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Why is Daniel Tosh even on the air when there are so many bright, funny women out there?
Yesterday, I went for a walk. After sundown.
Hey you. Yes you! Be like a hawk!
A busy week on Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona’s blog:
Over 90 Percent of What Planned Parenthood Does, Part 5: Thyroid Testing: Our series spotlighting PPAZ’s non-abortion services is humming along quite nicely. Did you know they did thyroid testing? (At least here in Arizona?) I didn’t, until recently! Props to our lovely Sen. Jon Kyl for suggesting the title for this series. HAH!
Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona Announces its Endorsed Candidates for the State Primary Election: If you’re not in Arizona, this probably isn’t interesting to you. But if you do happen to live in Arizona, please check out this list of pro-choice candidates, and make sure you’re registered to vote! (The deadline to register to vote in the primaries is July 30.)
Then we launched a new series, “Meet Our Candidates,” a collection of interviews with our endorsees. We posted profiles of Mohur Sidhwa and Victoria Steele, both running to represent Tucson’s LD 9. Check it out if you live around here — or if you don’t believe me when I say there are reasonable people in Arizona. (So tired of the AZ bashing!)
Lastly, our blogger Stacey put together a link roundup, for those of you who want yet more links to click on!
I wrote about the link between maternal health and the status of women in different countries, and a piece about how physicians are not often the ones to help patients lose weight.
After a two-week break from the internet (*gasp* I know!), I am back to blogging! Hurrah!
Starting with a post on sexual assault and consent problems in Snow White and the Huntsman, entitled Kissing: You’re Doing it Wrong.
My younger brother asked me to write a post about sexism and sports. I complied by looking at ESPN Magazine’s nude shoot, which led to me to wonder why female athletes have such a hard time being portrayed as athletes (as opposed to eye candy). The post is called The Bodies We Want: Female Athletes in ESPN Magazine’s Body Issue. and – fair warning – has some photos and links that are NSFW.
This week I wrote about the “controversy” surrounding Kim Kardashian going on birth control at 14 http://www.nerdyfeminist.com/2012/07/kardashians-and-birth-control-proof.html?m=1
The anti-abortion law that went before a judge on Wednesday in Mississippi http://www.nerdyfeminist.com/2012/07/its-big-day-in-mississippi.html?m=1
and YA Fiction’s virginity problem http://www.nerdyfeminist.com/2012/07/young-adult-fictions-virginity-problem.html?m=1
On my journal, I talk about a few gender-related experiences in my childhood that I find interesting in retrospect: http://mellowness.dreamwidth.org/2493.html
Okay, so this week I ranted a bit. No big deal. It happens. Life goes on.
Right here on my blog we have a GIANT thread of recs for books, movies, music, comics, and games created by women. Geek Content Galore.
Come recommend something you love, find something to read next, and/or shamelessly self-promote your own creative work.
Rape culture + Buffy, the adapted version of a paper for a class=http://foxytrotsky.wordpress.com/2012/07/15/welcome-to-the-hellmouth-buffy-sluthood-and-the-rape-culture/
Jill, did you drinke french whine and cheese on bastille day?????
Today’s “University World News” published my piece “A slow thaw for women reaching leadership positions.”
I argue that “just waiting” isn’t going to get us where we’re trying to go, even though e.g. numbers of women students are rising all the time. Long term projections based on these increases still aren’t good enough.
My conclusion: If we just wait, we won’t see the benefits of gender balance in top leadership teams in our lifetimes. The thaw is just too slow.
I wrote about how sexist tropes influenced, and delayed, my identifying as asexual.
For the love of Gord, folks… Daniel Tosh is Not Being Censored
India: Not a Prop Bag
I describe what the new blog I started was about — a blog on cultural appropriation of Indian culture and people.
On Acknowledging difference without othering.
I’ve also been running a series, which just wrapped up, called Negating Nushu. Nushu, from southern Hunan in China, is considered to be the only language in the world spoken exclusively by women – so why are so many groups invested in seeing it end?
A busy week a Nursing Clio:
http://nursingclio.wordpress.com/
Check out this week’s posts:
-Looking Like a Milf
-Sex Glands, Stem Cells, and “He Men”
-Sunday Morning Medicine
Find out what riddles can tell us about gender equality, and why no woman has a uniform for her sexuality
Stuff I’ve written lately:
When a cult rules a town : On the recent discovery of a kitten half-buried in concrete on the property of an ex-FLDS (Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints) member
You have the freedom to make rape jokes. Should you? : On the topic of rape jokes in general, and how backlash against Daniel Tosh is not an attack on anyone’s freedom of speech
Equal opportunity flirt-slaying : On the refusal of Queensland, Australia to get rid of a “gay panic” defense for murder on the grounds that it’s equally accessible to both sexes
How to destroy a woman : On the significance of acid attacks to the face against women (no photos, but I link to some very disturbing ones)
Being good at slinging a ball around doesn’t make you a hero, part 327 : On the Penn State report and the idolization of athletes
This week I’m shamelessly promoting two posts.
