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I wrote a post I was moderately happy with for the nfinite Summer project about the MIT language riots, thought, self-referentiality, addiction, David Foster Wallace, and suicide. Another post is coming tomorrow morning on the same book, Wes Anderson, and being labeled gifted as a child.
This week, at Deeply Problematic:
I am pro-abortion, not pro-choice, on language used to frame abortion, in response to this post from Miranda
Two posts in response to Amanda’s post on disabity and language: OCD, language, and my place on the disability spectrum: parts one and two.
Freelancing Is Not Slavery, N.C. Winters., in response to a racist cartoon strip
Several critical posts on celebrities this week: on Megan Fox’s sexual harrassment by Michael Bay, Wimbledon champ Serena Williams being labelled fat and lazy, and Mary-Louise Parker’s problematic photoshoot and “thank you letter to men” in Esquire
Victim-Blaming: Hate Crimes Edition (featuring special guests Eric Cartman and Camille Paglia), discussing why hate crimes are necessary and how Camille Paglia doesn’t get it
Transphobic Douchebags on Feministing, in response to a douchey comment on a Feministing Community post
Please submit writers of color, women writers, LBGTQ writers to 50 Books for Problematic Times! Deadline is flexible.
I wrote about the problems with “sex sells” being used to justify court choices based on the women’s “attractiveness” at Wimbeldon.
http://womenwithpants.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/wimbeldon-sells-out-for-sex-appeal/
I rant, therefore I am: some fuckwad searched “feminists annoy me” and found my site, making my head explode in a spectacular fashion: http://talulahmankiller.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/feminists-annoy-me/
My boyfriend and I have a fight over the World’s Ugliest Polo Shirt, leading me to reminisce about the days when the most important man in my life was a transvestite: http://talulahmankiller.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/because-it-makes-him-feel-pretty/
Aaaaand the latest Robin McKinley is totes disappointing: http://talulahmankiller.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/grudge-match/
This week at After Cancer, Now What?:
Greedy Doctors Going on Strike? Man have I had enough of “free marketeers”.
Why are old people the only ones guaranteed health care?
Also an important call to African American Women needed for cancer research
A couple of conference announcements and other goodies. BTW, I didn’t blog about it because it’s not really my area but I am SO SICK of Bruno! I know it won’t but I really hope it bombs!
It’s been a busy week at Feminists For Choice. The trolls have been coming out of the woodwork. I guess that means we’re going our job properly. Here are the top three posts of the week:
My Encounter with Randall Terry
http://feministsforchoice.com/my-encounter-with-randall-terry.htm
How to Talk Choice with Your Pro-Life Mom
http://feministsforchoice.com/how-to-talk-choice-with-your-pro-life-mom.htm
Reproductive Health Belongs in Health Care Reform Package
http://feministsforchoice.com/reproductive-services-belong-in-the-health-care-reform-package.htm
And be sure to check out the first post from one of our newest writers, Mrs. Mastro, where she shares her abortion story.
http://feministsforchoice.com/my-abortion-story-the-personal-meets-the-political.htm
The Obama’s And The Door Of No Return: As a child of the African Diaspora The Door Of No Return has much emotional meaning for me. My ancestors were pushed through that door in chains and so began a legacy of slavery that would last for hundreds of years. The Obamas recently visited the Slave Castle in Ghana.
Something Creamy In A Can For Anderson Cooper: Anderson Cooper discovers canned whip cream and it is hilarious.
Americans Must Stop Marrying Other Species: Looking at commentary from Brian Kilmeade in which he declared the problems with the states is impure bloodlines
McKinney Kidnapping Ignored By Media: Had it not been for twitter, I doubt that I would even have been aware that Cynthia McKinney was held hostage in Israel after attempting to deliver aid and supplies to the Palestinians. There has been a resounding silence on this issue as CNN, MSNBC and other mainstream media sources rush to give us the latest news on the death of Michael Jackson.
It’s Little People Not Midget: The Little People of America are attempting to get the word midget declared a slur. They are currently petitioning the FCC, after a particularly insulting episode of The Celebrity Apprentice.
Backlash Against India’s Landmark “Sodomy” Ruling My new article for Global Comment discusses the backlash around India’s decriminalization of Section 377, particularly around issues of heterosexual privilege and British colonialism.
A post in which I review books, including Kathryn Joyce’s book about the Quiverfull movement.
And, on the not-feminist side, a post about the move I just made from California to Texas.
