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Shameless Self-Promotion Sunday

Jill

Post a short description of something you’ve written this week, along with a link. Make it specific – don’t just link your whole blog. Happy Sunday!

68 thoughts on Shameless Self-Promotion Sunday

  1. A series of posts on niqabs, burqas and the Western society’s impotent response to them:

    http://clarissasbox.blogspot.com/2010/10/french-woman-tears-niqab-from-tourists.html

    http://clarissasbox.blogspot.com/2010/10/please-pardon-our-progress.html

    http://clarissasbox.blogspot.com/2010/10/clothing-choices-and-tolerance.html

    Homosexuality and the hatred of the female body

    http://clarissasbox.blogspot.com/2010/10/homosexuality-and-hatred-of-female-body.html

  2. This week I launched a new tumblr project called The Woman Rebel based off of Margaret Sanger’s 1914 newsletter by the same name. I’ve been featuring a lot of quotes from the original newsletter so far, but what I really want to post is a bunch of examples of awesome modern “women rebels.” Regardless of sex/gender if you’ve done/written/created/etc. something awesome please consider submitting a post! Here’s an example of what I’m looking for.

    On the Ramapo College Women’s Center blog we posted video footage of Dan Choi at Ramapo!

  6. This week at SexGenderBody:

    Olga Wolstenholme addresses bullying in Don’t Fuck With My Gay Friends and talks about responses to Dan Savage’s “It Gets Better” campaign in Putting My Money Where My Mouth Is.

    Christina Engela discusses what we have in common, in Who Are We? Why Are We Here?.

    jaded16 talks about women who speak out, in A Woman Like That, how contraception is marketed with slut-shaming at the same time, in Cartologising Contraception Edition Of Cemented Stereotypes, examines how mythology play out from one generation into the next in <a href="http://sexgenderbody.com/content/going-behind-old-stone-face'Going Behind The Old Stone Face and takes us across Indian women bloggers in Musings From The Empire.

    LaPrincipessa discusses what is at stake in the coming elections, in 2010 Midterm Elections – Repro Rights Severely Threatened if Pro-Choice Don’t GOTV.

    James Turnbull talks about assault in Countering Sexual Violence in Korea and looks at gender in Korean Gender Reader and discusses the topic of abortion in Newsflash: Korean Doctor Sent to Jail for Performing Abortion, Korean Woman Fined for Planning to Have One.

    iamwhoiamandidontgiveadamn shares her thoughts on the exclusion from radical and progressive communities in bitter rant from tumblr.

    Alex Karydi reflects on insincerity in Lesbian Romance Scams (but it can happen to all the other letters GBTQ and S-traight!).

    Lastly, I shared about addiction and recovery in The Story of My Addiction.

  10. Surgical Mommy Make-Over From Head to Toe (Military Discounts Accepted) http://www.feministfatale.com/2010/10/surgical-mommy-make-over-from-head-to-toe-military-discounts-accepted/

    (Self)Love is a Battlefield http://www.feministfatale.com/2010/10/selflove-is-a-battlefield/

    LA EVENT: $hit My TV Says: Revealing Gender in Reality TV & Pop Culture http://www.feministfatale.com/2010/10/la-event-hit-my-tv-says-revealing-gender-in-reality-tv-pop-culture/

    Make Love, Not War, With Your Body http://www.feministfatale.com/2010/10/make-love-not-war-with-your-body/

  12. Why I think NPR did the right thing in firing Juan Williams:
    http://ethecofem.com/2010/10/24/why-npr-did-the-right-thing/

    And how that site about what Muslims wear is funny, and great, but not really a good response to the Juan Williams debacle:
    http://ethecofem.com/2010/10/23/point-of-order/

    “Faith healing” for children, and the problematic aspects of saying it’s a family decision, when it’s only the child who is in danger:
    http://ethecofem.com/2010/10/20/faith-healing-for-children-and-state-involvement/

    More thoughts about government intervention with poor family decisions, and when it is or isn’t appropriate, dealing with more than just religious reasons:
    http://ethecofem.com/2010/10/23/state-intervening-in-family-decisions-pt-2/

    An old rant against Cosmo that I posted on my MySpace page in 2006. It’s kind of funny, in that really old and embarrassing sort of way:
    http://ethecofem.com/2010/10/23/vintage-blog-rant-rant-about-cosmo/

  14. I finally got around to the strange case of Todd Henderson, the Chicago lawyer whose income places him in the top 1% of the country, yet who is curiously unacquainted with his massive privilege and sense of entitlement.

