5th Apr - 3rd MayMonthly Top Blog Posts on Feminism
01 May
Musings on identity: How do we define ethnicity? (by Suzie)
echidneofthesnakes.blogspot.com36 commentsSocialRank
My mother’s biological father was American Indian, but we rarely spoke of it. I wrote my grandparents almost every week, starting when I was a kid, but I never told them that I knew the shameful…
26 Apr
*Friday Cat Blogging (™ Kevin Drum)*We're in full-bore Beatle
elayneriggs.blogspot.com4 commentsSocialRank
Friday Cat Blogging (™ Kevin Drum)We’re in full-bore Beatle mode again here at the Riggs Residence. Here we see Rob testing out some sort of surround-sound remix of Sgt. Pepper which was accompanied by a photo slide…
23 Apr
Backwards and in high heels
I’ve been watching politics since 1972. And this is the first campaign I’ve ever seen where winning wasn’t enough. I’m using, of course, the quaintly old-fashioned definition of winning, which means…
21 Apr
Danica is the First Woman to Win an Indy Race
www.girlscantwhat.com4 commentsSocialRank
I can’t tell you how many people either called or emailed me today to let me know that Danica Patrick won the Indy Race yesterday in Japan. Woo hoo! Lots of Danica fans here. Not only do I know that from the…
Critiques of Obama’s Race Speech Which are Really About Racial Politics in the US Presidential Election Pt. 1
While I think Barack Obama has done a good job walking the tightrope of racial politics in America, I get the feeling that he is heavily constrained by racism and racial stereotypes. This was one of my reactions to the…
19 Apr
Unless you’re planning on further entrenching the dominance of amerikkkan political bloggers….
The BlogHer Newsletter Want to find women who blog politics by state and political party? Announcing the BlogHer guide - add your…
18 Apr
Just shut the fuck up
radgeek.com7 commentsSocialRank
I don’t mean to be rude. But this issue is important.There are lots of reasons to despise Alexander Hamilton — given his record as a Caesarian centralizer, rampaging war-luster, and the spiritual and political…
She Stole My Voice: A Documentary about Lesbian Rape
I saw this linked Men’s Activism. This is the first time I have seen anyone specifically address the topic of lesbian rape in this manner. The two filmmakers wanted to make sure the seriousness of the act was not…
17 Apr
Inside the Campaigns
Leave aside the messaging for a moment (which you may or may not buy into). The Obama Campaign seems to be run much more efficiently and effectively than the Clinton Campaign .as these two stories from r…
14 Apr
Waiting
JS’s Mom goes into surgery in just a few hours. As Tom Petty said, “The waiting is the hardest part.”*goes to sit by telephone*
Double Dose: Breast Implants and Illnesses; Lawsuit Over Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch; Abortion Has Left the Classroom; Aging and Quality of Life; Mothers Movement Online; Digital Mammograms Lead to More Call-Backs; Razor Blades and Inner Goddeses
Dumb Quote of the Week: “Eighteen is certainly an age where we’re putting men and women in uniform on a battlefield . I think they can decide if they want larger breasts.” — Dr. Alan Gold, a Great Neck, N.Y., plastic s…
13 Apr
MCA Is Public Enemy
allofhelen.blogspot.com11 commentsSocialRank
Seriously, nothing like good old dulan news in the morning to jolt me to post something on a lazy morning. If I have my way, I’ll rather write about puppies and blue skies. But nothing like good old frustration to…
08 Apr
Fetch me my axe: Taking credit for other womens’ work isn’t feminist. It’s just tacky.
