Category Archives: Feminism and Culture

“Overzealous Big Pork Stomps on Breastfeeding Blogger”

READ THIS POST. Thank you. Okay, you don’t like getting bossed around? You refuse to click on that link without at least a hint about what you are getting into? Here is an excerpt of the linked post: …The Lactivist … Continue reading

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Nancy Wake

According to this website: Nancy Wake was the Allies’ most decorated servicewoman of WWII, and the Gestapo’s most-wanted person. They code-named her ‘The White Mouse’ because of her ability to elude capture. When war broke out she was a young … Continue reading

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Not That Too Many Academics Are Luxury Car Buyers Anyway…

But does this make you want to purchase a Mercedes? Me neither. The point, apparently, is that the S500 has eight airbags. I can only imagine what the gear shift looks like. –Ann Bartow

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Great Mike Luckovich Cartoon

From here, via The Dees Diversion.

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The Nonexistent “Studies” on Gendered Rates of Speaking Surface Again

This time within an idiotic article at Men’s Health entitled “The Secret Language of Men.” The piece starts out: The numbers say it all: In studies, women speak an average of 20,000 words a day. Men speak an average of … Continue reading

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Dianne Avery and Marion G. Crain, “Branded: Corporate Image, Sexual Stereotyping, and the New Face of Capitalism”

Abstract: In this Article, we show how the adoption of increasingly sophisticated forms of marketing and branding strategies by service businesses creates property-like interests separate and distinct from workers’ physical and mental labor, from which employers profit: “branded service.” We … Continue reading

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“A Girl Like Me”

Powerful video here. Via Girlistic.

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Raising awareness of breast cancer research by putting a violent message on a headless female torso.

Photo by techne, from here. Additional impassioned commentary at I Blame The Patriarchy.

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Are Sales Falling Because The Commercials Are Lousy, Or Because Miller Lite Beer Is Lousy?

I say both! In any event, as was discussed here last May, the Miller Brewing Co. had been running really awful “Man Laws” advertisements, which Amanda Marcotte at Pandagon gleefully notes have been terminated. Not clear whether it was the … Continue reading

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Arse Poetica Is Correct…

She has posted one of the best photographs ever taken. When you get to her blog, click on it to bring up a larger version. –Ann Bartow

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Micro Something, Probably

Blech. Via Feministing.

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The Copyrighted Anne Frank

Like so many people, I read The Diary Of A Young Girl as a child and was powerfully moved by it. The edition I obtained, published in the 1950s and loaned to me by my grandmother, had an Afterward that … Continue reading

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What was Bush Wearing? What Was Cheney Wearing? What was Autrey Wearing? What Was Webb Wearing?

Who knows? The only outfits mentioned in this NYT article about last night’s SOTU are Nancy Pelosi’s: Appearances were obviously important to Ms. Pelosi, who changed from the brown suit she had worn earlier in the day to a soft … Continue reading

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Ex-armory turns into porn site; SF Chron reporter delighted

Note the strikingly pro-porn slant of this SF Chron article: Kink, a Web-based pornography distributor, buys historic S.F. building to film its bondage movies A friendly band of San Francisco pornographers can’t wait to get inside the old armory on … Continue reading

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Pornographers Reluctant To Embrace “High Definition” Format Because It Makes The Female Actors Look Too Human

Revolting NYT story here. The basic thesis is that women will have to work harder at physical perfection (or at least a perfect appearance) if they want to appear in “high definition” pornography because porn consumers don’t want to see … Continue reading

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“The Sound the Stars Make Rushing Through the Sky: The Writings of Jane Johnston Schoolcraft”

From the publisher’s website: Introducing a dramatic new chapter to American Indian literary history, this book brings to the public for the first time the complete writings of the first known American Indian literary writer, Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (her English … Continue reading

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Three Strange and Disturbing Old Movie Trailers

Sellers of Girls Five Wild Girls The Pill All via Bedazzled.

