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Shameless Self-Promotion Sunday

Jill

Post a link to a post you’ve written this week, along with a short description. Make it specific – don’t just link your whole blog.

71 thoughts on Shameless Self-Promotion Sunday

  1. I had a really scary incident at school that I wrote about where I was sexually harassed by a homophobic colleague. I wrote about what he said, and there will probably be an updated post this week about how it was dealt with, including on how I am coping with what was said (he thought his penis could cure me of being gay) and having to see him again.

    This was a more nostalgic post about the wage gap that reminded me of a life changing lecture by one of my favorite profs.

  2. A Shot at Democracy

    A political shooting is more than an assault on human beings, it’s an undoing by bullet of what the people chose by the ballot.

    Season of the Gun

    Where were you on November 22, 1963? It was the beginning of a decade of assassinations. Let that never happen to our country again.

    Won’t be Okay

    If Gabrielle Giffords makes a miraculous recovery, it will be a feel-good story, but don’t be fooled. Traumatic brain injury, the signature wound of our two wars, is a devastating loss.

  4. I wrote a review of Nancy Milford’s biography of controversial feminist poet Edna St. Vincent Millay. A celebrity in her day, Millay is largely unknown today.

    Savage Beauty: A Review

  7. Hey y’all,

    I am linking to to a reflective post I wrote recently talking about wealth in a global context and how easy it is to forget that on a global scale, I am rich. The idea behind my blog is that I will write a post and donate a dollar to an organization on a daily basis. If you read some of my early posts from last year, this idea evolved from the belief many have that the little they could afford to give would not make a difference, so I donate a dollar a day and share it with my readers just to remind us all that every little bit helps and there are so many great charities we could be a part of.

    I am trying to grow and increase my blog this year, so I would love it if some of y’all came and checked it out. 🙂

    http://changeyoucanafford.blogspot.com/2010_12_26_archive.html

  10. This week I wrote two posts about the perpetual war between mostly post-op women with a transsexual history and the transgender as “umbrella” advocate. How it is self destructive on the part of both sides and how both parties disrespect each other.
    http://womenborntranssexual.com/2011/01/06/post-transsexual-women-and-transgender-inc/
    and one imploring people to stop with the trashings
    http://womenborntranssexual.com/2011/01/08/enda-isnt-going-to-happen-for-at-least-three-years/

  15. Yeah, I Think I’ll Pass On This One: Grumbling about why I won’t be seeing the upcoming Green Hornet movie.

    Pregnancy Not-Quite-Scare: What went through my head when I briefly suspected I might be pregnant.

    What ‘Counts’ as Sex: When you ask someone “What’s sex?”, turns out you’ll get a plethora of answers. Here’s my take on it.

    If You Say ‘Retarded’, I Will Judge the Shit Out of You: Explaining why I don’t like the word ‘retarded’ in any context.

  17. This week at Paradigm Shift NYC:

    “Blackened Blues” – http://www.paradigmshiftnyc.com/2011/01/blackened-blues/

    “An Interview with Feminist Media Maven, Jennifer Pozner” – http://www.paradigmshiftnyc.com/2011/01/an-interview-with-feminist-media-maven-jennifer-pozner/

    “Powerful Women Changing the World” – http://www.paradigmshiftnyc.com/2011/01/powerful-women-changing-the-world/

    We also have posts about great upcoming events!

    Rock Out for Roe! Party to Benefit NYAAF –
    http://www.paradigmshiftnyc.com/2011/01/rock-out-for-roe-party-to-benefit-nyaaf/

    “Powerful Women Changing the World” –
    http://www.paradigmshiftnyc.com/2011/01/powerful-women-changing-the-world/

    The Athena Film Festival: A Celebration of Women and Leadership – http://www.paradigmshiftnyc.com/2011/01/the-athena-film-festival-a-celebration-of-women-and-leadership/

    Work Study: Sex Work and the New School Student – http://www.paradigmshiftnyc.com/2011/01/work-study-sex-work-and-the-new-school-student/

    NOW-NYC and Feminists for Choice Tweet-Up – http://www.paradigmshiftnyc.com/2011/01/now-nyc-and-feminist-for-choice-tweet-up/

