What’s new on Women’s Glib… Spike TV’s new show Blue Mountain State is sporting some grossly sexist ads. Check out Shira’s new blog, from the rib?, on Jewish feminism. Has the recession made our New Year’s Resolutions more practical and less guilt-inducing? Facebook’s “sex” (read: rape) jokes.
It’s been a VERY long time since I have visited and posted. Happy New Year! Here are two recent posts at Miss Incognegro: You Can’t Make a Person Identify as a Person of Color An Intact Asian Family
Increasing rates of abortion in Illinois raise questions about social, political and economic factors http://feministsforchoice.com/increasing-rates-of-abortion-in-illinois-raise-questions-about-social-political-and-economic-factors.htm Senate republicans block pro-choice judicial nominee Edward Chen http://feministsforchoice.com/senate-republicans-block-pro-choice-judicial-nominee-edward-chen.htm
1. Cut And Polished: Thoughts on the butch body. 2. Stone Butch Bliss: On stone butch identity as a courageous form of resistance.
Untested rape kits in America: http://thefemspot.com/2009/12/20/untested-rape-kits-in-america/. What to do about it: http://www.hrw.kintera.org/rape-kits.
Guest Post – Cat Introduces Herself – this is a guest post by Cat, who lives with Vaginismus. She may be posting again later; for now this is to give a brief background of her history & experience with vaginismus. And then I wrote one of those obligatory year-end posts, 2009 a Year in Retrospect – delivers what it promises. A look back on what’s been going on at Feminists With FSD, including links to don’t-miss posts by myself & guest posters. Weeky blog link roundup to come…
Yes Disableism and Fat Hatred Do Go Hand in Hand: Looking at the ways in which weight is not understood as a symptom of an illness causing some disabled people to experience fat hatred. The “Precious of Corrections”: A woman is shamed and suspended because she fell asleep after working 96 hours. This post is about how WOC are over worked and then penalized when we cannot carry the burden. Kate Gosselin: You Can’t Be A Mommy and be Controversial: Looking at the ways Kate is shamed because she does not match the idealized construction of motherhood. Twitter Reacts To Rush Limbaugh’s Hospitalization: Are we really better than conservatives if we wish death on someone? Sunday Shame: Thong Thong Thong Thong Thong: Who should pay for the thong along with admissions of lingerie gone wrong. Pop by and weigh in or admit your shame.
I wrote about three Doctor Who Specials: End of Time (1) It was kind of dumb! Waters of Mars It was awesome and scary and I love how feminist the doctor is! Dreamland It was badly animated and kinda racist! Heh. All the exclamation points… clearly the influence of Sady.
In our blog’s first post this week, Rebecca explores the practice of touching people without consent and its relation to promoting rape in A Letter. Next, there’s Whaaaat?, a discussion of the ignorance that the producers of a comedic film displayed when they depicted a woman getting thrown in the trunk of a car. Finally, we have an analysis of a politcal ad on the radio in which a senate candidate tries to get votes by calling his opponent gay in A Last-Minute Entry for Fail of the Year.
Two posts from me! The Transformation of Jake Sully into Braveheart Smurf, about Avatar. “Pay your way, and your homegirl’s way . . . “, about Tracy Morgan’s parody of “Tyrone” by Erykah Badu. Enjoy!
One of my resolutions this year is to become more educated and well-versed about feminism. I’d love recommendations of reading material and the like. http://thesecondhandlife.com/?p=147
This week at re:Cycling, we wrote about Depo-Provera and bone loss, the causes of early menarche, our friend Chella Quint’s (“Adventures in Menstruating”) NYC debut, and the marketing of progesterone cream.
I mused about Hua Mulan and the kind of messages I got as a girl. i also listed some problems I have with the current commentary on SF.
It’s not an inherently feminist post, but a fun thinking exercise: what are the stories of your heart, the stories which, if every other story was a riff off them, you’d still be pretty happy?
