Skip the sappy, cliché or otherwise patriarchal Valentine’s Day messages and send one of these gems instead!
Tag: Valentine’s Day
These Are the Feminist Valentines You’ve Been Searching For
Reprinted with permission from the American Association of University Women Along with roses and chocolates, Valentine’s Day comes with a deluge of tired, patriarchal, and heterosexist clichés. But don’t fret! […]
Taking the Crime Out of Passion (And Helping the Women We Love)
I don’t mean to be a Valentine’s Day killjoy. Let Cupid’s arrows fly where they may, because not only do I love love, I love singing about love. As a […]
Votes for Women! 7 Vintage Suffrage Valentines
Prior to passage of the 19th Amendment, suffragists used holidays like Valentine’s Day to promote the cause of “Votes for Women.”
Five Ways to Have a Feminist Valentine’s Day
Frustrated by the patriarchal, heteronormative, gendered conventions of Valentine’s Day? This year, celebrate V-Day in feminist fashion, without becoming a slave to commercialism. Here are a few ideas for a […]
Gendering Poetry for the Next Generation
Valentine’s. Whether you spend the corporate holiday canoodling with your significant other or ranting on Twitter about how you don’t need a holiday to tell you how to love, odds […]
How To Have a Feminist Valentine’s Day
Here comes Valentine’s Day! You can celebrate it as a lover, a friend and a feminist. As a feminist, how about joining a political campaign in honor of Valentine’s Day? […]
This Century’s War of the Roses
Regardless of your feelings on Valentine’s Day–whether you were the cis-girl who staged Valentine’s day protests, the trans-boy who nervously wondered if the girl he liked could get past their […]