    Rape New York: A Series of Public Dialogues – http://www.paradigmshiftnyc.com/2011/01/rape-new-york-a-series-of-public-dialogues/

    Poetic People Power @ The Art at Bay Gallery – http://www.paradigmshiftnyc.com/2011/01/this-sunday-poetic-people-power-the-art-at-bay-gallery/

  19. This week at Once Again, To Zelda:
    A gallery of Portraits of Canadian Women from the ’70s
    http://2zelda.blogspot.com/2011/01/portraits-of-women-1974-1977.html
    Alex’s reaction to a recent bit on Colbert about Obama’s endorsement of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
    http://2zelda.blogspot.com/2011/01/really-colbert-really.html
    The uphill battles Feminism faces in the blogosphere and elsewhere
    http://2zelda.blogspot.com/2011/01/not-to-harp-on-about-feminism-or.html
    and finally, some Bossanova-tinged protest/funk/soul/jazz tunes that are warming us up on a chilly Sunday afternoon!
    http://2zelda.blogspot.com/2011/01/sunday-songs-blame-it-on-bossa-nova.html

  21. Vote for Pro-LGBT Miss America Contestant!
    http://queersunited.blogspot.com/2011/01/vote-for-pro-lgbt-miss-america.html

    Tell NM Governor Martinez to Honor AG’s Finding on Marriage
    http://queersunited.blogspot.com/2011/01/tell-nm-governor-martinez-to-honor-ags.html

    N.Y. Post Releases Insulting Column on Elton John & Partner
    http://queersunited.blogspot.com/2010/12/ny-post-releases-insulting-column-on.html

    Textbooks4Change – Buy Textbooks and Fund EQUALITY!
    http://queersunited.blogspot.com/2010/12/textbooks4change-buy-textbooks-and-fund.html

  23. This week I wrote about my husband’s and my challenge to cook and eat exclusively from the adult curriculum from Cooking Matters, a national organization that teaches strategies for healthy and economical eating to low-income families and individuals. There are five posts: To Bake Or Not to Bake?, Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad, Breakfast Like a King, Just Throw Something Together, and A Little More…Something.

    I introduced the challenge last week, and I hope to have a wrap-up posted by the end of today.

  25. 2010 a retrospective – I’m back to blogging about the intersections between feminism and female sexual dysfunction. Just a reminder: Yes you can be a feminist and still have FSD, the two are compatible. This post is a look back at some of the stuff that went down on the blog during 2010 so if you need some catching up, don’t miss it.

  26. This week on Yes Means Yes Blog:

    Jaclyn’s tour de force post, quick on the heels of her appearance opposite Naomi Wolf on Democracy Now, The (Nonexistent) Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Consequences Of Enthusiastic Consent.

    If you’re looking for an update on the Prop 8 litigation in California that doesn’t assume you remember all the twists and turns, or understand the differences between the various court systems, this is for you.

    It has been a few weeks since we put up a SSPS comment. Here’s a few from recent weeks:

    Combat and the Politics of Masculinity, about the last-ditch attempts to create a haven of must-pretend-to-be-het within the military after legislation cleared the way for DADT repeal.

    Growing: An Example, a positive remark on Michael Moore’s about-face on rape apologism under the pressure of Sady Doyle and all the amazing people who contributed to #mooreandme.

    Better Trans 101, in which I merely boost the signal of Asher Bauer’s new-style Trans 101.

  28. Everett Bogue’s “Far Beyond The Stars” Blog Is My 1st Pick for 2011 http://bit.ly/hg9zpk

    Who’s Getting It Right: On The Upside With Mary J. Blige & Jennifer Hudson http://bit.ly/i4iGUn

    In 2011 You’re Free To Be Your Best. Here’s How To Do It. http://bit.ly/dOIlXV

    Are You A CAN Or CANNOT PERSON? http://bit.ly/idkrc4

    Male Gold-Diggers & Dysfunction: On The Flip Side With Alicia Keys & Whitney Houston http://bit.ly/iiMJ0n

  32. Kissie Catastrophie is back at ethecofem! She wrote about whether or not porn can be feminist.

    Douthat’s abortion fail was a fail for so many reasons beyond even the obvious.

    Some thoughts on the word “bitch,” and other gendered insults.

