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Sep 02 2026
Fighting Words (a story from Fighting Words)
She was so tired of it. They all were. Every day, as they walked from one classroom to the next, or to the cafeteria, or to the gym, “Hey, ho!” “Gonna do me?” “C’mere, I got somethin’ for you!”
Then from school to the bus stop. “Y’all jus’ bitches, you know that, right?” …
Aug 30 2026
Check out Feminist Works on Substack
https://feministworks.substack.com/archive
https://feministworks.substack.com/archive
I’ve just discovered this and already I’ve read several EXCELLENT articles …
https://virginiaweaver.substack.com/p/women-do-not-owe-you-your-manhood
https://sorayachemaly.substack.com/p/29-from-the-world-cup-to-the-senate
https://feminists.substack.com/p/who-elected-the-algorithm
https://badwoman.substack.com/p/the-myth-of-men-as-simple-creatures
Aug 29 2026
Man or Bear … and still clueless
So I recently posted this on a local Facebook page: “I’m looking for a woman with carpentry skills and tools to build a sound-absorbing enclosure for a generator. Please leave a message.”*
Three men and three women replied.
Two of the men made light of my preference for a woman (“I could …
Aug 22 2026
How We Survived
How We Survived (a story from Fighting Words)
You’re wondering how it happened. How did we survive? How did our population suddenly plummet from six billion to half that. Enabling our natural resources to recover and, eventually, support us. All of us.
In 2020, all of the indicators pointed to our imminent …
Aug 15 2026
There’s ‘pretty’ and there’s ‘smart’
A few days ago, trying to understand Trump’s becoming President, I searched for videos making fun of American stupidity. And I came across this: Miss Teen USA 2007 – South Carolina
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww).
The contestant from South Carolina is presented with this: “A recent poll has shown that a fifth of Americans can’t …
Aug 09 2026
Ballsy (fiction from Fighting Words)
Ballsy
“I’d like to thank all of you for coming,” the smartly-dressed woman smiled warmly at the several people seated around the board room table, each with a prospectus in front of them. Only one was a man.
“As all of you know, my name is Mariette Chandler. Kristina Bolaenko, legal counsel, …
Jul 18 2026
“We don’t occupy their imaginations …”
“We don’t occupy their imaginations the way they occupy ours.” Black scientist about his white colleagues (from the movie “Black Cake”)
Yeah. Now imagine that ten-fold for a female scientist.
Jul 14 2026
from The First Political Order: How sex shapes governance and national security worldwide, Valerie M. Hudson et al.
Part I is a must-read.
Excerpts follow.
“Men seeking their own security attempt to construct strong male-bonded alliances, typically based on patrilineal (agnatic) relationships … [Women] biologically reproduce the group, providing brothers and sons for this male alliance. The fraternity’s dependence on women … leads to the necessity for men to control them.” p2 [This …
Books by Peg Tittle
Writing as Jass Richards
Writing as Chris Wind
