Who Gets To Say What (Part I: Tokenism)
Hi everyone, and welcome to the next part of The Story of Blog. This series of somewhat navel-gazing posts is Feministe’s contribution to an ongoing conversation in this neck of blogland — a conversation about the nature and ethics of the kind of blogging we do here. This perennial topic was re-ignited by concerns raised [...]
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NOVELTY AND CHOICE: After having a terrible 2008, Chen Xiao decided to let go, and let China’s netizens decide how she spends her days for the price of a small fee. She won’t do anything she considers illegal or immoral, but she will pick up dinner for your family, or deliver a hot lunch to [...]
...read moreTarget Women: Oscar Ex-Plosion
Sarah Haskins tackles the bizarre media obsession with the fact that both Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston were at the same award show. OMG! (If you can’t view the embedded video, click here.) Mainly, as someone for whom the bulk of her celebrity gossip tends to come form reading the tabloid headlines in the supermarket [...]
...read morePerversion of Justice
Perversion of Justice by Melissa Mummert (Borderwalk Productions) Note: An updated version of this documentary will be released this spring. One would hope most feminists know by now that leaving an abusive relationship is no small feat. There’s shelter to think of – where will you (and your children) stay? In which city? With which [...]
...read moreRush Limbaugh Wants to Know Why Women Hate Him
So after finding out that only 37% of women have a favorable view of him, while 56% of men also do, Rush decided to hold a summit to try to figure out where he’s going wrong with the ladies. Oh why oh why might women not be huge fans? I don’t know, but Think Progress [...]
...read moreOpen Thread: Child-Free Resources, Suggestions, and General Bitching
Ask and ye shall receive. Commenter Ali says: “Not to mention that the logical consequence of bringing society around to the point where being childfree is a non-weird, totally acceptable option is more people taking that option.” Sorry to threadjack for a second but Jill (or Cara or anyone else), could we have an open [...]
...read moreNew Legislation Would Expand Domestic Violence Laws to Include Pets
It looks like both Washington and Iowa are considering legislation that would include family pets under domestic violence protections. In Washington, the legislation would allow courts to issue restraining orders against abusers that include pets as well as the abused party; and in Iowa, the legislation would not only allow restraining orders to be issued, but [...]
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Thursday LOST Blogging: The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham
Spoilers below the image! This week, not as good as last week. But no big deal — because this was still really good.
...read moreThree Things to Annoy You Today
1. Octomom’s gift to the pro-life movement. First, don’t get me started on the term “octomom” (not just because it irritates me, but because crass jokes will ensue). Second, yes, this is Jill Stanek and she’s awful, but I still think she illustrates an important point: That when we start messing with the legality of [...]
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A Larger Problem of Defamation at the Post
Like most New Yorkers, I can’t avoid the New York Post. It’s 50 cents, everyone reads it on the subway for mindless morning entertainment, and its gigantic glaring headlines are impossible to escape. It’s a city-wide (and sometimes nation-wide) joke. I studied journalism in college, and we were regularly warned that, while the Post is [...]
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