    People around my age (27) weren’t around for any of the major assassination, or attempts, of the 60’s or even early 80’s in the US. Some reflections on politically-motivated assassination attempts, from a “Millennial” perspective.

  34. The ex who sexually assaulted me and men right’s activists decide to gang up on my blog: http://anthonybsusan.wordpress.com/2011/01/06/harassment-on-the-blog/#comments, http://anthonybsusan.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/moving-forward-redux/#comments, http://anthonybsusan.wordpress.com/2011/01/08/dear-mens-rights-activists/#comments.

    It’s a prime example of victim blaming and the irrationality of the men’s rights movement. I hope to return to the original purpose of my blog this week.

  36. I’m sorry for linking my whole blog, but I can only use my phone today, so I can’t get the URL for the single article. However, the top article (Daily Mail Fwap-ometer goes into overdrive) is a look at an article from the right-wing tabloid press in the UK, who on one hand, attempt to posit themselves as forces for morality and decency, yet on the other, use any excuse to print multiple pictures of young wonen in states of undress. They also have a horrific track record when it comes to promotion of healthy body image (made clear by the article I discuss).

  48. This past week on Man Boobz, my anti-misogyny blog:

    A post on a Gun-loving pick-up artist guru who allegedly shot a woman in the face

    A post on a Men’s Rights campaign to defeat feminism by, er, putting posters above urinals in public bathrooms.

    I ran across someone who claimed that “Jezebel is the Andrea Dworkin of feminist websites,” so I wrote up a goofy little quiz to see if people could tell if I was quoting Jezebel, or Dworkin.

    A post about an MRA goofball suggesting that guys get fake-gay-married in order to protect themselves against alimony claims if they later marry a woman.

    Also recently: reflections on the Giffords tragedy, and a guy who built a vibrator bomb.

  54. this week started off with my thinking about how much I had been journaling about my parents and as a result wrote about the love lessons I learned from my father http://www.inspiritual.biz/inspiritual-reflections/2011/1/3/love-lessons-from-my-father.html
    and then in The Zenful Kitchen I wrote about how my relationship with the kitchen and food has changed over time. What was once a place where I self abused with my compulsive overeating has now become a place where I have become my own teacher and am using it as a space for personal and spiritual healing http://www.inspiritual.biz/the-zenful-kitchen/2011/1/5/it-is-more-then-just-a-kitchen.html
    and of course I have been writing in my journal for the last seven days. Hard to believe I am more then halfway through this nine week writing adventure. This week, I reflected on the following topics:
    surrender — http://www.inspiritual.biz/stirring-my-spiritual-waters/2011/1/3/week-3-day-6-surrender.html
    rewarding yourself, flowing with the water — http://www.inspiritual.biz/stirring-my-spiritual-waters/2011/1/4/week-3-day-7-rewarding-yourself-flowing-with-the-water.html
    receiving knowledge through emotions — http://www.inspiritual.biz/stirring-my-spiritual-waters/2011/1/5/week-4-day-1-receiving-knowledge-through-our-emotions.html
    body sensations and intuitions — http://www.inspiritual.biz/stirring-my-spiritual-waters/2011/1/6/week-4-day-2-body-sensations-and-intuitions.html
    releasing overwhelm — http://www.inspiritual.biz/stirring-my-spiritual-waters/2011/1/7/week-4-day-3-releasing-overwhelm.html
    developing clarity — http://www.inspiritual.biz/stirring-my-spiritual-waters/2011/1/8/week-4-day-4-developing-clarity.html
    and standing up for what we believe — http://www.inspiritual.biz/stirring-my-spiritual-waters/2011/1/9/week-4-day-5-standing-up-for-what-we-believe.html

  59. Sarah, Sharon, & The Shooter

    Jared Lee Loughner is clearly a nut who went around the bend. That said, how much easier is it to take that step when you have, not just other beady-eyed trolls on the internet reinforcing your paranoia, but mainstream political figures claiming that elected officials are conspiring to destroy the country, kill grandma, and planting the seeds for looking to bullets when you lose on the ballots?

    http://errport77.blogspot.com/2011/01/sarah-sharon-shooter.html

  61. This week, I blogged about queer cliques and breaking out of the group mentality.

    I am struggling with my upcoming move to “the global south” (for lack of a better phrase), and have been looking into critiques of voluntourism and settling into being okay with relocating my queer, Western self to a community in (hopefully) Africa.