Generally shaking my head at the world:
http://hardtobehuman.blogspot.com/2009/07/what-to-do-what-to-do.html
Much of the previous week was consumed by/with the situation @ The Valley Club. So, three posts are dedicated to that. However, here are three more posts which deal with other matters:
Black Doll, Like Me: http://missincognegro.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/black-doll-like-me/
Watermelon: http://missincognegro.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/watermelon/
“The Work Must Continue” : http://missincognegro.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/the-work-must-continue/
Actually, this piece emerged from the situation at The Valley Swim Club. I may write more about this topic in a future blog post.
mw:)
This week, I’ve focused a lot on the use, misuse, and abuse of public murals (especially focused on esamples in Grand Rapids MI)
What happened when a public mural was neglected by the community:
http://cannedartistshit.blogspot.com/2009/07/there-is-special-place-in-hell-for.html
My issues with PBR using public murals as a form of viral ad marketing
http://cannedartistshit.blogspot.com/2009/07/really-pbr-really.html
And, on the lighter side, an update on my badass needleworking friend.
http://cannedartistshit.blogspot.com/2009/07/remember-my-awesome-friend-jen.html
My only post this week is about what a certain anti-choicer thinks about premarital sex.
This week at Adventures of a Young Feminist:
On Being a Lesbian in a Network TV Show – The Case of Heroes: looking at what creating a lesbian relationship for a character in Heroes will say about how lesbian relationships are viewed in society.
http://youngfeministadventures.blogspot.com/2009/07/on-being-lesbian-in-network-tv-show.html
If Women Makes Movies, Is It Automatically Feminist?: examining Diablo Cody’s new movie “Jennifer’s Body” and whether it is a feminist film or not.
http://youngfeministadventures.blogspot.com/2009/07/if-women-make-movies-is-it.html
The Truth About the Ugly Truth: what the movie “The Ugly Truth” says about gender norms and how men and women are represented in society.
http://youngfeministadventures.blogspot.com/2009/07/truth-about-ugly-truth.html
Song of the Day: “The Fear” by Lily Allen
http://youngfeministadventures.blogspot.com/2009/07/song-of-day-fear-by-lily-allen.html
Princess’ pain in the ass: my kitty’s sort of funny health issue (don’t worry, it’s not serious!)
Broadview Security protects the ladies from teh evil dudes: Looking at the commercials that only show women in need of a security system (because men don’t need one apparently).
Fuzz Therapy (Guest Fuzz): leave Intransigentia’s Lilith some love.
Delta red dress double-fail: the sexy uniform is not available in larger sizes, which excludes larger women, as well as exploiting women for their looks in what should be a professional career.
I wrote about 5 gay men kicked out of an El Paso restaurant for….kissing. http://socialsciencelite.blogspot.com/2009/07/kissing-in-public-is-illegal-if-youre.html
I also wrote on the Philadelphia, PA swimming pool incident, in which 65 black and latino campers were kicked out of an open membership private pool. Mothers scooped their (white) kids out of the pool in fear of the oncoming black/brown invasion:http://socialsciencelite.blogspot.com/2009/07/philadelphia-pa-or-philadelphia-ms.html
I updated my piece from a month ago on Costco coming to East Harlem, and refusing to take food stamps:http://socialsciencelite.blogspot.com/2009/07/our-new-corporate-neighbor-revisited.html
And finally, I wrote a piece responding to Ed Glaeser’s op-ed in the Boston Globe on mass transit, relates a lot to Jill’s post on feminist urban policy: http://socialsciencelite.blogspot.com/2009/07/congestion-isolation-and-goal-of-mass.html
It was a good week! Particularly check out the piece on Philly and El Paso discrimination there’s some great insight in the comments. Hope everyone’s weekend was great!
Dating and other types of relationships rarely work between different classes.
As a woman born transsexual my access to unbiased health care has often been problematic.
Many times I have omitted a major chunk of my medical history i.e. the part about being born transsexual and having had sex reassignment surgery out of fear of maltreatment or employer notification.
Therefore I was made extremely angry by the anti-transsexual/anti-transgender attitude on the part of Lu’s Pharmacy in Vancouver.
Is it any different that I have been denied having my hormone prescription filled by some one practicing faith based hate than it is for a woman born female to have her birth control prescrpition refused for the same faith based hate.
