Book Club February Read

This months read comes to us from a monologue written by Sylvia Plath in early 1962. While it predates official feminism, clearly Plath was attuned to what was coming. It is a HIGHLY female work, not simply for its dealings with motherhood, but the subtleties of femaleness that only women know.

Three Women-A Poem for Three Voicces

Please read and be ready to discuss by the 25th of this month, I will post reminders till then.

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Friday Discussion

Homosexuality crosses all races and all handicaps, why do you feel transism is disproportionately a white issue and why are there next to no (if any) blind transsexuals? Were transism something one were born with like homosexuality, why would transism step over blind men and women???

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Dildo's and Lezbo's

I've had a recent back and forth with a fellow lesbian blogger regarding dildos, lesbian sex and how much queer politics have phallusized/heterosexualized what we read/hear about lesbian sex, specifically how much the all mighty CLIT seems as lost among lesbians these days as it is among non lesbians past, present and future.

I suspect the "queering" of lesbian sex to be exaggerated if not an all lie by straights queers for straights queers. In my own experience and the experiences of lesbians I know, even among those who use dildos or strap, the CLIT is NEVER forget and usually remains a major target of pleasure for both partners.

My question to other lesbian readers, what are your feelings on dildo's/strapping and lesbians who give/receive LBJ's (lesbian blow jobs)??? What are your personal feelings, and what are your political feelings?

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Trans Trending-Who is Transitioning

When feminism fails, females suffer.

Stop misogyny!
Help to end the hatred of women and girls!

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Book Club Book for this Month

Given the interest, it looks like the Book Club is on! I know we're already a bit into this month, and seeing this month is a short month, suggestions for our first Book Club read, preferably something short. Some basic suggestion guidelines, feminist or a feminist subtext or something worth reading through a feminist lens and if your suggestion has the full text online, include that with your suggestion.

Thanks and totally looking forward to some good reading!

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A Book Club

Over the last few months several of you have expressed an interest in a feminist oriented book club, if you are interested please vote and comment. If I get enough interest I'm thinking we could read a book every 3 weeks and on the 4th week I'll have a post to discuss the book. I'd like us to read not just non fiction feminist specific books, but fiction as well.

Any interest or suggestion, please leave a comment here.

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ps The book club will be for ALL female born persons, so if there are any ftMs interested you are welcome to join.

Dirt's Workout Tips for the Female Bodied

A little later than I promised, but I am now beginning a series of workout posts aimed at the female bodied. If readers are interested in better eating tips let me know and I will include some with the workout series of posts.

One area females have self conscious issues with whether they feel they're feel too big or too small is the breast area. I am not going to delve into the external societal issues that unfortunately inform much of that self consciousness and just go right into a few exercises that can help change how you feel about your chest and the appearance of your chest.

So regardless of breast size, if you are seeking to minimize how your breast appears while wearing clothing, upper chest exercises are the key. If you increase the muscle over the top the breast, the way your shirt lies across your chest will give your breast a smaller appearance, and depending on your breast size, may make your breast disappear altogether.

Some primary upper chest exercises:

Incline bench pressing is a good exercise to start with.

Beginners should do no more than 3 sets, keeping your sets at about 8-10 reps.

 Following the incline Bench press,, should be incline dumbbell presses for the same sets/reps.
 See example below:

If you are a female seeking to give her breast (regardless of size) an increased look, decline chest exercises are the way to go. These exercises will increase the muscle tissue underneath your breast, which lift the breast giving them a larger, perkier appearance.

See exercises below:

I suggest like the incline chest routine for beginners, start with the decline bench press doing 3 sets between 8-10 reps, then follow that with decline bench presses with the same reps/sets.

For all the chest workouts here, use a weight that challenges you to push yourself to get the last few reps on your last set. You may have to play with the weight a bit to achieve this, but in the long run the right weight will give you the desired results quicker. And please use good form!

Also let me know if you want stretching tips, if you do I will include them with each specific body parts post.

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Does Support always equal Love?

A question for the Readers: If a child, teen or adult person were suffering intensely from  BIID  , and the parents of said BIIDer supported their child/teen/adult child in having the offending healthy limb/s amputated, would you consider that "support" love?

Or in the same token if the child/teen/adult child were suffering from anorexia or bulimia and the parents supported their child's eating disorder are these good loving parents?

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