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Shameless Self-Promotion Sunday

Jill

Promote yourself.

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48 thoughts on Shameless Self-Promotion Sunday

  5. on a personal note: in #514 i wrote about how I survived a triathlon last weekend, concluding that you don’t always have to be a star. it’s worthwhile to go out and do your best at something, even when your best sort of sucks! (and as a middle-aged woman, i thought this was a great example to set for my teens who were really proud).

  12. To say that people find the term feminist loaded is an understatement. Inspired by my love of Ann Friedman’s super rad piecharts over at The Hairpin + a conversation where somebody joked that feminists are man haters, lesbians, holdovers from the 60s, and worse, I decided to create my own pie chart: Why women become feminists.

  13. Now that the Walking Dead is on hiatus, we have decided to take a critical look at the comics which started it, focusing on the treatment of gender, and race. Vol1 and Vol 2

    There has been a lot of talk about cons and how to make them more appealing to marginalied people. This post looks at this possibility and suggests why inclusive cons are a long way from happening.

    Review of the Registry by Shannon Stoker : Stokers world is very reminiscent of The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Attwood and certainly something feminist/womanist minded women should check out.

  14. Menstruation & YA Lit — Specifically, why is there so little talk of it, even in situations where it’s probably very relevant to plot?

    Dear Bra Fitters — On frustrations with bra fitting, even with “expert” fitters. (Includes back view image of woman wearing only a bra on top. While not super graphic, may be NSFW.)

    1. Marsha, I am (hopefully shortly) going to become a foster parent, and I’m on the lookout for not only good children’s books, but children’s books that include folks of all stripes, colors, and flavors. Humane themes are a huge plus. (Well, not merely a plus, a necessity.) This list was immensly helpful, and I thank you for taking the time to post it. You saved me a lot of searching!

  21. Two posts on research finding that we lie about our # of sex partners, more than other stuff:

    Are Men Really More Polygamous?
    http://broadblogs.com/2013/06/03/are-men-really-more-polygamous/

    Why We Lie About Sex Partner #’s
    http://broadblogs.com/2013/06/05/why-we-lie-about-sex-partner-s/

    Another post on anger over Facebook’s new policy to ban gender-based hate speech:

    It’s Crucial to Call Women Names?
    http://broadblogs.com/2013/06/07/its-crucial-to-call-women-names/

  25. I just posted an intervew with Ada Palmer about the historical, literary, and translation issues behind the recently-premiered musical play Sundown performed by the mostly women’s singing group Sassafrass under her direction. The play retells many of the Norse myths in gorgeous, complex harmonies, and the interview includes samples of the music, photos from the play, and a link to the Kickstarter where you can help support this fantastic project.

    On my own blog, I posted a brief review of a recently published document on the ecumenical dialogue between the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Pentecostal churches.

    And I rambled a bit about How do you solve a problem like Maria write a thesis, anyway?

  29. The following are a couple of loosely related, exceptionally enlightening articles tackling issues of injustice from transphobia to apartheid. We’ve got Judith Butler to Savanna Garmon to Spectra and more!

    Vital to the cause of social transformation, their arguments, observations and insights are a direct challenge to traditions of domination, bigotry, stupidity and common sense, which as Einstein argued, is nothing but “a collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.” Enjoy!

  30. Punching downward Debunking a lot of welfare myths. CN for classism and racism

    Seen around the net. A link to a guest blog and review, plus other things I found interesting. Plus a picture of my daughter as the Joker

    All of a piece. My oldest is having trouble with her ex. And all the news of the week that supports it. CN: domestic violence and misogyny. Related: A Protection Spell for her, her cat, her home and her car.

    O Hermes, I am doomed. My men with their learner pemits

  33. I wrote about “bitch” as a gendered word that can have opposite meanings depending on whether it’s applied to a woman or a man. Weird right? So what does “bitch” say about the way we perceive gender?
    Bitchy Men, Bitchy Women, and Sheryl Sandberg

    Also, (trigger warning) the whole Lindy West/Jim Norton rape joke debate, and subsequent rape threats, revealed an even seedier underbelly to rape culture than we normally get to see.
    It’s No Joke: Lindy West Stands Up Against Rape Jokes, Receives Rape Threats

  34. This week I reviewed Angelology, which was frankly awful, but my friends inform me that the frustration there is entertaining, so have at it. This book is like The Da Vinci Code meets angelic mythology meets pacing created by a nest of glued-together sloths.

    2. I apologize if this is inappropriate, I know I rarely comment here so y’all don’t really know me, but I saw what happened the last time this person posted a comment here and I learned about them a bit from Donna’s comments and I really don’t think they should be allowed to continue posting here. It seems like it’s being done deliberately with negative intent, and I’m gonna go ahead and say, We need a giraffe here. I just don’t think this is okay.

      [Thank you for sending a giraffe alert ~ mod team]

      1. Outrage and Sprinkles, having looked at the linked post, there is nothing in this specific post that would breach our own guidelines, so this particular link stays. Further discussion should be taken to spillover, please.

    3. Readers of this blog who may not be aware of past issues: please be aware that this blog contains material dismissive of trans people (trans women in particular) and the marginalisation they face, as well as attempts to erase transphobia in the radical feminist community. Original post is here and further discussion of the issues, and detailing the arguments and pile-on on trans folk that resulted is here. The Modly Ones have instructed me to add a note saying that further discussion of this issue belongs in #spillover.

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