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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.

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  5. To make it in a man’s world, Rebekah Brooks had to out-macho the competition, and she dug the dirt with ruthlessness and success until her tactics violated a little girl and her family…

    Murdoch Culture of Fear

    Have another cup. Coffee kills MRSA. It’s hard paying big bucks for fragrant, chocolaty, locally-roasted fair trade, but

    I Do it for My Patients

    Sen. Lori Klein violated the first rule of politics– don’t threaten reporters, they’ll write about you. She feels safe, but everyone else is diving for cover…
    Unregulated Loaded Gun

  6. Nerdy post this week on the meaning of data and its interpretation. Interestingly, I conceived of this post a month ago and published it last week, but since then I’ve noticed several further instances of the subject of my irritation in various places. Possibly confirmation bias, but I think this will be a constant (if minor) thorn in my side. Ah well.

    Yet Another Peeve: “Anecdata”

  7. The current economic crisis might end up contributing to the cause of women’s liberation:

    http://clarissasblog.com/2011/07/16/new-regulations-promote-feminism/

    A PBS documentary uses scare tactics to make women live in a state of permanent terror:

    http://clarissasblog.com/2011/07/15/women-as-perennial-victims/

    The amazing Erica Jong writes on the anti-sex backlash in this country:

    http://clarissasblog.com/2011/07/14/erica-jong-on-the-anti-sex-backlash-in-this-country/

    Women and self-deprecation:

    http://clarissasblog.com/2011/07/13/women-and-self-deprecation/

  14. Brief Observation: Been re-reading some writings by C. Wright Mills, Herbert Marcuse, and André Gorz, and getting a stark reminder of how little some things change – namely we still are in search of a “left” (in any meaningful sense of the term) in the US.

  17. A new excerpt from my forthcoming book:

    Perfectionism is Rooted in Grandiosity”
    “Grandiosity, or the delusion that you’re special and/or don’t have to follow the normal rules governing productivity and success, underpins nearly every aspect of perfectionism…Grandiosity is a problem for writers because our media and culture are permeated with grandiose myths and misconceptions about writing, which writers who are undermentored or isolated fall prey to. Red Smith’s famous bon mot about how, to write, you need only “sit down at a typewriter and open a vein,” and Gene Fowler’s similarly sanguinary advice to “sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until the drops of blood form on your forehead,” are nothing but macho grandiose posturing, as is William Faulkner’s overwrought encomium to monomaniacal selfishness, from his Paris Review interview…”

    And a featured chapter from The Lifelong Activist: How to Change the World Without Losing Your Way:

    Self Actualization: a Progressive Value
    “Is self-actualization a progressive value? I believe so, because Maslow’s characterization of self-actualization closely resembles Lakoff’s nurturant parent model. ”
    (entire text of The Lifelong Activist now online)

  22. You know how we often refer to animals by default as “him”? One way to avoid this is to learn how to tell male and female animals apart and use pronouns appropriately. So I wrote a quick guide to to telling males from females in some backyard critters (mostly applies to North American fauna).

  23. This week on NSWATM:

    Ozymandias starts a series on common misconceptions and insecurities about cis straight men’s penises.
    http://noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/cocks-rock-part-one-penises-are-attractive/

    Doctor Mindbeam writes about Catherine Kieu Becker.
    http://noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/dont-blame-the-victims/

    Godless Altruist says Horrible Bosses is not actually as misandric as previously supposed.
    http://noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/why-%e2%80%9chorrible-bosses%e2%80%9d-is-a-step-forward-for-masculists/

    And we start running the RAINNstorm, which is half to raise funds for RAINN and half a campaign to have RAINN mark its statistics about the rape of men as being, while the best we have available, rather unreliable.
    http://noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/strictly-moderated-nswatms-rainnstorm-of-love/

  26. I haven’t done this in forever, I hope my html still works. *crosses fingers*

    I write about teaching writing in an intensive SPED classroom for part 1/4 in an ongoing series Metaphors Are Important .

