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Morning question and (your) shameless self-promotion

I've been meaning to do this for a while (taking a cue from others). I've been way remiss lately in finding and reading new blogs, so I'll be lazy and let you do it for me...if anyone with a blog wants to whore some of their posts, do it in comments. Fun.

For those without a blog, a random question inspired by the Spiderman weirdness: If you could have a feminist superpower, what would it be?

Posted by Jessica - May 16, 2007, at 09:05AM | in Random

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[0+|0-] Author Profile Page judy said:

This is for the younger feminist crowd out there. I co-moderate a blog/chat for pre-teen and teen girls. The girl who started the blog (Mon) falls into one of those categories, and i'm the blog's big sister.

Mon writes about her life, what's going on at school and at home, while i write about feminism and try to empower the girls who read our site.

We're only a fledgling blog right now, so we would love it if people would come check us out. Thanks!
http://chicablog.wordpress.com/

[0+|0-] Author Profile Page Dorothy_Parked_Her said:

My feminist superpower would be the ability to change people's minds. Or to shut them up long enough to listen to what I have to say.

But I'd settle for plain ol' telekinesis. :)

I organise and edit a new blog called "Women talk to the G8".

http://opensummit.opendemocracy.net

It will run for three weeks, and gather thoughts and opinions from NGO representatives, activists and women bloggers on what could be practically done by the G8 to improve women's lives. They also talk about their field experiences on work.

The focus is Africa/Asia but there will be posts from US bloggers as well.

Our main topics are: climate change and gender, migration and women, women's health, women's rights, leadership and economic empowerment.

See you there :P

-Jessica

[0+|0-] Author Profile Page ikkin said:

I have a blog that is linked with my username. I post a few times a month, but some may find it interesting. More importantly, however, I just created a Facebook group called "Jerry Falwell Down, Fred Phelps to Go". I'm sure pretty much everyone here agrees, so if you have a facebook, make a search for the group and feel free to add me as a friend.

That being said, I would love to have the powers of Mystique in X-Men. And then I would like to have hot, shape-shifting sex with Hugh Jackman.

I love shameless self-promotion.
Let's see... I have a post up about the MJ statue, and how it relates, more generally, to the comic industry.

In that same grain, I have a post about why I don't like Wonder Woman's costume, and a critique of the costumes of several other women.

A feminist superpower... hmmmm... how about the ability to reflect a person's bigotry back at them so that they really understand all the fucked up shit they've done and have a chance to experience what it would really be like to walk in someone else's shoes for a change?

[0+|0-] Author Profile Page Tanya said:

I have a drug policy reform blog. I talk about the war on drugs and all the ways that it is harming society. Here is my favorite post but you should really read them all. I am that good.

http://blamethedrugwar.blogspot.com/

Well I can't resist shamelessly plugging myself so... here's an entry I wrote recently after an enlightening trip to Planned Parenthood: http://lilaeden.livejournal.com/44518.html

It isn't prolific stuff, really, but I never pretended to be. :)

[0+|0-] Author Profile Page Cara said:

Woo Hoo!

Okay, my blog is only about a month old, called The Curvature, and linked to my name as well. It's a feminist blog and I post at least once every day, so check me out.

Here's my favorite post of the week, so far, where I talk about why feminists need to pay more attention to GLBTQ issues:

GLBTQ Issues are Feminist Issues

[0+|0-] Author Profile Page Thomas said:

My feminist superpower would be to make any man feel every fear and insecurity of any woman within arm's reach of him. Because I think that, for the vast, vast majority, if they knew how things were for their mothers, sisters and intimate partners, they would change.

[0+|0-] Author Profile Page dallas said:

Babeland (the feminist sex toy store) has a blog written by yours truly. I review toys, give sex tips, talk about sexuality, post pertinent news articles, etc. It's a really fun blog to write and I would love to have more readers!

[0+|0-] Author Profile Page Cara said:

Hmm . . . why is my comment being moderated?

[0+|0-] Author Profile Page Jessica said:

Cara, sorry about that. It's up now. TypeKey has a weird thing going on where it holds comments with several links in it because it thinks they're spam...

I have just started a blog to showcase a paper on feminist blogging as a third wave feminist legal method, Feministing included of course! Please take a look and let me know if you have any suggestions. There will be more postings next week!

http://hermanifesta.blogspot.com

My feminist superpower would be that whenever I see a man or a woman in a disempowering situation in the media (i.e a beer ad that belittles men for the girliness or that awful Captivity movie) I'd be able to instantly replace it with an empowering image.
That, or the ability to make the heads of people like Jerry Falwell & Pat Robertson explode (Even though nature has taken care of Jerry for me--thanks!).
My blog isn't an "official" blog--it's mostly about my life but feminism & politics play a pretty big part in it. Checka dis; http://dru-plus-spike.livejournal.com. expect big doses of pop culture, Buffy the Vampire Slayer references, & updates on each & every one of my nutty schemes.

1) My feminist superpower would be getting people to understand what it means to be a feminist!

