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Category Archives: Feminism and Culture
“White Chicks and Gang Signs”
The “White Chicks and Gang Signs” music video can be viewed here. It was posted at Racialicious, where there is a provocative comments thread with some very divergent opinions. It’s hard to understand without any context what is being signaled, … Continue reading
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Still No Crockus
A couple of weeks ago I blogged about the mysterious crockus, the part of the brain Dan Hodgins is “educating” our educators about as being responsible for girls being more detail oriented than boys. A few weeks and a … Continue reading
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“Attack of the 50ft Mikhaela”
Mikhaela Reid’s new book is reviewed here, at the f-word.
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A Cartoon About Gender and the Internet
Here. Via Dr. Socks.
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CFP: HADASSAH-BRANDEIS INSITUTE PROJECT ON GENDER, CULTURE, RELIGION AND THE LAW
UNTYING THE KNOTS; THEORIZING CONFLICTS BETWEEN GENDER EQUALITY AND RELIGIOUS LAWS, April 14-15 2008 at Brandeis University KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: DR. SHIRIN EBADI and PROFESSOR JODY WILLIAMS, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates and founders of the Nobel Women’s Initiative Throughout the world, … Continue reading
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“The First and the Forced”: Indigenous and African American Intersections
This conference took place last fall, but most of the presentations were recorded and can be watched here. Via the Oh No a WoC PhD blog.
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Don Hazen, “Pornography and the End of Masculinity”
I was surprised to read the beginning of this review essay. Hazen writes: In his new book, Robert Jensen forces the reader to face the music about the effects of a porn industry gone gonzo, and the need to reassess … Continue reading
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Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, “Mother Nature: A History of Mothers, Infants, and Natural Selection”
This book was published in 1999, but Aspazia at Mad Melancholic Feminista just posted an interesting review. There was a NYT review in January of 2000, and Salon.com published an interview with Hrdy about the book in December 1999. It … Continue reading
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Toys For Girls: Appearance, Shopping, Dating and Housework
Dr. Violet Socks writes: Whenever the conversation turns to ev-psych, some chump or two (or twenty) shows up to insist that any test score differences between male and female teenagers must reflect an underlying innate disparity between the sexes. Apparently … Continue reading
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Do You Know Where Your Crockus Is?
Apparently, if you’re female, it’s 4 times bigger than if you’re male. What is it? It’s a part of the brain that Dan Hodgins, one of the slew of sex-difference proselytizers who tour the country “educating” teachers about how to … Continue reading
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‘Bitch’ Is Not Ok
On the Isiah Thomas hostile work environment case, the blogger at thefieldnegro writes: I have to take issue with Isiah for seeming to imply that it’s cool for ‘us’ to call our women bitches. By saying there is a different … Continue reading
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Camille Paglia Reviews Sperm, Ejaculation and Impotence
In the latest issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education (available here; free registration required), Camille Paglia reviews three books: Lisa Jean Moore’s Sperm Counts: Overcome by Man’s Most Precious Fluid; Murat Aydemir’s Images of Bliss: Ejaculation, Masculinity, Meaning; and … Continue reading
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Monster.com on “juggling the responsibilities of a job, a marriage, a household and parenting”
“If you’re juggling the responsibilities of a job, a marriage, a household and parenting, a little assertiveness goes a long way,” according to this article on monster.com. -Ralph Michael Stein
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“Nurture strikes back”
That’s the title of an article in the Economist that reports: Some sex differences that look biological are really cultural ONCE upon a time, the only ideologically acceptable explanations of mental differences between men and women were cultural. Any biologist … Continue reading
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“Batgirl” clip from 1966
Ooooof! Kapow! The sexism! And, best avoided if you are allergic to ham.
