“Is this for the shower?” Emma asked.
I was going through my morning “get ready” routine while she and Devin waited patiently for me to take them to school.
“Yep,” I replied.
“What’s it do?” she asked.
“It takes your hair off,” I told her. And causes chemical burns like a motherfucker, I thought.
“Ohhhhhhh,” she nodded, impressed with her [...]
She’ll be a woman, soon. A hairy, hairy woman who can reach anything she wants in the whole wide world.
by Miss Britt on August 27, 2009 67 Comments »
When Can I Start Teaching My Daughter About Feminism?
by Miss Britt on August 20, 2008 44 Comments »
We were standing in a gas station in Tennessee the first time I heard her say it.
She was holding a bottle of Bug Juice in her tiny hands, carefully carrying it up to the counter all by herself. Her brother had a similar bottle, but his was filled with blue juice. Emma’s was [...]
The Review That Gets Me On The PR Blacklist
by Miss Britt on April 13, 2008 54 Comments »
One of the “perks” of pretending to be a moderately popular blogger is that you can convince authors and publicists to send you free stuff.
Well, free books anyway. I’m still waiting for someone to send me free shoes.
But books? Books are easy to come by. They’re desperate for any type of “publicity” [...]
Feminist Fodder
by Miss Britt on October 5, 2006 19 Comments »
I was sitting here thinking that I wouldn’t have anything to blog about today, and convincing myself that that would not be such a horrible thing. You all would survive, and I probably would too with minor ticks and convulsions.
And then I came upon a shit ton of posts about “feminists” and “feminism” and how [...]







