I got all paranoid about Nadine Dorries’ demand for pre-abortion counselling and wrote a dystopic short story about what it could mean for women from Ireland/NI. All this abortion-talk has everyone vomiting up their opinions on the matter – a Guardian columnist suggested that women with unwanted pregnancies should produce babies for the infertile! I disagreed.
When food groups go very wrong: Telling non-white people they’re “acting white” is actually a pretty horrible thing to do. An Education in Racism: When I was in high school, a uniform rule was twisted out of fear that certain students – particularly the only black one – would spread lice. At Global Comment, I’ve got a piece about How the Murdoch press uses misogyny to attack Julia Gillard, Australian Prime Minister.
Fixing It — On why approaching chronic pain from a framework of “fixing” doesn’t work for me. School Pictures — Letting the camera see my “everyday face” so that years later, people will still recognize me. Poetry Break: This Deserves a Signal Boost [TW rape, rape culture] — Video of a slam performance of “Snow White and Sleeping Beauty Address Their Creator.” And one more chair yoga post involving new and interesting foot exercises that feel good after a day of wearing work shoes.
I did this a couple of weeks ago about arguments I will no longer engage in on the comments sections of feminist blogs: http://fortyshadesofgrey.blogspot.com/2011/08/arguments-i-will-no-longer-have.html?m=1 Also, a small rant about casual sex combined with a mini-review of Living Dolls by Natasha Walter: http://fortyshadesofgrey.blogspot.com/2011/09/mini-review-living-dolls-and-sexuality.html?m=1 Oh, and if you live in the UK, you should definitely do this to help save the NHS: http://fortyshadesofgrey.blogspot.com/2011/09/help-save-nhs.html?m=1
My partner and I travel full-time, and we just started a new thing where we’re posting our travel expenses every month to give an idea of what it costs to live on the road. I know this isn’t directly feminist related, but I figured some people might find it interesting or helpful nonetheless. =) How much does it cost to live in London for a month?
When you’re a feminist and you’re married, it can be hard not to fight over everything, but it’s important to try. “Working on a Kinder Marriage” and it’s a lot of work! Musing on the advantages and disadvantages of “An Elite Education” My review of The Taste of Salt by Martha Southgate From weddings to 9/11 – “A Year of Anniversaries”
Otto got ticked off when he saw a guy peddling pictures of Obama with a Hitler mustache, and decided to do a little counter-recruiting… Otto Takes on the Larouchies Before the anger, there was grief and a spirit of coming together… September 11 after 10 Years
Funny how, even with repeated exposure to the same material, you can still not quite learn it, aka math is tricky: http://onefemalegaze.wordpress.com/2011/09/07/mathochism-filling-in-the-blanks/ Repetition may be good, but it is also damn boring, aka I don’t want to graph that line, I have laundry to do: http://onefemalegaze.wordpress.com/2011/09/10/mathochism-homework-ennui/
I started a new meme: the Men Rights Activist Marmoset. Check him out http://mramarmoset.tumblr.com/post/10011413807
On Grief and Evil a post prompted by the death of a friend’s abusive father. Not even being a crone gives you answers.
Disneyfail: Pocahontas vs The Princess and the Frog, in which Disney has gotten a little less racist over the past 15 years but is still massively sexist. And What Did It Mean For You?, or What I Was Doing Ten Years Ago Today.
I posted on why the Christian idea that men and women have “different roles” but are also somehow “equal” is bullshit: http://lovejoyfeminism.blogspot.com/2011/09/masters-and-slaves-are-men-and-women.html
This week I wrote about PJ Harvey winning the Mercury Prize for the second time, and had some fun with a few of OK Cupid’s “gendered” quizzes.
I’m starting a new blog ( Running on Empathy ). It mostly centers upon my development as a counseling psychologist in grad school (addressing the theory and practice of psychotherapy), a practice necessarily coupled with a great deal of personal introspection and social justice thoughts. I’d love to share it with anyone interested. And, of course, your comments and experiences are very welcome.
http://freethoughtblogs.com/physioprof/2011/09/11/mezzemaniche-with-shrimp-in-tomato-cream-sauce/ And I love Carlin, too!