    My writing, a complete opposite to my speaking, is joy and confession and a need for both of these things, and I hope this is transparent…I am a writing snob, and some of the kids in lifeskills are my very favorite writers.

    I also finally got a version of up that I’m content with. It’s about media, entertainment, story-telling, and Glee.

    “I consume and interpret media and entertainment in a context that often feels more like a war-zone. Probably this is why I like Glee.”

    “Glee tells you, right in the pilot episode, that it’s about not-people discovering that they’re people. Oh sure, there are layers and complications and distractions and other features and a million different ways to say the same thing, but it really does come down to that. It always surprises me, because since when is that a story I see on my TV?”

  34. This week at the Tea Cosy:

    These fearless women? Questioning the characterisation of Arab women as either submissive or ‘fearless’. Isn’t it just a bit… orientalist?

    A toast to all our saviours, each so badly behaved (yep, shameless Ani quoting in the title) is about our heroes, what we expect of them, and how quick we often are to turn on them and reject them wholesale.

    And on a far more self-absorbed note: I’m off walking the Camino de Santiago from this week on, and looking for book recs to fill up my ereader with. If you’ve anything you think would be appropriate, interesting, or entertaining, I’d be super appreciative of recommendations. And it’s totally on topic, because I love me some books that don’t make me headdesk with the misogyny. 😉
    Ta!

  36. I just got back from DC where I was able to visit the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the world’s only museum dedicated to specifically recognizing women’s artistic contributions. Click through for some more info on the museum/badass women artists, pictures, and discussion!

    I also managed to visit the Hyde Park Art Center in Chicago to see the Sketchbook Project. I learned about a few new organizations, saw some great artwork, and had a ton of fun!

  37. Humane Educators’ Toolbox: Timeline of Women’s Right to Vote: http://humaneconnectionblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/humane-educators-toolbox-timeline-of.html

    MOGO Mindfulness: “Green” Doesn’t Always Mean What We Think It Does: http://humaneconnectionblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/mogo-mindfulness-green-doesnt-always.html

    Art, Truth & Teaching: An Interview w/ Robert Shetterly about Americans Who Tell the Truth: http://humaneconnectionblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/art-truth-teaching-interview-with.html

  42. I’ve been lurking for ages, and I was so happy to see the skepticism/atheism movement “ElevatorGate” topic discussed here. It was a blogosphere event that led me to think about how to get more women into skepticism (since many, many prominent skeptics and atheists seem to pay at least lip service to that goal) and have been writing about it. Two of my suggestions are here:

    Don’t blame women for their non-participation in skepticism.

    Broaden skepticism’s horizons.

    I figure if I’ve been invited to shamelessly self-promote it, I might as well seize the opportunity! Thank you, Jill, and all the guest bloggers for making this such an educational place.

  48. This week I wrote:

    An open letter to Lady Gaga: On Transmisogyny, Ableism, and Anti-Feminism”
    A response to a piece on illegal abortions, focusing on the role of telemedicine and activist groups such as Women on Waves”
    Why I am a Feminist Today – On Planned Parenthood, the privatization of water, rape culture, and abortion bans”
    On the Human Rights Watch asking for an investigation into the roles of individual government officials during Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo”

  51. I wrote a criticism of a video in which Beatrix Dart claims that women don’t contribute as much to society as men do. I point out some flaws in her argument.

    I also wrote about the reporting on Ikenna Njoku’s case in which Chase bank accused him of fraud. I noticed that the reporter cuts Mr. Njoku off when it seems like he might identify racism at work. I suggest that shielding privileged audiences from the effects of racism is one way that privileged people are kept ignorant of their privilege.

  59. I am not self promoting…
    Wondering where is the feministe.us blog about Jamie Lee Jones’ trial that she lost!! I have hard feelings about it like the Women vs. Walmart case!! I know the guy who made his gf get a rhinoplasty and then feels awful about wanting to dump her is interesting and dirtbagish but POOR WOMEN OF WALMART AND POOR JAIME LEE! Those cases are mos def feminist blog worthy!

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