riot grrrl

It's Saturday again, so hit the mute button on those cartoons, put down your bowl of fruit loops, and get ready for some feminist LOL-ing!

Our first feminist kitteh took a peek at Annalee's blog post, The New York Times "Reaches Out to Heavier Young Women." She didn't like what the Gray Lady had to say about fat acceptance, either:



And speaking of animals responding the the media, this cougar (and don't even get her started on that term) has a message for CNN based on Mandy's post, Are Questions about Feminism Being Obsolete Obsolete? Her thoughts on it are pretty basic:



Finally, this little marmot(?) is tired of being hollered at every time she leaves her den:



You hear that, animal kingdom? kthxbai.

A big thanxxx to our readers who have been sending us their hilarious LOLz! You can make your own by visiting I Can Has Cheezburger and send 'em to us here. Have a great weekend, and happy LOL-ing! kthxbai!

There was a pretty interesting article in yesterday's Houston Chronicle about some of today's female pop stars. The author, Steve Haruch, describes how candy pop acts like The Veronicas, Katy Perry, and Lady GaGa are consistently referred to as "post-feminist" by the media without there being much evidence for the claim (save for perhaps some glitter and a song about faux-lesianism).

I agree with Haruch; though I sometimes jam out to "Pokerface" I do not consider it a feminist anthem in any sense. And post-feminism? I don't buy it. What I do want to know is, are there any pop stars out there right now who are holding it down for feminism? Where have all the riot grrrls gone?

I got a full night's worth of sleep and the weather is beautiful in Portland, but sometimes you just need a little more to get through a Monday. So, consider this clip my gift to you:

Seeing those girls give Kathleen Hanna a run for her money just makes my riot grrrl heart grow three sizes bigger.