Thanks, Jessica!

Here's a post about a NY Time article on how technology is becoming more feminine.

And a little bit of (attempted) humor for you: Everything I need to know about life, I learned from the Republican debate.

Thanks, Jessica!

Here's a post about a NY Times article on how technology is becoming more feminine.

Also, here's a little bit of (attempted) humor for you: Everything I need to know about life, I learned from the Republican debate.

I have a recent post I did after reading an article on CNN about porn culture. I liked that the idea of putting the issue in the public eye, but I don't think it came down hard enough on women being expected to conform to the porn culture, even though some of the things are not actually sexually pleasurable to themselves. I also hate how the Suicide Girls get drug into the picture, like they've got some secret to female empowerment, when we know someone is just making some money off of their 'alt porn' existence.

Well, I started my own blog this week (so it's a little sparse right now), but I have a reaction to the fat shaming that was taking place on the Beth Ditto thread, as well as a post about my concerns regarding the Frag Dolls.

Also: The 14th Carnival of Feminist Sci-Fi and Fantasy Fans is up (or was... I'm having trouble loading it now. Weird). Yours truly had a post about women's costumes in comic books featured.

I think that's enough from me.

I recently completed a 16-week volunteer session with 17 amazing women who sit in prison. Many of them have life sentences for fighting against their abusers. I have written a lot about my experiences (see older posts on my site), but this one sums up quite a bit.

http://socialjusticefeminist.blogspot.com/2007/02/choice-and-consequence.html

Check it out! The actor who plays Adam in a Bible movie that they show at the Creationism museum in Kentucky has a past, which would imply that he was not divinely created as he claims.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/06/07/national/a175033D34.DTL

Argh, link's not working:
Here's the addy:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/06/07/national/a175033D34.DTL

Well, it's not a serious issuse, but it's a Friday and everyone can laugh about an awful gyno visit.

Here's a story about "digging for gold"
http://yourenotinkansasanymore.blogspot.com/2006/09/my-vagina-lacks-sense-of-humor-gold.html

http://heartoffalsehood.wordpress.com/2007/06/04/female-privileges/

New blogger, here. :) The link above is to a post where I respond to "female privileges" as denoted by someone over at Women in Higher Education. I plan on writing more about privilege in the near future, as well as some feminist critiques of movies and literature (of the contemporary persuasion). Thanks for this opportunity to widen my reader net.

And for some fem-ragey goodness, here's another article I haven't gotten around to responding to yet:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070606.l-genex07/CommentStory/lifeFamily/home

Cara,

Your post points out the fundamental truth that a lot of things that are good for women are good for PEOPLE. (I'm not trying to go all MRA on y'all....)

When I was looking at law schools, I specifically targeted law schools with traditionally "feminine" characteristics - accessible professors, lots of writing opportunities, friendly students. But those things aren't good for me at the expense of a guy: they are good for everyone. Apparently, though, it's only women who point out that a lot of systems don't work and need to change, for everyone's benefit.

One of the papers I had to write for a class wound up being worth posting -- it's a personal essay on my journey from pro-life to pro-choice.

Part i, Part ii, and Part iii.

I don't think I'd be up for criticism in the "hey there should really be a comma here" variety (I have been working on this for FOUR WEEKS, there is not going to be any more revision), but otherwise I'd like to hear what y'all think.

Jen - oh my goodness, what a wild OBGYN. Really, he actually hummed the Wizard of Oz theme? Really?

Yes, Bonnie, he actually hummed the theme. With his hand on my breast. He Like I wrote, the whole visit was wildly inappropriate, but not sexually (he didn't fondle me or touch me in a non-doctorly way), so I left feeling odd, but not violated. Needless to say, this year I'm finding a new doctor.

Yes, Bonnie, he actually hummed the theme. With his hand on my breast. Like I wrote, the whole visit was wildly inappropriate, but not sexually (he didn't fondle me or touch me in a non-doctorly way), so I left feeling odd, but not violated. Needless to say, this year I'm finding a new doctor.

Yes, Bonnie, he actually hummed the Wizard of Oz theme. With his hand of my breast. Like I wrote, the whole visit was wildly inappropriate but not sexually (he never touched me in a non-doctorly way), so I left feeling odd, but not violated.

Needless to say, this year I'm finding a new doctor.

I'm so sorry. Jen=Ass.

(Mouth hanging open, no sound coming out.)

Wow....

it's not self promotion, just something i stumbled upon.
i saw an ad for this that said "just in time for father's day"...
ew.

My main comment is stuck in moderation, but I'm going to take the moment to shamelessly promote my new blog.

I only have a handful of posts right now- but I just blogged about the Beth Ditto/fat shaming, as well as my discomfort with the Frag Dolls.
So. Yeah. Traffic. Please? =)

Yup, I've got a few I'd like to share, but I'll start with just this one:
"It's a Man's World"
http://www.elainevigneault.com/2007/06/04/its-a-mans-world.html

I have met so many jackass GYNs I am no longer surprised by much. If we had a thread for them, I am confident it would be full within an hour.

Nonetheless, Jen, that story takes the cake for sheer nutso. Gold? That must be the reason for the totally unfriendly stirrups — so patients can't click their heels together and just go home.

Check out this GREAT article about the "politics of smashbortion" which talks about how abortion is presented in the media.

http://www.slate.com/id/2168126

I just started a group blog a few days ago called Lip Gloss & Pepper Spray.

Here is a post my friend put up today about the Global Feminism exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum:
http://glossandspray.blogspot.com/2007/06/global-feminisms.html

There are also a few pictures on the site of Santa Cruz Pride if you're interested. That's pretty much all I've got so far!!