2) I write a blog on feminist mothering and related issues at:

http://www.motherblogs.net/jessica

Please stop by and comment!

[0+|0-] Author Profile Page Roni said:

My superpower would be like Christmas Yet to Come to show people how their actions might play out in real life.

[0+|0-] Author Profile Page alikatze said:

I ain't got no blog, so...My feminist super-power would be NerdyFunGyrl -- this would be a superhero for all those gyrls out there who are kinda geeky, like to get silly, don't care about makeup/clothes/hair/ fill-in-the-blank-girl-stuff, and actually take the initiative with things like *sex* and *fierce intellectual debate*.... Hmmm....

[0+|0-] Author Profile Page Rin said:

My feminist superpower would simply be to force people to listen to everything that comes out of their mouths. I honestly think that if more people really listened to what they were saying, there'd be more feminists out there.

[0+|0-] Author Profile Page Kimmy said:

I have a LiveJournal, but most of it is friends-locked these days (it would be a very BAD THING for my soon-to-be-ex-husband to find out too much about what's going on in my life right now). So that wouldn't be too useful for y'all.

However, I do have a requested feminist superpower. I want the ability to replace people's words with what they actually mean. For instance, a guy who says, "Lots of girls lie about rape to punish men," might be revealed to be saying, "Having committed one or more rape acts in my life, I'd like people to not believe any of the victims if they come forward."

[0+|0-] Author Profile Page BabyPop said:

Not really a feminist blog, but I'm at A Little Bit Country, and I also blog for Ditch Mitch McConnell.

Mmm...feminist superpower...I would love for lazer beams from my ta-tas. Nuff said. :)

[0+|0-] Author Profile Page Kate said:

I recently started a blog ( http://www.wheresmyreflection.blogspot.com/ )in the vein of my personal feminist critiques. It started kinda all over the place, but i'm focusing it more on a critique of televison.
I'd love to have more hilarious contributors if people want to leave their thoughts.
As far as a superpower goes... i would like to be able to instantly know all the ingredients, means of production and packaging expierence of anything i touch. For example, i would like to know, upon touching an apple in a grocery store, where it was grown, what, if any pestacides were used, who picked it, what their working conditions were, how far it travled to the store, etc.

[0+|0-] Author Profile Page Quinn said:

I blog at http://quinnstephens.com/blog.
There's no particular focus and I'm not very good about updating, but I think that at least ikkin will enjoy my latest post.

I'd like a feminist power along the lines of Roni's and Rin's. But I'll take telekinesis, too, if it's being offered. That would rock.

Thanks for this opportunity!

I am a freelance journalist, and a master's degree in social work candidate in Columbia University's School of Social Work. I recently completed a 16-week volunteer writing facilitator position in a Florida prison for women. The idea was to empower these women through the use of words.

I have a blog called Social Justice Feminist, which speaks to just about everyone. I try to update it every couple of days. Sometimes I have (very) long entries about my thoughts on an issue, and other times I list of headlines that I feel are important in understanding why feminism is very important in our world.

I also co-manage a site called Epidermic, which is intended to smash racism through a tool called education.

Hope you visit both sites!!

I'm a standup comic and I wrote this week about why I don't laugh at fat girl jokes. My blog is carriecallahan.blogspot.com

[0+|0-] Author Profile Page Jayney said:

I have a newish blog called The Din of Inequity where I write, somewhat infrequently, about feminism and law from a BC perspective.

My favourite recent post was about a Gazette article espousing an increase in the domestic birthrate as a way of cutting the "costs" of immigration.

[None of which may interest you if you're not Canadian or really, really, bored :)]

I have a post up about the Oliver North article you referenced yesterday!

http://delightfullydogmatic.blogspot.com/

I have a post up about the Oliver North article you referenced yesterday!

http://delightfullydogmatic.blogspot.com/

[0+|0-] Author Profile Page Erica said:

The National Women's Law Center has recently launched Womenstake.org to promote and inform timely discussions of a broad range of issues affecting women. We're also starting a series analyzing the problematic points of the Carhart decision (now that the initial shock has subsided). Let us know what you think!

[0+|0-] Author Profile Page Andrea said:

I have a livejournal that I update almost daily. Not too long ago I did a little bit of analysis of Alanis Morisette's parody of "My Humps".

I think my favorite feminist superpower would be Woleverine-like claws (actually, my City of Heroes character is a claws scrapper)... I suppose it's not feminist-specific per se, except that when someone accuses a woman of being catty, I can yell something like, "I've got your cat right here, buddy"...

[0+|0-] Author Profile Page Jeanne said:

My blog, Out and Back, is where I blather about whatever's on my mind. I've been putting up a lot of photos from my work-related travels, as well. I went off a bit on Falwell today and yesterday, so those posts are up if anyone's interested.

If I could have any feminist superpower, it would be the power to make men experience body dysmorphia the way women do... so they can better appreciate the appearance-related crap we have to deal with on a day to day basis. (I have this vision in my head of a bunch of straight guys asking each other, "do these jeans make my ass look big?")

