Shameless Self-Promotion Sunday January 18, 2015 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)), Content Notes are not needed if your post title is already descriptive of problematic content. 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.
Here’s a LUCY comic about my character’s experiences with family over the holidays. It goes about as well as you’d expect. http://spiralnotebookcomics.blogspot.com/2015/01/lucys-post-holiday-report-hd-version.html
I had a look at the latest Swedish police report on human trafficking: More on sex trafficking in Sweden, from the Swedish police.
Stifling nervous giggles at the corporate ethics meeting- must be the Catholic guilt. Anyway, I figured out a way for Heinz to kick ass and stick it to the man- Problems in Morality- A Novel Solution to The Heinz Dilemma
I have not been writing very often, and I have been shamelessly self-promoting even less often. A little catch-up is in order. A new trip down Sleater-Kinney Road is a review of the new Sleater-Kinney album No Cities to Love. This one is not quite in line with several other reviews I have read, but I think it’s fair. I wrote Quarantine while ill (not seriously), thinking of how easily it is to become isolated, especially if you are chronically ill, unless you have friends who care. In Surface tension I muse about the various kinds of space that we take up and how it’s important to make room for those who might not be as quick to claim space. If you’re a Muffs fan, Really really happy has a few pictures and a few more words about the best live show I saw all last year. And if you want to check out some music from last year, much of it from women musicians, there’s Quirky white girl faves in 2014. Should I resolve to blog and promote more in 2015? 🙂
I wrote about the history of women in the Senate and how they still face common workplace sexism (for example, the Senate pool was men-only until 2008).
No Taboo, No Transgression. In a better world, no one would be transgender. Let me back up a little here… I See Femmes & Femmes See Me. What femme invisibility? I see queer femmes everywhere.
My two dear friends were married this week and I (finally) got to be a bridesmaid – at age 44! It was definitely a very very queer wedding. I wrote about The Advocate labeling Erie, PA the 7th queerest city in the nation.
The Helms Amendment meant that Peace Corps volunteers could not have their abortions covered — even if they became pregnant as a result of sexual assault, or if the pregnancy put their life at risk. Now, thanks to the Peace Corps Equity Act, those serving will have some abortion access — an important first step. A Peace Corps alum tells us why abortion access matters for those serving in the Peace Corps. [CN: sexual assault and unsafe abortion discussed in the abstract]
This week I looked at having it all and leaving it all behind. I also made a ton of updates to my feminist gift guide / reading list.
I wrote about how I’m shedding my shame by telling and retelling my story: Reframed narratives and Autistic experience
Last week at Bitch Flicks… ‘How to Get Away With Murder’ Is Everything “That” ‘New York Times’ Review Said It Is Broken Relationships and Broken Systems in ‘Benched’ ‘The Imitation Game’ and ‘Citizenfour’: Secrets Then and Now Male Mask, Female Voice: The Noir of Ida Lupino ‘Pelo Malo’ (‘Bad Hair’): Coding Blackness and Genderqueer Identity 2015 Academy Award Nominations Roundup Am I The Only Person Incredibly Bored with This Awards Season? Why ‘Pretty Woman’ Should Be Considered a Feminist Classic But Where Does The Road Go?: Journeys of Self Discovery in ‘Electrick Children’ and ‘Blue Car’
I mentioned this awesome website (& others) in my manifesto/pledge about why we should support independent feminist communities rather than just hiding on facebook all day 🙂 http://spacefem.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=47568