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“Rape looms large over Haiti slums”
So reports this BBC article, which starts out: Human rights organisation Amnesty International is calling on the Haitian government to do more to tackle the widespread rape of girls, often by gangs of armed men. The Amnesty International report is … Continue reading
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Former First Cat Blogging
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Gender Gap Election Update
From the Feminist Weekly News: A wide gender gap played a key role in Anchorage mayor Mark Begich’s victory over Republican incumbent Ted Stevens, who has served six terms in the Senate. Though Begich won this razor-close race by less … Continue reading
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On Tea Drinking, Diplomacy, Politics and Feminism
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Hillary Clinton Got The Most Votes Of Any “Write-In” Presidential Candidate In Duval County Florida. She Even Outperformed Jesus!
This news outlet reports: Some voters expecting to vote for Barack Obama or John McCain two weeks ago were surprised to see 11 other names on the ballot. But 736 voters in Duval County weren’t happy with any of the … Continue reading
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“The ‘Bitch’ and the ‘Ditz'”
That’s the title of this article in New York Magazine. The subtitle is: How the Year of the Woman reinforced the two most pernicious sexist stereotypes and actually set women back. Below is an excerpt: …This was an election cycle … Continue reading
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Nationwide Coordinated Protests Against California’s Proposition 8 Tomorrow!
More general information here. The Columbia, SC incarnation convenes at the State House at 1:30 pm. -Ann Bartow
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“Power & Sex: America’s War on Sexual Rights”
Faye Wattleton, Katha Pollitt, Dagmar Herzog and Lynn Paltrow moderated by Michelle Fine How will the new administration handle the feminist agenda? Obama’s victory and the vote against abortion bans in Colorado and South Dakota brought some sexual rights back … Continue reading
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What Will Whiteness Mean in the Obama Years?
Two interesting essays: This one (from whence I borrowed the title for this post) at Diary of an Anxious Black Woman, and this one, entitled Propositioning Privilege, at WoC PhD. –Ann Bartow
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“Boobs for Burma: Can Sex Sell Human Rights?”
Great post at The Feminist Underground that will make you angry, but in a productive way. It’s a pretty fantastic blog generally so you might want to check out other posts there too.
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Women Put Obama In Office: Will His Appointments Reflect This?
Women’s votes made all the difference, and Obama could not have won without us. See also, see also. Unfortunately, the majority of women also voted in favor of Proposition 8 in California, although in somewhat smaller numbers than men. We … Continue reading
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Canadians Seem Very Happy About Obama’s Victory
Spent yesterday in Sumter, South Carolina doing voter protection, but today I am in Canada, and everyone here I’ve spoken to is thrilled about Obama replacing Bush as US President. No more wars, is the fervent hope I keep hearing … Continue reading
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Early morning after: ballot initiatives and progressive House candidates
Since you write the blog you want to read, I decided to concentrate last night on the ballot initiatives and down ballot races that I thought progressives would be most interested in. What strikes me the morning after is … Continue reading
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Congratulations to Bev Perdue, North Carolina’s first woman governor!
Charlotte Observer account of her victory here. Excerpts below: Lt. Gov. Bev Perdue rode a national tide of Democratic support Tuesday to become the first female governor of North Carolina. Perdue, who has held office in Raleigh for nearly … Continue reading
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Because in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.
To my friends and colleagues who rejoice this morning, with an extra special shout out to Susan Kuo and Danielle Holley-Walker: Yes We Did. As Tony Infanti has already noted, there is still a lot of work to do. But … Continue reading
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Early Election Returns
As Obama is now slated to become the next President of the United States, it appears that voters in South Dakota and Colorado have voted down the anti-choice ballot measures that were up in their states. Now we just … Continue reading
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Another Overview of William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (the TVPRA)
This is the Statement of Jessica Neuwirth, President of Equality Now, to the New York City Council 6/11/08: I want to start by thanking the New York City Council for this opportunity to testify on the subject of the William … Continue reading
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College Papers Back Obama, 63 to 1
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Number of Women Guests Scheduled For Today’s Political News Shows…
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Synchronized Presidential Debating
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Can you spot the Feminist Law Prof in this portion of a photo of the 1991 Harvard Law Review?
