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I wrote a post on Molly Weasley from the Harry Potter books, focusing on her her status in the first six books made me discount her compared to the other female characters and how I learned my lesson in the seventh book.
http://mzbitca.wordpress.com/2008/10/25/molly-weasley-has-99-problems/
This week at Macha Mexico, our Lesbian Guide to Mexico City includes a review of a gay-friendly hotel, a preview of Mexico City’s upcoming 4th Annual Festival Lésbico, and an article about bicycle culture in Mexico City, including a queer-friendly women’s bicycling group that organizes rides throughout the city.
I’m surviving the Prop 8 battle here in CA by publicly shaming the worst and stupidest of the right-wing fundies who are showing up everywhere these days. A couple of my favorites this week:
An explanation of civil rights by a particularly gifted logician….
a proposed real-estate transaction between the gays and the Christian right….
and bonus fundy haiku! They’re poets and they don’t even know it.
We laugh so we don’t throttle people. Enjoy.
I have a message I think some (not all!) feminist men need to read and a piece about how our bodily insecurities can be used to control us.
I offer my take on the whole Disney Princesses and feminism conundrum.
anyone from Seattle??
What is the deal with Seattle’s Local Newspaper The Stranger’s recent “cover art”
justifying these images as coverart is only legitimizing the role of women as sexual objects.
(I don’t know how to link my texts, so here is the link to the blog post http://robotdoves.blogspot.com/2008/10/latte-liberal-seattle.html )
I wrote about Jacqui Smith’s proposals to dealing with prostitution.
Also, Natalia and I have a new blog project ‘in the moderation queue’.
Just wondering if anyone has any good feminist Halloween costume ideas, and thinking it’s cool that Halle Berry owns her own orgasms.
I compare and contrast the McCain & Obama campaign’s response to alleged violence against their volunteers, remember that Christmas isn’t the only time it isn’t easy being a Jew and marvel at how McCain & Palin define elitism.
BTW, am I the only one who’s noticed that the war on Christmas started early this year?
Pro Choice Because I am a Mother: Examining the difficulties of motherhood and how it would could resentment if not actively chosen.
Stop Being A Whore or I’ll Tell Mommy and Daddy: slut shaming of sex trade workers
Will and Jada Smith only one parents counts: the ways in which black fathers are uplifted while black women are relegated to second class status.
Breaking News Sapphire Wounded: Why it is necessary to reclaim the angry black woman stereotype.
http://logic4dummies.blogspot.com/2008/10/no-on-prop-8.html
Hate Prop 8?
Like Gay Art?
I’m offering signed prints of some lesbian art to people who donate to the No on 8 effort.
Olives: I’m from Seattle, and I think The Stranger’s lame both for their cover art and for the American Apparel ads that they take.
This week I felt like writing about TV, because that new show Life on Mars got me all fired up about the role of women on it and the lack of people of color.
Also, a good friend of mine started a feminist forum because a lot of people we know miss Twisty Faster’s forums, and were taking over a PC gaming forum with feminist discussion. We are high and lowbrow, political and pop culture and mostly we are Uppity Women. Registration is open and we are happy to hear from a variety of people and I imagine it will evolve.
Am I alone in my enjoyment of watching Palin’s arrogance ripping the GOP to pieces?
http://skinjob007.livejournal.com/34540.html
I wrote a post on my blog A New Dawn about my issues with the upcoming Watchmen adaptation. Only the first part is up(and only one blog entry). but its a new blog and feedback is greatly encouraged.
the link is: http://missjadejones.wordpress.com
(I’m posting the blog and not the direct post because I am on my phone, don’t have a personal computer and there is only the one post mentioned above on the blog so far). Enjoy!
A piece in defense of “My Boyfriend’s Back”, and wondering “Whatever Happened to Whorish Girl Rock?”
More importantly, why feminist have a stake in the troublesome legacy of Mariah Carey.
Wrote about tattoos and oral sex, yet more thoughts on Sarah Palin (Would especially like commentary on my Sarah Palin series), and have a new article up at GlobalComment on “socialism” and racism.
Two things I talked about this week are gentrification and I shared a spell for election day!
I haven’t gotten my own blog set up again yet so I’m over on dKos. This week was a lot about John McCain and autism and Sarah Palin’s special needs “plans”.
I may be a working girl myself but I still think it’s generally wrong to hire a prostitute.
The real problem with ‘Sluttoween’.
Turns out I’ve been putting up quite a few videos. Congratulations! It’s Breast Cancer!
Fun with victim blaming in my sociology class.
Cuteness overload. Hope the Bobcat kitten was adopted by a domestic cat. Hope will eventually be released back into the wild. Mama cat first hated Hope, but mom and daughter cat and bobcat bonded.
I wrote about me being sexist. (Me? My?)
I speculate on some different perspectives of the Ashley Todd fiasco of late last week here.
On body modification & identity, and to what extent it is exempt from cultural critique.