One in which I put in my two cents on “Nice Guys” and hopefully bring something a little bit new to the conversation.
Then I also weighed in on why we’re all flipping shit about Daniel Tosh. (Hint, it’s not because he made a rape joke, or even that it wasn’t a funny rape joke.)
This week I wrote:
My take on Toshgate
Why Dan Savage shouldn’t use slurs against gay Republicans
On listening to the perspectives of women and minorities before making our minds up about the issues
Family and when it’s time to walk away.
A post I almost titled “Dear Creepy People.”
Pizza with a side of rape culture.
A note to bloggers who stealth-edit.
A few words on public threats of rape.
What Louis C.K. tweeted to me when he tweeted to Daniel Tosh.
Don’t be so quick to assume the rabble-rousers that make you so uncomfortable represent a minority in your community/movement/forum/conference, in this case the rabble-rousers being women speaking out about harassment within the skeptical movement.
Identify the fringe.
Just two posts this week:
It was my wedding anniversary, so I shared my wedding story and my perspective on what happens when tragedy and joy intertwine.
The Viacom/DirectTV dispute has a lot of people climbing up on their pedestals to brag about how their kids never watch TV. But does that really do anything to help drive the conversation on healthy media consumption?
I’m still working on Everyday Yoga — a photo series designed to show a wider variety of people and bodies in a wider variety of yoga poses with the end of a call for upward salute submission pictures and the opening of a call for submissions of half forward fold.
And, um, on ass stretching.
Finally, a piece of travel and food anxiety, examining one set of emotions and circumstances that affect my food choices.
I made a video about why Daniel Tosh is guilty not just of being an asshole but of breaking the first rule of comedy.
And wrote a post about embracing muscles no matter what their shape, size, or condition.
welcome to the beautiful bubbles poppin’ in my corner of the blogosphere:
1. ev`yan whitney: round bellies are beautiful https://blkcowrie.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=5523&action=edit
2. ev`yan whitney: choose a lipstick hue that matches the color of your labia & other sensual suggestions https://blkcowrie.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=5521&action=edit
3. ms. magazine blog: the femisphere: trans feminist bloggers https://blkcowrie.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=5519&action=edit
4. ms. magazine blog: the femisphere: african feminist bloggers https://blkcowrie.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=5516&action=edit
5. bridget gray: my letter to hip hop https://blkcowrie.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=5494&action=edit&message=1
6. katherine fairfax wright & malika zouhali-worrall’s “call me kuchu” https://blkcowrie.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=5485&action=edit
7. karen lum: slip of the tongue https://blkcowrie.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=5461&action=edit&message=1
8. staceyann chin: scent of woman https://blkcowrie.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=5499&action=edit
enjoy the pretty colors…;)
Bear, Bow, And Boy: Queering Pixar’s “Brave” – perhaps a rather unusual take on this film.
And Metanarratology – is it possible to be a Christian and a deconstructionist?
Cosmopolitan Magazine is garbage. I make fun of it this week. Sorry.
http://guerrillamom.blogspot.com/2012/07/deconstructing-cosmo.html
I just finished a series on reclaiming shari’ah law:
Reclaiming Shari’ah series:
the Process
the Opponents
the Significance
I was hired this week to write for AddictingInfo.org and, being unemployed and all, I’m pretty excited about the chance to earn some extra money! I wrote a rant about voter apathy on the left that I would love for everyone to check out. :D
This week I have thought a bit about the high unemployment here in Europe and why I think that “job creation” is such a weird concept in a society where so many people work for free: http://disciplineandanarchy.wordpress.com/2012/07/15/thoughts-on-work/
After a gruelling series on really unfun bits of history – why people think the American Civil War was about slavery, and representations of the Irish Civil War in film – I got all worked up about a much more important issue: the mainstream acceptance of music festivals.
Clothes-horse of the Apocalypse: Katniss’ Dress Size and the Book of Revelation – a piece I wrote for the blog “Bad Reputation” on body image, the Hunger Games and the Bible. Natural combination, clearly.
I reviewed the British film Tyrannosaur: http://film-nut.tumblr.com/post/27202078334/tyrannosaur-2011
This week I wrote about Tumblr’s social justice blogosphere, and not while explicitly feminist, a short review of Rick Moody’s new book.
I wrote some stuff about how to be happy. And I wrote my first ever poem. I’d be interested to know what you think – I felt kinda silly writing it, but since it all just fell out of my head I thought, what on earth is a blog for if not for this?
