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What would Tea Party Village look like if they could get rid of the rest of us? Like a Thomas Kinkade painting. But out of the darkness comes the Anti-Kinkade. Bwa ha ha…
Rise of the Anti-Kinkade
Not much this week…
Female immigrant, male emigrant – Perspective can change whether we’re coming or going. I muse on whether my transition has been from male or to female, and other similar issues of perspective.
At age 100, Lois Speelman was assaulted by a customer at WalMart, where she works as a greeter/shoplifter spotter. Lois is okay, and plans to go back to work. She wasn’t born yesterday, and this is why she’s still working–
She Needs the Money
I want a doll, not an actual person. So don’t make me pay for another guy’s mistake or you’re going back to the girlfriend store.
Don’t know why the link didn’t show. Here I go again:
I want a doll, not an actual person. So don’t make me pay for another guy’s mistake” or you’re going back to the girlfriend store.
That’s
http://thedelphiad.wordpress.com/2010/11/30/dont-make-me-pay-for-another-guys-mistake/
in case it doesn’t show again
Acne Acceptance cross-posted and better formatted http://www.adiosbarbie.com/what-about-acne-acceptance/
talking about feminists in the newest Futurama movie, Into the Wild Green Yonder
http://wisegrrrl.com/2010/12/05/feminista-futurama-fan/
feminist, more than just a label
http://wisegrrrl.com/2010/11/30/feminist-more-than-just-a-label-a-calling/
A pair of posts on how I refuse to live in fear, or to see fear as godly, and on how I refuse to be limited by my chronic illness, and how that refusal is a kind of magic. Plus commentary on living in relationship with the local land and how that relates to my daily practice.
I wrote about children and body image based on a conversation I overheard between my 5 and 8 year old children.
I also wrote about a racist letter to the editor in the local paper.
I posted an experiment on reporting violence against women.
I posted a TSA infographic and talked about a radio show in which pat downs were being sexualized.
I wrote about a guy who wants to take away the vote from women.
http://2zelda.blogspot.com/2010/12/worst-person-of-week.html
Alex put her 2 cents into the issue of consent.
http://2zelda.blogspot.com/2010/12/consent-is-not-grey-area.html
New post at ANIMadams discussing some reservations about Toy Story 3 and their relevance to women:
http://animadams.blogspot.com/2010/12/silence-is-plastic-too.html
Over at Junkland, I:
(finally) admired Teri Hatcher for those facebook no-makeup photos.
was deeply upset about unemployment benefits (their expiration).
had a lot to say about prostitution and choice.
And I wrote a rebuttal to anyone who goes on about loads of poor people being welfare cheats.
I’ve got a piece on education (inspired partly by Jill’s post on the NYT article about “frazzled moms”) and another on being diagnosed with mental illness.
In honor of Computer Science Education week next week, I interviewed the lead on a project designed to encourage girls to pursue computer science. The project involves an inter-active website, tips on what kind of language to use to avoid alienating girls, and an awesome webisode that’s friggin’ hilarious:
http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2010/12/03/dot-diva-tempting-girls-into-computer-science/
Belmont U Fires Coach for Being a Lesbian.
I Heart Admiral Mullen. “We treat each other with respect or we find another place to work. Period,” he said. For once, it’s nice to hear a military man say that it’s the homophobes who need to change their behavior to foster troop cohesion instead of gay military service members.
Compare and Contrast – A follow-up of sorts to a book review that I recently posted to my blog. The first post was a review of a book about sexual problems & dysfunction written by a group of professional women, but it did not include any essays written from the perspective of the women being talked about. In contrast, in this post, I found an essay written by a woman who has vaginismus and who is herself also familiar with gender studies. It was a refreshing change of perspective and it stands it’s very interesting when read alongside the book that the professional women put out.
Another week, another post. This week I wrote bleeding through my underwear: identity, ability, menstruation, and me , about my personal experiences with my period and dysmenorrhea and the kind of spaces for conversation I’d like to see around these topics.
I wrote about what I think are some of Tumblr’s limitations as a platform for activist/feminist blogging.
I wrote about bodily autonomy and sexual etiquette .
“for colored girls who’ve raised their babies on mother-wit when Tyler Perry is not enuf”
http://bourgiebaby.blogspot.com/2010/11/forcoloredgirls-who-raise-their-babies.html
Me & My Bourgie Baby
Center for Reproductive Rights Takes FDA Back to Court on Morning-After Pill…for failing to review its prescription-only policy on Plan B for women younger than 17. Why the agency’s stonewalling is misogynist, harmful to women and still adheres to Bush-era politics.
