Congratulations to Thomas Beattie In Spite of “The Views” Transphobia: Looking at the transhpbic conversation that occured on the view when they decided to discuss the birth of Thomas Beatties second child.

Beauty Boot Camp: Looking at a college that decided to offer beauty classes to young tweens and teens this summer.

In The Name Of Guns The Council Of Conservative Americans Dresses Sotomayor In KKK Cap: The second amendment is used as validation for engaging in racism.

Kate Gosselin: When Mommy Isn’t Perfect: Looking at the way that the media is determined to demonize Kate Gosselin.

Dear Poor White People: Looking at how poor and working class whites continually fail to act in their best interest because of an over valuation of whiteness

Sunday Shame, Parenting Edition: Looking at ways parents fail to live up to the roles as constructed by society. I am sure I am not the only one to take batteries out of an irritating toy. Come and admit you sins LOL

Interesting photo series where "The '...happily ever after' is replaced with a realistic outcome and addresses current issues."

http://www.jpgmag.com/stories/11918

No offense, but I find Beth Ditto to be vile.

This is a person that in response to some verbal comments she didn't like, she purposely put her fingers down her throat and threw up on a group of people.

Not only is that disgusting, and an inappropriate response, but is also potentially exposing other people to disease, as nobody knows what someone else's bodily fluids might contain.

No matter what you think of her feminist views, there's something deeply wrong with a person that uses vomit and half-digested food as an attack.

NYT article about inner city girls being left behind in terms of school sports.

On deadly food allergies and food intolerances:
http://sirensmag.com/2009/06/feminoshing-when-just-one-bite-can-kill/

Did anyone write the Obama administration's DOMA brief? I'd like to read some blog postings, but I haven't found many. Thanks!

What's new on Women's Glib...

On those ads for the new season of True Blood.

On representations of women in Japanese and Western animation.

A guest post by a friend of mine on displays of young women's sexuality.

From the Gender Across Borders blog....

How does a poet deal with sexism in English language poetry? by Elizabeth.

Thomas wrote about a world music record label (Putumayo) and their new "Women of the World" album in Putumayo & the Politics of Meaning.

Carrie wrote about the First African-American Female Rabbi Ordained.

A tribute to the AIDS activist Thembi Ngubane who just passed away two weeks ago.

Maria questions the standards used in treating prisoners in Rules Undefined.

Emily writes about why education is important and why Dropping Out of High School is No Longer an Option.

Anti-abortion activist makes up a story about a pregnancy. Very weird story.

Is pain a gendered experience?

http://postbourgie.com/2009/06/09/boy-pain-girl-pain/

My Award of Shame goes to Cornel West for sating he’d rather be in a crack house than set foot in an Obama White House - I know it’s ridiculous isn’t it?
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/youre-so-lame-award-of-shame-cornel.html

How the murder of Dr. Tiller compares to the murder of the 4 Little Girls during the Civil Rights Movement.
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/4-little-girls-dr-tiller-2-murderous.html

The intra-ethnic and different point of views amongst Blacks leads to conflicts as people try to be like-minded in all things (impossible) in:
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/im-not-sure-if-empowerment-is-real-goal.html

A Black father in Long Island was convicted for defending his family but between Dr. Tiller's murder & the guard at the Holocaust museum some white men are the real menace to society.
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/john-white-went-to-prison-but-some.html

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Eh, I wouldn't call all Pixar films "uniformly excellent". I really didn't like the Incredibles (from a feminist-ish point of view, it's just awful). The first half of Ratatouille is good, the second is awful. Both Toy Storys, particularly the second, are incredibly sugary and saccharine (and I can't believe more people haven't picked up on this). Cars is okay, a good bit of fun. A Bug's Life is annoyingly written, but okay. Monsters Inc was really good, and Finding Nemo was just awesome.

Here are a few from Feminist Review this week:

First Time is a collection of illustrated erotic stories written by an author known as Sibylline. ach story is illustrated by one of ten different artists, which include Cyril Pedrosa, Olivier Vatine, Dominique Bertail, and Dave McKean. There is a wide variety of artistic styles, ranging from deco-style pop art to near-photographic realism.

