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  5. Lately on Kloncke:

    >> Sending a collective Marxist Feminist care package to a compañer@ going through a difficult time

    >> Building a local solidarity network to fight extra-exploitative bosses and landlords; asking questions about direct action and compassionate action

    >> Wondering about the relationship between childhood play-fighting and learning logics of non-consensual domination

    >> Calling Buddhist attention to a great article by Clare Bayard on US radical organizing that reflects “demilitarization as rehumanization”

    >> And with Jill and other cat ladies in mind, an excessive number of cute shelter kitty pictures.

    Hope everyone’s well! take care,

    katie

  6. Fat and Angry: To Those Who Love Us talks about the things people say to love ones who are overweight, and why they probably shouldn’t. It’s posted at Dreamwidth, Livejournal, and WordPress.

    Note: I screen comments from people who don’t have accounts, but a simple “here from Feministe” will get the comment unscreened.

  10. This week my partner and I made a road trip to Houston for an exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts.

    While there we saw a mother with two children, one girl and a boy so pretty and delicate in features and feminine in actions as to cause me to whisper to my partner, “And they say it isn’t innate, for there was a six or seven year old transkid or feminine gay boy.

    I combined that observation with thoughts about the J Crew ad and Marlo Thomas’ work in the 1970s “Free to be…”

    http://womenborntranssexual.com/2011/04/15/road-trip-to-houston-and-the-j-crew-ad/

  13. My bloggy counterpart and I both went to see the Mountain Goats, fronted by friend to reproductive rights John Darnielle, last week — her in Chicago, me in Atlanta. We took slightly different tacks on our individual reviews — ‘what they did’ and ‘what I got out of what they did’ — but I think they’re both pretty good! Also, Mountain Goats.

  18. There’s a lot of pent-up gender dissection in this post. On Hitchens’ Mistake and Rule #2: Laughing Men Rarely Beat Up Juveniles and Newcomers. Jealous Ones Do. It started out with a dissection of a Christopher Hitchens version of the stupid assertion that “men have to be XYZ or they’d never get laid” meme, but it grew to cover several “seed spreading” conceits, the notion of men as “uncompromising, rugged individualists,” and even takes a shot at why Ayn Rand’s ubermenches could never have childhoods. But in the end it really digs into the origins of men’s idea that they have to be “worthy” in some way in order to get laid. (Hint: “worthiness” appears to be more important to acceptance in groups of men than in a way that it isn’t for individual women looking for partners.)

    Another one on the male worthiness trap, Thanks To Feminism Women Can Afford to Hook Up With Starving Writers and Other Nominal “Losers”.

    A real bugaboo of mine: If “Sex Trafficking” Opponents Were Sincere They’d Take the Fate of the Other 80% of Trafficking Victims Seriously Too. It’s about sexual harassment and sexual assault perpetrated on non “prostituted” migrants whether trafficked or merely smuggled.

    From a couple weeks ago, a few I forgot to mention here earlier.

    Because I’m slow like that I didn’t realize April was Sexual Assault Awareness Month in the U.S. till after I’d posted about a newfound bugaboo of mine. But Momma, the Emperor Isn’t Wearing Any Data! Do Statistics Show That “Dressing Like a Slut” Actually Increases Assault Risk? In my search so far the answer is a pretty emphatic no — certainly not enough to support the dead-certain conviction people keep spewing that “dressed like that” is all the explanation anyone ever needs.

    This Far Side comic, which I hadn’t seen since maybe the 1980s, sums up the I feel men are indoctrinated to think about feminism. I’ve looked for the comic on and off for years so it was fun when my daughter and I stumbled across it while she was reading me punchlines out of an anthology. Worth 10,000 Words — Explaining to My Children the Relationship Between for Feminism, MRAs, and Patriarchy

    Mormon Feminist Housewives on the Misandry Behind Anti-Feminist “Women as Guardians of Virtue” Messaging

  21. Scott Horton Interviews Antoinette Bonsignore

    Antoinette Bonsignore, a regular blogger for NARAL Pro-Choice Washington, discusses her truthout article, “The Military’s Rape and Sexual Assault Epidemic;” the harassment and threats heaped on military rape victims – men and women – who dare to report the crimes; the culture of impunity for offenders, aided by a woefully deficient (by design) investigative and oversight apparatus; the class action lawsuitbrought against Donald Rumsfeld and Robert Gates for their failure to address the problem; and how you can take action to make the military accountable for sexual assaults within the ranks.

    http://antiwar.com/radio/2011/04/06/antoinette-bonsignore/

  23. Last week, I attempted to understand both sides of the argument: For or Against Lingerie Football. A lingerie football team is being created in my hometown. On what side does a feminist stand? For the ability of women to play sports in whatever the frak they want? or Against the pervasiveness of ‘catching the male’s gaze’ as more important than the sport itself?