This week at Yes Means Yes Blog:
A widely circulated marriage equality video had the side effect of underscoring critiques of marriage as an institution; I have my own thoughts on what it means to make marriage an arrangment that actually fits people’s lives.
In a deeply personal post about the kind of BDSM I do, I start with an amazing video of base jumbers in flying suits, and then segue into my own version of jumping off a cliff, playing with no safeword.
Here’s what’s going on over at Gender Across Borders:
We’re hiring! We’re looking for a Junior Editorial Intern and a Development Intern, both positions for Winter 2011.
On our GAB Podcast, we spoke with one of the members of the Thambo Project.
Patriarchy pervades the mining industry in Mining Disasters and Feminism (Why It’s Not Just About Mistresses).
News flash: gender dynamics in academia are not looking good, and being a woman is probably not helpful to your career.
The Don’t Ask Don’t Tell saga drags on, but unfortunately it won’t be the final battle for LGBT service members.
This week Monica Roberts/TransGriot wrote a piece regarding a bigoted anti-TS/TG article by some one named BevJo, titled
‘Transwomen Are Merely Castrated Men.’:
http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2010/11/rad-fems-still-letting-transhate-flow.html
Having faced this bigotry disguised as Radical Feminism for some 40 years I responded to BevJo’s hate screed with:
http://womenborntranssexual.com/2010/11/30/naked-hatred-in-the-name-of-radical-feminim-lesbian-separatism/
And
http://womenborntranssexual.com/2010/12/01/we-no-longer-push-so-easy/
At re:Cycling, we wrote about new research on painful periods in adolescence as predictor of endometriosis; the New York magazine cover story about the Pill; women taking ‘menstrual leave’ from work; and Vanessa T. Meyer’s thesis film about the menstrual cup.
I wrote about this tax issue that’s going on in Congress during the Lame Duck session and how I think it’s better for the country to be “Tax and Spend Liberals” than Conservatives.
Guest post by Warren, who usually writes at Auspicious Scuttlebutt, on Movember, which is intended to help raise awareness about men’s health.
http://ethecofem.com/2010/12/04/pappas-got-a-brand-new-stash/
My take on that stupid NYT article:
http://ethecofem.com/2010/12/03/how-to-make-your-relationship-better-pretend-you-live-in-the-1950s/
And then I just talk about trend pieces in general:
http://ethecofem.com/2010/12/03/trend-pieces/
The problem with makeup, or my beef with the marketing of makeup:
http://ethecofem.com/2010/12/01/the-problem-with-makeup/
Danny wonders what your shopping weakness is:
http://ethecofem.com/2010/11/30/do-you-have-a-shopping-weakness/
About the Minnesota state lawmaker who was stalking a woman he met online, and wound up in the parking lot of a Planned Parenthood with a loaded gun and extra ammo– it was all a misunderstanding!:
http://ethecofem.com/2010/11/24/minnesota-lawmaker-caught-outside-of-local-planned-parenthood-with-a-loaded-gun/
What would you tell your 16-year-old self?
http://ethecofem.com/2010/11/24/what-would-you-tell-your-16-year-old-self/
“Poverty is a Women’s Issue”
It’s high time we stop promoting and pushing adoption on expectant mothers and instead start addressing the societal inequality of women that puts them in the place of having to choose between advancement and food to eat, and nurturing their children. Women deserve the same opportunities for advancement, livelihood, and success as men, WHILE nurturing their children. But women’s issues, the glass ceiling, lack of health care and support, the expense of child care and school and work schedules not made for women with children make that pretty darn hard.
http://www.declassifiedadoptee.com/2010/12/poverty-is-womens-issue.html
This past week on Man Boobz, my blog about misogyny, the Men’s Rights movement, and more:
Some self-proclaimed “Happy Bachelors” who really aren’t very happy. And who are raging misogynists.
I look at an odd, angry anti-feminist blogger who also hates the Men’s Rights Movement, for some mostly good reasons.
I look at a pompous twit who thinks that Civilization requires that women get spanked. (I’m not sure if he means literally or figuratively.)
As always, the guys I write about are pretty over-the-top offensive, so TRIGGER WARNING.
It’s been a busy week.
The Purple Dove Project is soliciting donations for a charity auction, to benefit GLBT youth programs.
My latest short story is out, in Zombiality: A Queer Bent on the Undead. So if lesbian truckers in a zombie apocalypse are your deal, check it.
