Gabby Sidibe on Conan, being awesome.
What's the best way to equip Afghan women with info on contraception?
Support Scarleteen, an awesome sex-positive sex-ed site for teens!
On a new approach to education about women's rights from some awesome activists in Lebanon.
The FBI received an advance warning that Scott Roeder was a threat to Dr. George Tiller. And ignored it.
A 29-year-old trans woman was murdered in London. Two men have been arrested in connection. Reminder: The Transgender Day of Remembrance is Nov. 20.
Two critiques of Glee's approach to disability.
When it comes to being considered for a job, race is a more significant factor than criminal record. Wow.
A toolkit for ensuring that green-jobs initiatives benefit women and people of color.
Wendi Muse asks the big questions.
A big ol' middle finger to you, too, Klondike. And you, too, Reebok.
On Packaging Boyhood, the follow-up to Packaging Girlhood. Also read Rachel on social constructs of masculinity.
Kay has some great resources for understanding the implications of the Stupak Amendment.
After googling Michelle Obama, writes Aminah Hanan at Michelle Obama Watch, "you've come a long way, baby" is not the first thing that pops into her mind.
A former Ikea executive alleges that the company is pretty openly racist.
Shark-Fu reviews the latest On the Issues, about race and feminism.
Challenging the stereotype that all gay men are fey.
The GOP: Not faring so well with the ladies.
Joss Whedon's Dollhouse is cancelled.
A trans woman fights for marriage rights in Hong Kong.
Slut-shaming on Twitter? Not cool.
Announcing the launch of Candy, the first transversal style mag.
Getting serious about rapists who don't think they're rapists.
An Arkansas evangelist was sentenced to 175 years in prison for taking child "brides".
Veronica reviews the controversial new "abortion-addiction" book, and finds that abortion isn't really at the heart of the memoir.
On gender inequity in the theater.
What have you been reading and writing this week?
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This week in Evil Slutopia:
~We acknowledged National Young Readers Week by making a list of some of our favorite children's books.
~We did a Veterans Day link roundup.
~We celebrated Evil Slutopia's third birthday!
~Etiquette tip for Republicans: keep your condoms off my lawn, please.
~We addressed Carrie Prejean's claim that she's being "Palin-ized" because she's a conservative woman.
This week in Evil Slutopia:
~We acknowledged National Young Readers Week by making a list of some of our favorite children's books.
~We did a Veterans Day link roundup.
~We celebrated Evil Slutopia's third birthday!
~Etiquette tip for Republicans: keep your condoms off my lawn, please.
~We addressed Carrie Prejean's claim that she's being "Palin-ized" because she's a conservative woman.
Sexual violence and mental health provides a recap of a presentation given at the MN Sexual Violence Prevention Network meeting.
rape kit backlog and systemic problems in rape investigations discusses the CBS investigation and the attitudes behind the number of unprocessed rape kits.
Pro rape culture at University of Sydney and those who oppose it discusses behavior at private college's (different def'n than US colleges) including the creation of an anti-consent Facebook group by students and alumni of St. Paul's.
Carnival against sexual violence 82
Hey all! Here's what's been going on at Gender Across Borders:
Lesbian Bishop Ordained in Sweden
Rihanna, "Russian Roulette," and distortion of dating violence
Racism and Sexism in Standardized Testing
Namibian Women Empowering Themselves Through Art
Finally, GAB is having a series on Women, Art, and War and we're calling for writers--find out how you can contribute!
Thanks so much for the link love. I also wrote the following:
The Cleveland Show: Why MacFarlane Needs To Stop Writing About Marginalized Bodies: Challenging MacFarlanes use of racism and fatphobia as a form of legitimate comedy and why we cannot just change the channel.
White People Are Uniquely Homophobic: Looking at why the absence of a discussion of race regarding the lost marriage rights in Maine if problematic and reveals racism within the LGBT community.
Michelle Obama and Fashion: A Complicated Conversation: Looking at why reducing Michelle to a fashion plate is not in the least bit uplifting despite the fact that Black women have historically been understood as unwomen.
Carrie Prejean Masturbating Is A No No: Looking at why shaming Prejean for her masturbation tape is sexist. If left professes that judging the sexual behavior of another is wrong, it is also wrong to engage in it in order to gloat.
It’s All About Gender, No It’s All About Race: Examining the unique position of Black women in terms of being asked to choose by both White women and Black men.
