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  1. I’m really excited to announce a new blog project for developmental writing instructors. If you teach writing, developmental classes, or are just interested in these issues, please stop by!

    I use a lot of new media, but sometimes the old and new collide.

    I got some push back on a post I wrote saying students aren’t customers, so I rounded up some smart people saying smart things on the subject.

    I made the shocking discovery that a lot of the TV shows I watch (Weeds, Scandal, Buffy, Bones, and Parks and Rec) all have the same basic plot.

    1. Hey Nancy I like your blog and want to follow but don’t see a link on it. Is there a way?

  4. After I found local, organic, grass fed milk for a crazy expensive price this week, I wrote about the dilemma posed when the expense of sustainable food makes it unattainable in boutique milk, meet lessatarian.

    I hope it doesn’t seem off topic to share a link about our locavorian habits. For me, environmentalism and feminism are intimately connected, so thought I’d share for anyone else who feels the same. Thanks!

    1. Hi,

      I think you raise an important issue, which is simply that these words are absurd–manny (for male nanny), manliner, man-clogs, etc, etc… By using gender specific language for words like “nanny” we continue to make the gender gap broader, and we continue to perpetuate cultural mythologies, for example suggesting that men are not sick or complain more than women.

  9. I don’t normally do this, but I went to a debate in London this week entitled “What is the most important issue facing feminism today?” and blogged about it here.
    I thought the post might be of interest to UK feminists who missed the event or those from elsewhere who want to know what UK feminists are discussing.

  11. I wrote about a little Cycladic sculpture (c. 2400-2300 BCE) in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC that has both breasts and a penis. And it turns out it’s not the only Cycladic figurine with both male and female characteristics.

    Cycladic art historians are a bit mystified. Of course, all the Cycladic figurines are a bit mysterious. We don’t know what they meant to the people who made them and owned them and were buried with them.

  13. This week at Yes Means Yes Blog:
    Lots of people are now saying, in the wake of Steubenville, that young people need to learn more about consent, and that consent ought to be taught as part of sex ed in schools. There’s even a petition to the White House. This might seem at odds with the things many of us say about most rapes being the work of a committed small population of rapists and not the result of any confusion or miscommunication. In Teach Consent (But What Good Is Teaching Consent?) I attempt to explain how those things are not actually mutually exclusive, and how teaching consent can strip away the “social license to operate” necessary for the predators to operate.

  15. I maintain and serve as editor for my university’s Women’s Studies blog – http://etsuwomenstudies.wordpress.com . I recently suffered an accident which horribly scarred my face, which I wrote about on my personal blog, and the head of the program asked me to crosspost it there. At the time it was merely catharsis, but it allowed me to begin to reflect on the scars and come to terms with them the past few days. The response I have gotten from others who have read it has inspired me to raise more awareness about beauty standards and how they relate to bodies that deviate from socially prescribed norms.

    That post is here.

    1. Very moving and powerfully written – thank you so much for sharing.

      (by the way, and I’m sorry for the silly comment, but, In all my life as a Katharine, I’ve only heard of two others who spell their names that way! I’m happy to see another!)

  20. For Sexual Assault Awareness Month Day of Action — which was last Tuesday — we shared a post about the many ways you can support a friend who’s been sexually assaulted.

    When a friend confides in you, you can help in their healing process: believe, empower, understand, and don’t second-guess. We also include links to Arizona resources for survivors of sexual assault.

    * * *

    Did you know that cold sores are caused by the same virus that can cause genital herpes? Unfortunately, this incredibly common virus can be passed from the face to the genitals during oral sex. And because of this, herpes simplex virus is surrounded by a cloud of confusion and misinformation.

    Learn to separate fact from fiction when it comes to oral herpes.

  24. My partner and I created an Indiegogo fundraiser to write an illustrated kids book on science / water and shoot a pilot TV program – called the Professor Blue Super Duper Nerd Village Project.

    We want to use Professor Blue to create awareness by children and the general public that not all scientists are men. We also want to add more information about the physical world to the PSAs admonishing us to turn out the lights when not in a room (this is good, but it’s not enough).

    We are using our abilities as artists to create something scientifically accurate (in collaboration with researchers/scientists but of course) and also fun and cool to watch and read with children.

    We need help in getting the word out. Any comments and or contributions much appreciated!

  26. Transport, disability and Ireland signal-boosting a friend’s experience of being left stuck on a train when the assistance she needed to get to the platform didn’t arrive.

    A new video and request from Marriage Equality.

    Irish doctors this week compared pregnant women to Nazis (no, seriously) and rejected a proposal to allow dying women to have abortions.

    And a lovely, lovely thing happened when I asked for help getting to the Empowering Women Through Secularism conference in Dublin this summer. By the way, the conference promises to be fantastic- if you’re anywhere around this part of the world, do think about going!

    1. Ahhhh Ireland and the struggle for common sense and abortion. It never ceases to amaze me.

      Great news about the sponsorship – please blog as much as possible as after all “ya WHAAAA!” produced by the debate, I enjoy reading common sense!

  29. Thanks to this site and a few others, I’ve finally had the courage to start my own feminism Tumblr. It’s a space for all women of all backgrounds to share their stories and have a place to vent and support each other. It’s still a baby blog so I only have a couple followers, but come by and submit anything you want. If your story’s not just about sexism–e.g., racism, homophobia–I’ll probably post that too. wtfsexism.tumblr.com =)

  31. This week I reviewed All Men of Genius, a steampunk mystery-comedy about a woman disguising herself as a man to study science. It falls down a little in its understanding of gender roles and oppression, but it also has some smart commentary and is a lot of fun to read.

    I also wrote about my experience editing middle-grade fantasy fiction if anyone’s curious about what it’s like to be behind the editing desk.

  32. I wrote about black playwright Tazewell Thompson’s new play about Mary Todd Lincoln’s friendship with her seamstress, former slave Elizabeth Keckly: Mary T. and Lizzy K.

    You can also read more of the interviews with the artists about dealing with race in the rehearsal room and on stage.

  38. “The Clerk Says You Are Not” was inspired by recent marriage counter protests in numerous cities across the nation. I wrote this poem to read for Marriage Equality Rally (CT) which I recently started and co-organized as part of the United for Marriage: Light the Way to Justice coalition. The rally took place at the federal courthouse in Hartford, Connecticut on March 25, the eve before SCOTUS heard arguments regarding Proposition 8 and the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). ”The Clerk Says You Are Not” is partly about my life now, partly about the visit I paid to a marriage counter before same-sex marriage was legal in Massachusetts, and partly about the next visit I’ll be making to a marriage counter in Houston. The New Civil Rights Movement published it alongside photographer Vivian Felten’s photograph.

  41. ^How did that happen? Uh well link one is a cool page about lgbt issues, link two is a page about events and outings in Tampa Bay.

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