Comments on: Shameless Self-Promotion Sunday

By: Cerebelle

Cerebelle — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:39:10 +0000

Not much from last week, just (finally!) a Photo Essay about a little visitor who popped up after the rain on Thursday.

By: natmusk

natmusk — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:16:05 +0000

I finally started my own blog. I’m pretty clueless to much of the blogging world. trying to figure out trackbacks and what not…but I have my first post up about sexism in the olympic commentators.

http://mzbitca.wordpress.com/

By: BenVarkentine

BenVarkentine — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:24:43 +0000

Let’s see…probably the best things I ran this week were:

A little mini-tribute to the animaton director Richard Williams, with clips from his work (including that Raggedy Ann movie from the ’70s)

http://varkentine.blogspot.com/2008/08/droops-rabbits-and-rags.html

And a new “classic movies” meme:

http://varkentine.blogspot.com/2008/08/classic-movie-meme-or-how-could-he.html

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:42:17 +0000

Wrote about the film Sophie's Choice. More about how it puts Jews in the oppressor role in the name of philosemitism, but it's got some relevance to feminism.

By: Yonmei

Yonmei — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:15:02 +0000

I wrote a five-part 9000-word essay reacting to Orson Scott Card's latest objections to same-sex marriage (this time, he's brought out the pseudo-science) and relating this to the conveniently-timed revelation received by President Kimball of the Latter Day Saints that "Negroes" were now able to receive the priesthood (well, the men were) just as the LDS Church was threatened with losing its tax-exempt status for racial discrimination in 1978. Orson Scott Card: homophobic Humpty Dumpty

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:50:21 +0000

Wondered why my grandma always asks me if I’ve lost weight: http://impersonated.blogspot.com/2008/08/advice-for-question-have-you-lost.html

By: earlgreyrooibos

earlgreyrooibos — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:11:35 +0000

I picked apart a Mona Ackerman column.

By: queerunity

queerunity — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:07:35 +0000

Fox News Does not Give Blessing to Lesbian Kiss:
http://queersunited.blogspot.com/2008/08/fox-news-does-not-give-blessing-to.html

No Pride for Gay McCain Supporters:
http://queersunited.blogspot.com/2008/08/no-pride-for-gay-mccain-supporters.html

Florida Democrats Anti-adoption stance:
http://queersunited.blogspot.com/2008/08/florida-democratic-rep-darryl-rousons.html

By: feministgal

feministgal — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:56:56 +0000

Last week i about Female Soldiers: Raped and Silenced and gave props to Dara Torres who is a 41 year old Olympian swimmer, competing in her 5th Olympic Games!

By: Pop Feminist

Pop Feminist — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:26:47 +0000

The Unsung Feminism of Billy Idol- Our only pop culture male to male Drag King?:
http://popfeminist.blogspot.com/2008/08/unsung-feminism-of-billy-idol.html

Black and white masculinities as shaped by the iconography of The Beatles:
http://popfeminist.blogspot.com/2008/08/black-and-white-masculinities.html

enjoy!