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Shameless Self-Promotion Sunday

Jill

Give us whatcha got. Include a description of something you’ve written this week, along with a link. Don’t just link to your whole blog — make it specific.

52 thoughts on Shameless Self-Promotion Sunday

  2. I’ve had a busy week writing about the birth of the “Breast Cancer Free Baby” and the surrounding controversy http://aftercancernowwhat.blogspot.com/2009/01/breast-cancer-free-baby-is-born.html

    Oral Sex and Cancer http://aftercancernowwhat.blogspot.com/2008/12/read-article-and-blog.html

    My concerns about the economy and layoffs http://aftercancernowwhat.blogspot.com/2009/01/do-layoffs-cause-cancer.html

    And on a more upbeat note a proposal to allow adults up to age 29 remain on their parents health insurance http://aftercancernowwhat.blogspot.com/2009/01/stay-on-your-parents-insurance-until.html

    There are some other posts, including one about the conversion to digital TV (we’ve already done it here). Hope everyone has a great week.

  6. in my blog, I wrote about how going home is just like stepping into a bad 1950s movie, complete with gender stereotypes, sexual harassment, and general asshole behavior. my favorites!

  10. I wrote about the Bush administration’s torture policies today. Glenn Reynolds claims Barack Obama is backtracking on Gitmo. Obama’s statement prove otherwise.

    But Obama said unequivocally that it will close. “I don’t want to be ambiguous about this. We are going to close Guantanamo and we are going to make sure that the procedures we set up are ones that abide by our Constitution. That is not only the right thing to do but it actually has to be part of our broader national security strategy because we will send a message to the world that we are serious about our values.”

    Reynolds does work for the same media service as Joe the Plumber. So this is to be expected.

    Dick Cheney claims he wasn’t in the chain of command that approved waterboarding. Cheney fails to explain why his chief of staff David Addington helped craft a memo approving torture.

  11. Miss Applesassy just launched a NEW SITE: www,applesassy.com is the home of a “Social Media Socialite and Purveyor of Netiquette Charm.

    Applesassy is written under the pseudonym of Helena B. Heavens who writes under the second pseudonym of Miss Applesassy, a feminist time traveler who once entertained herself as the mistress of ultimate technology geek, Mr. H.G. Wells.

    The focus of Applesassy is an offering of tips for writers and bloggers using social media. (Read the “Who Writes Miss Applesassy” page page for the full bio.)

    Click the link here:

    “Who Writes Miss Applesassy” page

  17. I just finished a piece about William Zantzinger, the white Maryland tobacco heir whose murder of black waitress Hattie Carroll in 1963 inspired one of Bob Dylan’s most powerful songs.

    Zantzinger and Barack Obama’s family share an odd connection, it turns out.

  20. Oh, and I was going to mention something else, too.

    The third largest university in Canada has been shut down for more than two months because of a strike by adjunct faculty and teaching assistants. It’s a pretty big story, it seems to me, from a lot of angles, but I’ve seen nothing about it in the progressive blogosphere.

    I’m still getting up to speed with it, and I’ll be posting more analytical stuff in the next few days, but I’ve provided an overview and a bunch of links in posts here, here, here, and here.

  21. The Other Half Of The Choice: Looking at why feminism routinely discuses reproductive freedom from the point of access to abortion while ignoring the conscious choice to become a mother.

    What If Selling Sex Is Your Business: Looking at why we need to STFU&L to sex trade workers if we are to make a safer world for all women.

    Gay, White and Male still equals privilege: Looking at racism and sexism in the GLBT community. This post specifically attacks the racist genderized Shirley Q Liquor comedic routine.

    What If Gay Marriage Isn’t For You: Looking at the ways the push for same gender marriage creates the model of the “acceptable” gay and lesbian while disenfranchising those who don’t want the white picket fence life. It further questions what other organizing drives are being ignored to push marriage.

  23. I started a new blog this week, and I’m very excited to share and get some feedback.

    This is about the irony of MRAs complaining about feminists when it’s actually patriarchy to blame for the issue.

    I also wrote about the very annoying lumping of women and children into one group

    Patriarchy in a progressive church.

    There’s a fair bit more, but check it out if you’re interested. Not all of it is about feminism. As I say in my intro post: The idea behind this blog is to explore religion and politics from a feminist, socialist, Christian perspective. Now, I know that sounds rather oxymoronic (or even just moronic!) but I really don’t feel there’s a conflict.

  24. I recently posted the first ten minutes of my twenty minute solo performance piece, “Ares and Aphrodite.” The piece is on my experience as a trans woman, and I’ll be posting the final ten minutes later this week.

    I know, I know. Solo performance on queer themes doesn’t scream “I must watch right now!” But check it out and let me know your thoughts – it’s my first major piece exploring queer identity and I’m hoping to expand upon it.

    -Rebecca

  28. Ohshit there are multiple Rebeccas again. This is Rebecca of City of Ladies.

    Anyway, I wrote about some stuff I found in or doing research relating to Nixonland (quotes from Strom Thurmond on “pro-America,” a theme I often return to, and Huey Newton calling himself out on his privilege, which is very much worth reading.)
    —Strom and Huey

    More importantly, my co-blogger wrote a great post about problems of terminology when discussing the Gaza conflict. If you read one of these two, read his.
    —Semitic Semantics

  31. Gloria Steinhem, mediation, CleanFish, Dalai Lama, helped my daughter finish college aps, watched ‘Gran Torino,’ ‘Hamlet 2’ and ‘Frost/Nixon’ in one weekend and am wondering why “Milk” isn’t being hailed as the excellent movie that it is.

  36. I did a series of posts called ‘imagining equality’ on how different aspects of society, independently of any overt discrimination, reflect the needs of male dominance, and how they might be different in an equal society:

    Rape, Domestic Violence, and the Legal System: http://directionlessbones.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/rape-and-the-legal-system-imagining-equality/

    Objectification, Pornography, and the Media: http://directionlessbones.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/objectification-and-the-media-imagining-equality/

    Childcare, Housework, and the Economy: http://directionlessbones.wordpress.com/2009/01/09/womens-work-and-the-economy-imagining-equality/

  38. Finally I have something vaguely relevant to contribute! I wrote a bit more about Paris Hilton’s recent comment which was blogged here, and in doing so resurrected an old blog series of mine.

  51. Speaking Truth to Power: An Interview with Jennifer Baumgardner by Ellen Papazian: “I’m no longer scared to hear people’s truths, and that has been incredibly liberating,” says feminist writer, filmmaker, and activist Jennifer Baumgardner. Truth-telling has been at the heart of Baumgardner’s work since she left Ms. magazine in the late-90s to become a prominent third wave feminist leader. Since then, she’s published books on young women and feminism (Manifesta, with Amy Richards), feminist activism (Grassroots, also with Richards), and bisexuality (Look Both Ways: Bisexual Politics)—and created an abortion campaign that literally asked women (in the form of her “I Had an Abortion” T-shirt) to insert the private into the public in the name of reproductive justice. The shirt created some controversy, brought women’s testimonies back into the national dialogue about abortion, and led Baumgardner to create another campaign: “I Was Raped.”

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