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Labia Power! Blog
About feminist empowerment, better choices, and not being afraid to reclaim your power and wield it for the forces of good. I also critically examine the culture wars and how we can reclaim liberalism from the illiberals, and work with our compatriots on the Rational Right. And occasionally some silly stuff!


Revisiting Drag Shows For Kids
I've changed my mind from a few years ago. It's a bridge too far. Why are so many of these people middle-aged and morbidly obese? Image...
Mar 29


It's 2025, Ladies. Aren't Women-Only Groups Just A Little Archaic?
Have we still not learned how to get along with the boys? I don’t think I could find anything more ridiculously archaic than this. Public...
Mar 23


The Uninformed, Out-Of-Date Progressive
Not all progressives are narrative-bound wokies, clinging to clearly wrong-headed policies to avoid being 'wrong'. Some are...
Mar 7


Better DEI Will Teach Women How To Handle Conflict With Male Colleagues
A DEI reboot could more consciously train women to be proactive and assertive, and handle conflicts like powerful adults, not just focus...
Jan 18


Emma Watson, Emma Watson, Wherefore Art Thou, Emma Watson?
The foxy fauxminist has gone missing in recent years. No movies. No fauxminist outbursts. Not even any trans love tweeted. I...
Nov 24, 2024


"If Even A Dumb Girl Can Do It, It Can't Be That Hard!"
Some males set themselves up for failure by linking their sense of manhood to how much they're not like half the human race Public...
Nov 9, 2024


The Annoying Sarcastic French Jackass Who Pissed Off Powerful Elites
The Enlightenment gadfly Voltaire was a true social justice warrior who infuriated the comfortable and powerful and actually got shit...
Nov 2, 2024


What Went Wrong With Wokeness, The Left's Authoritarianism
Wokeness is a collection of elitist, culturally relativist luxury beliefs for the class-privileged. Can it be rehabilitated? Or should we...
Oct 6, 2024


The 'Sheila Agreement': How To Manage Conflict Like Big Girls (And Boys)
An ex-friend pulled a Mean Girl on both myself and another friend, so we devised a way to avoid hurt feelings with better conflict...
Jul 31, 2024


"Hey, Where Are You From?" Must Become Socially Acceptable Again
Screw the social just-us warriors. Where you hail from is as much a part of your genuine 'identity' as which pronouns du jour you...
Jun 16, 2024


Bitch: When I Was The Abuser (Part II)
It takes two for an abusive relationship. Because an abuser can't abuse a person who isn't there. This is Part II. Bitch: When I Was The...
May 21, 2024


Bitch: When I Was The Abuser (Part I)
When I say, 'Don't LET anyone treat you like that,' or 'Don't BE the victim,' I speak from personal experience. As a temporary ex-abuser....
May 18, 2024


What Both Women & Men Can Learn From The Sordid Andrew Huberman Affair(s)
He was good at playing women, but he offers further lessons on red flag recognition, as well as a helpful lesson for single men who don't...
Apr 29, 2024


What If The Transgender Movement Evolved More Honestly?
If it promoted a more experiential 'under the skin' empathy for others, rather than misogyny and abuse, many of us would become allies...
Apr 27, 2024


How I Grew a Pair (Of Labia) And Left An Abusive Marriage: Guest Post Part I
Persephone Phoenix shares how women need to follow their own hero cycle. 'You go through hell and you triumph in the end. No one will...
Apr 6, 2024


Where Does 'Slavery Trauma' Really Come From?
Is it epigenetic, or do we all traumatize ourselves with historical knowledge? The dreams of medieval tortures began when I was around...
Mar 2, 2024


Did You Ever Save Someone's Life And You Never Knew It?
Are you the butterfly's wing that will change generations? Don't laugh. "The voice of a single individual ... would have prevented this...
Dec 2, 2023


Pat Benatar Was A Better Listen In The '80s Than Whitney Houston
The content we consume normalizes values and beliefs in our brains in ways we don't even know, whether good or bad. Thank Goddess I...
Nov 11, 2023


On The Eternal Whiteness Of Being
White people can be committed to genuine social justice if blacksplainers stop making it so hard to be allies. I’ve been learning a lot...
Oct 21, 2023


The Worst Thing That Happened To Me May Have Saved My Life
Have you ever reverse-engineered your life? What didn't you realize before? The Digital Artist, Pixabay “You have a time machine, you can...
Oct 11, 2023


How To Stop Being An Asshole, From An Expert
Step One: Get Over Yourself I want to make one thing perfectly clear: I am still an asshole. Just not the kind that starts wars on...
Sep 30, 2023
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