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Katie Couric: “A Woman At The Table”

From Couric & Co.: Last Wednesday, President Bush gave his address to the country about “the new way forward”for Iraq, and lots of journalists:including me, of course:were in Washington to cover it. But before the Big Speech, there was the … Continue reading

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Hmmm…

Welcome to BritishReparations.org, the official site of the International Coalition for British Reparations. We are a global network of citizens who have suffered injuries at the hands of the British Empire over the last five hundred years. We’ve banded together … Continue reading

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Why Is It So Difficult To Talk About The Nexus Between Alcohol Consumption, and Sex That Is Uncomfortable, Unwanted, or Worse?

A while back a college student named Liz Funk posted an op-ed at Women’s e-news that drew a lot of criticism because it was rather appallingly framed in a way that made rape victims seem at least partly responsible for … Continue reading

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Tillie Olsen Memorial

Via the wonderful Sinister Girl: Tillie Olsen‘s family would like to let people in the San Francisco Bay Area know about her memorial celebration. Please circulate this information widely — the family is trying to get this information out to … Continue reading

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The Sewall-Belmont House and Museum in Washington, DC

From the Museum’s webpage:   The Sewall-Belmont House and Museum, on Capitol Hill, explores the evolving role of women and their contributions to society through the continuing, and often untold, story of women’s pursuit for equality. The Museum is the … Continue reading

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Internet Shaming

The WSJ reported: Last month, Eva Burgess was eating breakfast at the Rose Cafe in Venice, Calif., when she remembered she needed to make an appointment with her eye doctor. So the New York theater director got on her cellphone … Continue reading

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“Vancouver’s 69 Missing Women: Murdered by Men, Remembered by Women”

Read Heart’s post here. It features portaits…: …created by a group of artists troubled over the fact that photos of the missing women which appeared in newspapers were stark, dehumanizing mugshots, the women characterized as”prostitutes”or”hookers”   or”drug addicts,”as though any … Continue reading

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Celia R. Daileader, “Racism, Misogyny, and the Othello Myth”

From the publisher’s webpage: Through readings of texts spanning four centuries, and bridging the Atlantic – from genres as diverse as English Renaissance drama, abolitionist literature, gothic horror and contemporary romance – Daileader questions why Anglo-American culture’s most widely-read and … Continue reading

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Huck Finn

Go to playwright Nancy McClernan’s blog and read about her new play! Here’s an excerpt from one recent post: I’ve been reimagining Twain’s Tom/Huck stories since I was a little kid and my friend Laura and I wrote our own … Continue reading

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Accidentally Appearing In A Porn Movie Is So Hilarious

At least according to the NYT. And looking for the film he appeared in gives the author a reason to view lots of porn, accordind to the final sentences of the piece, because otherwise he didn’t have one. Or something.

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Woman in water drinking contest dies

The bottled water sellers lie: People with unfettered access to fluids suffer more frequently from overhydration (a.k.a. water intoxication) than from dehydration. See also. This woman apparently drank herself to death, trying to win a prize for her children. Update: … Continue reading

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Dorothy A. Brown, “Pensions and Risk Aversion: The Influence of Race, Ethnicity, and Class on Investor Behavior”

Here is the abstract: Defined Contribution plans have greatly expanded over the last two decades. Defined Contribution plans place the investment risk on employees. Employee investment decision making should be examined to determine whether those decisions are influenced by race, … Continue reading

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Cheerleaders

An article entitled “Equal Cheers for Boys and Girls Draw Some Boos” in today’s NYT reports: Thirty girls signed up for the cheerleading squad this winter at Whitney Point High School in upstate New York. But upon learning they would … Continue reading

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Tony Snow, Feminist Police Officer?

I always thought “feminist police” accusations were fictions deployed by thin skinned bullies to avoid circumspection or admitting error. But then I read this in the NYT: … During the hearing itself, Ms. Rice did not appear to take issue … Continue reading

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It’s Okay to Read Porn But Not To Appear Naked in Playboy?

