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My takedown of William Saletan’s latest “I know everything about abortion!” article. (Hint: he doesn’t).
Post about an awesome article about Wal-Mart, monopsony power, and the race to the bottom.
Just for fun: the joys of being a science nerd.
At Merda D’artista, I published the emails I sent to Bill O’Reilly, and Jeffrey Immelt/Jeff Zucker, in light of the Tiller murder, the phenomenon of the Facebook altar call, and my love of corsets, Lady GaGa, and the Real Housewives of New Jersey.
http://cannedartistshit.blogspot.com/2009/06/email-i-sent-out-to-bill-oreilly-last.html
http://cannedartistshit.blogspot.com/2009/06/my-email-ot-jeffrey-immelt-and-jeff.html
http://cannedartistshit.blogspot.com/2009/06/god-is-alien.html
http://cannedartistshit.blogspot.com/2009/06/in-defense-of-corsets-lady-gaga-and.html
A discussion of disordered eating and why so many women have a tortured relationship with food:
http://www.sirensmag.com
this week I wrote about being “that girl” in my martial arts class.
I wrote how how there will always be shock jocks and pundits such as Bill O’Reilly. Rupert Murdoch is marketing to an xenaphobic demographic. Making people less hateful you put Bill O’Reilly out of a job.
Bill O’Reilly Free Speech
I wrote things!
Dead Parents about the movie Away We Go starring Maya Rudolph and John Krasinski.
“Exactly! A reverse racist!” about Judge Sotomayor.
So, it’s not just me? about the uncomfortable realities of interracial dating.
“Are we talking about ice creams, or is this becoming a metaphor?” about the demographic shift in the US.
“This is where the magic happens.” about Seth Green explaining how to get your money right.
Enjoy!
I criticized underage drinking laws for discouraging the reporting of violent crimes – battering as well as sexual assault – on college campuses.
Following the murder of Dr. George Tiller, I wondered why the providers of very late-term abortions are clustered outside of the “blue states.” I also took a look at the patchwork of laws that make the post-viability “health” exception so variable from state to state.
My response to the murder of Dr. Tiller and the rise of violence when Republicans aren’t in power. http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/abortion-why-not-talking-about-it-lets.html
A celebration of popular dance as an art icon with music by Imani Azuri – it’s beautiful!
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/this-is-so-beautiful-you-must-watch.html
The Obama White House Special with Michelle Obama
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/michelle-obama-segments-from-nbc-white.html
The Obama White House Special with Sasha & Malia Obama
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/sasha-malia-obama-segment-from-nbc.html
My response to the murder of Dr. Tiller and the rise of violence when Republicans aren’t in power.
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/abortion-why-not-talking-about-it-lets.html
A celebration of popular dance as an art icon with music by Imani Azuri – it’s beautiful!
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/this-is-so-beautiful-you-must-watch.html
The Obama White House Special with Michelle Obama
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/michelle-obama-segments-from-nbc-white.html
The Obama White House Special with Sasha & Malia Obama
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/sasha-malia-obama-segment-from-nbc.html
My response to the murder of Dr. Tiller and the rise of violence when Republicans aren’t in power.
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/abortion-why-not-talking-about-it-lets.html
A celebration of popular dance as an art icon with music by Imani Azuri – it’s beautiful!
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/this-is-so-beautiful-you-must-watch.html
The Obama White House Special with Michelle Obama
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/michelle-obama-segments-from-nbc-white.html
The Obama White House Special with Sasha & Malia Obama
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/sasha-malia-obama-segment-from-nbc.html
1. Delusion, Not Hypocrisy: on the Tiller murder.
2. You know what bothers me? On straight people using the word “partner.”
3. Stone Butch Blues, And Other Books I’ve Been Reading Lately.
Last night I watched “Steal this Movie” and it got me to thinking about stuff I am writing about in a book I am working on when I am not too tired from my slave gig at the big box retail plantation.
