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  2. [content note: fascism, racism, victim blaming]
    In “Normalcy, Part 2,” I wrote on the 20th anniversary of the fascist pogroms in the german community of Rostock-Lichtenhagen (and other cities), and a related article by one of germany’s biggest daily newspapers yesterday justifying the racist violence by stating that it was a means of social modernization that led to a “necessary” (further) restriction of immigration

  3. On how the anti-sicentific stance helps to promote the sexist, woman-hating agenda: http://clarissasblog.com/2012/08/24/the-agony-is-painful-to-watch/

    Has the American university changed for the worse? Or do sexism, classism and racism make us think it has? http://clarissasblog.com/2012/08/21/has-the-american-university-changed-for-the-worse/

    My readers and I always welcome bloggers who want to promote their interesting blogs in this thread: http://clarissasblog.com/2012/08/25/sunday-link-encyclopedia-and-self-promotion-42/

    Why do male scientists still uphold anti-feminist beliefs? http://clarissasblog.com/2012/08/22/when-scientists-are-stupid/

  7. The newest installment of my STD Awareness series focuses on the effect sexually transmitted diseases can have on pregnancy. The take-home message is that many STDs can be cured, and if caught in time can drastically reduce risk for complications with pregnancy. And even STDs that can’t be cured can still be treated to minimize risk. Screening for you and your partner is important.

    Our blogger Stacey also put together a pretty extensive collection of links to the latest news stories that might be of interest to fans of reproductive justice. Unfortunately, they’re mostly pretty depressing/angering! On the plus side, when I was readying the post for publication I had trouble finding a suitable image to illustrate it, and ended up making My First Macro Ever — Todd Akin meets the “Hey Girl” oeuvre. A very special time for me!

  9. This week’s contribution.

    In which I do my best to illustrate the point that Todd Akin’s problem is one or rhetoric, not substance, for the Republicans who are calling on him to quit. He’s spilled the beans about GOP misogyny, and now candidates across the country have to prove that though they believe what Akin does, they’re not also jerks.

  10. My reactions to a couple of recent comments on my clothing choices:

    Yoga Pants All the Time — The real reason I wear them so often has nothing to do with how they make my butt look.

    I Can Dress Myself — On running in just a sports bra. (And shorts and shoes, I mean.)

    And Bobsled — Nothing to do with clothes, everything to do with my sister and I becoming backyard daredevils.

  12. If you are a pastor, preacher, minister, or priest in any Christian tradition, would you consider helping me finish my summer project on Paul by responding to a ten-question survey? If you’re not, but you know someone who is, would you please forward them this link? I’m hoping to round out my library research with some information from folks who actually preach this stuff. Thank you!

    I wrote about those -oo verbs in Greek and whether we can determine what Paul meant by “justify” from etymological means.

    I spent part of my summer vacation at bible storytelling camp, which was both fun and informative.

    A bit late, but I was so impressed by the Readercon concom’s apology: This is how it’s done.

  13. I’m in preproduction on a horror film based partially on my years as a phone sex worker. It’s about things like how sex and gender intertwine with economics and emotional violence and abusive power dynamics in the service industry, explored through (hopefully fun and entertaining) horror tropes. If this sounds like a film you’d like to see, you can pledge through Kickstarter here. I have $13,000 to raise in a little over a month if I’m going to actually shoot this thing.

  19. I had a guest post over at from two to one about how the cultural role of marriage is changing, and our wedding humor isn’t keeping up.

    I wrote a post on how exposing ourselves to diverse opinions matters more than we might think–in everything from politics to charity.

    A recent article discusses how women in academia are opting out of high-pressure tenure-track jobs because it interferes with marriage and having children. The author says these women are depriving the world of their talents. Is she talking about me?

    I teach at a community college where many of my students are older adults (50+) going to college for the first time. I’m also the mother of a toddler. Here I reflect on some lessons about learning that I see in both.

