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Category Archives: Uppity Wimmin

Homebrewtalk.com and the beer-glass ceiling

I apparently had a thread plonked on homebrewtalk.com, a website for homebrewers. The previous day, a member had encouraged me to pony up for premium or lifetime membership (respectively, $25 a year or $100 for life). I understand websites need resources to survive, but I’m a careful shopper, so I checked the FAQ to see […]

How many flaps does a mudflap flap?

So Wyoming rolls out this ad campaign for libraries with the silhouette of a naked woman on a mudflap and once again I’m in a mild (very mild, custard-sans-even-vanilla) conundrum. I can be a Totally Cool post-feminist sex-positive librarian who gets the sheer irony of the juxtaposition of traditionally sexist images with the concept of […]