Category Archives: Feminism and Culture

Altered Barbie

The blog. News account here. Frieda Kahlo Barbie from here.

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Frida Kahlo Look-alike Model Open Audition pictures

Here.

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Thirteen Years, No Change

Around 1995 the song “Macarena” and its associative dance became extremely popular (and still culturally resonates). Watch this video, and note that all the women are young, thin, beautiful, and very scantily clad. The men, however, are ordinary looking, and … Continue reading

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“According to a study by Merrilee Zetaruk of the Pan Am Sports Medical Center in Canada based on data collected largely from the 1990s, the number of injuries in competitive women’s gymnastics were as high as 200 per 100 gymnasts per year.”

That’s just one sentence from this NYT Op-Ed about Woman’s [Girls] Gymnastics, entitled “Creep Show.” ETA: Ouch.

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“The founder of ‘Stuff White People Like’ thinks white people wouldn’t know a herd mentality if it trampled them.”

So says Christian Lander, author of Stuff White People Like, in this interview.

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PETA Still All About Female Nudity

Latest example here. See also. See also. There don’t seem to be very many male members of this organization, at least not many willing to pose nude in front of the PETA cameras. And why aren’t more male member members … Continue reading

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Some Stuff About Gloria Steinem

Here at Jezebel. Have to admit I’m a lifelong Steinem fan. I know she’s not perfect, but who is? –Ann Bartow

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Nipples and Liberals

An Adrants blogger opined: … This is America. Nudity is bad. Nudity is something to be shunned. Natural beauty? Screw that. Put a potato sack on! Cover that God-given beauty. Sex is bad. Sex dirty. Sex is nasty. Sex should … Continue reading

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Heels, Pain and Sexiness

Part one, and part two.

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Imagining Sadie ~ Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander

“Imagining Sadie”is a short film produced by Penn Law students Haley Goldman, J.D. 2009; B.B. Liu, J.D. 2008; and Melissa Mao, J.D. 2009.   It tells the story of Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander as she exists in the imaginations of … Continue reading

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Female Athletes Show Their Skin

Dave Zurin at the Huffington Post spoke to  Dr. Mary Kane (Kinesiology, Minnesota) about the  appearance of Danica Patrick in Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit edition: As for the young men excited to see Danica in leather, spread out on a car: … Continue reading

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Another Reason Not To Drink Guinness Beer

Account of a sexist and revolting Guinness commercial here. Via Bethany Offshack.

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Women, Body Image, Shame and Self-Objectification

Social science research report available here. Below is a short excerpt: In considering why a state of self-objectification might lead to extended body thoughts, we predicted that the experience of shame would play a key role. Previous researchers who manipulated … Continue reading

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Temporarily Run Out Of Things To Despise About Your Body?

You can always start hating on your armpits.

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“Liquid Virgin”

Contains alum, which is the ingredient found in persimmons that makes one pucker up. It’s also used in pickle brine.   I’m not a doctor, but I’d guess that probably douching with a jar of pickles would induce the same … Continue reading

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“F Files” Interview with Robert Jensen

Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. Part 3 is here. Part 4 is here. Part 5 is here. Part 6 is here.

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Female Olympians, Raise Your Backsides

Speaking of Olympians, today USA Gymnastics announced the members of the 2008 U.S. Women’s Olympic Gymnastics Team. Coverage here. I find the accompanying team photo (at top, above) quite annoying. Why are the athletes in the front row bending at … Continue reading

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Hair Matters There

Very clever feminist ad modification via AdBust (here). -Bridget Crawford

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Serving Up Gender Stereotypes With Those Fries

On a trip to the suburbs, I experienced the McDonald’s drive-thru [sic].  Admittedly it was not my finest parenting hour.  And I almost became unhinged when asked by the cashier,  “Do you want a ‘girl’ toy or a ‘boy’ toy … Continue reading

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From The Department of: “Anonymous” Was Usually A Woman

This NYT article reports controversy over the authorship of the Serenity Prayer. Below is an excerpt: … For more than 70 years, the composer of the prayer was thought to be the Protestant theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, one of modern Christianity’s … Continue reading

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Is putting pictures of razor blades on the insides of bathing suits a productive way to “raise awareness” about FGM?

I’d have to go with no.

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A “Pelvic Spa”

This was in the “Fashion & Style” section of last Thursday’s New York Times: A Spa for Those Women Concerned About ‘Pelvic Fitness’, by Natasha Singer: THESE are the generations of cosmetic medicine: First came the”medical spa,”or medi spa, offering … Continue reading

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“10 Fatal Online Dating Errors That Men Make”

Below are excerpts from the Top 10 email turnoffs for women in bold, with a bit of editorialization: 1. Don’t ask her how much she weighs. Apparently some people don’t like getting this question from strangers. Go figure. 2. Don’t … Continue reading

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“Startlingly Sexier” Conservative Feminists?

Camille Paglia has published “Feminism Past and Present: Ideology, Action and Reform” in the Spring/Summer 2008 issue of Arion: A Journal of the Humanities and the Classics.    Here’s her explanation of the current state of “feminism:” Two technological innovations:cable … Continue reading

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“It seems the ability we’re so fond of calling talent or even genius arises not from innate gifts but from an interplay of fair (but not extraordinary) natural ability, quality instruction, and a mountain of work.”

That is a sentence from here, via Feminist Chemists, who posted the following: This is a great article from New Scientist, which summarizes years of research on how to be a genius. Apparently, having an extraordinarily high IQ is not … Continue reading

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Feminism and Choice, a Dialogue.

Here, at the Feminism 101 blog. Below is an excerpt from the first comment: I think it’s pretty clear that most people– including strong, intelligent people– tend to prefer certain choices if they are positively reinforced by society. It’s not … Continue reading

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“Doris Lessing Q&A”

Here. Excerpt: The Nobel committee described you as the “epicist of the female experience.” Do you agree with that? Well, they had to say something. But do you agree with it? No. I can just see somebody sitting there thinking, … Continue reading

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Obscure Feminist Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Novels

List here, where you can vote for the Top Ten. Via Feminist Dracona.

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“Poverty is one reason so many Yemeni families marry their children off early. Another is the fear of girls being carried off and married by force. But most important are cultural tradition and the belief that a young virginal bride can best be shaped into a dutiful wife, according to comprehensive study of early marriage published by Sana University in 2006.”

That’s a paragraph from this heart wrenching account of young girls forced into marriage.

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