  15. Trust, Rape, and The Beautiful People – I had a chance to see the movie Trust, about a fourteen year old girl’s rape, and shared some thoughts about the film.

    Victim Blaming, Avoidance Of – The above post, on Trust, brought up some concerns about how I discussed the main character, and whether I was engaging in victim-blaming, so I wrote a followup post to continue that discussion.

    Scales of Outness – Thoughts on Dyssonance’s levels of In or Out for trans folks.

    Where do you work out? – Being hit on at the car repair shop. Lovely.

  17. I started blogging at Care2, which I’m very excited about. I’m writing mostly about real food and general human rights, but this week I did a women’s rights post — according to a Chinese couple (via Al Jazeera), the woman was forcibly given an abortion at 8 months pregnant for violating the one-child policy.

    **Trigger warning for description of physical violence against a pregnant woman, and non-graphic discussion of forced abortions and sterilizations.**

    http://www.care2.com/causes/womens-rights/blog/chinese-woman-forced-to-have-abortion-at-8-months/

  19. Just one new post this week at Yes Means Yes Blog:

    Richard Bain, This Is What You Did. Who is Richard Bain and what did he do? You’ve probably heard about the school district in Texas that suspended a woman from the cheer squad for refusing to cheer the man who raped her. One rapist has pleaded guilty to a crime for the assault, but the girl and her family sued the cheer coach, the principal and the superintendant. Ultra-conservative judge Priscilla Owen and two of her colleagues on the ultra-conservative Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals threw out her suit, saying among other things that cheerleaders are mere mouthpieces for the school and can be made to say anything the school wants in the course of their duties. So the individuals won’t face money damages. But at least they ought to get called out for it, and they ought to get called out by name. Richard Bain wasn’t just some administrator who bore ultimate responsibility. He actually told this girl that she had to cheer for the boy who raped her or get kicked off the squad.

  20. This week at re:Cycling, we wrote about the big news that post-menopause hormone treatments are even more cancerous than we previously thought; loving your cycle on Love Your Body Day; and the recent research interest in attributing everything women do to ovulation and hormones.

  22. Good morning Jill,

    I’ve been thinking a lot about male entitlement vs (authentic) male empowerment this week. I just keep circling back to the idea that disempowerment is dangerous, that men don’t get that we’re the ones disempowering ourselves, and that until we get it (and stop angrily blaming women and especially feminism for it) we’re not going to keep being a) miserable and b) dangerous to ourselves and others.

    * They Might Wish “Yes Means Anal” But Not As Much As They Hope Yes Really Means No

    * Echos From Abroad: An Englishman’s Observation About Gonzo Porn and Displaced, Self-Defeating Male Resentment

    * There’s No Problem With Men Having or Expressing What We Want. The Problem is When Want is Expressed as Expectation or Demand

    Also

    Scarleteen, Heather Corinna’s awesomely inclusive sex-ed website, is having its annual fundraiser. (If you’ve got even $5.00 to spare you can make your donation here.) Here’s my entry in the companion Scarleteen Sex-Ed Blog Carnival: Best of Both Worlds: Scarleteen Until You’re Ready, This and Other Expert Sites When You’re Ready. (It’s about the critical differences between actual sex education and “sexpert” sites.)

  27. Last month Gabby Sidibe’s ELLE cover generated a lot of attention. There’s been a conspicuous silence over Kerry Washington’s cover – why?
    Kerry Washington Covers November ELLE So Why The Crickets? http://ow.ly/19ynP4

    Evaluating who is in your corner and who is a frenemy.
    Allies And Opportunists http://bit.ly/aNe8Bs

    Reevaluating what feminism is, what womanism is and what they aren’t in context to the modern day black woman.
    5th Wave Feminism/Womanism That Works FOR Black Women http://bit.ly/b7fhIZ

  28. Normally I’d never link to a repost, but I think it’s important to remember what sort of people we are against, and it is sorta relevant at the moment due to Rachel Maddow’s upcoming documentary on Dr. Tiller’s murder

    Words have consequences

    Originally posted May 31st last year, just after the murder, reposted today.

