Shameless Self-Promotion Sunday October 5, 2014 Jill Promote yourself. Netiquette reminders: Want to recommend someone else’s writing instead? Try the latest signal-boosting thread. we expect Content Notes as a courtesy to our readers for problematic content in linked posts and/or their comment threads (a habit of posting only triggering/disparaging links may annoy the Giraffe (you really don’t want to annoy the Giraffe)) extended discussion of self-promotion links on this thread is counter-productive for the intended signal-boosting – the idea is for the promoted sites to get more traffic. If it’s a side-discussion that would be off-topic/unwelcome/distressing on the other site, take it to #spillover after leaving a note on this thread redirecting others there.
This week I wrote about exactly how young street harassment starts for women and girls—toddler-age, to be exact—and how Catholic school uniforms make girls a visible target. When they complain to their schools, the schools ask them what they did to provoke it. Don’t Tell My Toddler She Looks Like Mae West.
Over at delagar, I wrote on a (male) student lecture me, his professor, on how women should behave, in this post, I Can Tell Her What Her Answer Is. Also! New stories up at Crossed Genres. This month’s issue is Robots!
Sadly, I had to report yet another murder of a trans woman of color, Aniya ‘Asia’ Parker in Los Angeles. I also wrote about Numinous Market – a magical healing space created by women of color for women of color. A local columnist (Pgh) thinks LGBT is a ridiculous acronym and no, he isn’t going to meet with the community to discuss. For fun (sort of), Five Lies About Autumn in Pittsburgh
Warning for trans readers: this person has a habit of posting cissexist and triggering content; click through at your own risk…
Moderator note to Sue and bookshopcat: I’m becoming increasingly unhappy about this weekly challenge – Sue didn’t respond to bookshopcat’s first challenge in Mid-September and bookshopcat didn’t respond to another commentor’s request for clarification re these challenges last week. There needs to be a discussion between you two about this, and you need to have it over in #spillover rather than here. I’ll set up a starter comment as a jumping-off point.
Last week at Bitch Flicks… Three Reasons Why Feminists Should be Watching ‘Mom’ Finally! A TV Show That Handles Transgender Issues With Grace Trans* Women and the Horror of Misrepresentation ‘Sin City: A Dame to Kill For’ Review Is ‘Glee’ The Rachel Berry Show? (The Answer May be Kind of) Angry or Complicated?: Misrecognizing Black Women The Allure of the Female Ghost in ‘Ringu’ ‘MasterChef’ and Internalized Misogyny Seed & Spark: 20 Is the New 50 (Percent) What’s Missing from the ‘Gone Girl’ Debate? Privilege! Call For Writers: Demon/Spirit Possession
Last weekend I live-tweeted a women’s writing conference at Oxford. This weekend, I hit my one-year blogging anniversary! Also, I critiqued Emma Watson’s #HeForShe speech.
I wrote this week about a common theme that ran through reaction to Emma Watson’s UN speech and a comedy show I recently attended: Challenging oppression is uncomfortable. Deal with it.
Clapping and crying after the last month in court. When it’s not running me over like a truck, sometimes it’s so good to be a teacher in this single mom life.
Questions To Ask When Questioning Your Gender. Little windows through which you might catch a glimpse of yourself.
On biology of sex determination: http://disruptingdinnerparties.com/2014/09/29/take-the-red-pill-sex-determination/
Six weeks ago, I started a blog to test the hypothesis that reading an hour a day in your chosen field for seven years makes you an international expert in said field. Because my field is campus rape prevention, I though I would keep a record of what I read. It’s mostly boring book reviews, but I’m going to try to incorporate more substantive essays on rape culture as well.