Much of our activism in the 1960s was DIY not something professional. Grassroots rather than corporate. Dangerous to the establishment rather than channeled into meaningless exercises that don’t even get press coverage.
http://womenborntranssexual.com/2009/06/07/self-empowerment/
I wrote this asking why not get back to doing it ourselves.
At Vegans Against PETA, I write a bit about PETA’s abhorrent exploitation of Dr. Tiller’s murder, from the point of view that their billboards show just how little they know about what it means to be pro-choice. In comments I am inspired by a reader to surmise that PETA is the COINTELPRO of today’s progressive movement. (I could have a dialog with myself about it all day long, really.)
I also write about PETA’s lesser known hateful stunt of late, in which they malign an important Inuit symbol, the inukshuk, to look like a man about to club a seal.
Finally, I’ve just posted a roundup of general PETA stupidity that others have written about, including PETA’s ignorant, racist assertion, discussed at Muslimah Media Watch, that beating women is part of local practice in the Middle East.
This week at Evil Slutopia, we compiled an Anti-Sotomayor Stupidity Scorecard, refuted some of the misinformation put forth in the The Pill Kills Women campaign, and made fun of the One Million Moms for protesting the reality show The Cougar.
Is Anyone Else Annoyed with those Progressive Car Insurance Commercials?
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/these-progressive-insurance-commercials.html
The Obama White House Special with Michelle Obama
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/michelle-obama-segments-from-nbc-white.html
The Obama White House Special with Sasha & Malia Obama
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/sasha-malia-obama-segment-from-nbc.html
My response to the murder of Dr. Tiller and the rise of violence when Republicans aren’t in power.
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/abortion-why-not-talking-about-it-lets.html
A celebration of popular dance as an art icon with music by Imani Azuri – it’s beautiful!
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/this-is-so-beautiful-you-must-watch.html
testing since I’ve submitted and nothing has gone through
My response to the murder of Dr. Tiller and the rise of violence when Republicans aren’t in power.
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/abortion-why-not-talking-about-it-lets.html
A celebration of popular dance as an art icon with music by Imani Azuri – it’s beautiful!
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/this-is-so-beautiful-you-must-watch.html
The Obama White House Special with Michelle Obama
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/michelle-obama-segments-from-nbc-white.html
The Obama White House Special with Sasha & Malia Obama
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/sasha-malia-obama-segment-from-nbc.html
Is Anyone Else Annoyed with those Progressive Car Insurance Commercials?
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/these-progressive-insurance-commercials.html
I’ve put up a piece about the person who leaked the BPA memos and today is is National Cancer Survivors Day . Thanks for the opportunity to share.
Two different ways that people might become anti-political’.
Fruit bats – or are they?
The principle of ‘receiving as much as you put in’: is it a left-wing or a right-wing principle?
. . . it.
This week I wrote Banning Books Hurts Youth, about the various groups trying to ban certain teen books from libraries for containing homosexuality, anorexia, cutting, sexual abuse, or a number of other things, and how these groups don’t actually care about teens but just want to exploit them to further a personal bigoted agenda.
A Matter of Perspective – I realized this week that I’m no longer simply transitioning away from something I don’t want, but actually transitioning toward something I do want
1) Some languages don’t have a word for thank you.
2) On the “pro-life murder” of Dr. Tiller, and why the abortions he provided should be the least controversial.
I wondered about how do we concretely respond to face-to-face racism by strangers and my four year old cousin made me proud by wanting to be a superhero when she grows up.
A 20-something’s reaction to the murder of Dr. Tiller and a mini guide to San Francisco.
Post on victim blaming in domestic violence situations
http://mzbitca.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/victim-blaming-shrouded-in-sympathy/
My post about Dr. Tiller and how his murder really shook me up for a while
http://mzbitca.wordpress.com/2009/06/02/i-just-dont-know-anymore/
(Accidentally posted this in last week’s SS-PS – sorry mods.)