Gender Roles & Humane Parenting: http://humaneconnectionblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/gender-roles-and-humane-parenting.html Memoirs of a T-Shirt: http://humaneconnectionblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/memoirs-of-t-shirt.html
Ernst Mayr was an evolution skeptic? On quote-mining: http://bit.ly/oKMzJy Guess which candidates signed the crazy abortion pledge? Bachmann. Santorum. Perry. Ron Paul? http://bit.ly/olG7hh Mel Gibson’s next bloodbath for God: http://bit.ly/pFrrfg
Happy weekend fellow feminists! Despite recent half-victories in the courts, South Dakota and Texas still have significant barriers to reproductive freedom: http://hld6.wordpress.com/2011/09/08/the-battles-not-over/ Arena Stage in D.C. is doing a play by an African American woman written in 1955, and the black women in it do not have to play maids or mammies: http://hld6.wordpress.com/2011/09/08/trouble-in-mind-by-alice-childress-an-african-american-classic-finds-new-life/ Women Transcending Boundaries: an interfaith women’s group’s success story: http://hld6.wordpress.com/2011/09/10/women-transcending-boundaries-women-making-a-difference/
re: Cycling, the blog of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research, was on hiatus for a few months — or had amenorrhea, if you like menstrual jokes, and I do. But we’re back, with just a trickle of posts in August, and now fully back in September, with renewed commitment from most of the old blogging team, plus a couple of new folks. We had a terrific guest post from Harriet Hall about menstrual synchrony this week, and Chris Bobel is back with a piece on the new ad campaign from Mooncup and Julie Burchill’s rant about it. David Linton, so far our only male contributor, has posted the first of what promises to be an ongoing series about literary figures and menstruphobia. He’s also provided a brief update to the saga of Prince Charles and overheard tampon tale, the story that will not die (Prince Charles and tampons is one of the most frequent search strings that brings people to our blog). Most of my own contributions lately have been the regular “weekend links” series, where I seem to be developing a theme about tattoos. If you haven’t visited us before, we’ve got two years worth of archives you can peruse!
More animated Men’s Rights mockery! Here I take on a guy who wants to split the country down the middle, with men on one side and women on the other. (Check out my other animations too.) Here’s a guy who compares women who won’t date nerds like him to … Pol Pot. Will the coming apocalypse put ladies in their place?
I just started my own feminist blog (finally) and would love some feedback. A few articles I posted this week: An Edmonton radio station’s “Win a Wife” contest: http://50ftfeminist.wordpress.com/2011/09/11/and-the-winner-is-edmonton/ A comment on the pathetic apology offered by an Edmonton hair salon who glamourized violence in their ad campaign: http://50ftfeminist.wordpress.com/2011/09/08/the-art-of-the-non-apology/ My response to a ridiculous editorial which claims that feminists should be embarrassed by the high incidence sex-selective abortions: http://50ftfeminist.wordpress.com/2011/09/08/straw-womanning-the-abortion-debate/ My response to an article on the Comic Book Resource website which claims that men are just as objectified in comics as women are: http://50ftfeminist.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/male-objectification-in-comics/
Just a couple of things to promote this week: First, I had my say on an issue that got mentioned here at Feministe, though I found it elsewhere: what information are you required to give on your dating site profile? – in particular, championship-winning geekery! The other thing is an ordinary, everyday tale of taking on a ‘splainer – some guy didn’t get why “lame” was not a good word to use when he meant “boring” or “unsophisticated”. Sadly, I later ran out of spare spoons for that encounter.
i started a blog about a month ago about psychology and policy. honestly, the blog lacks some focus. i’m still trying to tailor it around my interest in health policy and health disparities in psychology. anyways, here it is! http://psychologyatplay.wordpress.com/
Asexual Walks of Life was trying to gather some information, so I filled out their survey. This morning I found a prayer for those who live alone in the Book of Common Prayer, and it reminded me of Chally’s post about “the deficient single woman” from a few weeks ago.
