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Shameless Self-Promotion Sunday

Jill

Promote yourself.  Sorry it’s a bit late this weekend!

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  6. This week on broadsspeak, a response to “The Masculine Mystique” by Stephen Marche in the current Atlantic:

    https://broadsspeak.wordpress.com/2013/07/06/critiquing-the-masculine-mystique/

    And parts two and three of my series on single motherhood (last week I posted part one). Part two delves into the nature of the stigma:

    https://broadsspeak.wordpress.com/2013/07/02/reading-the-stigma-of-single-motherhood/

    Part three discusses the economics in relation to the idea of “messy lives”:

    https://broadsspeak.wordpress.com/2013/07/05/the-economy-of-messy-lives/

  12. I saw both This is the End and The Heat in theaters. They have a lot of similarities, and viewer ratings are about the same for the two, but critics are panning The Heat. Could it be because this “crass” comedy joked about vaginas instead of penises?

    What’s the ideal balance between producing writing and consuming it?

    Are today’s generation of students really more “entitled” than previous generations? (And if they are, is that always a bad thing?)

    1. I think you need to find another Dojo! And a good lawyer! He is so wrong! If I read this right, you pay for your training there. There for you are helping him with his payday! So find another Dojo and take as many people with you as you can while you start your law suit! Get a really good lawyer and say “sic’em”!

      1. Oh, I’ve paid a lot for that coaching. In fact, one of the reasons that I haven’t left is that I’m afraid (and have very good reason to believe) Ari wouldn’t refund me properly.

        A lot of people I’ve talked to can’t stand the Problem Coach but are there for the training and for Good Coach. Unfortunately both coaches are talented–or well, you’re not going find much better in this area; we have two national team members with us. It’s really a case of picking sexual harassment vs. the sport, and BELIEVE ME, that is NOT as easy as it sounds, especially when there’s money, time, and a social life already invested with the club.

        I looked into an HR suit, but as I’m moving countries soon, yet again, (life of a student, woohoo!) it’s not worth it.

        1. Miranda,
          My wife has been in the Sexual Assualt Field for over 18 years. This guy needs to be stopped! Start the lawsuit. Get over women included. While from what you have said, all he is doing is just talking and looking while lording over everyone. He is not far from assualting someone. If he hasn’t already! By at least starting a lawsuit you bring attention to the problem. You could save yourself from being raped or someone else, possibly a younger woman. Report him! Get other women into it. Quit that Dogo and find another Dogo and get a lawyer! Get a restraining order on him to make sure that you are covered if he comes after you. If you don’t you are empowering him to do more. He already knows that you have talked about it and if you don’t do something more he will take the next step. It may be just more talk and looking, but it may be touching then rape!
          Call the local rape hot line and ask for help. Contact the DA’s office. If his partner is aware of this problem and just looking away then he to is empowering this guy and that needs to stop.
          Remember that you are a threat to him now. He is trained, in shape and hasn’t had anyone stop him. You are in danger and need to take steps to protect yourself! Make the calls and take the steps need to protect yourself! Before he decides to remove you as a threat to his little world. Even if you do change countries, someone else could be hurt by this guy and he really needs to be stopped!

        2. Oh Miranda, one last thing. If this Dogo has a female locker room, change room or bathroom, check it for camera’s! This guy just may be filming you ladies.

  23. A slightly belated discussion of the case brought before the US Supreme Court on the patenting of the BRCA (breast cancer) genes and Myriad Genetics, primarily focusing on the ethics of these patents as a matter of women’s right to health in a neoliberal biopolitical language of law

  27. A week late, sorry:

    A short post and poem in solidarity with victims of torture, especially psychiatric torture. June 26th is the International Day in Solidarity with Victims of Torture. A few months ago, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture called for an absolute ban on nonconsensual psychiatric interventions, including restraint, solitary confinement, and nonconsensual administration of electroshock, psychosurgery and mind-altering drugs such as neuroleptics. He also urged repeal of legal provisions authorizing confinement and compulsory treatment in mental health settings, and said that detention on mental health grounds is unjustified.

  30. When Gertrude “Ma” Rainey—known as “The Mother of Blues”—sang, “It’s true I wear a collar and a tie, … Talk to the gals just like any old man,” in 1928′s “Prove It on Me,” she was flirting with scandal, challenging the listener to catch her in a lesbian affair. It might not seem like a big deal to us now, but back then, pursuing same-sex relations could get you thrown in jail.

    Singing the Lesbian Blues in 1920s Harlem

    Succeeding in the face of overt racism and sexism, Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith, bisexuals married to men, proud “bulldagger” Gladys Bentley, and covert lesbians Ethel Waters and Alberta Hunter also explored alternative sexuality in their own ways.

    Also, my colleague Ben recently wrote an excellent history of Angela Davis, and how her fearlessness, integrity, and beauty inspired countless posters. It seems particularly relevant given the times we’re in.

    Trailing Angela Davis, from FBI Flyers to ‘Radical Chic’ Art

    Cheers!

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