Blogging Against Disablism Day: Addressing Ableist Language
Today, May 1st, is Blogging Against Disablism Day. Blogging Against Disablism Day is hosted every year by Goldfish as an absolutely excellent blogswarm about ableism. (“Disablism” is synonymous with “ableism.” Disablisim is the term preferred in the U.K.; as someone from the U.S., I’m more comfortable with the term ableism, and that’s the one I’ll [...]
...read moreSpeechless
Overcoming Speechlessness: A Poet Encounters the Horror in Rwanda, Eastern Congo, and Palestine/Israel by Alice Walker (Seven Stories Press) “In Kigali I paid my respects to the hundreds of of thousands of infants, toddlers, teenagers, adolescents, young engaged couples, married people, women and men, grandmothers and grandfathers, brothers and sisters of every facial shape and [...]
...read moreFriday Random Ten – the Good Taste In Music Is Clearly Genetic edition
Haven’t done one of these in a while, but I could sure use something mindless and not-stressful or infuriating today — how about you? Set your MP3 player to “shuffle” and post the first 10 songs that come up. Friday video: Harlem! 1. Neko Case- Vengeance is Sleeping 2. White Denim – World As A [...]
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Bits and Pieces
I rarely say this about Above the Law, but PREACH it Elie Mystal. Over at Racialicious, Latoya and Thea also discuss the Stephanie Grace incident. The most outrageous thing about the Texas judge who slept with the prosecutor in a death-penalty case. Does Oklahoma’s abortion law legalize rape? Arizona is set to ban ethnic studies [...]
...read moreMay 1st: March for Immigration Reform
Tomorrow is May Day, and Reform Immigration for America is marking the day by holding marches in support of progressive immigration reform all over the U.S. Tens of thousands of people are expected to march in almost 100 locations across the country: On May Day, we’re telling the our elected leaders in Washington DC that [...]
...read moreThe Racist Breeding Grounds of Harvard Law School
This is a guest-post by Diane Lucas. Diane is a Harvard Law School graduate and an attorney in New York. Earlier this week, a Harvard 3L named Stephanie Grace was introduced to many people in the country (or at least to people who follow legal blogs). She has a resume that could make her the [...]
...read moreCome join Living Liberally’s Annual Celebration!
Tomorrow, May 1st, is the Living Liberally annual celebration. Kerry Trueman explains why this event matters, and quotes the lovely Baratunde Thurston: Around the country, people need this type of liberal network more than ever. As we hear about the Tea Baggers in the news, many of us ask, “Where is OUR Tea Party?” Well, [...]
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Stephanie Grace, racist Harvard emailer.
This is disgusting. Stephanie Grace, a 3L at Harvard Law School, apparently had a conversation about race during a dinner with other law students. Her comments, she believed, were perceived wrongly, and so she sent out an email to a few students in an effort to correct the record. That email was forwarded around, and [...]
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Bits and Pieces
Filament: The thinking women’s porn mag (images are NSFW). The GOP is campaigning against Rep. Betty Sutton with fliers reading, “Let’s take Betty Sutton out of the House and send her back to the kitchen.” Over at the Daily Beast, Peter Beinart argues that Obama should put a mom on the Supreme Court. I agree [...]
...read moreThursday LOST Roundtable – The Good, Bad & Ugly (So Far)
Spoilers below! This week on LOST, we got a rerun. But since we Feministers love talking LOST, we still have a roundtable for you featuring the good, the bad, and the ugly of season 6… so far. Discuss with us after the jump and, for heaven’s sake, no spoilers for unaired episodes!
...read morePTSD and Healing After Sexual Trauma
This post is a part of the Feministe series on Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Before I really get started, this is a piece about how you, a rape survivor, can regain a sense of wellness after the fact. This is neither a professionally nor universally designed plan of action to combat PTSD or heal one’s [...]
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