  20. New job, so I’ve only had time to write one post:

    Thanks for the confirmation : A couple of weeks ago, I criticized a post which claimed that the wank-fest over that GIF of hurdler Michelle Jenneke was a sign of male non-attraction to feminists, and the author made a new post calling me ugly and autistic. This is my reply.

  21. I wrote about my bewilderment at how banning abortions with no exceptions whatsoever has become a “mainstream” political stance in the U.S.

    And with that, I think I might tune out the entire U.S. election runup, because I just can’t deal with this crap any more. (Hello, Quebec provincial election!)

  22. Some of the recent stuff we’ve been discussing on Man Boobz:

    The notion of the Alpha male is based on myths about wolves, according to a real wolf expert

    National Review: Hey, ladies! Romney’s a total rich guy alpha. Why aren’t you lining up for some of that?


    Pickup artist guru Heartiste: Women athletes are mannish and ugly because “women’s natural bodies are not evolutionarily designed to run, throw, fight or lift optimally.”

    The whole world is watching … A Voice for Men “activists” making asses of themselves (Bonus: Terrible MRA posters.)

  24. 31 States
    (trigger warning for rape) The number of states where a rapist can seek custody of a a child conceived through rape.
    http://canadianheathen.wordpress.com/2012/08/25/31-states/

    Atheism Plus. Where Atheism and Feminism Meet – Part II
    Why a new, inclusive wave was so badly needed in the secular movement.
    http://canadianheathen.wordpress.com/2012/08/22/atheism-plus-where-atheism-and-feminism-meet-part-ii/

    Mythic Mondays – Legitimate Rape
    My write up on the Todd Akin debacle
    http://canadianheathen.wordpress.com/2012/08/20/mythic-mondays-legitimate-rape/

  32. Race on the Falling Skies : Now that the second season of Falling Skies is complete we decided it was time to examine it’s treatment of people of colour.

    Cover Snark: Who is this woman? : Kim Harrison the New York Times best selling author of The Hollows series recently released the cover of her up coming book but unfortunately it’s kind of unrecognizable.

    Alphas: The Problem with Doctor Rosen : Though Rosen is essentially set up to be Alpha’s version X Men’s Charles Xavier and therefore the moral center of the show, we contend that he is actually manipulative and abusive.

    Review of Grimm: Season 2, Episode 2: The Kiss

  34. An abuse victims’ charity in the UK, Wearside Women in Need, is arranging an event burning the Fifty Shades of Grey books, resulting in an uproar. As a feminist who also likes BDSM, I read the book, (ugh) and share my thoughts, on the book as well as the burning.

    Also, a little meme modification to show what I think of ladies’ nights.

  38. I live in the reddest of the red states, so I have been printing a lot of Ayn Rand’s attacks on Christianity… yes, ulterior motives!
    http://daisysdeadair.blogspot.com/2012/08/letter-from-ayn-rand.html

    Short review of “Another Earth” (film)
    http://daisysdeadair.blogspot.com/2012/08/another-earth.html

    Religion, Warthogs, Republicans… more or less in that order. Includes adorable photo of warthog mama and baby! 🙂
    http://daisysdeadair.blogspot.com/2012/08/religion-warthogs-and-republicans.html

    Excerpt of old interview (1991) with Jimmy Breslin, concentrating on racism. 21 years later and still pertinent:
    http://daisysdeadair.blogspot.com/2012/08/color-fear.html

    This was written last Sunday, but lots of people liked it, so here it is again… titled “And When the Sky was opened”–meditation on aging and death:
    http://daisysdeadair.blogspot.com/2012/08/and-when-sky-was-opened.html

  39. At Muslimah Media Watch this week:

    Ramadan is over, and so is our sharing of our own Ramadan experiences, but I posted a collection of some of the other reflections on Ramadan that popped up elsewhere throughout the month.

    Safiyyah reviewed Sa’diyya Shaikh’s new book, Sufi Narratives of Intimacy: Ibn Arabi, Gender, and Sexuality.

    Eman looked at the rampant sexism found on Egyptian television during Ramadan.

    And Nicole examined the latest news about burqa checks in France.

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