I wrote a post on the sexual submissiveness in Ciara's new video featuring Justin Timberlake and another about Hapshetsut and the myth of evil stepmothers. And for Easter, I will be doing some post on women & Christianity/ Feminist Theology. (posted to Weekly Feminist Reader)
I was just sent a copy of McElroy's work and look forward to reading it. I agree with the above. There is nothing inherently wrong with porn and decriminilizing it would do no good. But it is a shame that (posted to A Feminist Defense of Pornography)
I would LOVE to see the video and this sounds amazing. I'm very interested in traveling around the middle east to help women who are doing feminist work in their countries and am trying to find out more about the (posted to Women's Rights Action Workshop SUCCESS!)
I understand your frustration totally. On the note about religion (I'm a lapsed Catholic as well), there's pretty convincing research that sheds a different light on the meaning of many of the texts in the Christian gospels that discuss sex (posted to Why I am a Feminist)
jjgirl23, it is certainly possible to be completely anti-porn, as I am. Leah, Andrea Dworkin never attempted to criminalize pornography; please stop repeating this slander. Wendy McEleroy's defense of pornography is one of the poorest I've read (and I've never (posted to A Feminist Defense of Pornography)
I think the context of this story- about changing your name upon marriage- is very interesting. Some of my friends are getting married soon, and the topic has come up in conversation. My engaged friend (who has decided to hyphonate) (posted to Why I am a Feminist)
It's hard to understand because some of us support a persons right to choose. I'm all for equality of opportunity, but I'm not interested in legislating peoples tastes or choices. If someone would prefer to appear in porn than join (posted to A Feminist Defense of Pornography)
Thanks for the post. I've cross-posted it on our Mother's Day for Peace Blogging Event page: http://codepinkalert.org/article.php?id=4865 (posted to Mother's Day: A day to honour mothers' activism)
I'm writing from Prague, Czech Republic, and here every woman gets three years of government assistance after having a child. health care costs about 40 dollars a month for full coverage (deductibles and co pays don't exist), and school is (posted to Why Young Girls Choose to Have Babies)
