Hi, I’m a twenty-something, and I live in Williamsburg, BK. I wear many hats. Writer, feminist, filmmaker, a fedora with a Lindsey Lohan pin on it (circa Freaky Friday). I also try to practice yoga every now and then, enjoy live music, and love to rabble rouse. var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-17175251-1’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @womanofsteele)http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc0mhir1uL1rj8amio1_400.png"/><br/><br/>http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/33752443328http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/33752443328Tue, 16 Oct 2012 23:04:11 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc0mk3zEOO1rj8amio1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/33752396351http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/33752396351Tue, 16 Oct 2012 23:03:30 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc0mhir1uL1rj8amio1_400.png"/><br/><br/>http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/33752323762http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/33752323762Tue, 16 Oct 2012 23:02:25 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc0ngszZyo1rj8amio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bindersfullofwomen.tumblr.com/post/33750984915/once-again-mckayla-is-not-impressed">bindersfullofwomen</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Once again, McKayla is not impressed.</p> </blockquote>http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/33752294872http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/33752294872Tue, 16 Oct 2012 23:01:59 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FFOzayDpWoI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>RIP Harris Savides</p>http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/33481283945http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/33481283945Sat, 13 Oct 2012 02:22:07 -0400Harris SavidesFionna AppleRIP<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-hFO9sA7LsA?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>RIP Harris Savides</p>http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/33481232757http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/33481232757Sat, 13 Oct 2012 02:20:37 -0400Harris SavidesBirthRIPmyfriendsaremarried: Seriously, this!  I was only told this once last week, which may be a...http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/31277637998http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/31277637998Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:38:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma3e82bmAz1qbzvq9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/31207203241http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/31207203241Sun, 09 Sep 2012 13:07:14 -0400RNCDNCBill Maherelection yearpolitcsBarack ObamaBushCheneyGeorge W BushOn the BBC website, and on the radio, author Sarah Dunant asked, &#8220;Does the sex debate exclude...http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/31200271094http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/31200271094Sun, 09 Sep 2012 11:16:00 -0400BBCSarah DurantConsentRape CultureSexual RevolutionGeorge GallowayJulian AssangeBBC NewsRachel McKay SteeleRachel M. Steele<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2xxpd3Ye0zA?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Golden Girls on Marriage Equality.</p>http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/22789409485http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/22789409485Thu, 10 May 2012 14:48:00 -0400marriage equalitygolden girlslgbtqgay rightsqueer rightsgay marriage“Please study this testimony: “Born in a rancid, bat-infested cave at the base of the...http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/20820676018http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/20820676018Mon, 09 Apr 2012 22:37:53 -0400“If this conversation about me is going to be had, I will do my part to insist that it is a...http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/20820514559http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/20820514559Mon, 09 Apr 2012 22:35:26 -0400Ashley JuddDaily BeastFeminismpatriarchy<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0v3wxq7ph1qlvie8o1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0v3wxq7ph1qlvie8o2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0v3wxq7ph1qlvie8o6_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0v3wxq7ph1qlvie8o3_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0v3wxq7ph1qlvie8o7_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0v3wxq7ph1qlvie8o8_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/>http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/19298592177http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/19298592177Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:43:27 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0vmwyaxFW1qkw3neo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://heidivanderlee.tumblr.com/post/19288809603/transgender-activist-agnes-torres-found-dead-in">heidivanderlee</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Transgender activist Agnes Torres found dead in Puebla, Mexico. </p> <p>this is the sixth unsolved homicide of an LGBTQ individual in puebla this year. please <a href="https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150726285535664">sign this petition</a> to demand the government there take hate crimes more seriously. click on agnes’ picture to read more about her story.</p> <p>also, please <strong>reblog/repost</strong> to spread the word.</p> </blockquote>http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/19296197657http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/19296197657Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:41:18 -0400“Women, like everyone else, have been duped. We have been persuaded over the past 50 years to...http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/18957662291http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/18957662291Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:33:00 -0500Internatioanl women's dayThe IndependentLaurie PennyFeminism<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/fDrj8tc8r5g?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Le Tigre-<em> FYR</em></p> <p>“Feminists I’m calling you!”</p> <p>It’s International Women’s Day, but I don’t feel all that celebratory. <em> FYR</em> (Fifty Years of Ridicule) is about the backlash the follows women’s progress, and my goodness if we aren’t in the midst of an incredibly awful period of backlash right now.  And there’s no guarantee that the backlash loses.</p>http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/18957384545http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/18957384545Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:26:34 -0500Le TigreFYRfeminismInternational Women's DayMarch 8thfrom NYULocal&#8217;s showlistings: Amy Klein and the Blue Star Band at the Hive 8:30 p.m., Free All...http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/18508825671http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/18508825671Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:04:00 -0500Amy Klein and The Blue Star BandHeidi VanderleeKiri OliverNYUlocalPermanent Wavefeminismsexismrachel steelerachel m.steelerachel mckay steele“Recognize that you are not the center of the universe. Figure out how the idea of winning...http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/18504667076http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/18504667076Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:41:00 -0500riot grrrlzines1991punkkathleen hannaGirls to The FrontSara Marcusfeminism<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzhy7cs9eK1qbzvq9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Via Nancy Pelosi’s <a href="http://www.facebook.com/NancyPelosi">Facebook</a>:</p> <p><span class="hasCaption">“Right now at a House Oversight Committee hearing, House Republicans have called five men to testify on women’s health. My colleague Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) who is on the committee, looked at this panel (from which a woman who was the Democratic witness was excluded by the GOP) and asked: where are the women? That’s a good question.”</span></p> <p><span class="hasCaption">And I would like to add, GET YOUR LAWS OFF MY BODY!<br/></span></p>http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/17716822966http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/17716822966Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:35:36 -0500feminismGOPNancy Pelosibirth control<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jYa1eI1hpDE?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>I am so, unabashedly, a fan of Taylor Swift’s Grammy performance.*</p> <p>*I switched this out for the music video for <em>Mean</em>, the song she performed, since The Grammy’s successfully got all the videos of performances removed.  It’s silly really, since it really only has the ability to turn new people on to the artist (I bought the song because of the performance), but given the Chris Brown bonanza we had to witness, it’s clear the Grammy’s are out of touch.  The only slight saving grace was that Swift performed this right after Brown accepted his reward, and you could pretend this was directed at him.</p>http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/17559074847http://womanofsteele.tumblr.com/post/17559074847Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:28:00 -0500Taylor SwiftMeanGrammys