    Also, a short bit on gentrification in my community to round it all out.

    I’m new to blogging (well, back in the day I did Xanga and Livejournal, but that was more diary-like than anything else), and trying to write more things of substance. Thanks for reading!

    amanda

  62. This week I wrote about:

    A fantastic vegan restaurant in Portland, OR: http://marie-everydaymiracle.blogspot.com/2011/01/oh-my-portobello.html

    The fact that the Susan G. Komen Foundation spends $1 million/year defending its trademarks and threatening legal action against small charities: http://marie-everydaymiracle.blogspot.com/2011/01/susan-g-komen-foundation-spends-1.html

    My dismay at the homophobia I read on middle schoolers’ Facebook pages (and in their language): http://marie-everydaymiracle.blogspot.com/2011/01/dismay.html

    The pope’s statement (on Christmas Day) that pedophilia and pornography were “normal” in the 1970s: http://marie-everydaymiracle.blogspot.com/2011/01/oops-he-did-it-again.html

    My love for Epiphany in all its forms: http://marie-everydaymiracle.blogspot.com/2011/01/i-love-epiphany.html

    Why I believe that violent political rhetoric and hate led to the shooting in Tucson yesterday, in addition to the escalation in the number of police officers killed in the line of duty: http://marie-everydaymiracle.blogspot.com/2011/01/violence-and-hate-beget-violence-and.html

  63. In my book blog, I wrote about Rock Paper Tiger by Lisa Brackmann, about an Iraqi vet living in China who gets wrapped up in intrigue and ends up on the run from the Americans and the Chinese. Ultimately, I found the book lacking, but the heroine, Ellie, was a spunky character: http://mariesbookgarden.blogspot.com/2011/01/rock-paper-tiger-ultimately.html

    A new edition of Huckleberry Finn will change the offensive words: http://mariesbookgarden.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-huckleberry-finn-and-tom-sawyer.html

    And congratulations to fabulous Nancy Pearl, Seattle librarian and author of the Booklust series, for winning “Librarian of the Year”: http://mariesbookgarden.blogspot.com/2011/01/go-librarians-and-nancy-pearl-go.html

  65. I wrote this 101-level guide for the newly diagnosed as mentally ill. Unfortunately, in the rush of the holidays I had not noticed that my favorite disability blog had closed up shop (FWD), and I had suggested it there via email, so I would like to submit this here now in the hopes that it will reach some people who might need it. I hope it is found to be useful.

    http://naamah-darling.livejournal.com/483384.html

  66. I wrote about the idea that women can’t be friends with women due to their inescapable bitchiness, and also can’t be friends with men due to the inescapable sexual tension, because women are just broken. (Bugger.) And also about sexist attacks on Ann Widdecombe (super-conservative UK former politician) and how sexism is still not okay when directed at sexist people.

  67. I want to start out by shamelessly promoting Avedon Carol’s promotion of Marcy Wheeler’s point that if Antonin Scalia really believes the constitution doesn’t protect women and gay people from discrimination then he “sure as hell” can’t believe it supports the “personhood” of incorporated companies. Marcy Wheeler on Antonin Scalia’s Unlikely But Implicit Strict Originalist Repudiation of the “Personhood” of Corporations

    Ruminating on comments in a Sociological Images post about medicalization of male and female sexual function and dysfunction, I finally sank my teeth into a much-overlooked problem with making male libido the baseline for “normal” sexual desire: The No-Sex Class and Patriarchy’s Otherwise Paradoxical Indifference to Male Impotence and Low Libido

    Amanda Hess had a quibble with one element of Will Anti-Choice Activists Be as Frantic About Hormonal Contraception for Men? We Might (Finally) Find Out Soon. Admittedly her quibble was with the title point, but fortunately it’s actually not the main point of my post.

    There are a couple of other posts I’d shamelessly promote but I’m running out of space. And shamelessness. I don’t actually comment all that often on pop celebrities, though, so I’ll use that as an excuse to plug Adult Sexualization of Justin Bieber is Absolutely Not OK. He Isn’t “Just a Boy,” He’s Also Still Just a Kid!

    figleaf

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