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I posted my take on the San Diego article about reports of rapes going up for women after drinking. Just don’t read the comments I got targeted by a rape apologist troll.
The Spice Girls and Feminism. The Spice Girls vs. Riot Grrrls. The Spice Girls and media theory.
Basically, Spice up your life here:
http://popfeminist.blogspot.com/2008/07/hi-c-ya-hold-tight.html
Conversations With Johns is about all blog that collects the testimony of johns. It is amazing the depravity people will admit to because of the anonymity of the internet.
No more penis envy is about a new invention that allows women to pee standing up.
Anthony Bourdain and Ted Nugent display their fat hate.
Finally The American Dream Shouldn’t Mean Rape and Murder, is all about the mass rapes that women who cross the border are subject to.
I wrote a piece on a horrifically racist article that was in a national Irish newspaper.
I have started a series of Q&As with men about masculinity. The first is here:
http://www.lumpesse.com/2008/07/musing-on-masculinity-part-1/
The second is here:
http://www.lumpesse.com/2008/07/musings-on-masculinity-gabe/
I talked about why video game and other media representations of women’s bodies matter.
My blog’s co-author and I have opposite opinions about how 4-day work weeks will impact working mothers.
A teacher is fired for being pregnant and unmarried.
I wrote this review of Mirror’s Edge and Fat Princess at MamaPop, a pop culture site written for and by women.
There is also a really good article there about the NYTimes BlogHer coverage.
Take a chance, on Mamma Mia, the female gaze, the Bechdel test and Women in Refrigerators
I wrote about why all men aren’t rapists.
I wrote about overhearing someone say “‘Cause I’m such a feminist, right? Haha!” and the gendered implications of TBS’s My Boys.
Additionally, I wrote about feministgal at Oh, You’re a FEMINIST?!‘s new site HollaBack Connecticut and why sites like HollaBack are so important.
I didn’t write this, but as many people should read it as possible: Open Letter to Cis Feminists
http://sexualambiguities.blogspot.com/2008/08/open-letter-to-cis-feminists.html
I also posted on Emily’s open letter to cis feminists.
And i wrote a bit on Angie Zapata, the woman who was beaten to death with a fire extinguisher in July (Lisa’s post has the details; I didn’t even want to read them much less post them).
I posted about why a new movie coming out, The House Bunny makes me angry here.
One more thing:
How feminists can learn a thing or two from John Lennon and P.T. Barnum in my short piece “Selling Feminism”
http://popfeminist.blogspot.com/2008/08/selling-feminism.html
I wrote about how feminism benefits men earlier this week:
“But what about the men?!”:
http://doingfeminism.com/2008/07/29/but-what-about-the-men/
I’m now posting on Modern Mitzvot and started off writing about that lunatic in NJ who tattooed an anesthetized patient, and the doc-bloggers who think paternalism is dead. http://modernmitzvot.wordpress.com/2008/08/02/autonomy-paternalism-and-colleagues-gone-wild/
Then I tag-teamed with The Girl Detective about Jews, race and class http://modernmitzvot.wordpress.com/2008/08/03/whiteness-class-and-yiddishkeit/
(sorry, can’t do links on my own. hangs head in html shame)
On the themes of the American Dream in Grand Theft Auto 4 – http://nolittlelolita.livejournal.com/#item18620
I get a response from a Toronto Star columnist about Save the Males – http://nolittlelolita.livejournal.com/#item18822
Some pretty dissapointing commercials for AutoTrader.ca – http://nolittlelolita.livejournal.com/#item18985
Just to let folks know, you can put links in text if you use this html:
[a href="hyperlink of doom"]your text here[/a]
Just use >< instead of ][.
A slam poem you will want to watch/read, and I spread the word about Prop 2 an anti-animal cruelty bill coming to Californian ballots in November.
Last week I went off to DC for the Oversight Hearing on Sexual Assault in the Military. My notes are here – it’s rather long, divided into 3 parts, and hopefully worth reading!
I suggested a counter-attack ad that Barack Obama can use to retaliate against John McCain’s Paris Hilton/Britney Spears ad
http://afunnyfeminist.blogspot.com/2008/08/john-mccain-pretends-hes-hip-to-groove.html
I wrote a blog post on how degrading cat calling is. Especially when it’s harsh words.
http://ironjawedangst.wordpress.com/2008/08/02/cat-calling-seriously/
Tomorrow is Riot Grrrl’s Monday Melodies, so stay tuned!
I joined in the fuck-you-Kyle Payne-chorus, and I wrote an earlier blog about some opinions on bisexuals. Go see ‘em if you think you might dig em.
I’m taking drakyn’s tip on inserting links, and hoping it works. Thanks, btw- I’ve been wondering how to do that, n00b that I am sometimes.
If it doesn’t work… oh the shame (on me)!