Over at Deeply Problematic this week, I reviewed the Hemingses of Monticello, commented on the Eminem-forced sex interlude at the MTV Music Awards and how a song on his most recent album reflects on the incident, and talked about how little I read the news. Today I posted in reponse to Amelia above about discomfort and partner privilege at rock concerts.
Over at Ms. Modern I wrote about how efficacy positively impacts body image.
Rhode Island will soon decide whether to ‘close the loophole’ and pass a law criminalizing indoor prostitution. The ‘loophole’ has made it possible for scores of Asian ‘spas’ to open in Providence. The anti-trafficking activists says the spas are enslaving women, but the women aren’t talking to the police.
One documentary film maker went into the spas with a Korean interpreter and asked them about their lives. Tara Hurley’s film, ‘Happy Endings’ is showing in Rhode Island. A review and a link to her website is here..
http://kmareka.com/2008/12/11/happy-endings/
I finally go there in On rape and men.
Brandon Marshall Of The Broncos Stop Beating On Women: Domestic violence is something we are loathe to discuss in the black community because we know that black men are already understood as violent culturally, however this should not stop us from discussing violence against black women.
Disability Is Felt By Children:How my son copes with my three chronic illnesses and the changes it has brought to our relationship.
Never Been Kissed Equals Respect: Looking at how the status of virgin is employed to supposedly elevate the status of young white women.
Hey Fatty Cover Up: Looking at the social shaming of fat women who have the supposed nerve to display and ounce of flesh.
At my place: Hello
BirminghamWichita – Words From A Blogger Who Still Isn’t Sure What To Say (on Dr. Tiller’s murder)And at Our Bodies Our Blog: OBOS Joins ACLU Lawsuit Challenging Breast and Ovarian Cancer Gene Patents
I have two posts on the gender gap in the sciences.
First, on a study showing that the gap in math has disappeared through grade 12, and my experience as both a man and a woman in science.
Second, on a study on the role of professor gender in achievement in the sciences, and my experiences with mentors.
A review of Autism’s False Prophets: http://talulahmankiller.wordpress.com/2009/06/02/thanks-but-i-still-don%E2%80%99t-trust-doctors/
A review of the extremely disturbing Living Dead Girl, a YA novel about…well. Let’s just say that if child molestation/child murder trigger you, you probably don’t even want to read the review, let alone the book: http://talulahmankiller.wordpress.com/2009/06/04/actually-now-that-i-think-about-it-im-kind-of-morbid/#more-701
And finally, a post about my feelings about traveling, in which I spend a lot of time comparing children to drug addicts: http://talulahmankiller.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/on-traveling/#more-703
…it makes sense in context. I hope.
I wrote about menstruating. As a man.
Rape of the Heroine: examining how rape is used in fantasy as a way to uplift the male heros.
Call for submissions to Fuzz Therapy (a weekly installment of pics of fuzzy animals, i. e. my cat). Now open to any animals. See submission guidelines. If I do not get any submissions you will all get more of this. Fuzz optional.
Also, my review of Pixar’s Up.
I wrote a followup on a post about London rape crisis centres being faced with closure due to the Mayor reneging on his promise to fund them.
There has been an amazing amount of #disabilityfail in my life over the past week, and I’m making a point of posting about it and calling people out.
Davros is not a physically handicapped mad scientist overcoming his shortcomings through taking over the world – although the post this is in response to has since been taken down (much to my irritation.)
This was followed by Disability Fail: Nova Scotia Elections edition, where I should warn folks that politicians and agencies in NS essentially presented (amongst OTHER things, OMG) that PWD are only people with physical disabilities or learning difficulties, and the only issues of importance are poverty issues and health care. Oh, and those pesky disabled folks shouldn’t be allowed to ask their own questions of politicians because it wouldn’t be “fair”.
This week also included a doctor deciding my husband is a medical specimen, not a person, by which I mean in an unrelated medical examination, the doctor decided to see how far he could push Don’s hyper-mobile joints – you know, that thing that causes his pain.