I want to let you guys know about the post I wrote introducing the Antigone Foundation’s 2009 Dreams for Women Calendar. The calendar features postcards from around the world on which people have written their ‘Dreams for Women’ (One example is “I Dream of a world where no woman is seen and not heard”)
Check it out below! You can also raise money for your favourite women’s group! Women’s orgs who register with us and tell their members about it will receive $10 (CDN) per $20 (CND) calendar sold!
http://antigonemagazine.wordpress.com/2008/10/26/its-here-the-dreams-for-women-2009-calendar-is-here/
I just put up a post after going to a Black Catholic church today where the women are holding a weekly prayer service for Barack Obama’s protection.
A local woman claims a talking doll is saying “Islam is light!” and has created such a fuss, Mattel changed the toy so there won’t be any “confusion”…
(Yes, I know, this is the kind of thing that makes the south look bad. I figure: You can laugh, or you can cry.)
Also, a feminist review of Standard Operational Procedure, Errol Morris’ documentary about Abu Ghraib.
The 67th Carnival of Feminists is up.
And I break down Latinos, Hispanics and things/people from Spain.
GT 2008-10-24: Ending State violence against women in prostitution in San Francisco: in which I speak in favor of Prop. K, a ballot initiative which would result in complete de facto decriminalization of women in prostitution who work in the city of San Francisco. Not because I’m pro-prostitution (I’m not), but rather because I’m against vice cops being able to inflict fines or jail terms on women in prostitution.
GT 2008-10-10: Whiteness studies 104: Class, cuisine, and authenticity: in which I discuss NPR “Progressives,” class, and the construction of “real Mexican cuisine.”
All the ways I’m not a Real American
Observations on male privilege and women’s writing
This past week the ESC switched from ‘pink for October’ to ‘purple for October’, because this month isn’t just breast cancer awareness month, it’s also Domestic Violence Awareness Month and LGBT History Month.
We addressed some of the Sarah Palin scandals of the moment – charging Alaska for the cost of traveling to various events with her (usually uninvited) children, taking a per diem for staying in her own home, the shopping spree, and so on: She Works Hard for the Money
Speaking of LGBT, we talked about John McCain and the future of LGBT rights, with a bonus blog on how Sarah Palin also sucks in that arena, and we talked about LGBT candidates who are running for office this year.
We also allowed John McCain to present 50 reasons not to vote for John McCain, and shared the story of the vet who did not vet.
A new study has some stunning figures regarding racial profiling by the LAPD.
I wrote a big about Jenny Block and being in an open marriage, as well as ranting about a certain voter from Joplin, MO.
I wrote Choices you can live with, huh? after seeing a disturbing banner at the KeyBank inside the Seattle Municipal Building.
1. Lawyers who are fathers make more than the average salary for their profession while lawyers who are mothers earn less.
2. Is the pro-choice message gaining traction?
3. I am again confused by the big anti-gay agenda run by gay men.
I have written something significant this week!
The one where Joanie’s fiancé rapes her. about last week’s episode of Mad Men.
I am into the second month of my self-portrait-a-day project which i have been blogging regularly. Sometimes they are rather irreverent, though I seek to make my transgender identity, queer identity and female identity fmore visible and represent myself through how i see myself rather than how others perceive me.
there is a longer statement on the blog.
StitchingTentacles.wordpress.com
thanks!
adelaide
over at my place, two new posts:
EATING DISORDERS: IT’S ALL ABOUT THE MEN. (http://loreleiblack.wordpress.com/2008/10/26/eating-disorders-its-all-about-the-men/)
another post about whether feminist parenting really brings about feminist sons every time:
BECAUSE YOU NEVER FUCKING KNOW, DO YOU? (http://loreleiblack.wordpress.com/2008/10/24/because-you-never-fucking-know-do-you/)
thanks for looking! :)
just a warning, the first half of my second post is triggering for sexual violence.
A pair of posts about bisexuality, Christianity, and monogamous marriage.
1. http://hugoschwyzer.net/2008/10/22/a-very-long-post-about-bisexuality-fidelity-fantasy-masturbation-and-desire-a-response-to-neil/
2. http://hugoschwyzer.net/2008/10/23/pray-to-have-him-hold-you-as-a-lover-thinking-about-jars-of-clay-teresa-of-avila-and-erotic-spirituality/
We’re hosting the next Carnival of Feminists over at Fourth Wave, so don’t forget to send in your entries in the next couple weeks.
Brianna added a second wave feminist song to her Feminist Anthems’ series: Mountain Moving Day.
Vicky mused over the Manic Pixie Dream Girls as feminist characters in movies like Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist.
And I got riled over an op-ed that characterized Sarah Palin as a femme fatale and McCain just not able to help himself in her presence.
I blogged at City of Ladies on Wednesday about a meme that’s been going around the Republican party, and its political and racist implications. Detailed, with lots of links and several paragraphs of analysis: “Pro-America”
Brian the Macroeconomist wrote on Monday about the socialism accusations for Obama’s tax plan: John the Politician Doesn’t Understand
And we have a new member of our crew, Robin, who wrote about labioplasty: Don’t Hate, Appreciate
(I’ve fixed comments so you don’t have to be a member.)