D’oh! You can tell I’m out of practice – the only link to re:Cycling in my post was my name! Sorry about that. Elizabeth: re: Cycling, the blog of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research, was on hiatus for a few months — or had amenorrhea, if you like menstrual jokes, and I do. But we’re back, with just a trickle of posts in August, and now fully back in September, with renewed commitment from most of the old blogging team, plus a couple of new folks. We had a terrific guest post from Harriet Hall about menstrual synchrony this week, and Chris Bobel is back with a piece on the new ad campaign from Mooncup and Julie Burchill’s rant about it. David Linton, so far our only male contributor, has posted the first of what promises to be an ongoing series about literary figures and menstruphobia. He’s also provided a brief update to the saga of Prince Charles and overheard tampon tale, the story that will not die (Prince Charles and tampons is one of the most frequent search strings that brings people to our blog). Most of my own contributions lately have been the regular “weekend links” series, where I seem to be developing a theme about tattoos. If you haven’t visited us before, we’ve got two years worth of archives you can peruse!
This week at GAB: Film Review of Circumstance, which depicts a lesbian relationship between teenage girls in Tehran Spike in U.S. anti-abortion policies worrying And finally, check out the Muslim Women Speak Series, created in collaboration with altmuslimah!
What’s With Women and the Fall TV Line Up? Gender, Socialization and Violence Advertising Fail: Maine Office of Substance Abuse
A post on the varying depictions of assassin Charlotte Corday in artwork showing the death of Marat. Was she frightened? An indifferent murderer? Or, as in Jacques Louis David’s work, was she unimportant and invisible? What I learned from my gallery internship… Check out Embodiment: A Portrait of Queer Life in America.
What happens when anti-choice protesters picket a clinic worker’s rural home…and the target’s neighbors are all members of her family? Find out at The Provider Project.
Happy 3rd Birthday, Feminists with FSD – Somehow I have managed to maintain a feminist blog about sexual dysfunction for three years. This calls for some kind of celebration. There may or may not be ponies involved.
I finally hit the “distribute” button and have a book on Amazon! It was edited by a real live editor, but I self-published because I mainly just wanted something to put on my shelf. Each chapter explores a different big question around sexuality – harassment, rape, incest, porn, etc. I talk about some personal stuff along the way, but it’s mainly as a means to look more deeply at some common issues in our lives.
This isn’t a blog post, but I’d like to link to a rally I’ve been working on that may be of interest to feminists in Brooklyn: https://www.facebook.com/events/#!/event.php?eid=169865573091757
This week, on No Seriously What About Teh Menz?… I critique Jill’s recent posts on dealbreakers. http://noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz.wordpress.com/2011/09/05/the-right-to-say-no/ Noah Brand writes about Man Cards. http://noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz.wordpress.com/2011/09/08/gender-enforcement-in-the-wild/ Ami Angelwings writes about a diamond ad that apparently thinks domestic violence against men is hi-larious. http://noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz.wordpress.com/2011/09/06/1617/
hey friends! i attend a small, midwestern liberal arts school, and they have been so kind as to allow me to do my senior project on internet feminism! you can find my writing at internetfeminism.blogspot.com
It’s been a busy week at Not Your Mama’s Gamer. We had one post on sexual diversity in games, one on racial diversity , and a new episode of the podcast where we announce a contest to win a free copy of Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Check it out!
