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Joan Didion's Blue Nights

Posted by: Emilie Branch in Feminizzle on Nov 14, 2011 | Comment (1)

Joan Didion, author and journalist, grew up a military brat around the time of World War II. She went to college at Berkeley, and after graduation wrote a telling account of “flower children” in the book Slouching Towards Bethlehem. In the book, one of these hippies predicts that she'll be faced with “double death” in her life. At the time, no one could have imagined that this dark line would, in fact, prove true. ... Read More

The Rights of a Ferilized Egg v. The Rights of a Woman

Posted by: Emilie Branch in Feminizzle on Nov 09, 2011 | Comment (6)

How do you define life? Voters in Mississippi answered that question by rejecting a legal measure known as the "personhood amendment" Tuesday night. If it had passed, the “personhood amendment” would have effectively criminalized all forms of abortion, including circumstances when a woman’s life is in jeopardy. The amendment, also known as Prop 26, considers the inception of life to be the moment when an egg is ... Read More

Picking an "It" Girl

Posted by: Emilie Branch in Feminizzle on Nov 04, 2011 | Comment (2)

I’ve been interning at a talent agency for the past few months, listening in on the thought processes of the people who help decide who becomes famous. This agency most recently wrapped up a job where they had to hire women who were “it” to appear in an ad. “It” is a pretty abstract quality, and that’s what “it” banks on. You aren’t supposed to be able to trace “it.” ... Read More

Male Birth Control

Posted by: Emilie Branch in Feminizzle on Jun 08, 2011 | Comment (23)

Scientists in India have come up with a birth control for men that is 100% effective and lasts a minimum of ten years. You read that correctly, but I’ll repeat it: 100% effective for ten years. The birth control is administered via an injection, called RISUG—an acronym for “Reversible Inhibition of Sperm Under Guidance.” The injection is given to the male through the scrotum, twice during the same session. The ... Read More

Engagement Chicken

Posted by: Emilie Branch in Feminizzle on Mar 30, 2011 | Comment (31)

"The recipe that will make him propose!" I saw the recipe for “Engagement Chicken” in a 2004 issue of Glamour Magazine. I was 17, and the article stayed with me, perhaps because I was young enough that it made an impact. There was something both sickening yet hilarious about a lemon roasted herb chicken that would make him get down on one knee. If Glamour had to make an analogy for the recipe, it would probably read like ... Read More