Today my insurance company denied coverage of one of my prescriptions. Can you guess what […]
WTF, Georgia? A heartbeat bill?
Alright, so not quite a year ago, I moved from the Atlanta, Georgia area to […]
Where #MeToo Needs to Go Next
As the #metoo movement enters a blurry space about hugging and touchy-feely people, the movement needs to take a turn from blaming to teaching.
The Bechdel Test
Alright, so let’s talk about another feminist aspiration that someone who cares about women in fiction in any format–books, television, movies, etc.–should know about. It’s called The Bechdel Test.
Seeking Perfection? Don’t. The Mistakes are More Valuable.
What perfection are you targeting today? What bigger, better mistakes could you be aiming at instead? Don’t be afraid to mess up. Be afraid of not making enough mistakes to be great.
WWWWWD?
What would a white male do? That’s what I’ve asked myself sometimes when I don’t have the confidence to do something I should be able to do. But what if I asked, what would a woman wearing white do? Maybe I’d be stronger. Maybe you would be, too.
The Real Heroes
Okay, so I’m talking to one of my friends last week about this whole “feminist hero” problem, and she says the following: “Well, you know the real problem, don’t you? It’s that the only true feminist heroes out there are lesbians.” But really, who are the feminist heroines? What do they look like?
Romantic Heroes: Feminist?
So I had the great pleasure this week to have not one, not two, NOT EVEN THREE, but FOUR conversations about feminist ideals. Some of those conversations took place with men who were legitimately interested. Which made me think: why isn’t there a “feminist romantic hero” category for book browsers?
Logo Explained
Welcome to Weslie Ashe’s blog, For the Love of It. Let’s talk about romantic ideals and what my logo represents.