  26. This week I wrote about the continuing practice of using child slave labor in Africa to produce chocolate (especially Hershey’s!) and the need to seek out fair trade chocolate: http://marie-everydaymiracle.blogspot.com/2011/04/was-your-chocolate-produced-by-child.html

    About the “Power 9,” habits to help you live longer: http://marie-everydaymiracle.blogspot.com/2011/04/power-9-lifestyle-habits-to-help-you.html

    My own thoughts about the ridiculous furore that resulted from that J. Crew ad with the boy wearing nail polish: http://marie-everydaymiracle.blogspot.com/2011/04/oh-how-ridiculous-is-this-who-cares-if.html

    Oregon freshman senator Jeff Merkley introducing a bill to protect GLBT rights in the workplace: http://marie-everydaymiracle.blogspot.com/2011/04/oregon-senator-jeff-merkley-introduces.html

    In praise of “Free to Be You and Me”: http://marie-everydaymiracle.blogspot.com/2011/04/glad-to-have-friend-like-you.html

    About the troubling reports of inaccuracies in “Three Cups of Tea”: http://marie-everydaymiracle.blogspot.com/2011/04/very-troubling-reports-about-three-cups.html

    And about the wonderful musical, Billy Elliot, which we saw yesterday: http://marie-everydaymiracle.blogspot.com/2011/04/billy-elliot.html

    I also wrote about these books:

    The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet: http://mariesbookgarden.blogspot.com/2011/04/thousand-autumns-of-jacob-dezoet.html

    The highly controversial memoir about Chinese parenting, The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother: http://mariesbookgarden.blogspot.com/2011/04/battle-hymn-of-tiger-mother-experiment.html

    And the wonderful novel about the Chinese immigrant experience, Gilr in Translation: http://mariesbookgarden.blogspot.com/2011/04/girl-in-translation-chinese-immigrant.html

  27. Hey-o! Lots of action at Once Again, to Zelda this week:

    In gearing up for the Canadian election we’ve got Friday Fiction: Election Reads (http://2zelda.blogspot.com/2011/04/friday-fiction-election-reads.html), a re-cap of issues not spoken of during the debates (http://2zelda.blogspot.com/2011/04/mr-government.html) and some of the many, many, many reasons not to vote for Harper (http://2zelda.blogspot.com/2011/04/9460-on-haircuts-and-his-hair-still.html).

    Also, Bret Easton Ellis is desperately trying to be relevant and shocking (http://2zelda.blogspot.com/2011/04/worst-person-of-week-bret-easton-ellis.html).

    The first post in our series on unknown Motown artists (http://2zelda.blogspot.com/2011/04/motown-files-black-russian.html).

    Last week’s Covetsy, where we covet bike accessories sold on Etsy (http://2zelda.blogspot.com/2011/04/covetsy_13.html).

    And, we have a post on the racism in the comments section of articles about Aboriginal people on Canada’s Globe and Mail website (http://2zelda.blogspot.com/2011/04/this-is-what-racism-looks-like.html).

    Have a great week everyone!

  32. High tech depends on cheap, expendable human beings who are used up and paid off. Fukushima had a nuclear disaster in 1999, but no on important got hurt…

    Cheap Labor in the Hot Zone

    ‘Steal from the best’ is the rule in art and politics, but Rick Santorum wishes he hadn’t poached from Langston Hughes. Langston was a hot, young radical in 1938 and his poem still rocks…

    Langston Said it First

  34. I got annoyed at Kyl and Beck, and wrote about Planned Parenthood will be able to help a married person like me: http://lovelettersinhell.blogspot.com/2011/04/kyl-and-beck-say-lot-of-stupid-stuff.html

    I wrote some about caretaking and gender: http://lovelettersinhell.blogspot.com/2011/04/sick-sniffle-sniffle.html
    And I’m still hung up on the fact that someone gave us anti-choice propaganda as a wedding gift: http://lovelettersinhell.blogspot.com/2011/04/i-didnt-realize-until-now-that-wedding.html

  35. This week at Bitch Flicks:

    Ashley Judd Speaks Out About Rape Culture: A Roundup. We link to some great discussions from around the web. If you’ve written about the topic, please leave your links in the comments.

    Guest writer Lady T from The Funny Feminist reviews Easy A: A Fauxminist Film.