This week I wrote about 9/11, especially a few conversations I’ve had with small kids about that day, in a desperate attempt to collect my thoughts: http://vanessasvsteck.wordpress.com/2011/09/11/ten-is-the-number-between-nine-and-eleven/ And I also wrote about harry potter, including a rather fantastic quote from JK Rowling about Hermione as a feminist character: http://vanessasvsteck.wordpress.com/2011/09/05/power-to-the-potter-people/
This is the first time I wrote about my personal experience of the 9/11 attacks. It is the perspective of a German teenager living away from home and in the U.S.: http://disciplineandanarchy.wordpress.com/2011/09/11/remembering-911-a-personal-account/
Signal boost: hate pages on Facebook, talking about a comprehensive list of hate-filled Facebook pages and discussion on what that means for marginalised groups (in the comments as well as the post itself) How To Get Away With Murder (or at least sexual assault), after a New Zealand comedian was discharged without conviction of sexually assaulting his four-year-old daughter.
My blog is not strictly feminist writing, but that is my focus. Here are a few pieces written about the sexualization of women’s bodies, women’s equality, and body acceptance/body image. You can follow me through blogger, networked blogs on facebook, like my page on facebook, and follow me on tumblr!! All under the same name: Shaped By My Life http://shapedbymylife.blogspot.com/2011/09/two-stories-one-issue-sexualization-of.html http://shapedbymylife.blogspot.com/2011/08/womens-equality-day.html http://shapedbymylife.blogspot.com/2011/07/shut-your-fat-mouth-2.html
Brooklyn Feminist Punk Rock Show! – Saturday 9/17 at 8pm For those of you in the NYC area! This show is hosted by the NYC area feminist group Permanent Wave It’s at: 538 johnson johnson ave. Brooklyn, NY Featuring: DOLL FIGHT! – real-deal riot grrrls from VT – dollfight.com TITFIT – brooklyn screamers/charmers – titfit.bandcamp.com THOMAS FRANCIS TAKES HIS CHANCES – folkpunk kickyrass brass – thomasfrancistakeshischances.bandcamp.com SLOTHRUST – get those devil horns – slothrust.bandcamp.com AGATHA – queer seattle punx – myspace.com/agatha206 $6 ALL AGES REVOLUTION LADY STYLE NOW!
I’ve recently published my first short story for the Kindle, “The Life and Times of Rebecca Walker.” It’s a story about a young woman who is reclaiming her life after rape. http://www.amazon.com/Life-Times-Rebecca-Walker-ebook/dp/B005L2NQAS/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1315837779&sr=1-1
The Importance of Taking Time Management and Antiperfectionism Advice to the Limit “Many times, I’ll advise someone to clear their schedule so they can focus on their writing or another priority, and they’ll trim a bit here and there and then come back and say, “I followed your advice and it helped some, but not much.” I have to remind them that the goal is not to move from being “deprived” to “semi-deprived” of time, but to create lavish amounts of time for your priorities. And then they go back and cut loads more from their schedule – in many cases, more than they had previously even thought possible – and are later grateful they did.” http://hillaryrettig.com/2011/09/08/the-importance-of-taking-time-management-and-antiperfectionism-advice-to-the-limit/
We’ve Had Enough – Ohio, an effort to fight back against the Heartbeat Bill and get the Prevention First Act passed instead. Just getting off the ground, I talk about the new voter suppression law and why it will hurt Progressive voters, especially women. We need all the help we can get here in Ohio.
The latest Australian sitcom features the Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, and her (of course) totally emasculated and humiliated male partner. Because being a male spouse of a female national leader is so, you know, humiliating and comedic. It’s a barrel of laughs! Not.
http://thejugglingmatriarch.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/in-defense-of-heroism/ Every person who births a baby deserves some credit.
Has anyone else come across this site? – subwaycrush.net it looks like women are getting there own back by taking pictures of guys on the subway and posting them online to be rated and objectified. I cant decide if this is sexist or equality anyone else have any thoughts?……
http://ami-rants.blogspot.com/2011/09/my-power-fantasy-body-is-for-punching.html My response to the CBR article about how women are not sexually objectified in superhero comics any more than men are. http://eschergirls.tumblr.com/ Also that Tumblr xD