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Shameless Self-Promotion Sunday

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It’s a little late, but it’s here! Have at it, folks.

51 thoughts on Shameless Self-Promotion Sunday

  2. This week in Evil Slutopia:

    ~There was some controversy in the blogosphere and on twitter this week when Nestle invited some mom bloggers on an all-expenses-paid trip to their headquarters, and some critics took the opportunity to raise questions about Nestle’s unethical business practices around the world. Our take on the conversation: Getting to the Point of #nestlefamily

    ~We loved the latest installment of That’s Gay from Infomania on the way TV handles coming out moments.

    ~We “review” the new show Vampire Diaries…by comparing it to True Blood. Yep, we’re obsessed.

    ~Babyproofing is scary stuff.

    ~Highlighting some dumb things guys text.

    ~Apparently the One Million Moms think that Saturday Night Live is a show for kids.

  4. My review of the (amazing) premiere of Dollhouse last week.

    Domestic Violence in Music Videos: a look at Lady Gaga’s music video for “Paparazzi” and the fetishization of domestic violence.

    The Women of Eastwick: a show that could possibly be about female empowerment has been filled with sexist stereotypes and gender norms.

    Sexual Television: apparently some people think Glee is too sexual — have these people seen any other television lately?

    My weekly reviews of Glee, Bones, and Dollhouse.

    Objectifying Women’s Bodies Month: I’m all about breast cancer research, not so much about the awareness month.

    An Open Letter to Feministing: my act of co-signing and supporting meloukhia’s letter to Feministing calling them out on their ableist language.

  5. A sporadic series of posts on my journal quoting from the Gude Cause songbook about the Gude Cause march planned in Scotland to mark the 100th anniversary of the march for women’s suffrage that took place in Edinburgh on 10th October 1909.

    The Gude Cause march (named for one of the banners on the 1909 march, A Gude Cause Maks (makes) A Strong Arm) is worth shamelessly promoting all by itself – it’s a major feminist/historical event that promises to be a fantastic occasion.

    It’s worth remembering: feminism is the longest most successful most peaceful revolutionary movement the world has ever seen.

  12. If you think that disability is a feminist issue and ableist language has no place in feminist discourse, please cosign my Open Letter to Feministing.

    There’s also a lively debate going on at my post about breast cancer awareness campaigns which use tactics which could be viewed as exclusionary. This Is My Body That You Are Talking About appears to have struck a nerve among some folks.

    I also wrote about The Bystander Effect and how it applies to social justice advocacy.

  13. Is 13 the magic number for child molesters? Why are so many in LALA Land willing to give Polanski (R Kelly, Woody Allen ,etc) a pass. I’m naming names of those who signed that petition or have publicly supported him.
    http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/10/raping-13-year-old-doesnt-count-because.html

    Is something in the water this week? Letterman is also guilty of abusing women by creating a sexual exploitative work environment
    http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/10/letterman-extortion-focus-ignores-his.html

    To lighten the mood from such heavy topics here;s a little Old School video tribute to Barry White
    http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/10/old-school-friday-cant-get-enough-of.html

  14. Defining Reciprocity and how black women are still getting the short end of the stick
    http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/10/defining-reciprocity-black-women-are.html

    Why I am horrified that Chris Rock is using black women to prop his career at our expense by pretending to care about sensitive issues.
    http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/10/black-women-hair-angst-should-not-be.html

    How women can learn to take risks while living their best lives
    http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/09/when-stumbling-out-of-dbr-matrix-these.html

  17. 1. I was a boy, I was a girl – Thoughts on being trans, identifying and living as a woman, and yet having all these memories and artifacts of having grown up as a boy.
    2. Sex, and the effects of hormones, part 2 and part 3 – How have hormones changed my experiences of being sexual? Posts on sensation and orgasms! Woo! Go here for info on how to get the passwords for the posts.
    3. Feeling overly sensitive – Feeling very queer and othered lately…
    4. TV Tropes about gender, sex, and trans topics – TV Tropes is amazing and consuming my life

  19. Spurred by the case of the Swedish parents who are trying to raise their child free of gender, <a href="http://kittywampus.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/enforcing-gender-as-child-abuse/"I asked if the enforcement of gender might constitute a form of child abuse. It’s a serious post but it comes with footage of a young Michael Jackson appearing on “Free to Be, You and Me.”