And then Don’s reaction to the Disability Forum, where he is simultaneously nicer than I am, and yet, more scary.
Of course, you can read all sorts of things if you check out my “disability” tag, and I wanted to call people’s attention to the new Disability101 community on Dreamwidth, Disability, as a sibling community to no_pity.
Did my post get eaten? I didn’t even get the “in moderation” bit. WOE IS ME! :)
I spotted some Facebook racism.
Phoebe asks for advice: what feminist issues are important for high school women to discuss?
The Teachers Teaching Teachers podcast featuring Silvia, Phoebe, and I is now available for listening.
I wrote about BDSM as a sexual orientation, and the political complications that derive from that idea — it’s not a simple or straightforward question, but I think it’s an important one for feminists and sex communities to consider.
http://clarissethorn.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/bdsm-as-a-sexual-orientation-and-complications-of-the-orientation-model/
I wrote about a pair of seldom discussed identities of sex, gender, body in Wherefore Art Thou, Prudity? and Asexuality: If I Liked You, What Would I Do?.
I reflected on the sexism and obstructionism abroad in Indian MP threatens to drink poison if women’s rights bill passes.
I was lucky enough to find an encouraging story of self definition and the rewards of perseverance in Nong Thoom: Transgender Thai Boxer
Annabelle River discussed dizzyingly complex media, sex and values puzzle that is Mary Kay Letourneau in The Mary Kay Epilogue
sgb
Seeing through the life of a prisoner: Maria writes about The world from a detainee perspective – inside Guantanamo Bay
Ecofeminism: linking feminism to the environment. Elizabeth writes about Tree Huggers: The Chipko Movement.
Are Immigration Rights: Soon For Same-Sex Couples? by Carrie explores about transnational same sex couples.
Health Insurance companies in Oregon are required to cover HPV vaccine about the new law that just passed in the Oregon House and Senate this past week.
A artist profile about a woman who uses tampons as one of her main materials Feminist Art Profile: Mariana Castro de Ali by Emily
On Monday, I hosted the Feminist Carnival of Sexual Freedom and Autonomy.
Inspired by Daisy Deadhead, I wrote the first part of my radical/activism history. I realised as I went along, that there was a soundtrack to all this.
I finally finished a post that has been stewing for several months, talking about what the oppressed really know.
I also responded to an essay by Claudia Card about “the issues of sadomasochism”.
My thumbnail analysis of the parties I could have/did vote for in the European elections, and a couple of geometric photos I’m quite pleased with.
This week at Macha Mexico: A Lesbian Guide to Mexico City, Anahí wrote a disturbing article about Augustín Estrada Negrete, an elementary school principal in the state of Mexico who was suspended from work for a year (despite the protests of parents) for marching in a gay pride parade and then was subsequently arrested, beaten, and sexually assaulted in prison for attempting to get his job back.
As a queer teacher, I found this story very upsetting. Check it out.
About hypocrisy: http://kangarooelaine.blogspot.com/2009/05/about-veganism-veganism-is-diet-and.html
This week!
U.S. Action Alert in Solidary With the Indigenous People of Peru!
Reflections on a Road Trip.
Rob and Arnie Think Abusing Trans-children is A-OK!
A Pagan Perspective on Dr. Tiller’s Murder
The Icing on the Fucking Cake
Carnival Against Sexual Violence 71 provides a collection of posts.
Man accused of arranging wife’s rape on Craigslist about the arrest of a husband and how the story seems to overlook the man who responded to this husband’s request for sexual violence against his wife.
Are all men capable of refraining from rape? is the question which seems to be overlooked when people seek to understand why men rape.
I’ve got a quick post about gender divisions in graduation robes.
