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Shameless Self-Promotion Sunday on Monday

Jill

Woops! Late this week. Anyway, promote yourself.

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  4. After an automated letter told me I was too fat to be a role model for my daughter, I wrote a letter to a health incentive program questioning their privileging of BMI over all other indicators of health.

    When is it okay to judge a public figure (like a politician) by his/her family’s actions? Where do individuals begin and collective units end?

    Some recent articles said that a rejecting of “Blurred Lines” was a rejection of sex positivity. I disagree and suggest watching John Legend for some tips on sex positivity in music videos done right.

    1. I’m wondering if you have ever come into contact with any Roma families. As a Greek, who has spent years living in a country with Roma families, these “persecuted” people are not as “persecuted” as you make them out to be. Have you ever seen how Roma mothers allow their children to wander midday in the middle of intersections in Athens begging for me while they sit in tents lined along the beach? This is not simply a black and white issue here; it’s a systemic issue of a subculture that has a long and complicated history in both these countries and the ways in which they care for and raise their children–because they are living under the jurisdiction of these countries, they need to abide by the countries laws, and sorry, getting kids “in dubious manners” is not abiding by the laws. So, as someone who has lived among Roma families and seen their children, wandering without shoes, filthy, and tired in the Athens heat, please think twice about jumping to conclusions that this is a racist issue–it’s more of a cultural issue than a racist one.

      1. because they are living under the jurisdiction of these countries, they need to abide by the countries laws, and sorry, getting kids “in dubious manners” is not abiding by the laws.

        Dubious manners?

        Quick question: how DO you think babies are made? ‘cuz you know, I thought it was, like, intercourse and fertilisation for the vast majority. But if your assertion is that this Roma family managed to combine their DNA and gestating their child by, I don’t know, breaking a car window or lifting a purse, I’d love to know the details.

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    A Girl Worth Fighting For: ‘Ava Snow Battles Death’

    ‘Grimm’ Season 3 and the Darkness In Between

    In Praise of ‘The Fall’s Uber Cool Feminist Heroine: Gillian Anderson’s Stella Gibson

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    And we started our “Women and Gender in Cult Films and B-Movies” Theme Week today!

  14. I put up the most recent story for the Stories Project this week:

    Judy Wight, a woman who lost her sister to anti-gay violence, shares
    her story of the person she remembers and how this has affected her.

  18. This week on Kiss My Wonder Woman:

    An exclusive interview with Jane Espenson about language and strong female characters

    An exclusive interview with Kelly Sue DeConnick about the difference between Marvel and DC and other things

    A review of the third season start to Once Upon a Time

    And, some awesome feminist cosplay from GeekGirlCon

    Tune in this week for reviews of Dracula, Reign, and Revolution, and the first ever POPJustice blog carnival for Halloween!

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