Most of the WBT women born transsexual/transgender people I know are also feminist due to the discrimination we also face as women. Getting the same crap from WBF feminists only adds to the insult.
http://womenborntranssexual.com/2009/07/09/the-stupidity-of-the-phrase-women-born-women/
This Raising Him Alone initiative is a an attempt at normalizing black female single motherhood instead of addressing why so many women are being abandoned and choosing to have children out of wedlock.
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/07/national-brainwashing-plan-to-condone.html
My observations of a white guy observing pathologies in the black community.
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/07/when-white-guy-with-racist-tendencies.html
Regarding the PA Pool racism – discrimination should be the focus of black people across the board not solely when it comes from whites
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/07/yall-get-so-riled-up-over-whites-their.html
Cinderella is a story of triumph for the underdog and is definitely a feminist story of survival
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/07/cinderella-guerrilla-training-manual.html
Encouraging black women to leave all-black social constructs and the mentalities that follow.
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/07/leaving-damaged-beyond-recognition.html
Recognizing men who despise us is a good place to start.
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/07/certain-black-men-act-like-bet-in.html
Sometimes celebrities and athletes DO provide teachable moments
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/07/weak-willed-men-what-death-of-steve.html
For women there is a difference between being independent and free
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/07/theres-difference-between-independence.html
Promoting single motherhood as a viable option for black women
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/07/national-brainwashing-plan-to-condone.html
Misogyny and the Male Gaze – A post about my changing experiences surrounding misogyny and the objectification of women, pre- and mid-transition.
Are We Really Doing This Again (Or, The Great Trans Blogging Shakeup of 2009, pt 2) – A timeline of the recent hullabaloo about holding trans conversations, the use of cis, and how to be civil. (Stemming mostly from discussions over at Pams House Blend, and the ensuing conversations from around the GLBT blogosphere..)
Health Insurance – Finding health insurance while trans sucks. ‘Nuf said.
I wrote a really short little blurb calling for people to write their representatives about the shackling of incarcerated women during childbirth. You can read it here.
Over at Happy Bodies:
Photography and Self Criticism: Lisa looks at how the availability of photography has affected the way we view ourselves.
“We must fight or we will be forgotten”: Carolyn writes about “comfort women” to the Japanese Army in WWII, and their fight to be acknowledged.
Fat Fetishism: I rant a bit about how “Fat Fetishism” is really just a form of objectification and fat-shaming.
I compiled a list of 25 reasons why I ama feminist.
The Dhamma Brothers: East Meets West in the Deep South seeks to tell the story of spiritual development and the formation of a bond of brotherhood among inmates in maximum security facility. The film focuses on a select group of inmates and their search for a sense of peace and redemption.
Personal Politics: An Interview with Rebecca Walker Walker’s recent work has ignited some debate, including discussions about whether there’s a difference between loving an adopted child and a biological one (Walker says there is) and whether a mother-daughter estrangement as dramatic as the one that played out between Walker and her mother signals a greater generational “rift” between the second and third wave feminist movements. Feminist Review recently interviewed Walker about her new book on families off the “hetero-normative grid,” the power of disclosure in her work, and why she never anticipates controversy.
Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women: Law’s fascinating text is born from her personal experience as a teenager who narrowly avoided incarceration herself, and the friendships she cultivated with women who were not so lucky. As Law raised her own consciousness about the prison-industrial—complex, she began investigating incarcerated women’s involvement in prisoners-rights movements and was told flat-out by other activists that “Women don’t organize.”
This week I wrote about misleading headlines, my own personal journey with body image, sexism and Serena Williams, and a few happy things.
From Bitch blogs…
Beat the Majority – Name a Female Scientist, are you smarter than L’Oreal’s survey respondents?
Drop Dead Diva: Sunday Night’s Big Comedy, Lifetime’s new dramady may not be as fat friendly as it intends to be
Girls’ (Toys) Gone Wild!, how ’bout some fries with that shake, Rainbow Bright?
Book Review: The Daddy Shift, a funny thing happened on our way to a feminist society – we also impacted the way boys and men are viewed
The Power and Protest of Public Sexuality in India
Trouble, thy name is woman. India is a country in the throes of a sexual revolution, and young women are firmly planted at the center of the controversy.
Excerpt: Similar to the retro overlooks where 1950s American teens discovered baseball metaphors, the youth of India have laid claim to scenic spaces of their own that facilitate an interesting type of public canoodling. After months of deftly avoiding the touch of men (my partner included) while navigating Kolkata’s crowded streets, I had to pick up my jaw from the dusty footpath when I stumbled upon one of the city’s not-so-secret places where teenagers publicly pronounce their private feelings.