That would be one conclusion to draw from this Yahoo News article: Sergeant in trouble for Playboy spread An Air Force staff sergeant who posed nude for Playboy magazine has been relieved of her duties while the military investigates, officials … Continue reading

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Elizabeth Rose Schiltz “Motherhood and the Mission: What Catholic Law Schools Could Learn from Harvard about Women”

Here is the abstract: This article argues that Catholic law schools have compelling reasons to pay close attention to a largely ignored part of the controversial speech given last year by the President of Harvard University, Lawrence H. Summers, about … Continue reading

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How Secure Is Your Wi-Fi Connection?

Not very, according to David Pogue.

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Sex Workers Speak

According to this BBC News article: “Prostitutes from across the world have been writing to the BBC News website about their lives following the murders of five prostitutes in eastern England.” Below are two excerpts: I work as a part-time … Continue reading

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“Babes Against Bush” Website No Longer Operative

Does this make you feel empowered? Or does it make you want to pull your hair out? Three years ago I was a subscriber to The Nation, which maintains a blog called ActNow!. Then in December of 2003, I read … Continue reading

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The “Ashley Treatment”

A BBC account is here, below is an excerpt: Parents of a severely disabled girl in the US have revealed that they are keeping her child-sized in order to give her a better life. The nine-year-old, named Ashley, has the … Continue reading

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“Project Implicit”

“Here you will have the opportunity to assess your conscious and unconscious preferences for over 90 different topics ranging from pets to political issues, ethnic groups to sports teams, and entertainers to styles of music. At the same time, you … Continue reading

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Ugh

Is the cheerleader costume really necessary?

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Sanctimony and Sex Work

From the blog “Sex Ed in Higher Ed” where a college human sexuality instructor writes: This semester, I had another former sex worker come talk to my class. Let’s call her Lauren. She was very different from Kiki. Polished. Articulate. … Continue reading

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Now I’ve seen everything!

“Housework cuts breast cancer risk” The headline could of course have put a different spin on the finding that “moderate forms of physical activity, such as housework, may be more important than less frequent but more intense recreational physical activity … Continue reading

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Susette Kelo Isn’t Over It

According to this article: “The text of the holiday card that Susette Kelo sent to members of the New London Development Corp., city officials, and others involved in taking her house to make way for private development: Here is my … Continue reading

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“With five solid chunks of chocolate, it’s a man sized eat!”

“Yorkies” man sized chunks are for sale in my local World Market. From Nestle’s Yorkie website: YORKIE – “IT’S NOT FOR GIRLS” In 2001 the Yorkie “It’s Not for Girls” campaign was launched because, in today’s society, there aren’t many … Continue reading

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“Dark Tink” is”the bad girl side of Miss Bell that Walt never saw.”

At least according to this NYT article, in which Peggy Orenstein expresses confusion and concern about the popularity of Disney princess merchandise and the princess meme generally that is apparently wildly popular with girls in this country. Here are a … Continue reading

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Not A Very Nice Tee Shirt

Manufactured by the Route 66 clothing company and for sale at KMart. Whoa, stunning commentary remix by Chris Clarke here.

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The Lipstick Lesbian Page

Interesting webpage, that features this description: The purpose of this site is to make it possible for us Lipstick Lesbians to find our Web resources. If you put “Lipstick Lesbian” into a search engine, you’ll get a whole bunch of … Continue reading

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We’ll All Feel Gay When Johnny Comes Marching Home.

Watch this toy commercial from the 1960s all the way through and see if it makes you want to bonk your head on your computer monitor. Don’t miss the final chilling sentence. Via Sparkle*Matrix.

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Elizabeth Anderson on Feminist Epistemology

Elizabeth Anderson has made her article, Knowledge, Human Interests, and Objectivity in Feminist Epistemology available online. It’s highly recommended by Larry Solum for anyone interested in the theoretical foundations of feminist theory.

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CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF LAW & CULTURE FELLOWSHIP

The Center for the Study of Law and Culture at Columbia University invites applications for residential fellowships for the 2007-2008 academic year to undertake research, writing and discussion in ways that span traditional academic disciplines. The CSLC welcomes scholars from … Continue reading

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“What Not To Crochet”

I agree with the commenter who said it looks scratchy.

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