Down the Street from Disaster

by | Jan 4, 2010 | Cherchez La Femme

I'm going to take a break from lady-issues to talk a little bit about what it's been like to live in Ward 3, Northampton these past couple of days. I don't think the topic is all that thoroughly unrelated to what I usually write about, since the motivation...

Cover Your Head

by | Jan 19, 2010 | Cherchez La Femme

Today The Washington Post published a column written by an Iraqi woman named Dalya Hassan. In it, she describes how she went from wearing Western clothing to donning a hijab, the traditional head covering many Muslim women wear. She started doing so because her...

Feminists Can't Vote for Scott Brown

by | Jan 27, 2010 | Cherchez La Femme

And that statement has nothing to do with Martha coakley being a woman. Especially since she's a candidate I can't throw myself behind 100%.However, Brown's voting record is offensive to me, to women, and to humans at large, I believe. His supporters are...