There was scarcely a free bench around the lake at Rabindra Sarobar. Each one was occupied by couples who were tightly intertwined in love grips that would make a boa constrictor jealous. The participants warily eyed me while scanning in each direction for parents, aunties, or other possible known witnesses to their debaucherous bear hugs that lasted for hours. Finding that spot made me giggle for days before I started asking people if this place was an anomaly; it, of course, was not.
I wrote a short piece on internet uproar about the New York Times Magazines interview with Justice Ginsberg, and the aftermath where conservatives are calling her a Eugenicist.
http://madjanet.wordpress.com/2009/07/11/there-i-have-had-my-piece/
I’m hosting the Feminist Carnival of Sexual Freedom and Autonomy tomorrow and would love some submissions :) My call for submissions is here and the homepage of the carnival is here.
I’ve also written a response to Amanda’s post on disability and language, and also a post about ageism in the Third Wave.
I am loving reading your responses, guys. I’m trying to work on a final post exploring certain side-areas before I head out of here. But thank you so much for reading and offering your thoughts and helping us all figure things out. It just makes me feel so good to see these conversations going on.
I’ve first called attention to the absence of media-coverage of the murder of an Egyptian Muslim-woman in a German court, who was stabbed to death by the guy she was suing.
I’ve then linked to my husband’s article about the case (based on our discussions of the issue) in which he compares it to the murder of the Iranian woman in Iran who was shot by the Religious Guard, and why absence of coverage shows the blind eye of the European media to the increasing racism in Europe and the dangers thereof.
I pilloried the concept of “gravitas” as not just humorless but sexist; I made a feminist argument for single-payer health insurance; and I dissected ideas about parenting and mother-blaming that Judith Warner’s latest column didn’t adequately treat.
I also finally finished a post about privilege.
I made one post this week!
Fox News: Keeping it klassy with a KKK.
Enjoy!
This week at The Jaded Hippy, I talked about what’s going on here in piny’s thread in the context of ally-hood and the recent incidents with NOWHC, I also review Transformers which I saw last weekend, and hey, guess what? I’m still cisgender!
This week in Evil Slutopia:
~We discussed some hilariously inappropriate infomercials for goofy beauty products marketed to women.
~A guest blog about a Catholic group in Nebraska that tried to push the idea of a “conscience” rule that would allow psychologists to refuse to treat or refer patients based on moral objections.
~We talked about some more “creative censorship” from the conservative group One Million Moms.
~We reviewed the Man Wall, a very practical item for any household.
~We featured the Women’s Media Center’s great new video roundup of sexist and racist coverage of Judge Sotomayor.
This week at
Planning the Day:
International volunteering is not all it’s cracked up to be, but I’m nervous to dismiss it altogether, because I can’t imagine my life without it.
Some book suggestions, and quick descriptions including Anne Lammott, Paul Farmer, and Wally Lamb’s incredible collection of stories from incarcerated women.
Nicholas Kristof,
Where are all the girls? On Kristof’s disappointingly incomplete children’s book list.
Amy Giacomelli creates hand-painted one-of-a-kind works of art on canvas. Mainly abstracts and landscapes done in acrylics, mostly large scale and lots of multi-panel pieces. I have to admit to being a huge fan of her landscapes, and I was totally stoked to do this interview. http://suchcoolstuff.blogspot.com/2009/07/amygiacomelli.html
Caron of Zuzu’s Petals makes small pocket toys and decorative treasures using mostly natural materials. Many of her items are made from wool felt, which she imports from Holland and dyes or hand paints in small batches. She also loves to repurpose wool clothing, and is particularly fond of making little owls from tweeds. http://suchcoolstuff.blogspot.com/2009/07/zuzus-petals.html
I was just thrilled that Betsy Uhler of LA Unbound Dance Company took a moment out of her very busy schedule to let us know what her dance company is all about. http://suchcoolstuff.blogspot.com/2009/07/la-unbound-dance-company.html
Cinderella was a subversive training manual for women to get out of bad situations.
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/07/cinderella-guerrilla-training-manual.html
Discrimination must be addressed by blacks not only when it comes from whites but when it’s being directed at each other.
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/07/yall-get-so-riled-up-over-whites-their.html
Advice to women about avoiding men with abusive tendancies.
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/07/leaving-damaged-beyond-recognition.html
Men who try to misdirect their dysfunction and pin it on on you. Don’t fall for it!
