Anti-Choicers About to Change Your Google Experience
From the BBC: Google is to change its policy on adverts about abortion following a legal challenge from a Christian pressure group. It had refused a Christian Institute advert, saying it did not allow the advertising of websites with “abortion and religion-related content”. The institute threatened to use British equality laws to contest the decision. [...]
...read moreHelp Us Keep Bitching
So, I’m currently reading an advance copy of Tricia Rose’s new book, The Hip-Hop Wars: What We Talk About When We Talk About Hip-Hop – And Why It Matters. I’ve already flagged pages to post as part of the “Quoted” series, as well as planning a few arguments around Rose’s ideas to post as part [...]
...read moreHarnessing the Power of Pop Culture
In the first 45 seconds of the trailer for Clueless, Cher Horowitz (played by Alicia Silverstone) gives one of the best rebuttals I have ever heard to opponents of providing asylum on our shores for oppressed people. Yes, I’m serious. Let’s reexamine the language (excerpted from Paul’s Ultimate Clueless Script): SCENE IV – CLASSROOM DEBATE [...]
...read moreLooking at Sarah, Somehow Seeing Condi
As the uproar over the Palin VP pick enters its third week, the media and the blogosphere show no signs of letting go of mining every aspect of the controversy. Feministing put up a Friday Feminist Fuck No as to whether or not Sarah Palin is a feminist, Octogalore says we need to focus on [...]
...read moreA Little More Discussion on Privilege
So, earlier in the week, I dropped an email to Cara asking if Feministe had covered exactly what privilege is. It’s a word that is often used (to varying degrees of effectiveness) and often maligned privately in counter blog posts and such. Renee actually beat me to posting on this topic, but since her piece [...]
...read moreEwwww! You got your other issues in my feminism!
This rant was inspired by a comment waiting in moderation. Now, this comment doesn’t *technically* violate any rules, so another mod may very well come and approve it while I type this post. But as far as I am concerned that comment can rot in hell! I don’t think there is any kind of shit [...]
...read moreWhat are we really selling here?
I have a habit of listening to music without ever watching the music video. So, whenever I do discover the video (normally through YouTube) it can occasionally be a bit of a shock to see the messages in the video versus the messages in the song. There is one video in particular that started my [...]
...read moreParanormal Smut Novels
My brain needs a break. Seriously. I spend my days doing research, writing analysis, and submitting status reports for my gig at a major government agency. By night, I’m reading through newsfeeds, writing critical race analysis, editing submissions, and trying to make sure there’s blog content every single day. So, is it any wonder I [...]
...read moreFive Reasons I Love Cosmo
1. It is like The Onion, for feminists. Through some strange machination of the Hearst Publishing company, as of last year, I have started getting Cosmo delivered straight to my mail box. Each month I gain at least an hour of entertainment from the articles and sex tips. It’s kind of like a sexually charged [...]
...read moreA Little More on Motherhood and Choice
….and then I swear I am done. No more politics! Maegan, aka La Mamita Mala, gives her thoughts on the parameters of motherhood: So what does this Palin parranda of information and analysis mean to mamis of color, Latina mamis like me? Not surprisingly, nada. Sarah Palin wants to put herself out there as “every [...]
...read moreWomen vs. Women on Sarah Palin
I hate being in this position. I truly do. The blog I edit is an anti-racist one. That is our focus. It is staffed entirely by women. We prefer not to deal with sexism, either. So, in a nutshell, covering this election has been a pain in the ass. As the main moderator, I get [...]
...read moreOpen Thread: Politics, In General
Some quick background on me. I am a registered Independent voter. I generally vote Democrat, Independent or Green. (This may change, since I have only been eligible to vote in one state election and one federal election.) I have considered some Republican candidates (see: former Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich) but there was always some kind [...]
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