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Micro Enyzme Action from the 1970s
Watch here. Whew, when was the last time you saw men dominating a commercial for laundry detergent? And how did that football player get blood on his knee? –Ann Bartow
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Pink Solidarity Among Boys
The orginal story: ‘I’ve stood around too long’ Central Kings students wear pink to send bullies a message By IAN FAIRCLOUGH Valley Bureau CAMBRIDGE : Two students at Central Kings Rural High School fought back against bullying recently, unleashing a … Continue reading
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“Bill Maher = Woman-Hating, Child-Hating Idiot”
You can read the post by this name here. Or you can read one entitled “Bill Maher is a Misogynistic Anti-Breastfeeding Pig” here.
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“On Shame”
This post at Oh No a WoC PhD will really make you think.
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Did you Know There Was A Women Philosphers Website?
If not, now you do! Via the Knowledge and Experience blog.
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“Mujeres Making Movies”
From Colorlines: … Chica Luna’s signature program has become the F-Word, a multimedia justice project in New York City for 16-25-year-olds across the racial, sexual, economic, and linguistic spectrum. For five months, the young women learn about screenwriting, directing, producing, … Continue reading
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“Runaway Bride” Inspires Albuquerque PD
From the Albuquerque Official City Website (here): The Albuquerque Police Department is using a new recruitment technique that features APD spokeswoman Trish Hoffman unveiling a woman wearing running shoes and a wedding gown. “Running away from your current job? Call … Continue reading
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“Reading groups, readings, breakdowns of book sales all tell the same story: when women stop reading, the novel will be dead.”
So says writer Ian McEwan in this Guardian article. The NPR website currently hosts an op-ed by Eric Wiener entitled “Why Women Read More Than Men” which reports: Among avid readers surveyed by the AP, the typical woman read nine … Continue reading
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Feminism and Fashion
You may have seen this NYT article, “Before Models Can Turn Around, Knockoffs Fly.” It documents the push by elite members of the fashion industry to obtain copyright protection, or possibly formulate a new sui generis (stand alone) form of … Continue reading
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Divisive Dichotomies
This Situationist post describes a talk by Susan T. Fiske entitled”Venus and Mars, or Down to Earth?”Here is an excerpt: In her undergraduate courses in psychology, she couldn’t help noticing that”all the individual differences had a good end and a … Continue reading
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“Sworn Virgins”
From Our Bodies, Our Blog: Bet you thought I’d be writing about purity balls or promise rings. But not this time. The Chicago Tribune last week had a fascinating story about women in northern Albania who take an oath of … Continue reading
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Rape and Consent
Troubling essay about “gray rape” here. Eloquent and powerful feminist response here. And another one here.
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Obtaining a Degree In Graceful Submission
From the same group behind the 1998 Southern Baptist Convention that adopted this article of faith: “A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the church willingly submits to the headship of … Continue reading
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Economist article entitled: “Sex, shopping and thinking pink” reports alleged biologically based talent for shopping and preference for pink within “female brains.” Nope, I’m not buying it either.
I plan to obtain the actual data supposedly supporting what strikes me as completely preposterous conclusions in this article (chock full of evo-psych phrases like “the primordial bargain of human hunter-gatherer societies”), so that I can get a second opinion … Continue reading
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Grace Paley Has Died.
NYT story here. Short bio here. Update: Read Sally Greene’s eloquent remembrance here.
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Amananta’s Feminism 101
Excerpt from her latest post at Screaming Into The Void: … If the thought of a man wearing high heels, shaving his body, wearing powder puff pink, eating nothing but tiny salads to try to look no bigger than a … Continue reading
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Killing Us Softly 3: Advertising’s Image of Women
Trailer here and webpage here.
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No Fishing, Hiking or Golfing at the Glamorous Girls Camp
Lydia Houck, a nine-year-old girl in Windsor, Nova Scotia, was told (link is here) last week that she wouldn’t be allowed to attend a municipality-sponsored one-day fishing, hiking and golfing event for 5-to-12 year olds. Why? Because it … Continue reading
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Because Women and Men Need Different Kinds Of Diaper Bags
Daisy Gear versus Dad Gear
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Hair, Race, Politics, Law
Good grief! Via Feministing.