or, as Sudy puts it, “Stop Stealing.”Look. It's not that difficult a concept. A woman who's under the radar, relative to you, posts important news stories that are, in turn, under the radar. Both her…
Justice Department Reverses Position, Will Send Official To Testify About Contractor Rape Claims
thinkprogress.org53 commentsSocialRank
Last December, while testifying before the House Judiciary Committee about how she had been gang-raped by her co-workers while working in Iraq, former KBR employee Jamie Leigh Jones noted that “there has been no…
Today’s quiz tip: grass
Q. What’s the largest crop in America?A. Grass.No, no … not that kind. The suburban mow-it-on-Sunday kind - occupying 30 million acres.Just imagine how much you could grow on all of that land - things that there was…
Pandagon :: Fear of a bimbo planet :: April :: 2008
This is interesting. The show “Mob Logic” has found a pattern in their “man on the street” interviews—women, far far far more often than men, are afraid to express an opinion, defer to male companions, or…
I been sayin’
Figleaf has been sayin’, too.Anyway, SnowdropExplodes makes an excellent (yet rather common sense) point, re: a discussion about what a “feminist relationship” looks like:One thing that, as a guy who’s learnt…
Feminist Allies: Post Feminism?
The next time somebody tells ya that we don’t need feminism, we only need humanism, you may trot out this little ditty, from a United Nations commissioned report:Women are discriminated against in almost every country…
India-Africa Summit in Delhi: Hard questions?
April 8-9 mark the first-ever India-Africa Forum Summit. Might the Summit include any component addressing human trafficking and undocumented (i.e., illegal) immigration coming from the Asian subcontinent into East and…
It's the victim blaming; it's not how you victim blame
I saw one of ALAC’s new advertisements last night. These are supposed to be hard hitting advertisements, to show the real consequences of binge drinking. The one I saw also blamed a woman for being raped, because she…
07 Apr
Althouse: Is MSM sexist toward Hillary?
This video clips together the evidence:Yes, of course, some of that stuff is awful, but political fighting is harsh, and if women are going to be in it — really in it, as Hillary is — they’ll have to get knocked…
“Oh, there's everyone I worked with.”
You can't get hired for being funny if you're female and not hot. Bleah.Actually, though, she's not bad looking when she's not playing someone ugly- rather like Amy Sedaris, I think.”She's a great…
Lecture by Prof. Ben Barres on “the obstacles faced by women in academic science and what individuals and institutions can do to increase opportunities in the sciences for women.”
Viewable (with RealPlayer) here. From the related website:Professor Barres brings a unique perspective to this discussion: Professor Barres is transgender, and has experienced life as both a female and as a male…
Utopian Assimilation
I’m really behind on my reading. For instance, I’m now finally getting around to reading Ursula LeGuin’s The Left Hand of Darkness which I’ve attempted to start reading a number of times before, but I always got…
Girlfriends, boyfriends, feminism: a long response to “Gwynn”
A reader named Gwynn writes:I’ve been thinking about you recently as my boyfriend and I have been talking about feminism.He’s 25, I’m 34, but this is not about our age difference per se. A bit before we started…
Clinton Plays the Woman Card, Again | Redstate
With her lead in Pennsylvania shrinking by the day, and her legitimate path to the nomination–there are other paths–becoming increasingly difficult, Sen. Hillary!™ Clinton has returned to a favorite campaign them
Rich people can’t care about poverty and jobs?
On Friday afternoon, Hillary Clinton made good on her promise to make her tax returns public. And the returns are being scrutinized. Which was the point of releasing them. But, there’s this attitude about the money…
Feministe Feedback: How to Start a Successful Feminist Blog
www.feministe.us17 commentsSocialRank
My friend Natalie and I have been wanting to create a blog of our own…We both at crucial turning points in our lives, with many major undertakings….We desire to share our experiences with others….In a nutshell, w…
Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women’s Love and Desire
feministreview.blogspot.com2 commentsSocialRank
By Lisa M. DiamondHarvard University Press Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women’s Love and Desire addresses a dimension of women’s sexuality that is often sidestepped or left out of scientific studies altogether:…
Ask Dr. Pat: Is There a Connection Between Menopause and Foot Problems?
Have a question about women’s health or menopause? Dr. Patricia Yarberry Allen may have the answer. Click here to send in your question to be posted on WVFC. Question: Is there a connection between menopause or…
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