    Director Spotlight of Jane Campion, a filmmaker who makes great films about women, and often with strong feminist themes.

    Quote of the Day from Susan Faludi. She spoke eloquently about the backlash against U.S. women twenty years ago, and it’s more relevant than ever.

  38. What Moving Up Means: We’re super excited about our new house, housemates, and neighborhood in Petworth (Ward 4), but I want to take one last critical look at the old place before I leave it behind. Ward 5, and Edgewood in particular, is a hard place to live. And I fear it will remain so long after we’ve forgotten what it’s like to live there.

    The L & N Don’t Stop Here Anymore: If you only took one message away from “Coal Country,” I think it would be this: that the poor women of West Virginia are doing a damned fine job of confronting the complex and destructive role that coal plays in their lives and the lives of their communities.

    Letter from an Alumna in Support of Trans Students at Smith: I am writing to you today to voice my strong disapproval of Smith’s decision to bar male Smith students from hosting prospective students, and to register my concern with regard to Smith’s handling of this situation. I believe Smith’s actions have been discriminatory and shameful. Frankly, I expect better from my alma mater.

  41. You know that new movie the crazy right wingers are all in love with? No, not that one, the one about Jesus competing in the Tour de France. Well, Liberty Counsel mouthpiece J. Matt “Bam Bam” Barber takes a day off from gay and lesbian-bashing to explain that Hollywood is finished, and how from now on Americans will only tolerate films that feature the Savior on a Schwinn:

    In the Balcony with Bam-Bam

  45. Just the one post to self-promote this week – mostly I have been working my way through loads of writing about Staci Newmahr’s “Playing on the Edge: Sadomasochism, Risk, and Intimacy” (a great piece of feminist research into SM) – I will self-promote those posts once I’ve done the whole book!

    In the meantime, I had a little bit of local news about a guy hoping to have “Gentlemen’s Clubs” nights at his restaurant/bar. The most intriguing part is that he sort of implies there will be male pole-dancers hired; if that’s true, I want to go!

  49. Both from The Beheld, a feminist look at how we form our concepts of personal beauty:

    For word nerds: contemporary gendered uses of words used to describe women’s bodies (specifically, obese, anorexic, and fat)

    Interview with celebrity hairstylist Diane DaCosta on the history of African American hair care–I was interested to learn from her that now extensions that mimic natural hairstyles are in vogue, and she shares some thoughts on the implications of this trend.

  52. This Week at Yes Means Yes:

    A short post about the silly pink toenail controversy.

    A longer one adding my thoughts to Gail Collins’s NY Times column about the anti-contraception agenda behind the anti-abortion movement.

    My counterattack against the Ogi Ogas Psych Today article. Jill had the best broad-based debunking I saw, while I focused in on a few issues, including the article’s failure to address submissive men in a coherent way.

    And because it’s been several weeks since I put a post in SSPS, here’s one from the first week of April, about men, crying, fighting sports, and the UFC reality show The Ultimate Fighter.

  54. The most important post i wrote last week was:
    THE HOTTEST “COUGAR” COUPLE, DEMI AND ASHTON SAY: “Real Men Don’t Have Sex With Girls”
    http://sexyprime.typepad.com/sexyprime/2011/04/the-hottest-cougar-couple-demi-and-ashton-say-real-men-dont-have-sex-with-girls.html

    That is their ad campaign promoting greater awareness of child.
    sex trafficking, which, yes, does happen here in America. We should all care about this.

    PS I love Feministe–and I got your post on sex being important. I also reviewed Meg Wolitzer’s “The Uncoupling” last week. Did you see her essay in yesterday’s NYTimes? Brilliant. You two think alike.

  59. Whoooops– kinda late on this one! Hopefully this’ll still get some hits:

    When There Is No Nurse Ratched (You Can’t Sexually Assault the System or the World for Revenge) -about my shitty, shitty experiences in a psych hospital recently.

    Drawing the Line (An Argument for Kink, Porn, Ethical Kinky Porn Marketing, and Lori’s Porn Choices– All in One Place!) -kinda self-explanatory, that one.

    (NSFW) Pin-Up Fridays: 4/15 -a variety of shmexy dudes for you to look at (if that’s your thing)

  60. Hooray! in the last 6 months I:
    1) upped the readership on my blog substantially

    http://unfinishedscript.wordpress.com/

    2) finished my studio and decided to start an audio-production company

    http://theresponsibleones.tumblr.com/

    3) wrote a lot of songs and formed a band consisting of me, an art teacher, and a physicist.

    Kept my job, my sanity, and my awesome kids happy whilst simultaneously not moving any men into my single parent household.

    Hooray!

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