Also, the Literary Undworld, a woman-led consortium of small-press authors, is having a bunch of Holiday Specials, all including free shipping.
I managed my word count, but here is why I won NaNoWriMo. But I need a title for one of them.
I’m running the Yuletide Youtube again. (This links to a number of posts, all tagged with Yuletide Youtube)
I wrote about the Madonna/Whore complex, and guest blogger Friedrich Nietzsche wrote about the “Origin of the logical” in Logic and Justice.
This week at SexGenderBody:
jaded16 discusses the usage of “difference” as label , in On Treasuring Difference and discusses the treatment of ability and sex / gender identity, in Re-Presenting Absences.
Christina Engela reports on the well funded campaign of anti-gay hatred, intolerance and vitriol sponsored by the religious right, in “The homosexuals are coming! The homosexuals are coming!” and reflect on SA’s role in helping the UN omit GLBTQI persons from human rights protection, in Reading Between The Lines.
the gay love coach was interviewed by Esquire but apparently the topic was too much for their readership, in The Power Bottom.
James Turnbull reviews a brilliant video from a Hong Kong teen in the context of gender / sex roles, in Lessons about Korean ads from a Hong Kong Teenager and offers up the first two parts of a series on “Sex and the University” Part 1 & Part 2.
And I reflect on the relationship between readers & writers on the blogosphere, in Trigger Warning?
A new, awesome anti-rape campaign in Edmonton, Canada with graphic ads reminding men that women who are passed out cannot give consent.
A shout-out to a new feminist art exhibit at the Jewish Museum.
And, finally, a defense of Hanukkah in response to all (specifically one of) the haters.
It’s Not My Job To Flirt With You: on people who flirt with service workers.
WUT?: this is just silly
Fuck FCUK: on the most gratitously sexist window display I have ever seen.
http://whimafem.tumblr.com/post/1244068060/normal-guys-and-casual-sexism
Jaleel posted his second article on how he sees Disney’s portrayal of princes improving: Ruff Rider
And I posted about Rapunzel and how she’s a step forward but Disney’s still making mistakes with their latest feature endeavor The Last Princess
This week at A Bookish Beemer:
Seizures in the News: Disablism in the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping trial.
Mind Boggling News Item of the Day: A Kentucky man is being sued by the guy who broke into his barn.
Experiences of a Divorced Kid: The Spy A follow-up piece to last week’s piece, A Message From a Divorced Kid, I share how kids must forge an identity to avoid their emotions being used as a weapon in the courtroom.
I wrote a belated Thanksgiving post about things my husband and I are thankful for on our first TG as a married couple, a not-quite-rant on how failing to extend unemployment benefits while demanding tax cuts for the rich is the opposite of any kind of responsibility, and the first roundup in what may become a recurring feature on what I’ve been reading lately.
Here’s a post on the politics of rape and the allegations against Julian Assange:
http://pink-scare.blogspot.com/2010/12/on-allegations-against-assange.html
Here’s another on the demolition of the last of the Cabrini-Green high-rises in Chicago:
http://pink-scare.blogspot.com/2010/12/on-closing-of-cabrini-green.html
Porn is consumed as much as coffee – I found out what the global markets are and compared them.
http://delilah-mj.blogspot.com/2010/12/porn-is-consumed-as-much-as-coffee.html
I was asked what sparked my feminist “click”. I answered here.
This week at Happy Bodies, we talk about the people who affect our body image and are asking commenters to share a small comment or gesture from someone made them feel GREAT about their bodies.
I think by sharing these positive moments, we can better learn how to be body positive allies to each other!
A review of Abortion Democracy, a documentary film about abortion in Poland and South Africa: http://michelleg3399.wordpress.com/2010/12/01/abortion-democracy/
A response to “Not the Child My Grandmother Wanted,” an article by Ayaan Hirsi Ali:http://michelleg3399.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/a-response-to-ayaan-hirsi-ali/
A response to the recent closing of the feminist health center in Yakima, Washington:
http://michelleg3399.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/dont-let-feminist-health-centers-become-obsolete/
A painful memory. A necessary remembrance: December 6th and the Montreal massacre.
I got a shock this weekend when another mother told me she tells her son to steer clear of kids that are picked on and bullied, for his own safety. Here’s the twist. She sees the real danger not from the bully, but from the bullied child. That child will eventually “explode” (post-Columbine world, she cited).
http://kaiaroon.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/risk/
This never occured to me. That was a hard revelation to digest, I’m still bothered by it. I’m just stunned.