On the far left is Jim Chen, Feminist Law Prof and Dean of the University of Louisville School of Law. On the far right is Georgetown Law Prof and widely cited copyright law scholar Julie Cohen. That guy in the … Continue reading
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If You Live in California, Vote No on Proposition 8
From this Feminist Law Prof co-authored Op-Ed: Fifty years from now, we will surely look back, with shame, at society’s mistreatment of people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (“LGBT”). It is an unfortunate feature of democracies that the … Continue reading
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DEFINE THIS! 2nd Annual Women of Color Conference in Greensboro, NC on November 14th & 15th, 2008
The Feminist Majority Foundation is proud to partner with Bennett College for Women to bring you DEFINE THIS! 2nd Annual Women of Color Conference in Greensboro, NC on November 14th & 15th, 2008. This two-day conference goes beyond awareness-raising and … Continue reading
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Samantha Bee on John McCain, Abortion, and Women’s Health
When I get back from paternity leave next week, I’ll start posting more substantive items again, but in the meantime, here’s a great clip from the Daily Show earlier this week. In it (starting at about 2:50 – although … Continue reading
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Sign of the Times, In Houston
The fetus is waving a flag, and appears to be sitting on top of a revolver. Think it can see Russia from there? –Deana Pollard Sacks
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Remember the “liberal” who wrote that he wanted to have sex with Sarah Palin on his Barack Obama sheets while his wife read aloud from the Constitution? Now he says he is “thinking that maybe Sarah Palin is a special needs child.”
Michael Seitzman wrote that in this HuffPo column entitled, wait for it, The Lyin’, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Is it fair to criticize Palin on the merits (or lack thereof) of the substance of what she was saying? Absolutely. … Continue reading
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Dems play both sides of abortion politics in congressional races
Two contrasting views of the Democratic Party’s use of the abortion issue in this year’s election have emerged in recent press reports. When one reads them together, a fascinating picture emerges of how the Dems are deploying and funding … Continue reading
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Because Presidential Elections Are All About Hotness and Sexual Availability?
For Democrats? Via. Note that at the bottom it says “Sarah Palin is not a woman’s choice.” Well guess what, neither is this stupid, condescending and offensive poster. See also. And for Republicans? Via. Yo Republicans, your complaints about the … Continue reading
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“Feminists for Obama”
If McCain and Palin win, Women Lose. Eleanor Smeal, President of Feminist Majority, says, “Obama/Biden are running on the strongest platform for women’s rights of any major party in U.S. history”. That’s why Feminist Majority launched www.FeministsForObama.org, a side-by-side comparison … Continue reading
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Catharine MacKinnon’s Endorsement of Obama
Professor Catharine MacKinnon’s editorial endorsing Barack Obama appears in today’s Wall Street Journal (of all places!). It is titled “Obama is the Way Forward for Women: Abortion Rights and Equal Pay Are at Stake in the Election” and focuses … Continue reading
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CFP Succotash: critical reflections on the 2008 U.S. Presidential campaigns
Eds. MarÃa Ochoa, Alvina Quintana, Myra Mendible, Barbara K. Ige We seek papers that provide a variety of critical frames for the many, indeed thousands, of exchanges–––formal and informal, analytical and reflective–––that are brought about and sustained by the 2008 … Continue reading
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“Topless Sarah Palin lookalike contest”
In Vegas. Via. Because sexualizing Sarah Palin is a great way to disparage her. See also, see also, see also, most revoltingly of all, see also.