Lot of stuff about pregnancy, miscarriage, and… unhelpful social assumptions this week. Puncturing Presumptions about Parenting and the Pursuit of Happiness riffs on an awesome flame by Penelope Trunk On the same theme Tyler Cowen on Babies: If You Ignore Women as Economic Contributors Extra Babies Are Pretty Cheap based on what was one hopes was just a brain fart and not his sincere conviction And finally, in See Also Penelope Trunk on Miscarriage, Abortion and Work I make the additional point that silence about miscarriage, which is as common as abortion, gives “pro-life” activists a huge rhetorical advantage. Or, as Heather Corinna said, “leaving miscarriage out of the picture makes it much easier for people to go to black-and-white thinking about pregnancy (and women’s diverse experiences with pregnancies) and abortion.” Oh, and a little more shamelessly, can I just plug The Two Rules of Desire and Gendered Jealousy too? Happy New Year by the way. figleaf
I reflected on my first semester as an M1: http://angryfeministdoc.blogspot.com/2009/12/125.html and griped about being made to feel like an asshole for not supporting the current state of health reform: http://angryfeministdoc.blogspot.com/2009/12/oh-shut-up.html In writing the second piece, I revisited a stellar piece I read on DailyKos and would also like to share: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/11/8/802199/-Im-Done-Talking-About-Abortion
Happy New Year! The military repealed its recent pregnancy ban, but we’ve still got a long way to go.
Trans Form video – Does Ariel Worry About Passing? – Clips from my recent solo show, using The Little Mermaid as a metaphor for transitioning. I’m working on getting more video up, so stay tuned! Soundtrack for a Transition – What’s the appropriate music for transitioning? Please weigh in with your suggestions! Dances with Avatars – I’m certainly not the only one to mention that Avatar is racist, colonialist, and sexist, but here are my two cents.
I made a good long post about the pinkening of girls toys, and the real meaning of making a pink/blue divide. Theres some stuff about mormons towards the bottom that makes more sense after reading the essay. http://skeptifem.blogspot.com/2010/01/pink-blogging.html I think this is one of my best posts.
Just one thing this week, from today: Having a rant at Observer Magazine’s ’30 Ways to a Better Life advice to women to put out even if they don’t feel like sex.
Where I talk about ‘Mansplainin’ And where a co-blogger discusses a very misogynistic trend piece in the local paper – with follow up posts here and here. Enjoy!
Where I talk about ‘Mansplainin’ And where a co-blogger discusses a very misogynistic trend piece in the local paper – with follow up posts here and here. Enjoy!
“Sex-Positive Women Aren’t Out To Steal Your Man” — among other things, deconstructing how some (not all!) radical feminists use slut-shaming to attack sex-positive feminists, and how that’s Just Basically Being Part Of The Problem. clarissethorn.wordpress.com/2009/12/30/sex-positive-women-arent-out-to-steal-your-man/
Over at Macha Mexico, we’ve been blogging a bit about reactions to Mexico City’s decision to legalize gay marriage… …from homophobic ranting on mainstream morning shows… …to the tourism minister enthusiastically looking forward to an influx of gay tourism money… …to lesbian performance artists writing an open letter announcing their marriage and telling the local Catholic Church it has bigger fish to fry than gay marriage, like priests who keep molesting children. Check it out.
Danny writes about the terms “boyfriend” and “girlfriend” and their many meanings. N wonders about technology and the ability for all of us to publish information or opinions on a global scale, and the democratization of information. I get sad upon realizing that one of my favorite movies would not be made today with a female lead character. I just say Fuck It and write about two popular male-female “Privilege Checklists,” and readers weigh in on what they think is bunk about both. Sometimes inclusive language confuses and frustrates me and I just want to go to bed. I wish to use more authoritative language in writing and speaking, because it feels like no one takes me seriously when I am too generous with my open-mindedness and willingness to be proven wrong.
Norway turned back the clock on the evolution of superbugs using socialized medicine. We should try that here, because overmedicating some of our people while cutting others out of access to care is a recipe for an epidemic. http://kmareka.com/2009/12/31/free-market-cant-do-this/
First of all, HAPPY NEW YEAR! Lots of things going on at Gender Across Borders (GAB) recently: We’re hosting the next Feminist Carnival (official website is here) for this Wednesday, January 6. If you want to submit something that you wrote that deal with feminism and/or other anti-oppression issues. Given the nature of Gender Across Borders, preference will be given to blog posts about countries other than the United States. However, we will likely include a few U.S.-centric posts, so feel free to submit those as well. More info about submitting to the 11th Feminist Carnival is here. Are you a performance arts feminist? GAB is also looking for a performance arts (dance/theater; does not include music) intern for Winter 2010. To read more about the position description and application instructions, go here. Application is due by January 15, 2010. FINALLY, Gender Across Borders is having a series in late-January called Hip-hop, Resistance & Feminism and we’re accepting submissions and pitches that have to do with hip-hop and feminism. Application instructions and more info is here! Apply by January 15, 2010. Currently, GAB is on break but will resume normal posting starting TOMORROW, January 4th, so we’ll see you in the new year!
