Sweetness

Obama signs the Fair Pay Act: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/us/politics/30ledbetter-web.html?hp

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Intersexuality

Irene showed me this. Click here It’s broken down into 4 videos, and adding them up results in 30 minutes of documentary about intersexuality.

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Cultural Relativism and Feminism

A discussion that arose with a conservative (male) friend earlier this week has left me with conflicting thoughts that I need to share. He accused me of being a cultural imperialist because I identify as a feminist. I defined feminism, in this discussion, as the belief in political, social, and economic equality of the sexes. [...]

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Constructing Gender Inequality

This is from “Sex, Culture, and Justice: The Limits of Choice” by Clare Chambers. I think it’s a really intelligent clarification of the idea that “gender is a social construct”, a phrase oft-invoked but rarely explained: “In Masculine Domination, Bourdieu asks why gender inequality has persisted throughout history despite significant social change. In general, Bourdieu [...]

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Towelhead: Nothing is Private

I just watched “Towelhead: Nothing is Private” on surfthechannel.com and I can’t recommend it enough.  The film focuses on a 13-year-old, half Lebanese girl named Jazeera and contrary to the title, the movie dedicates much more time to gender issues and the complex relationship between gender and race, than to race issues alone.  The film, [...]

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Getting Started

I decided I should start reading some feminist literature, but I’m not sure where to start.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.  My first priority is the classics, but I won’t poo poo any good, modern stuff. Much love!

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Funny Ladies

Lucierohan brings up a good idea here. And something that bugs me to no end. I’m so tired of the whole women aren’t funny thing. They are. Sometimes they’re on television. But more than likely the person on your television screen is male. But hey, that happens beyond just comedy. But then people tell me [...]

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Funny Bone Not Included: When Good Women Make Bad Dick Jokes

This started out as a post about how guilty I felt about listening to crude comedy, but it turned into something almost completely different. The stand-up profession is horribly sexist, and this perpetuates the assumption that (I’m sure you’ve heard it often) “women aren’t funny.”  In fact, Christopher Hitchens, a writer I usually really like, [...]

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I want YOU to be queer.

Here’s why! Many argue that homosexuality is not a choice—that we are born with an attraction to certain gender-identifications that define us for the rest of our lives. I think this is a well-intentioned argument from the gay pride movement that actually leaves no room for sexual fluidity. Sexual orientation is a social construct. We [...]

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Terrifying

Here’s an article about girls who get burning acid thrown on their face just for going to school. AAAAHHHH!!! What is this world that we live in?!!

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