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This week I wrote about Doctor Who, Steven Moffat and the Bechdel Test. I also put together a links round-up featuring queer women in comedy, pictures of what it means to “play like a girl”, and a list of strong, flawed female characters.
This week on broadsspeak, a bit of comic relief: a feminist mom’s open letter to an awful camp director: http://broadsspeak.wordpress.com/2014/09/17/dear-crappy-camp-director/
I shared an excerpt from the anthology Queering Fat Embodiment as part of their social media book tour.
The idea of “sexual fluidity” is still VERY controversial. I mean sure, some men and women are, but for many other men and women, that’s not true.
My take on the decision by Facebook to enforce the “real name” policy and the disproportionate impact on the queer community. Brynn Tannehill addressed the National TransPride Pittsburgh conference in September. Here is the video of her terrific keynote (and a transcript.) In July, I launched a petition on MoveOn.Org around plans for municipal governments to terminate domestic partner benefits for employees in light of marriage equality rulings. This past week, we declared victory when the City of Pittsburgh announced their intent to maintain benefits for domestic partners, both same-sex and opposite-sex. We are giving away the Isabel Rose album. My response to a question about my mental health treatment. My interview with openly transmale singer-songwriter Joe Stevens was picked up by Huffington Post Gay Voices.
It really bothers me that you have a documented habit of posting cissexist pieces with no content warning.
Last week at Bitch Flicks… ‘Mission Blue’: “No Ocean, No Us” Six Types of Political Movies (Spoiler: This Genre Includes Literally All Movies) ‘The Maze Runner’ Suffers from the Smurfette Principle and White Savior Trope Lessons from Underrated Coming of Age Flicks: Part 2: Back To School Edition
One of my students talks about how growing up with an abusive father has affected her self-esteem, how she is working through it. Abuse evaporated my self-esteem
It’s not something from a sci-fi movie, it’s real life: contraceptive implants! With a failure rate of only 0.05%, the implant is the most effective reversible birth control out there. And, thanks to the Affordable Care Act, those of us with insurance coverage might find that expensive contraceptive methods like the implant are realistic options now.
I wrote this week about how Wendy Davis’s sharing her abortion stories is an important step forward, but we have to keep working until women can have abortions without having to justify their decisions to anyone. What is a “good abortion”?
‘Unwelcome Advances’ – on new evidence about misogyny and toxic masculinity on campus (CN: non-graphic references to sexual assault) http://quiteirregular.wordpress.com/2014/09/17/unwelcome-advances-sexual-harassment-and-assault-on-campus/
Performance of a baroque opera in Soho at 7 tonight, filled to the brim with ass-kicking women, genderfuck, and gorgeous music… also a live stream that can be watched and heard anywhere in the world: http://whiteboxnyc.org/2014/09/ticket-reservation-for-general-rehearsal-and-final-performance/ Handel’s Alcina at the Whitebox Art Center
These past few weeks on Kiss My Wonder Woman: RECAP of Orphan Black 2×09 – What Kind of Mother Am I? RECAP of Outlander 1×05 – Claire of the Wild RECAP of Outlander 1×06 – “A Delicate English Rose” The Inescapable Goodness of Teen Wolf‘s Scott McCall
Why didn’t L.L. Bean include any women in their 2014 Fall Hunting catalogue? Even their exceptional Customer Service couldn’t tell me why –
Here’s an article I wrote about sexim in US politics: http://disruptingdinnerparties.com/2014/09/17/bitches-be-crazy-defense/ “It is very easy to destroy a woman’s reputation. Facts are not needed, rumors and suggestions will do. There is no need to attack a woman’s professional decisions when her sexual and personal choices can be questioned. Paint a scarlet letter on her, and no one will listen to what the slut has to say. The McDonnells’ lawyers knew that, Gov. Christie’s lawyers knew that. They relied on misogyny when dispensing seemingly irrelevant details about the women involved.”
This is the story of a person who decided to get pregnant with the intention of getting an abortion. Read about why, and what happened next: http://disruptingdinnerparties.com/2014/09/19/finding-empowerment-in-pain/
Neat Nun Stuff: a nun who was the first American woman to receive a PhD in computer science, in 1965; and two virtual choirs of Carmelites (one of nuns only, one including lay and male associates) celebrating the 500th anniversary of the birth of Teresa of Avila.