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Women for McCain
Comedian Katie Halper has made a compelling spoof video entitled “Women for McCain.” It’s worth watching and sending to anyone you know who cares about women’s rights but also might be thinking about voting for McCain: Women for McCain … Continue reading
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“Female Fighters” – an account of a female battalion of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK.
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Racism, Sexism and Political Blogging
A McCain supporter is getting well deserved censure for posting a picture of Obama paired with the image of a noose, with the words “asphyxtiation, the Fucking Solution.” You can read about it and see the image here. This is … Continue reading
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Featuring a woman on its currency for first time leads to debate in Turkey
From this article: … With the coming change in Turkey’s currency, there will be, for the first time in Turkish history, a picture of a woman — Fatma Aliye, Turkey’s first female novel writer — on a Turkish banknote, and … Continue reading
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“The through-the-legs shot is the upskirt shot with a velvet glove”
So opines Feminist Law Prof Jim Chen, who asks whether anyone would have published comparable shots of Joe Biden or Barack Obama or John McCain: October 8th Reuters photo of Sarah Palin: March 2007 Associated Press photo of Hillary Clinton: … Continue reading
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Same Sex Victory in Connecticut – A Real One!
Just got word that the Connecticut Supreme Court found an equal right to marry – yup, “marry,” in the state constitution. Not civil unions. Marriage. Here’s the short version from my good friend Dan Krisch, whose firm, Horton, … Continue reading
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Politics, Feminism and Firsts
Echidne of the Snakes has written a brilliant essay about the current state of political discourse among the Supposedly Liberal Doods. Below are a few excerpts, but you should go read the whole thing. … The first black and/or female … Continue reading
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Abortion and the Supreme Court: One Depressing Possibility
I got an e-mail from RH Reality Check today plugging a series of posts about abortion, framed with the title: “The Supreme Court Hangs In The Balance.” I’d like to offer the competing opinion that the Supreme Court has already … Continue reading
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“An organic wine from Chile has oenophiles in San Francisco turning up their noses. But there’s nothing wrong with the wine. It’s the name that bothers them….In Houston, Palin Syrah has been flying off the shelves at Cepage Noir Wine Company.”
So says this article, which also reports: … Since McCain picked Sarah Palin, Palin Syrah has caused as many heated debates among wine shoppers as the candidate has among voters. “We’ve had couples come in and one in the couple … Continue reading
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White Privilege Filtered Through Male Privilege
Skylanda at Echidne of the Snakes writes: Apparently I’m the last liberal on the block to get forwarded a copy of Tim Wise’s latest missive on racism in America. I hadn’t heard of Tim Wise before, but maybe you have. … Continue reading
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“That Nucular Thing”
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Nudity, Gender, Art and Politics
Traipse through any art museum and, though it was controversial in its time, you will see lots of paintings like this Manet: The men are clothed, the women are naked. Activist group The Guerilla Girls trenchantly observed: And it … Continue reading
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Do Women Hate Sarah Palin Because She Is “Too Pretty” and “Too Confident”?
Time Magazine thinks so. Well, one Time Magazine writer, and her editors and publisher, anyway. Here’s an excerpt: What the Democrats learned during the primaries and the Republicans might now be finding out the hard way, I learned at my … Continue reading
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Where Feminism, Copyright Law and This Interminable Election Intersect
Above is a recent New Yorker cover mocking Sarah Palin. The drawing is a parody of one of the New Yorker’s most famous covers: It was drawn by the late Saul Steinberg, and titled “View of the World from 9th … Continue reading
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Inverview With Congressional Rep. Carolyn Maloney About Her New Book, “Rumors of Our Progress Have Been Greatly Exaggerated”
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Sarah Palin’s Beauty Pageant Video
Egalia at Tennessee Guerilla Women points how here that blogs linking to Sarah Palin’s 1984 beauty pageant swimsuit competition are attempting to trivialize her for doing something traditionally feminine when she was young, using this HuffPo piece as an example. … Continue reading
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