This is a few weeks old, but here’s my interview with Jennifer Baumgardner about her her book Abortion & Life.
Some reviews of particular interest this week are:
Violence and Activism at the Border: Gender, Fear, and Everyday Life in Ciudad Juarez – Staudt provides an excellent account of the proliferation of violence against women, and she works toward a sustainable movement that will last across generations and across borders.
Sciences from Below: Feminisms, Postcolonialities, and Modernities – Harding’s assertion is that the discipline of science studies ignores the contributions of feminisms and postcolonialities, disciplines and movements that interrogate the relationship between history, knowledge, and power.
Feminist Thought: A More Comprehensive Introduction – …the book offers a useful dialogue that not only reveals the important contributions of these different feminisms (and the key thinkers from each branch), but also scrutinizes the unexamined assumptions and biases in each approach.
I guess I didn’t post this correctly the first time. Check out my interview with Jennifer Baumgardner about her new book Abortion & Life.
This week on MMW, we deconstructed Sarah from LMOTP, assessed Golshifteh Farahani’s issues with Iran over the headscarf, roll our eyes at NPR’s Orientalism, celebrate the fact that Egypt has jailed its first conviction of sexual harassment, and unfurl a great Friday Links.
On the lighter side, I wrote a piece on Olivia Dunham, the lead character in Fox’s Fringe. She makes an excellent feminist heroine.
I entered a Peach Cinnamon Mascarpone cupcake into the Iron Cupcake Earth contest, the theme was cheese! Please vote for Let Them Eat Cake!
On the more serious side I posted the Message to Sarah Palin video that I found on Feministing.
I wrote about the introduction of compulsory schools to the United States and how it was mass education to support mass production:
http://blog.freeschooling.org/2008/10/24/mass-education-for-mass-production/
I wrote, yet again, about online identity. Here, too.
I also went to the Waffle House Museum.
Some shameless blegging to help out the Red Queen who has been homeless for a while now.
Fat shaming of a six year old actress and the character she plays on Desperate Housewives has me more than a little pissed off in The Importance of Being Juanita Solis.
A VP edition of Tip of the Hat/Wag of the Finger.
James Gunn’s “PG Porn”, while interesting to me in concept, resorts to violence agains women to get some laughs, and that means that it is made of fail.
Obama campaign organization as seen from the bottom
Abortion, Hot Buttons, Single Issue Voting, Seamless Garments, and Obama’s Grandmother
Mental Illness, Hoaxes, and Scary Black Men
About my husband’s first general vote as a new American citizen: http://marie-everydaymiracle.blogspot.com/2008/10/voting-as-early-as-we-can.html
About a song I wrote about our children creating a new world of peace:
http://marie-everydaymiracle.blogspot.com/2008/10/music-family-music-sandwich-weekend.html
Jon Stewart’s take on the “real America”: http://marie-everydaymiracle.blogspot.com/2008/10/hilarious-new-daily-show-videos.html
Sarah Palin claiming that “real feminists” must vote for McCain-Palin: http://marie-everydaymiracle.blogspot.com/2008/10/okay-now-im-really-peeved.html
About Colin Powell’s raising the issue of intolerance toward Muslims: http://marie-everydaymiracle.blogspot.com/2008/10/moved-by-crescent.html
About the Dar Williams concert, and her singing of “Christians and the Pagans” as a comment about Sarah Palin: http://marie-everydaymiracle.blogspot.com/2008/10/music-family-sandwich-part-3.html
6-year-old’s letters to Obama and McCain: http://marie-everydaymiracle.blogspot.com/2008/10/more-political-poems-and-letters-from.html
Democrats make better lovers: http://marie-everydaymiracle.blogspot.com/2008/10/no-comment.html
About racism and hatred in McCain-Palin supporters: http://marie-everydaymiracle.blogspot.com/2008/10/dark-side-of-america.html
Blog tag: http://marie-everydaymiracle.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-tag.html
About a city in Japan called “Obama”: http://marie-everydaymiracle.blogspot.com/2008/10/obama-is-beautiful-world.html
About Wonder Woman Day in Portland, Oregon: http://marie-everydaymiracle.blogspot.com/2008/10/wonder-woman-day-sunday-oct-26-2008.html
Happy birthday, Hillary: http://marie-everydaymiracle.blogspot.com/2008/10/happy-birthday-hillary-clinton.html
The prospect of an inspiring president: http://marie-everydaymiracle.blogspot.com/2008/10/ive-said-it-before-and-ill-say-it-again.html
I need folks to vote on a poll I”m conducting about issues in the fem blogosphere. I’m so late on this thread, but oh well :)
it’s on the main page: http://www.myecdysis.blogspot.com
Thanks! Vote!
I know I am a little late, but I recently wrote a blog about the ridiculousness of crazy right winged bigots. Here is the link: http://nikkole318.livejournal.com/4591.html?mode=reply
i’ve found here many interest links, thanks
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