  29. This past week, I launched a blog for male feminist called What Men Dare Do!

    The first post was the mission: http://mendaredo.com/2010/10/17/the-mission/ explaining the purpose of a blog, as a place for male feminists to come together and discuss our issues in a safe space.

    The second post was the beginning of a column I’m doing, called, “Why be a Male Feminist?” The first posts were: http://mendaredo.com/2010/10/17/feminism-it-makes-you-a-better-person/ and http://mendaredo.com/2010/10/20/the-sex-will-be-better/ I thought it might be a nice idea to contrast a more altruistic reason with something more individualistic.

    I also posted about Recasting Issues from a Masculine Perspectve (http://mendaredo.com/2010/10/18/recasting-issues-from-a-masculine-perspective/) where I dissuss taking feminist issues that speak (mostly) to women using common female experience and recasting them using the male experience.

    I also wrote about Talking to Men About Sexual Assault, and my humble experiences facilitating same-gender discussions about sexual assault on a college campus: http://mendaredo.com/2010/10/19/talking-to-men-about-sexual-assault/

    I also posted some thoughts I had from a post by Twanna Hines Funky Brown Chick blog about pornography. http://mendaredo.com/2010/10/21/some-commentary-on-pornography/ Twanna’s original post is here: http://funkybrownchick.com/2010/08/02/is-porn-ruining-sex-for-men/

    And finally, I also chimed in on the whole “Men as Feminists” argument, talking about how the label isn’t really important to me, but that how view themselves is: http://mendaredo.com/2010/10/23/men-as-feminists/

    Thanks for indulging me in utterly shameless self-promotion, and I hope you enjoy some of the posts!

  35. Hello! This week on Elysium Avenue Natasha wrote about her history with gym, exercise, and trying to learn her own way P.S., P.E.

    Our lovely new blogger Natalie wrote about lacking friendships Will You Be My Friend? Check Yes or No

    I wrote about suddenly wanting children Hickory Dickory Dock, or How I Went from Loving Kids, to Hating Kids, to Wanting Kids as well as how to improve lotion when you’re on a budget in Fucking Poor Friday

    Finally, two guest were kind enough to share their pieces relating to the death of a friend:
    Closer to Fine
    I’m Sublime (A Memorial)

  36. Hi all! This is the first time I’ve ever posted something in the Sunday feature, though I’ve benefited from the many links here for years.

    I am co-editing a new anthology called Perverts of Color that will bring the stories of people of color involved in kink/BDSM and/or polyamory together in a larger conversation about the intersections of racial and sexual identity. It’s the first of its kind, and we’re really excited about it.

    The website is up, so please visit it to learn more about our project. We’re accepting submissions until December 15th – please spread the word!

  43. Lucky me. Offered writing gig at — ready for this? — $3 per hour!
    http://www.returntoworkmom.com/2010/10/know-when-to-say-no-to-lousy-paying.html

    Have serious name issues? I do.
    http://www.returntoworkmom.com/2010/10/whats-in-name.html

    Mad Men women make for interesting conversation about how much has (not) changed for working women. What’s ur story?
    http://www.returntoworkmom.com/2010/10/8-real-life-examples-mad-men-still.html

    And coming next week: tackling the monster lump in my breast and the runaround to get medical attention.

  45. This week, I wrote about an experience that I had on the picket line when the class that I TA for went on a field trip… the class started with about 8 supporters and ended with 30 or 40. If only I could bottle this experience and bring it on campus.

  46. I had so many post ideas that seem to have just gone *poof* this week… but I did manage to write Silent Shame, about the feeling you get when you know you should be speaking out and don’t.

