You know you’re on vacation when you’re spending your nights eating batches of vegan brownies and watching television till 2am. Truth is, I watch all the ooewy gooey romantic movies that are on the television, and what’s worse, I’ll watch them over and over again. It’s not simply a guilty pleasure. It’s a bizarre addiction [...]
Archive for December, 2009
“Chick” Flicks, Romantic Comedies, Brownie Binges and Other Unhealthy Habits
Posted in Uncategorized on December 31, 2009 | 6 Comments »
The racial politics of Avatar
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged fetishization, media, racism, sexualization on December 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The racial politics of Avatar If Jake’s attraction is primarily sexual, it has to be interpreted through the historical White fetishization of women of color. From the slave masters’ midnight visits to the contemporary exoticization of Asian and Black female sexuality, women of color have served as the leading figures of White sexual fantasies. In [...]
Commentary: Using Sexism to Promote Animal Rights
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged animal rights, commodification, pornography, sexism on December 28, 2009 | 6 Comments »
A podcast, by Gary Francione although i do not like this deep manly man voice giving all this wisdom, i wanted to share it anyway. thoughts?
what do parahumans have to do with gender?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged gender, government, law, parahuman, species on December 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Crossposted at Vegans of Color I. Parahumans only vaguely exist at this point. They remain embryo’s grown, destroyed, and harvested for stem cells. Some how a scientist mixing human dna with animal dna is not the ethical conundrum that growing a 100% homo sapiens embryo for harvest is. II. Have you heard of H.R. 5910? It [...]
Israeli Women (of the Wall) Protest Orthodox Tradition
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged feminism, Israel, nytimes on December 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A group of Israeli feminists recently gathered at the Western Wall to pray and protest cultural and legal clothing restrictions. A ruling by the Israeli Supreme Court made women wearing the tallit punishable by a fine or jail time. Women who have worn the tallit in public have faced verbal and physical persecution. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/22/world/middleeast/22jerusalem.html?_r=1&ref=global-home WOW [...]
Happy Birfday Gender Agenda!
Posted in Uncategorized on December 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Hey! Did you know Gender Agenda has lived for more than a year?! We’re awesome! And now a song about us:
“Objectivity is the name men have given to their own subjectivity”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged male privilege, science, sexism, violence against women on December 14, 2009 | 12 Comments »
This is part of an essay that I wrote for my Domestic Violence class, that I’m a little proud of… This is a segment of it, I tried to put it in context, but I think it’s still pretty accessible. Let me know if you want to read the rest or need more explanation, I [...]
“menopause, as brought to you by big pharma”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cultural shame, exploitation, menopause, nytimes on December 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
From this NYT article: In the popular 1966 book “Feminine Forever,” Dr. Robert A. Wilson, a gynecologist, used disparaging descriptions of aging women (“flabby,” “shrunken,” “dull-minded,” “desexed”) to upend the prevailing idea of menopause as a normal stage of life. Women and their physicians, Dr. Wilson wrote, should regard menopause as a degenerative disease that [...]
Let’s Cure Gay Hate Instead
Posted in Uncategorized on December 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This dude is scary. more about "Let’s Cure Gay Hate Instead", posted with vodpod
Spreading Christmas Cheer Through Charity…
Posted in Uncategorized on December 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
…unless you’re an illegal immigrant. According to the Houston Chronicle, some Houston charities are requiring that parents show photo identification/proof of citizenship before their children get toys: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6746254.html “Those who do check immigration status or other qualifications say they are trying to ensure they make the best decisions about whom to help. ’We want to [...]