Hey all --
So this has very little to do with feminism, and isn't even a post, but while we're doing the "shameless self promotion" thing, I have a really cool event I'm putting on in San Francisco. I have been working with the gallery bar owners, the artist, and all sorts of Argentine government folks for 6 months to get my amazing artist friend from Argentina up to San Francisco to have an art opening, and it's happening in late June! Here are the details for the SF ladies and fellows out there:

Hernan Achinelli Art Opening
June 29, 7pm
Location: DaDaSF, 2nd Street between Mission and Market, 1 block from the Montgomery BART Station (this is a GREAT happy hour place, by the way).

Let me know if you're interested, or, heck, just show up. By the way, I've never ever done anything like this before(I'm a techie nerd for goodness' sake), so I'm pretty excited.

I would like to shamelessly promote my terribly brief blog post about the reactions to Maggie Gyllenhaal breastfeeding in public.

Exercise equipment or sex toys? I've got a photo quiz that is pretty self-explanatory (and harder than you think if you stare long enough).

This isn't a particular post, but I would like to engage in shameless promotion of the groupblog I edit: (http://www.poormojo.org/pmjadaily/) Poor Mojo's Newswire.

We cover lots of news and poltiics and fun stuff, and often articles from this very site.

Cheers

Thanks Moxie Hart.

Eric Linden's line that its all "make believe," says volumes about the creation museum. I hope Eric Linden still got paid even after the Flat Earthers pulled the clip he acted in.

OK, I'll play -- here are a handful of recent posts from WIMN's Voices, the group blog on women and the media.

"To media, rape is hilarious (to me, not so much)"
http://www.wimnonline.org/WIMNsVoicesBlog/?p=608

"Excruciatingly bad dialogue, insufferably elitist characters, and glaring product placement: 'Starter Wife' makes me gag…"
http://www.wimnonline.org/WIMNsVoicesBlog/?p=607

"Polish Jewish girl’s Holocaust diary found, akin to Anne Frank"
http://www.wimnonline.org/WIMNsVoicesBlog/?p=604

"NBC’s new head honcho says 'more product placement, please'"
http://www.wimnonline.org/WIMNsVoicesBlog/?p=601

"Memorial Day musing about women, media and peace activism"
http://www.wimnonline.org/WIMNsVoicesBlog/?p=595

"American Idol or big fatty? Ask the diet-obsessed talking head!"
http://www.wimnonline.org/WIMNsVoicesBlog/?p=591

"Breast Cancer’s Chemical Culprits"
http://www.wimnonline.org/WIMNsVoicesBlog/?p=587

FYI, all -- WIMN's Voices is a huge fan of Feministing, and Jessica is a house blogger there; Ann and Samhita have done guest blog posts. If you'd like to get best-of posts from WIMN's Voices, as well as action alerts and media announcements, please feel free to subscribe to our free email list, at http://www.wimnonline.org/action/

"Malalai Joya Needs Help" and "Malalai Joya is Suspended from Parliament"
http://www.wimnonline.org/WIMNsVoicesBlog/?p=586 and
http://www.wimnonline.org/WIMNsVoicesBlog/?p=582

Thus concludes my shameless (organizational) promotion. Thanks for the prompt, Jess!

I just started up a new blog yesterday: http://bloginfemme.insanejournal.com

I've already managed to post four articles...this was clearly an outlet that I needed! Any feedback/readers would be appreciated :-)

I have a post up today on my own blog at http://www.faithfullyliberal.com about Americans' thoughts on morality according to the latest Gallup survey... needless to say stupid Gallup!

http://www.faithfullyliberal.com/?p=494

a great chicago-based grassroots feminist health collective that i am peripherally involved in: www.pomegranatecollective.org.

also, we just redesigned our website!

After reading the recent comments about gentrification, I'd like to recommend some urban planning links. :)

http://www.cyburbia.org/
http://www.planetizen.com/
http://www.urbanrail.net/

I've got a medium-length post about how principles of domestic child-welfare advocacy and international adoption overlap, and a drive-by about how much it pisses me off when people call my six-month-old a "flirt."

Moriath

Your link don't work!!!

Moriath

Your link don't work!!!

Itzura - that's what happens when I type in a hurry, lol.

http://blogingfemme.insanejournal.com

And if I've somehow mistyped it again, the link is in my username as well.

I responded to the recent Feministing post about Patti Smith in BUST:
http://jix1125.livejournal.com/177582.html

So, I just started working for this organization that is currently trying to "get off the ground" and I'm heavily involved in online marketing research.

They are greatly involved in ending poverty in other countries and have teamed up with some great organizations that strive to give people (mostly women) jobs that they will enjoy, give them a sustainable income, and get them away from the ongoing sex trafficking.

They are called "Trade as One"

http://www.tradeasone.com

Here's my blog's most popular post so far: The Law Fairy says it best. It's about Judd Apatow's masterpiece, Knocked Up. Enjoy!

I'm still not over the existence of http://www.feministing.org/ which, apparently, was supposed to be a parody. But I decline to use the term for something lacking both wit and insight.

(I just discovered it today, I don't know if anyone else has seen it, and appologize for reminding people if they already saw it)

For all you people in the Northeast, check out my art show. It's running through June 30th at Newark Art Supply.
Newark Art Supply
61 Halsey St.
Newark, NJ 07102
For previews of some of my work, you can go to;
http://dru-plus-spike.livejournal.com/111990.html

Awesome post about Maggie Gyllenhaal, Lina! Thanks for sharing. :) How people think boobs are sexual objects only for guys to look at really pisses me off -- they actually have an important biological function people. You may see boobs in public when a woman breastfeeds, get over it.