In Sexing the Body Anne Fausto-Sterling refers to several estimates from both the Intersex Society and the American Medical Association. I have the book but it's at home so I can't give you any page numbers or anything. The Intersex (posted to Ten Feminist Questions I'm Still Exploring)
But first of all, difference is never just pointed out for the sake of pointing it out. Historically speaking, differences are always pointed out/studied/invoked in order to justify hierarchy. The social construction of race is a perfect example of this. (posted to Ten Feminist Questions I'm Still Exploring)
I think the issue that many of us have is with the western medical model and approach to childbirth itself. When you go to a medical institution and are told to lay passively on the bed so that somebody else (posted to Home Birth Photo Series in NYTimes)
Yeah, I think the fact that Princess stuff is so prevalent is what makes it so powerful and so hard for people (adults and kids) to critically engage with it. It's like little girls are drowning in a sea of (posted to Friday Feminist Fuck You: Princess Pushers)
Disney's Enchanted does a lot to answer some of those criticisms. Giselle, the Princess in there, is forced to be proactive in her life after she realizes that waiting for her Prince, Edward, to rescue her is much less fun (posted to Friday Feminist Fuck You: Princess Pushers)
I think circumcision, or any surgical removal/alteration of healthy genital tissue of a child of any gender or age is absolutely unacceptable. Strange to think that in a country where all pre-born life has a campaign rallying for their unalienable (posted to Vaginal Rejuvenation)
Tell that to Queen Esther! Oh, wait, I only know of the Queen Esther story as told by Mylika, my neice (feminist mom) when she was 4. I think a feminist mom can help redefine Princess into a self aware, (posted to Friday Feminist Fuck You: Princess Pushers)
Young adult fantasy anthologies seem to have the best princess-empowering nouveau-fairytales. Among the greatest are Firebirds, Firebirds Rising, Murder by Magic, Young Warriors, and Powers of Detection. All five were edited by classic female fantasy writers. While some (most) of (posted to Friday Feminist Fuck You: Princess Pushers)
But yeah, having really tiny advantages from patriarchy is what confuses me about the whole thing- we all get screwed by it, so why not just give it up all together, and fully embrace equality, instead of clinging to only (posted to Ten Feminist Questions I'm Still Exploring)
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