Give us what you got.
Don’t forget the link and description.
I don’t have anything myself, since I’ve spent the entire weekend either at IKEA (what is it about that place? I go in for light bulbs and leave with a sofabed. Subliminal messages? Crack in the Swedish meatballs?) or doing a serious decluttering and clearout in preparation for calling the real estate agent. I’m shooting for an open house in two or three weeks, depending on when I can get the place painted. In fact, given that I’m still working on clearing out (I *have* been here five and a half years), posting from me will probably be pretty light this week.
A snippet on why I’m disgruntled with the marriage equality movement. (Hint: it’s not because I don’t want to marry my girlfriend.)
I now make a point of having written something new by Sunday to make it into the shameless self-promotion… You rock, zuzu.
Cass Sunstein’s got a hopeful response to last week’s awful Supreme Court decision. And a guy at the NYC rally sums it up well.
Alternet alerts us to the ever-increasing feminization of poverty worldwide.
Also- totally didn’t read the rest of the post in my zeal to comment. I had my first IKEA experience this weekend. I gotta ask- was that Really the only place to find light bulbs? Going in without a plan of action is just Begging for a cart full of meatballs, bunk beds, and colorful spatulas. (My favorite overheard: “No, honey, we’re not playing with scissors today.)
I think it’s wrong to fake rape a 14 year old on stage.
Oh and warning, my blog is full of rude language.
Silencing with “attack”, the misuses of logic, and reclaiming emotion. My musing on the coded binary of logical/emotional arguments as they apply to discussions of hate speech. With a couple of examples, and an exhortation to reclaim “emotion”.
Can I plug one of tigtog’s, too? Ghouls. A rant about antiscience dipstickery as applied to autism and vaccines, triggered by a ghoul blaming the Virginia murders on vaccine damage.
It is for the IKEA light fixtures in my apartment. In fact, I couldn’t find bulbs for the light in my foyer, because they are apparently no longer selling it. So I couldn’t check the size from the box (yes, I could get the bulb out of the fixture, but I have 10-foot ceilings and couldn’t get hold of a ladder until after I already took the trip out to Elizabeth).
I did need a new sofa, since my attempt at reupholstering mine after the dog ripped it up has not gone anywhere (I could finish the top, but the springs need work, and I have no idea how to fix that). A cheap little thing from IKEA will look nice at the open house, probably better than throwing a sheet over the existing sofa and hoping for the best.
Hey you, laurdel, I wonder why I haven’t blog rolled you yet!! *runs off to do that*
Something creepy happened at work the other day, and when it turned out to be a false alarm my boss got angry with me for calling him to help deal with it.
I’m plugging Abstinence or Bust, which started by looking at a post by Amanda on the motivations of abortion doctors and then I went wildly into a rant about how those who promote abstinence only sex-ed are effectively increasing the number of unwanted pregnancies and thus abortions.
Thanks again, I read lots of cool stuff on this thread, plus I get to blow my own trumpet. Bonus!
This week on Red Stapler…
I attempt to start a dialogue about weight politics and the guilt of being a formerly not-in-shape person.
And…
I invite feminist bloggers to show my friend Todd why feminism is still relevent.
I wrote about a Tampa high school teacher publishing the email of a parent on her personal blog. The teacher then made snarky comments about the parents. Since when are private teacher/parent emails material for a personal blog?
http://pushingrope.blogspot.com/2007/04/mean-spirited-blogging-part-2.html
I wrote a snarky — and, in my opinion, reasonably droll — post mocking (or was I convinced?) some of the right-wing reaction to the Va Tech shootings, and suggest a new research program for the world’s scientists. The title was “The solution to gun violence: a bunch of macho posturing on the internets.”
The first post this week is graphic – please be warned
I updated on the dangerous superstition from last week and discovered possible cannibalism of a 12 year old rape and murder victim.
Also I wonder where Dante’s virtuous pagans go now that the Pope got rid of limbo
I kind of hate to link to these superficial snippets when everyone’s got these great posts, but it’s supposed to be Shameless, after all. Two little posts: I bitch about Slashdot for the last time, and collect all the bingo cards (and a couple of related things too) in a handy list.
I interview Newt Gingrich, he goes nuts.
After a long spell of really slow posting, I went kind of nuts and posted four things this weekend. One contains both a poem and a story about my grandmother. Another is about the need for reform at the FDA. The other two are boring.
I eviscerate Maureen Dowd’s bizzarro gender issues, Maureen Dowd style.
http://unpretentiouslitcrit.blogspot.com/2007/04/dowdy-and-patriarchy-match-made-in.html
I was finally able to articulate my problem with the basis of “original sin”. It came out of a posting on the de-limboization of limbo. From there, it was a hop, skip, and a thought to the entire problem of the vengeful god.
Limbo
Would be interested in your comments.
My post about Courtney Martin’s new book, the pressure to be perfect, and the tendency to blame feminists for all of it.
My friends list is small, but I did ask them all to remember that the abortion ban affects them and everyone they know.
My reaction to yet another story about the many ways women working is screwing up the world. This time, the springboard was a story in Time discussing the new American “trend” toward employing wetnurses or collective breast-feeding. It’s never really clear what the article is actually about, as it conflates the Hel out of the two.
The closest thing to a feminist-related topic was my abortion hypothetical, but I don’t think that’s really my best post. I’m not sure which is, but, since Idi Amin and The Last King of Scotland were my topic of the week, I’ll go with this post.
I congratulated Justice Kennedy.
I went over the latest “Saddam did too have WMD!” conspiracy theory that all the wingnuts are touting.
And I should say that I especially enjoyed the posts by Carrie (#24) and Heraclitus (#13). I’d also endorse norbizness (#16), but he gets too much traffic already.
I just started a journal to talk about feminist stuff in. I think this is my best post so far, it’s about the movie Grindhouse, female characters in the media, and some other stuff.
I used the word stuff twice in this comment. I swear, the actual post is marginally more eloquent.
I’ve started a new feminist blog called The Curvature. I’m still working on it but I’m posting daily (sometimes more than once a day) and having a lot of fun with it. It’d be great if you stopped by, left comments, added me to your blog roll . . . (hey, you said shameless!)
Late again.
I wrote a post for Earth Day that quotes the last two paragaphs of EO Wilsons The Diversity of Life. He’s always a good read.
hugs for atheists has to do with promoting atheism, or rather, promoting naturalism and humanism instead of atheism (a term which conveys little).
saving Pharyngula is a response to the desire by some atheists who liken their cause to that of the suffragettes and current feminists.
That latter two are really about a more general topic: how do you frame in an honest way your cause so it is heard and understood? My own interest is in getting more attention for sustainability — living in a way that does not damage our planet. See the index on the blog if you are interested in the larger discussion.
All I have is a new piece of erotica written by a woman for women and published by a woman-owned and operated publishing house. Not sure if that’s feminist enough.
It’s called “Tuition Fees” and is available through Angel’s Place.
My politics have been on hold with a novel deadline.
IKEA celebrated in song, by the always delightful Jonathan Coulton.