Hey team. I’m late to this, but oh well. I looked round the internet for a privilege checklist pertaining to sex work, and as I didn’t find one, I wrote one myself. I’d SUPER MEGA EXTREMELY love feedback/different versions/different perspectives from other genders, countries, sectors of the industry, etc etc. So version-away, if you wanna.
How to Church Teaches Us to Pray Through, Not Walk Away from, Abusive Relationships. As a Christian and a feminist, there are plenty of times when I call out how the church has failed in supporting abused woman. This is one of them.
I’m Jealous of Bloggers with Work-Life
BalanceIntegration. Reflecting on a recent conference I attended, I confess that I am jealous of bloggers who have better work-life balance or can integrate blogging into their everyday lives, either through blogging anonymously or through a pseudonym, or because they are able to merge their professional/personal/blogging lives more seamlessly.Tia contributed to The Last Name Project on how she views a name change as a sign of a merger, not as proof that you are really committed to your partner.
What I Read. This week’s compilation of my favorite articles and posts others have written throughout the week.
This week at Mama Nervosa, Lauren writes about the promising futures (actual jobs!) of post-academics, including herself.
Jen had a terrible week, but managed to spend some much needed moments in her garden, and buy a vintage table at a garage sale.
And Lauren writes about redecorating her girls’ bedroom on the cheap, complete with an awesome reading nook and dress up pretend play space.
A am a author and for anyone who is interested I wrote a novel called Girl Power, which should be available around August 1st.
It centers on the Republican War on Women. It is timely and written in a humorous manner: Girl Power
Blurb: Fed-up with politics a group of determined women take matters into their own hands and form an all women’s third party.
I’m blogging again! I’ve just begun a series discussing Avatar: The Legend of Korra, and its importance in the realms of race, feminism, geopolitics, and creative storytelling~ peppered with my favorite Korra gifs.
As much as people have been raving about Brave and Hunger Games, the social justice blogosphere has seemed pretty quiet about Korra. I’m going to discuss that as well.
Forgot to post last Sunday but here is part 1–The Risk of a Kiss–about a “small” incident of verbal gay-bashing and sexual harassment in a lesbian mecca and how my wife & I were momentarily transformed into a lesbian mod squad.
The U.S. Senate is voting on whether to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this week.
Here is the text of the Convention: http://www.un.org/disabilities/convention/conventionfull.shtml
I think it would be awesome if everyone contacted their senators to support it: http://www.senate.gov/reference/common/faq/How_to_contact_senators.htm
My most recent post on my monthly column for Ms-JD.org about turning 30 and advice from other strong women around me about life and career: http://ms-jd.org/out-practice-reflection-turning-30.
my two cents on feminism in Brave.
canbebitter.wordpress.com/2012/07/17/bitterness-by-request-how-brave-is-pixars-latest-outing/
On our must read list – One Small Step Can Change Your Life: http://humaneconnectionblog.blogspot.com/2012/07/on-our-must-read-list-one-small-step.html
Why we need humane education: research shows more money, power makes people less humane: http://humaneconnectionblog.blogspot.com/2012/07/why-we-need-humane-education-research.html
I drank Lillet and ate mussels and frites.
Housing trans prisoners leaves no one happy – A stranger reached out to me with a petition about a trans prisoner, but not in a good way
How do we define gender? – An excerpt from my latest one-woman show
This week at Care2, I started a series on Teaching Feminism. I covered boy books vs. girl books, and girls’ math anxiety so far. Stay tuned for more!
On my own blog, I discussed how women really can’t, actually, have it all, and that’s OK. I also wrote about Rory Gilmore’s bookshelf.
This week at the Provider Project, Amy wrote about how patients having a difficult time with their abortion decision could be affected by the pressure of knowing that the last clinic in Mississippi could be closed any day. And Lily responded to the undercover abortion photos featured on thisismyabortion.com with ambivalence.
Late on this. But, I’m finally on State of Formation again, writing about Alan Turing and shaming: The Wronging of Alan Turing: Sex, Shame, and the Complexity of a Human Being
Also: Ideological Hypocrisy in Abortion Rights and Health Care: No One Who Believes Healthcare is Not a Right Can Be Anti-Choice.
Well, it’s been awhile since I’ve done this, so I am fashionably late. Anyway, I’ve decided to take a new track with my posts and see if I can’t orient them more on language and teaching, two of my other interests. This post is about being in the classroom and struggling to educate early teens about issues such as ableism and racism.
Leaving a bad marriage these days can be hard enough, but back in the 1880s, you could lose everything if you were a woman:
http://onefemalegaze.wordpress.com/2012/07/16/family-baggage/