Hi, I'm a longtime reader, but this is my first comment here, I think.

Shameless self-promotion: my thoughts about the compatibility of feminism, liberal values, and selective abortion.

[0+|0-] Author Profile Page Barbara_K said:

My feminist power would be a point-of-view ray (like the empathy inducing gun in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) that I could shoot out of my fingertips.

I've noticed that most responses so far on desired feminist superpowers focus on having a greater ability to communicate with others. Gives me a warm fuzzy.

Although, as mentioned by BabyPop, having laser beams for my ta-ta's might be kind of fun too.

I'm looking forward to reading all your blogs.

I'll also throw my shameless self promotion hat in the ring - I write about politics, feminism, and other random topics at phonelesscord.net. A recent favorite feminist post (a response to Christopher Hitchen's article in Vanity Fair about how women are humorless) is here.

[0+|0-] Author Profile Page Andrea said:

My feminist superpower would be the power to make men pregnant, so they can stop basking in their oh-so-convenient ambivalence about the need for reproductive rights.

If I could have any superpower at all, I'd be telekinetic.

[0+|0-] Author Profile Page boltgirl said:

Oh, me, me, me! http://boltgirl.blogspot.com

My superpower would be a psychic kick in the nuts to every guy who says, "Wow, that takes balls" or "You should grow some balls" or "He's so awesome, he must have huge balls." You know, just to remind them what a frickin' liability those soft front-and-center targets are from a self-defense standpoint. I prefer my ovaries. They're much better protected.

I'm too new to the blogosphere to have anything worth self-promoting, even shamelessly ;).

But, feminist superpowers I would LOVE to have . . .

Andrea! Love the pregnancy idea. I was actually thinking the other day, how fascinating it would be if we just didn't have sex differentiation. If we could just forget about gendered selves and get on with our lives. Maybe my superpower would be the superpower to erase sex differentiation, and just let us all be human.

I also think the power of persuasion superpower, which a lot of people have touched on in various forms, is not only warm & fuzzy, but also, well, powerful! If we could erase people's internalized fears of change and equality, and instill in them joy and pleasure at a new way of life that is better for us all--even if it means giving up the safety and security of old habits--WOW.

I would love, as a superpower, to be able (somehow!) to ensure that our future will be a feminist future, a human-rights future, a more equal, more peaceful, more cosmopolitan future. Maybe it won't look exactly like we imagine it will . . . and I certainly don't want a matriarchal "utopia" . . . but I would love to be free of the fear that we're actually moving backwards. I think I could work a hell of a long time in the trenches, as long as I felt that slowly but surely we were getting there.

I'm doing a shameless plug here for the National Sexuality Resource Center and American Sexuality Magazine. We also maintain a blog at Voices of American Sexuality.

We publish provocative articles on sexuality and culture, react to news through the lens of Sexual Literacy (the ability to have a mentally healthy, medically safe, and pleasurable sexual life), and fight for full sexual citizenship and rights for all Americans. Come check us out!

[0+|0-] Author Profile Page whitney said:

I have a blog about the house I just bought with my friend Steve. We write about being young homeowners, being financial parnters (not romantic partners mind you), neighborhood/community issues in Buffalo, and lots of other stuff:

http://oldoldhouse.blogspot.com/

Also, a livejournal.

[0+|0-] Author Profile Page owlhouse said:

I've got a family blog on our time away from our "real lives". My mom reads it. Sometimes. You could too! We've farmed, hiked, camped,subjected ourselves to timeshare pitchs and replaced a transmission. Stories from the road, and more recently, Tucson at http://owlhouseblog.blogspot.com

Feminist because it's unavoidable.

My feminist super power would be to have women's real power be recognized. And I would like to fly. With wings.

[0+|0-] Author Profile Page Liz said:

Andrea and annajcook- we could all be like snails (although I think some men might like the idea a bit too much that they could have sex with themselves)

Anyways I have nothing to promote, although I'm almost done with a huge paper on this importance of Muslim women's voice when it comes to the debate about the veil (and why feminist philosophers would back that up).

My feminist superpower would be a big hammer I could knock some sense into people. Although non-feminist superpower would be to be able to fly.

[0+|0-] Author Profile Page Mitchell said:

Back in the day, when I actually read comic books, I was a fan of the New Universe line of comic books.

The one super power that came to mind as having feminism-related applications was that of the telepath Wayne Tucker. He can read minds, input images and thoughts into other people's minds, learn what other people know, and even compell them to do things.

I wonder if the "conventional" super powers (super strength, super speed, firing beams of electricity from your fingertips) might also be used for feminist ends. Imagine a group of badass superheroes, all using their super powers to kick the asses of patriarchal misogynists everywhere.

It's not what powers you have; it's what you do with them -- an adage that certainly applies beyond the pages of comic books.

I have a blog that has been ignored for a while as I've been running back and forth across time zones. It's generally a libertarian blog, although it's more a conglomeration of all my interests: femini