Libertariany and Weird - yep that's me, a little hyperbole, and I came across an appearance by Andrea Dworkin on BookTV from 2002 and I transcribed it, and I'm wondering about the Sgt. Todd - Sgt. Munley questions, and wondering why her heroism is being minimized, even thought she was shot in the line of duty.
I wrote about disregarding media portrayals of a supposed split in the Democratic party by seeking the commonality that unites us in spirit.
Breaking Common Ground is a Shovel-Ready Project
I wrote about a local article that blamed everything possible for the Northern California gang rape, except misogyny.
Also, expose your child to a naked person today!
A few posts about El Salvador this week:
With the recent hurricane, hundreds are dead and thousands displaced, but discussion of the country's vulnerabilities requires a gendered analysis too.
Today is also the 20th anniversary of the murder of the Jesuit priests, their housekeeper, and her daughter at the Universidad Centro America in San Salvador. I reflect on what their stories have meant to me in the last year.
It's already Monday morning over here in Cambodia, but I hope those of you on the other side of the world enjoy your last few hours of the weekend!Compelled by Faith: When Prayer is Not Good For You
How does an eleven-year-old girl cope with the trauma of losing both her favorite aunt and her beloved father in the span of one calendar year? She may pray to God daily to ask Him to protect her loved ones. But what happens when prayer becomes more than just a comfort? What happens when it becomes a compulsion? This question is at the heart of Abby Sher’s memoir Amen, Amen, Amen: Memoir of a Girl Who Couldn’t Stop Praying (Among Other Things).
From the Bitch Magazine blog...
Feminist Road Trippin', Best friends Nona Willis Aronowitz and Emma Bee Bernstein decided to take a road trip and talk to a cross section of young women about the F-word. This is an interview with Nona.
Don't Want to Put on My Booty Shoes, is your goal in life to make men stare at you body and gain the resentment of other women in the process? Good, Reebok has a shoe for you.
The Transcontinental Disability Choir: Glee-ful Appropriation, The much anticipated Very Special Disability Episode of Glee, “Wheels” aired last night. And already the rave reviews are flooding in. Did everyone else watch the same episode I watched?
All Hail the Ice Queen, One of eight women from eight countries picked to participate in the Kaspersky Lab Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition, Era (aka Polar Girl) and her cohorts underwent an intensive training in order to complete a 40-day, 900km ski through blizzards and subzero temperatures (up to -40 degrees) with the goal of arriving at the South Pole on January 1, 2010.
A smattering of feminist reviews:
Coco Before Chanel introduces us to the woman Chanel was before revolutionizing women’s fashion and becoming a fashion icon to the rich, famous and not so famous. This beautifully shot film humanizes Chanel and brings her to life by showing that she had insecurities, complexity, and visionary genius as a designer.
Poto Mitan: Haitian Women, Pillars of the Global Economy: Marie-Jeanne, one of the women interviewed in the film, explains that while sexism is a factor for some people, her decision to keep her child out of school is purely financial. On a salary of $1.75 a day, she says that she cannot afford the $15 monthly school enrollment fee. The decision is obvious: When the choice is between food and education, the latter loses.
Not That Kind of Girl is a revelatory and provocative work, a personal story that goes far beyond the boundaries of autobiography. Witty and deeply introspective,it shines a personal light on evangelism that proves 1960s feminists correct: The personal really is political.
This is What a Feminist Family Looks Like: What was going to be a post about “shock art” perpetuating rape culture, turned into a love letter about my feminist family, which is better since I didn’t really want to give the creator the attention they were seeking anyway.
I love Marsha Norman's words "We can't just side with the boys because we expect them to win." (paraphrase)
I wrote about sexist writing styles in general and also mentioned the heated debate I had had with the gatekeepers of the Afrikaans language.
I’m no longer a centrist; I’m becoming much more liberal. I know this because I did a politial spectrum test in the beginning of this year, and then I did another one a week ago.
Reading Margaret Atwood's 'Year of the Flood' and enjoying her take on fast food--'Secretburger'. You don't know what's been ground up and served to you.
In the same week, Sarah Palin serves up her best to Wisconsin Pro-Life. But no press allowed.
Everyone Loves a Secret
http://kmareka.com/2009/11/07/everyone-loves-a-secret/
This week at Natalie Does New York:
Some thoughts on respecting limits, for sex workers.
Amanda Marcotte wants us all to know she's not slutty.
I facebook spaz at someone.