I wrote about not wanting to be touched when I don’t want to be touched, even by Grandma!
And also, getting the most out of casual sexism in Peru.
I wrote a little about bisexual people, stereotypes, and the prevalence of (mainly) anxiety/depression among us.
An episode of Girls With Slingshots inspired a slightly rambling argument in favour of men not reinforcing masculinity.
I also had some fun with Match.com’s latest advice for dating.
In my story serial Cyborg Sleeps, we get a new key character plot development.
Black Women Ask: How “Big” Is Too Big When Dating Interracially? http://bit.ly/gudMsn
My Black Woman’s Empowerment Message For the Venters, Naysayers & Flat Earth Theorists http://bit.ly/dVJjdq
On Canonball this week, we relived our teenage years and read a little Dorothy Parker:
http://thecanonball.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/a-conversation-with-teenage-annie-on-dorothy-parker/
And Anne Carson:
http://thecanonball.wordpress.com/2010/12/01/undoing-ourselves/
And had a Very Feminist Hanukkah:
http://thecanonball.wordpress.com/2010/12/02/a-feminists-guide-to-hanukkah/
I made a post!
“Where’s our thanks for introducing Indians to whiskey?”, about the bill in Congress for black and Native American farmers.
Enjoy!
Working to put presents under the tree.
http://www.returntoworkmom.com/2010/12/giving-santa-helping-hand.html
Neighborhood Party horrors
http://www.returntoworkmom.com/2010/12/neighborhood-party-ho-ho-ho.html
Admitting when I’m wrong. I’m wrong.
http://www.returntoworkmom.com/2010/12/eating-crow.html
Real talking instead of texting.
http://www.returntoworkmom.com/2010/11/face-to-face-trumps-text-to-text.html
I suppose it’s a video rather than something written.
But I made a few xtranormal videos this week that I think are worth watching. Check them out if you have the time (none are more than 4 minutes).
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/7950747/
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/7899371/
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/7889181/
Lost in Art…My Reason for Existence:
Read more about my reflections on the importance of art for the mind, body, and spirit.
http://preetispurpose.wordpress.com/2010/11/23/lost-in-artmy-reason-for-existence/
Love you Feministe thanks for this opportunity to promote my blog:)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The problem with the framing of masculinity, romance, and female empowerment, wrapped up in scare tactics form:
http://indignantfeministrants.wordpress.com/2010/12/02/scare-tactics-successful-women-and-relationships/
And more recently, how women are still marginalized by movies in their portrayals.
http://indignantfeministrants.wordpress.com/2010/12/06/women-still-marginalized-by-movies/
“Money should be transparent, not invisible,” wherein I implore my readers to make asses out of themselves at holiday parties by asking their fellow eggnog-drinkers exactly how much they their Santa-themed sweater cost, and exactly how much they make per year in order to afford their annual trips to Aspen:
http://sarahsadventuresinmediocrity.blogspot.com/2010/11/money-should-be-transparent-not.html
a brief analogy about beginner’s luck, how to get it to your side.
What’s Beginner’s Luck Anyway?
I spent the weekend with some awesome future feminist doctors at the 18th Annual Medical Students for Choice National Meeting. More to come when I recover from my trip back!
A day late, but I continue to write about my hip replacement.
TW for talk about needles, icky medical procedures, suicide and loss of bodily autonomy.
http://onefemalegaze.wordpress.com/2010/12/01/hip-chronicles-part-ii-i-wanna-be-sedated/
Our weekend posts include a Holiday Gift Guide and our very own Dr. Patricia Yarberry Allen looking at The Menopause Libido Myth.
This last week I wrote a post responding to a reader question about verbal abuse.
http://www.lovesicklove.com/2010/11/qa-what-is-verbal-abuse.html
Not mine, but extraordinary article by young journalist at GW University about transgender voice transformation.
http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2010/12/06/News/Transgender.Clients.Find.Their.Voices-3964948.shtml
a day late, but these are my reflections on the cowardly lion’s comment about what he would do if he was king of the forest — thinking about this song has caused me to think about how courage enables us to evolve as human and spiritual beings — courage requires commitment, responsibility, integrity and a willingness to move past internalized boundaries — http://www.inspiritual.biz/inspiritual-reflections/2010/12/6/if-i-were-kingqueen-of-the-forest.html
I wrote this poem about Bluebeard -a story that I find deeply interesting- and crossed it with my feminist point of view. Hope you like it.
http://satansonatas.tumblr.com/post/1068389315/bluebeard-pt-xvi