Utrecht Art Competition. Grand prize is $3,000! http://suchcoolstuff.blogspot.com/2009/06/utrecht-art-competition.html
Pabla of O M A N E P A D M E O M makes clothes and garments that she would like to wear, with ethnic and nature-inspired designs that are primarily hand-painted using fair trade materials. The fabrics she uses are only natural fibers such as linen, cotton, hemp and wool that she gathers on her travels. http://suchcoolstuff.blogspot.com/2009/06/o-m-n-e-p-d-m-e-o-m.html
Erin Bruce of Kitty Empire creates hand crafted purses, wristlets, wallets and messenger bags. All Kitty Empire products are vegan, made with vinyl and fabric. http://suchcoolstuff.blogspot.com/2009/06/kitty-empire.html
I wrote about how my disabled son was attacked for a third time, and the subequent phone call from the staff at the school….
http://spectrumbeach.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/moments-before-signing-the-iep/
I also wrote about how later that day, we were told not to get too riled up about kids using words like “gay” and “rape”, as these are just “generic” terms (this from an educator):
http://spectrumbeach.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/how-we-didnt-earn-the-fingerprinting-merit-badge-also-known-as-the-gay-is-a-generic-term-and-you-shouldnt-take-it-too-seriously-post/
How come no one is talking about this?
http://combatqueer.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/06/apes-racist-language-the-army-and-mildew.html
One of my officers actually managed to surprise me with the severity of his racist language. He, at least, seems to be afraid people might find out.
I lost my mind last week, and this is what was like.
A note to myself about what to do in the case of mind-losing.
Also, a disturbing amount of the music I hum to myself concerns the murder of women. Gross, yet catchy.
That last link didn’t quite work. It’s here.
To be clear, one of my captains called Obama an “ape”
http://combatqueer.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/06/apes-racist-language-the-army-and-mildew.html
Another sexist beer commercial? Gasp!
Heineken kegs! Who doesn’t love an attractive woman robot who serves you beer from her torso?
re: the real housewives of New Jersey – while it is the better in that series of “Real Housewives” reality shows, I wonder about that one mother-daughter dynamic depicted on the premiere episode. I would be concerned if my 12-year-old daughter criticized other kinds of mothers … the ones that don’t look as plastic-surgery-maintenenced as her own mother does. As someone who is insterested in body image issues, I worry that other “tween” girls like her would turn on their mothers because they are not “best buddies” with them, let alone not being as “pretty” as those women on TV are.
I am going to look forward to click through all the links above. CombatQueer, I may do yours first, if I can handle being that pissed off.
A day late, a buck short, but…
I have put up two replies turned posts on my site about dialogue online around Dr. Tiller’s death. One was about characterizing late term abortion as horrifying. And, the second one was a reply to a comment section on the blog of a professor, a comment section I thought very illustratively dehumanized women and their practitioners.
Then, I botched about my house getting flooded while I am supposed to be studying for boards, and trued to blame it on the anti-choicers, poorly.
This week at City of Ladies, Brian wrote about how anti-abortion groups can avoid looking like assholes and damaging their own reputations when commenting on events such as Scott Roeder’s murder of Dr. George Tiller:
Public Relations for Dummies
Yesterday,I attended the silent march for solidarity with victims of institutional abuse at the hands of religious orders in Ireland. This march took place in Dublin city centre. Afterwards I blogged everything I could remember about the event. Trigger warnings apply for these links.
The march – my experience
Some background reading
The Irish Solidarity for Survivors of Institutional Abuse
A guide to the Ryan Report
btw sorry, I know it isn’t Sunday, but there isn’t anything about this on Feministe and I believe it’s something that would be of concern to the readership.
in moderation because it’s got links. Basically:
Yesterday,I attended the silent march for solidarity with victims of institutional abuse at the hands of religious orders in Ireland. This march took place in Dublin city centre. Afterwards I blogged everything I could remember about the event. Trigger warnings apply.
The first link is to my latest blog entry describing the march.
There are two more links – google “the ryan report” and click on the Guardian link and that will provide background and history.
I’ll stop spamming now!