proposals several times, because she suspected that she was too feisty to comport herself traditionally while in the public eye. Queen Mary and the hand of Fate conspired to convince her otherwise in the end - good thing, too, because…

I hope your Grannie is planning on voting (or has already at an advance poll)! We can get Harper out, if that is the will of the Canadian people.

Wow, that story was pretty transphobic.

I am not an NYC librarian or an expert on the First Amendment, but I think the whole reason why libraries have computers and internet is to provide it to those who don't have their own computers. I know a couple of librarians personally, and politically, they are really into accessibility issues. They work in…

I am unsurprised. Aren't people like this attracted to positions of authority, where they get to brandish firearms?

Yes. This dawned on me recently when I was re-watching S1 of Dexter, and suddenly saw the humour in the main character reading "Pinocchio" to Astor and Cody at bedtime.

You probably had met gay people; they just weren't out.

Those hair extensions are the only thing I have ever enjoyed about Snooki. I'm writing this on my calendar.

That is good advice, I think. I'm getting tired now, I'm going to step away from the laptop. I need to go to the pet store and buy a new exercise wheel for my hedgie, anyway.

Are you kidding? There are mainstream news channels where people can and do say "All gay people are perverts who will molest your children." Elected representatives say it in your houses of government. People print it on pieces of bristol board and wave it outside funerals for servicemen and women. There are no…

Marginalized people are those who are systemically oppressed. North American society was built by and for weathy, white, able-bodied heterosexual Christian people. It is extremely difficult for those who are disabled, people of colour, people who are queer or genderqueer to achieve the same levels of success, because…

As I mentioned above, our hate speech laws are designed to protect marginalized groups from powerful ones. We've haven't seen "political abuse" of them so far, and I don't think we will in my lifetime, simply because this particular law doesn't favour the majority. It's hard to use a knife on someone else when only…

Firstly, it has nothing to do with whether I think it's okay. The law is what it is, I just happen to like it. Secondly, it is not about liking or not liking. A statement like; "Gay marriage is bad for society", or "Abortion should be criminalized", or "Universal health care is a worthless idea", are all protected…