To say that Stephan Elliott was taken aback when approached to direct Easy Virtue would be an understatement. Asking the man behind the beloved drag queen road movie The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert to adapt a Noel Coward play didn’t exactly seem logical. But the producers of the film insisted there was a method to their madness.

The Sari Soldiers is a documentary that follows the lives of six Nepali women amidst the political turmoil that erupted in Nepal in 2001, after Nepal’s King and nine royal family members were massacred. The film is near perfect. It accomplishes the tenuous balance that only the best documentaries can provide: a bird’s eye view of a convoluted topic achieved through exploring the infinitely specific and intimate stories of the individuals involved.

Whether you love romance, or love to mock it—or, like the authors, both—there’s plenty to enjoy in Beyond Heaving Bosoms... There’s plenty of lovingly-written satire in the Smart Bitches Dictionary, the “Mad Libs” section, and a lengthy “interactive” romance parody in the style of the once-popular “Choose Your Own Adventure” novels.

A sampling from this week's Bitch Blogs:

Blank Noise Project - I Never Asked For It, profile of a group in India that fights eve teasing (street sexual harassment)

We Got Lame, Jock Bitch fumbles with ablist wording

Anti-abortion Mommy Blog Hoax Exposed, a story that'll make you go, "Wha?!"

Cherry Bomb is going to explode, and I don't mean in a good way, a new movie about The Runaways makes us want to run and hide

What Colonialism Needs is a Little More Bling, a new book explores Western men's eroticism of Eastern women

Also, check out my interview with Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg on Religion Dispatches about her newly released book, The Passionate Torah: Sex and Judaism. We talked about issues such as the conflict between ‘Jewish culture’ and ‘American culture’, feminism, prostitution, oppressive marriage rituals, and the role rabbis can play in sex education.

NOW's (expanded) Media Hall of Shame- http://www.now.org/issues/media/hall-of-shame/

That "Dear Poor White People" post is incredibly offensive. The author is focusing on a small group of people but giving them a very broad label that encompasses people like me who obviously don't support white supremacist groups and don't demonise women of colour. Wtf.

Reading from the Curvature - Canadian provinces deny transgender health care

And over on One Woman Army, blogging about the news stories on forced sterilization of women in Africa to prevent HIV transmission in further pregnancies.

Group of Teenagers Attacks Trans Woman in Seattle, via Feministe. This is so infurating yet so unsurprising.

Will the profile of Chastity Bono - now Chaz elevate Gender Identity or will it be business as usual?

http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/will-chaz-bonos-high-profile-help.html

It was the annual celebration of the Loving v. Virginia ruling and it's a timely subject given the fight for marriage equality.

http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/its-loving-day.html

The return of True Blood offers hints of a sizzling season
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/omg-true-blood-is-back.html

As bad as things may seem regarding the Iran elections we need to remember - it's not our country! We need to clean up our own house (of crap) first!!

http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/calm-heads-must-prevail-when-reacting.html
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/calm-heads-must-prevail-when-reacting.html

Will the profile of Chastity Bono - now Chaz elevate Gender Identity or will it be business as usual?

http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/will-chaz-bonos-high-profile-help.html

It was the annual celebration of the Loving v. Virginia ruling and it's a timely subject given the fight for marriage equality.

http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/its-loving-day.html

The return of True Blood offers hints of a sizzling season
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/omg-true-blood-is-back.html

As bad as things may seem regarding the Iran elections we need to remember - it's not our country! We need to clean up our own house (of crap) first!!

http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/calm-heads-must-prevail-when-reacting.html

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Will the profile of Chastity Bono - now Chaz elevate Gender Identity or will it be business as usual?

http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/will-chaz-bonos-high-profile-help.html

It was the annual celebration of the Loving v. Virginia ruling and it's a timely subject given the fight for marriage equality.

http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/its-loving-day.html

The return of True Blood offers hints of a sizzling season
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/omg-true-blood-is-back.html

As bad as things may seem regarding the Iran elections we need to remember - it's not our country! We need to clean up our own house (of crap) first!!

http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/calm-heads-must-prevail-when-reacting.html