Loosefemme

Just read your essay — loved it! You write gracefully and I so appreciate your perceptive commentary. Thanks again and all good wishes.  Ann Bannon, Author, “The Beebo Brinker Chronicles,” January 2011

I’m full-on rocking this post-feminist academic stripper attitude because I’m trying to confront, not titillate.
–Diablo Cody, Oscar-winning Screenwriter, BUST Magazine, Aug 2009

A little disdain is not amiss; a little scorn is alluring.
–William Congreve

History shows again and again
How nature points up the folly of man–Godzilla!
–Blue Oyster Cult, “Godzilla”, 1977

All you are is a paycheck, and now you ain’t even that. And if you try to exercise your authority, she’ll call 911. How does that make you feel? You’re supposed to be the authority, and she says, ‘Get out of the house, bitch.’ She’s calling you ‘bitch’!
–’The End of Men,’ Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic July/August 2010, quoting Mustafaa El-Scari

“[Feminism] is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.”
–Pat Robertson, TV Evangelist, from a 1992 letter opposing a proposed equal rights amendment to the Iowa Constitution

“Manners don’t lie.”
~~Loosefemme

The last great battle around [sexism] has not been fought.
~~ Interview, Theresa Reback, Playwright, Performance Program, “What We’re Up Against,” February 2011.