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/07/certain-black-men-act-like-bet-in.html
Living Together, in which I discuss a NYTimes article about interracial roommates in light of my own experience.
China’s Imperial Claims
and the first in a series of weekly writing prompts
http://combatqueer.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/07/lower-male-enlisted-soldiers-and-the-idea-of-the-whore.html
Lower Enlisted Soldiers And The Idea Of The Whore: A lot of young male soldiers talk about young female enlisted soldiers as being “whores.” I talk about what’s going on there.
http://combatqueer.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/07/things-that-make-me-want-to-be-an-atheist-part-1.html
This is the first part of a series on things that make me want to be an Atheist. This time it’s my unit’s chaplain’s creepiness and dishonesty
Feminism only in the sense that most of the books I review are feminist books, but I wrote about the ethics of reviewing the work of people you know.
I had a very rough work week and didn’t have any deep thoughts until today.
We took shameless advantage of the American taxpayer yesterday and swindled them out of $4000 to buy one of those stupid hippie cars that runs on batteries. (IOW, we traded in our minivan for a prius under the Cash For Clunkers) No link, that’s the sum total of the blog post.
GWM, straight-acting atheist, seeks same for romance genre about being aware of our agendas and the worlds we create when writing.
I tackled the (hetero) male folly of (hetero) women as the no-sex class in The Difference Being a Fish Doesn’t Want a Bicycle Either. Inspired by Amanda’s dissection of headlines like “Chaps doomed as lab grows sperm.”
figleaf
I had a great first day at my research fellowship. I got to be an ally!
Some shameless self promotion of my own. I am in a magazine this week!
I talk about my fantasy of starting a muffin company.
And, I lost a friend.
Just vicious gossip–wink wink! Who cruised David Brooks?
“Why do my son’s books tell him all men are useless?”
I write about a pair of events confronting anti-LGBT violence in Syracuse
Last week I finally got up the courage to post something from my personal blog, and it seems the universe was listening (or the editors at the magazine I work for were just paying attention to my facebook posts), since I also was invited to start blogging for our website.
My first post is about Marvel’s poorly thought out promotion of their attempt to reach female readers. Evidently boys get to dress up as superheroes, but all girls get is some lip gloss.
Now I just need to figure out how to negotiate my personal and professional(!) online identities…if any one can provide insight it would be much appreciated.
Obama did not shamelessly cop a glance at the backside of Ms. Tavare at the G8, and people who claim photographic expertise, and therefore should know better, clearly don’t.
I wrote about gendered exercise: does it make sense to divide gym classes by gender?
Oh, hi there peeps. Come read the Czech! Please? ;)
Even sex offenders have rights. There, I said it. A Human Rights Violation for a Human Rights Violation Makes the Whole World… Violated?
And, I ruminate on an item brought to my attention by Evil Slutopia: Nebraska Catholic Conference’s new ideas for what else should go under a “conscience clause”. I title my piece, Nebraska, Consider Yourself Warned.
My issues with offending other people Which is about the problems with communicating if you don’t have the general emotional triggers for disgust.
I take a (sort of disorganised) look at the Australian Government’s latest STI campaign and how it ignores Lesbian and Bi women and perpetuates feminine sexual submissiveness.
I also try and figure out what’s so ladylike about the Ladies Household Toolkit (I’ll give you a clue: IT’S PINK!
“Ew, Mexicans” – I vented about Bravo’s show, NYC Prep
Virgen Art IV – My newest collection of Virgen de Guadalupe art
Infinite Summer, Wk 3 – On the latest set of Infinite Summer readings
A post on Health Ed requirement getting axed in Texas public schools
This week, I wrote about the implications of our fascination with the Neda video, as well as with other images of third world brutality. Ultimately, I argue that activism motivated by an emotional response to violent images is misguided…
http://femmalia.wordpress.com/2009/07/12/american-activism-on-the-neda-video-and-other-images-of-the-brutal-third-world/
Masterchef Australia: The program is saying one thing about food and eating, the ads are saying another thing entirely.
A round up on the Uighurs: http://notfrisco2.com/leones/?p=4463.
Plenty of soccer related stuff recently.
Former MLS commissioner Doug Logan thinks soccer audiences should be dangerous and that women don’t watch sports.
A Boston Breakers executive refers to WPS being a role model for girls as the ghetto.
The Sirens of Soccer enjoy the game and dress provocatively.
And finally, from a week ago, my initial thoughts on the Nate Jaqua rape case.
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