  47. Working up a case by case case study of the failures of the Mississippi “safe haven” law by mining back issues of the Baby Dump News for media reports on child abandonments. (Essentially the backgrounder to my earlier Mississippi legalized child abandonment post from the week before.)
    A compilation of Mississippi legalized child abandonment cases and “safe haven” failures

    A post about the “pipeline” cases of kids in process when Guatemalan adoptions closed and how the climate of dire poverty and “Feminicides” (murders of women) may have led to their being made available to the adoption process in the first place.
    Americans demand the “pipeline” cases be rammed through, despite the Guatemalan adoption climate

    The Western Australia “apology” for forced adoptions and mass child confiscations from Mothers (first of it’s kind in the world) and how it is being used to distract from the Mother’s call for a full Parlimentary investigation and possible criminal charges.
    Western Australia (WA) “apology” not a “start,” it’s being used as a substitute for genuine justice

    A post about the ongoing cultural genocide and wildly disproportionate child confiscations of First Nations children in Canada.
    More Aboriginal kids in child-welfare in Canada now than at the height of the “residential schools”

    A post reflecting my personal anger and disgust at the world’s indifference to the ongoing catastrophe in Haiti.
    Haiti. Cholera.

    A post concerning India’s high court’s latest ruling regarding adoptee human rights and how it effectively reverses the open records victory that was won back in August. Both court cases relate to potential kidnapping followed by back market adoptions.
    Disappearing Adoptee rights in India, now you see ‘em, now you don’t

    And finally a post about the Florida Attorney General’s decision not to interfere and thus allow a Gay adoption to go forward… this time, while leaving potential interference on the table as a very real possibility next time around.
    Queer adoptions in Florida: Attorney General Bill McCollum decides… not this time around

  49. (Mods, the previous comment was incomplete and had a broken link because I hit Submit too early: could you delete it and un-mod this instead?)

    I wrote about the confusion being caused by right-wingers about the deficit, the National Debt, and the cuts: If you do nothing else, do this….

    I wrote about how angry I get when straight people write or speak about “homosexuality” and “gay people” as if all gay people are men: lesbians do not exist in their perception of the world; Yes, I exist: I am not a weird outburst.

    I wrote about how Wiscon’s disinviting Elizabeth Moon as GoH is not the same thing as silencing or censoring her.

  54. This week I got myself into a debate with Paul Elam, a fairly retrograde Men’s Rights blogger, on the subject of Domestic Violence. He contends that “women are half the problem” when it comes to DV; I contend that he’s full of shit.

    The debate is actually taking place on his blog, not mine:

    http://www.avoiceformen.com/2010/10/22/a-debate-on-domestic-violence/

    Right now the comments are dominated by, well, the kinds of guys you’d expect to be hanging around a Men’s Rights blog. It would be cool to have some, you know, balance, if anyone here is willing to wade into this particular snake pit.

    Back on my site, Man Boobz, which offers a critique of the Men’s Rights Movement and antifeminism generally, I wrote about:

    A blog post from my debate opponent, who thinks October should be, as he puts it, “Bash a Violent Bitch Month.”

    http://manboobz.blogspot.com/2010/10/my-first-post-in-domestic-violence.html

    Another post about victim blaming and DV:

    http://manboobz.blogspot.com/2010/10/victim-blamer-of-day-she-made-him-do-it.html

    And another one about how much Men’s Rights activists hate being told to “man up.” There are some ironies here.

    http://manboobz.blogspot.com/2010/10/mens-rights-activists-dont-tell-me-to.html

  60. Barbara Boxer is a strong supporter of the disability community, as well as a leader in the fight to protect stem cell research from ideological interference. I did a Huffington Post piece about ten days ago comparing her record to her Republican rival, which might be of interest. Don C. Reedhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/don-c-reed/boxer-vs-fiorina-friends-_b_764620.html

  61. I posted a long essay inspired by the debate that Clarisse Thorn’s guest post piece “There It Is” sparked, called In defence of the male sadist.

    I think I didn’t self-promote this piece last week (and it shows as being written on Monday anyway so technically it’s this week’s anyway!): I wrote about how my new girlfriend (who’s feminist and kinky!) and I are both finding sex together awkward and tricky, in 99% of the way (referring to how close we get to orgasm together, but neither of us quite gets there).

  65. I’ve been thinking a lot about body hair (it seems that this is all I think about.) I blogged about it here:
    http://www.samanthalifson.com/2010/10/hirsute-and-happy/

    The conversation is continuing, if you wanna check out my most recent post, which links to a friend’s tumblr. Now it’s morphed into talking about a “feminist litmus test” and what it takes to be a feminist – and how this friend of mine feels left out feminism and attacked by it because she wants to have kids. Interesting chats, for sure.

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