I’d love to engage in discussion over the top movies of 2009 that contain feminist topics for thought. My list: http://thefemspot.com/2010/01/03/fems-top-ten-english-language-narrative-feature-films-of-2009/. I am very open to suggestions for amending the list.
When rules and regulations prompted by postpartum depression murder cases prove to be both sexist and ableist. The Mental Illness Stigma takes on a Sexist Dimension
I have been impressed by the Fat Activism in among Queer Women in San Francisco. Part of that is expressed Body Positive Burlesque. I analyze two outfits and try to make the case that the Burlesque influenced, sex-positive, body-positive fashion is revolutionary, but it has been seen by few people outside the queer world. Queer Fat Femme I San Francisco Street Photography Femme Fat Street Fashion 2
Well, lemme see… rambled about evo psych, and how awesome it is. A quick rundown on what my whole dealy is. Pitched two fits (one, two) about that Minnesota report – sorry ’bout that. I’d barely gotten over the fit I pitched about that “casual sex won’t kill you” report from a little while ago. But that’s all from last year!!!! Brand new is a quick explanation of the three (3) forms of human trafficking that are covered in federal law.
Simone de Beauvoir talks the talk : A post on the polyamorous relationship between Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre, feminism, and the state of misogynistic power dynamics in relationships today.
Because you’ve all thought about Avatar, but have you compared it to Atlas Shrugged? shiny blue example of political allegory
I haven’t written anything relevant in months until just now. Regarding “Happy Holidays” vs. “Merry Christmas”: http://girlontheinternets.blogspot.com/2010/01/in-which-i-upset-everyone-i-have-ever.html
In which I clarify a few things about resuscitation of pregnant folk – about that mother/baby resuscitation that people are hailing a “Christmas Miracle” because they can’t explain it any other way, and about how it’s completely explaininable by – guess what – science. Won’t Somebody Think of the Round Doorknobs? Penn & Teller on Accessibility Legislation: In which Penn & Teller (well, mostly Penn) are arseholes, rejecting Earth logic and basic research in favour of an ableist libertarian beat-up.
Alight Plus Size Top Giveaway Contest: Win a free, trendy, plus size shirt Before opening The Black Body, I already had preconceived notions of how I thought it would read, considering the fact that I have a Black body, myself. I should have known better. It wasn’t necessarily the topics covered that surprised me, but the way in which they were interpreted and the eloquence with which some of the authors conveyed the subject. Jesus Girls is a truly beautiful array of humbling feelings and bittersweet experiences, from fears of generational sin to tales of exchanging the pants off your own body with those from a hitchhiker. Divided into sections—community, worship, education, gender and sex, and story and identity—many of the stories were first printed in publications like Geez Magazine. To be clear, the writers are both reformed Christians and current believers.
I wrote an introduction post at Questioning Transphobia, as part of their January guest blogging series. I’m flattered to be writing alongside some really awesome smart trans people this month. It is well worth checking out.
“A few days ago, my wife had a tubal ligation…” Dude. Your “feminist” post is a pile of pompous crap all about how y’all decided to get sterilised because it’s “cruel” to have a child with a disability or with less-than-genius intellect?
I wrote a response to Brian Croxall’s MLA paper, in which I talk about the distribution of teaching in academia, and the resulting poor treatment of students who teach and detrimental effect on university education. My first Self-Promotion Sunday! –IP
Agreed, Lauredhel, and thanks for pointing it out. Unfortunately, we don’t get the chance to personally read every post linked before we publish comments on Shameless Self-Promotion Sunday posts (nothing would ever make it out of mod!), but we do try to delete comments that link to posts that contain material which violate the comment section (ableism obviously qualifies), once we’re made aware of them. Accordingly, that comment is no longer here.
Hopefully there are some Settlers of Catan fans out there (I know there are feminist nerds reading!! I just know it!!) I wrote about American capitalism, privilege, and oppression– ala Settlers of Catan.
Another police officer arrested. This one number five and arrested for child molestation. I’ve broken the last three of them b/f the mainstream media due to anonymous tips I’ve received. I spoke on the arrests and was verbally attacked by a city council member. And I had some visits from the State Atty General’s office which oversaw the department for five years.