Okay, 50% isn’t bad. Here’s the link for the Kyle Payne bit, since I’m too lazy to try typin all those arrows again: http://screaminglemur.blogspot.com/2008/08/and-this-is-why-its-hard-to-trust-men.html
I know Lindsay already mentioned it (thank you!!!!!) but i started up HollaBackCT so if you’re in CT or have experienced any street harassment in states that don’t have HollaBack sites, please submit your experiences to HollaBackCT@gmail.com (i’m kinda nervous because i haven’t gotten any submissions yet… i hope people write their stories out and send them my way because it’s empowering and helpful to everyone!!) Let’s reclaim our public spaces people!!!! :)
I wrote a post to make others more aware of the current disaster in the aloha state. I am still looking for info on relief efforts, and sadly, there really aren’t any.
This week, I wrote about the annoying article at HuffPo about recession-proof tips for beautification and questioned the legalities behind what constitutes a hate crime, considering the case of Angie Zapata.
To end (start?) the week on a lighter note, The Hills is back Aug. 18 and I’m excited.
I, too, wrote about Angie Zapata’s death. Plenty of material to write in the next couple of days though.
As I pointed out, Kyle Payne’s insinuation of himself into women’s spaces and activities should be viewed by the judge not as mitigating factors in his sentencing, but as worsening factors that demonstrate the depth of his depravity and the need for a harsh sentence.
I wrote about literary ambushes and gender and Star Trek. Although the comments on the gender post turned into a discussion about Battlestar Galactica, cannibalism and pirates. Drat.
I explained why even though I am inclined towards “pro-life”, I am still fiercely “pro-choice” instead when it comes to dealing with the real world – and possibly coined the phrase “pro-quality of life”.
In two consecutive posts, I discussed ideas about how responsible media producers are for the things people do based on the media produced (focussing on BDSM/fetish erotic material). The second post explained an idea I’ve been trying to work out, of “fractal” or “chaos” ethics, and explains why my conclusions in the first post are a bit wrong.
Finally, today I weighed in on the “stripper cartoon” controversy, by showing (with examples) how the audience in the cartoon closely resemble Nazi propaganda images of Jews (right down to the “they’re waiting to prey on the attractive blonde” message of those Nazi cartoons). So naturally I titled that post, “In which I violate Godwin’s Law“
I wrote about open source learning and the anti-textbook:
http://blog.freeschooling.org/2008/08/04/open-source-learning-and-the-anti-textbook/
and I also asked: how can we make sure free schools aren’t just reliable tools for the privileged?:
http://blog.freeschooling.org/2008/07/29/making-free-schools-reliable-tools-not-just-for-the-privileged/
I wrote about the ableist privilege behind the texts used to train writing center tutors.
http://eclectichedonist.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/following-up-on-girlsboys-math/
As it says, continuing conversation on the Science article…
I changed my blog’s name and wrote a list of how I feel about being a sex worker: http://www.peridotash.com/?p=210
something i just finished, regarding my feelings/ thoughts on yet another case of child abuse in philly and the failures of the system: http://coloredgurl.blogspot.com/2008/08/i-am-civil-service-employee.html
I wrote a long post on The basics: why pro-choice is the only moral option.
I also wrote a post that I’m quite pleased with on how to make bread.
I wrote about the eclipse today and posted a link to the incredible site called The Big Picture. You’ll love it as a break from controversy and debate.
http://mikeb302000.wordpress.com/2008/08/04/eclipse/
I wrote about marriages and fates , while attending a wedding I thought of my grand mother who married in 1910 then lost her husband five years later during WWI, then my mother whose her husband left her at WWII for a couple of years long; and how lucky the Saturday’s youg couple was in spite of all is said about how unlucky today’s youth is.
http://mayou-bloggoergosum.blogspot.com/
I talked about one way I deal with anxiety attacks.
Not much last week, just a blurb about the progress of my current knitting project.
I ranted a bit about I Kissed a Girl, and a bit more about anti-porn feminism.
I just wrote a post about a Dr. Phil show I watched.It was about a transwoman and called “Daddy Drama.’ Enjoy:
http://shihtzustaff.wordpress.com/2008/08/04/trans/
I wrote two letters to the newspaper in response to some stupid letters on abortion rights and PP that got published, and reposted them at Feministing Community.
I just put up a post on choosing a new last name after my divorce, maybe a nice geeky science fiction one. Please pop over and make a suggestion.
http://tjrelic.blogspot.com/2008/08/name-thing-again.html
my letter to the NYT about their consistent placement of stories about women in Fashion and Style
My first foray into on-on-one discussions with a blogger at Feminist Critics, a critical-of-feminism, not quite MRA blog but sometimes awfully close….1st one was pretty good, can’t say the same for the discussion over at FC.