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Krishna Ravi Srinivas, “Intellectual Property Rights and Traditional Knowledge: The Case of Yoga”
Here is the abstract: Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) related to traditional knowledge (TK) have been controversial and there has been accusations of bio-piracy and unauthorized appropriation of TK in the form of patents etc. There were reports that patents on … Continue reading
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“When Amber Met Amber”
Read about artist Amber Hawk Swanson’s video To Have, To Hold, To Violate: The Making of Amber Doll, and related projects, here.
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Erasing History
The Philadelphia School District last year designated October as Gay and Lesbian History Month. After receiving a barrage of complaints, the school district decided at the end of last week to do away with Gay and Lesbian History Month. To … Continue reading
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Asterisk Those Sex Surveys
This article, run in the New York Times on Sunday, addresses the stereotype of heterosexual men being more sexually active than heterosexual women — basically, every self-reporting survey conducted on the topic indicates that men are significantly more sexually active. … Continue reading
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The Sex History Show
Podcasts “dedicated to uncovering how sex has shaped our history and our present.” Via the f-word where Jess McCabe notes: “Recent topics include the history of miscegenation in the US, and investigates who first coined”gay”words. Like, um,”gay”.” –Ann Bartow
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“Diversity and Community”
Public radio’s “On Point” aired a show today called “Diversity and Community” that featured Robert Putnam, Pat Buchanan and the always awesomely brilliant and articulate Lani Guinier, on diversity and community in America. You can listen to it here.
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The Evil Power of Trademarks
From Forbes.com: Foods Tastes Better With McDonald’s Logo, Kids Say 08.06.07, 12:00 AM ET MONDAY, Aug. 6 (HealthDay News) — Most 3- and 5-year-olds who taste-tested a variety of foods said they preferred the ones in the McDonald’s wrapper — … Continue reading
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“Hearing Women’s Voices: Digital Communities and Feminist Ethics”
Interesting (and well footnoted!) essay by blogger lauredhel that is accessible here. Below is an excerpt: A dilemma for the blog sociologist springs from the distributed, difficult-to-track nature of these ties between blogs. How can “community” be readily studied and … Continue reading
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“Thai police officers who break rules will be forced to wear hot pink armbands featuring “Hello Kitty,” the Japanese icon of cute, as a mark of shame, a senior officer said Monday.”
Anyone need me to explain why this is sexist and homophobic? –Ann Bartow
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Sex Segregated Mass Transit
After a NYT study found that 63% of NYC suway riders say they have been sexually harrassed, Jessica Valenti published a column at The Guardian entitled “Is segregation the only answer to sexual harassment?” In it she questions whether separate … Continue reading
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The KY Product Extension
Along with its full line of “intimacy products,” the makers of K-Y offer a “Relationship Registry” on its website. The Relationship Registry has you covered. From your shoe size to your favorite clothing store. From your fantasies to e-mail reminders … Continue reading
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Study Finds Obsesity Harder On Girls Than Boys
From Chron.com: Obese girls, often suffering from negative self-images as teenagers, are half as likely to attend college as girls who aren’t as overweight, according to a new study at the University of Texas. The same trend does not hold … Continue reading
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Antagonistic men valued, while angry women perceived ‘out of control’
From Scientific American: A man who gets angry at work may well be admired for it but a woman who shows anger in the workplace is liable to be seen as “out of control” and incompetent, according to a new … Continue reading
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“Taking A Break From Uppercase”
Lisa Jervis, editor of Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture, reviewed “Split Decisions: How and Why to Take a Break from Feminism” by Janet Halley at the Women’s Review of Books. Here is an excerpt: I admit I was predisposed … Continue reading
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Veritas Nec Concubitu
From the Chronicle of Higher Education (here, but registration and pay-subscription required), this story on a chastity-commitment club at Harvard: On a campus they describe as saturated with casual sex, Justin [Murray] and Sarah [Kinsella] have helped put abstinence on … Continue reading
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