    And because I just can’t seem to stop worrying the healthcare issue, I argued that despite the fuss over “taxpayer subsidies for abortion,” the federal government is already subsidizing for them. The catch? The subsidy only goes to women whose employer already provides insurance with coverage for abortion.

  24. This week at Yes Means Yes Blog:

    My take on the Roman Polanski discussion — that of the many things going on, one is the continuing refusal to recognize anything except a stranger jumping out of a hedge or passing van as “real” rape.

    A short piece on Rihanna and see-through clothing: after she’s had to live with the whole world looking at pictures of her battered and bruised face, if she’d rather be seen in see-through outfits that’s an expression of her autonomy.

    A short reaction on Lauren’s personal story, about how rape is the rapist’s fault but rape culture is everyone’s fault.

  27. GAB has added some new editors to our editorial board! Read more about them on our editorial board page.

    This week on Gender Across Borders:

    The Superagency – Recent U.N. Decisions Bear New Hope For Womankind

    Love Shouldn’t Feel Like a Battlefield (A Battlefield, A Battlefieeeld) about popular songs have racist and/or sexist themes.

    The Women of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Modern Wing

    The Hair Affair — about the waxing business

  29. Bright Star, Jane Campion’s newest film, chronicles the Romance (with a capital “R”) between Keats and Brawne from its budding first impressions until its final consumptive breath. Playing the doomed young lovers, Australian Abbie Cornish and period-piece laden Ben Whishaw embody the very essence of cinematic enchantment, and their performances will leave you breathless.

    Starstruck: An Interview with Jane Campion: After seeing Bright Star, which is based on the love affair between the poet John Keats and his neighbor Fanny Brawne, I jumped for joy when the opportunity to talk with Campion about the film, her career, and a special feminist moment she experienced recently.

    Freshwater Pearl and Blue Topaz Earrings: I’m going to my first Indian wedding this December, a celebration I am enormously excited about because of the sheer enormity of this type of event. Indian weddings are multi-day festivities filled with family, friends, fun, and (best of all) food. The wedding I will attend will be a particularly exciting culinary event; it is sure to include a sampler of delicacies from West Bengal, the Punjab, and Burma, a feast that is a reflection of the multiple and overlapping ethnicities of the bride and groom. Now, I’m not a wedding kind of gal. I didn’t have one myself, and I’ve deftly avoided being in them, but this is an altogether different kind of affair than the cookie cutter wedding industrial complex in the States.

  40. Not as accomplished as you folks, but starting up a site with a few posts. Comments are currently being built.

    Anyway, this post is on feminism and how, hey, more folks should see through the stereotypes and embrace it in all its truly positive glory.

    Check it.

  41. Check out my blog Left of College Station: a liberal voice in a conservative community. Find out what it is like for a liberal at Texas A&M. This month I am focusing on reproductive rights issues in response to the 40 Days for Life campaign (that began in College Station), and this week I am giving special focus to GLBT issues for “Coming Out Week” at Texas A&M.

  42. Spreading this as far and wide as I can: ASAN’s press release countering “Autism Speaks” ad campaign

    I also have a problem with the lack of sex-positive feminist speakers at the Feminism in London event next weekend, especially as they’re having a number of workshops relating to sex work – you’d think maybe that some sex workers who are also feminists might have liked to have some input on that!

    From more than a week ago, but I missed posting it last time around: Meet the meat shield, about a particular type of role in activism or debate.

    Finally, I have written more on the Cyborg Sleeps story, which is starting to develop a theme based around discrimination, being different and being marginalised. Also, if you read it and like it (or even if you don’t like it) I would really love some feedback!

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