more about PETA

Feministing has some thoughts on PETA, thought y’all might be interested: 020517.html

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sometimes commercials are great.

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Adorable Bunnies Campaign For Emergency Contraception – Bunny Emergency Contraception Ad – Jezebel

Because bunnies are cute, and reproductive access is sexy. more about "Adorable Bunnies Campaign For Emergen…", posted with vodpod

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health care bill, etc.

this article really doesn’t say much about most of the issues we are concerned with here on GA, but this one paragraph is revealing. what i like about alternet is that it at least bothers to insert some feminist analysis into the news. While the bill doesn’t come close to fulfilling the promise of the [...]

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gaga associates with cool people: another reason why i love her

I know I’ve been kind of binge-posting lately, but I thought y’all might find this article interesting. detail.asp?page=1&id=26601 I know not all of us are on the Lady Gaga fan train, but I think this article is a fine example of a positive quality of Lady Gaga: she sometimes picks  really rad people to work [...]

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On all that plastic shit you throw away every day

So I have these causes that I talk about. Veganism… Anti-racism… Feminism… Fat Positivism… Sex Positivism… Environmentalism… And you know there’s always this tipping point in my mind. Someone or something gets me more or less climbing on board with the cause, then there’s this ultimate point that flings me completely on deck. Like there’s [...]

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Teeth: Biting off more than you would ever want to chew? No hetero.

So I just watched the movie Teeth. This is one rich film for a feminist. I highly recommend watching it. If you want to watch it before I give away the plot, I know you can find it for free at Surfthechannel… or you could, like, pay to watch it. Not like I did, but [...]

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Representations of Sex/uality

Or, alternatively titled: “Making the Brown Sex Week 2010 Poster” (This is a cross-post from the SHEEC blog/my blog) My goals were that the poster: Wouldn’t imply a certain relationship status Wouldn’t be objectifying and just like any other ad on TV Wouldn’t be heteronormative (and ideally not homonormative, either, which is…not easy to do–most [...]

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Lady Gaga’s New Video!!! ZOMG. But really, also, let’s discuss.

Juicy. Lady Gaga. Juicy. Some things to ponder… Lesbian prison scenes! Why in a prison? Gaga’s sexually ambiguous relationship with Beyoncé! Is it just me or did they make Beyoncé whiter??? Use of the Kill Bill “Pussy Wagon”: feminist reclamation or glorification of (faux) girl power movie? Resemblance to Thelma & Louise “To be continued…” [...]

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MEN WHO RAPE (i.e. longest post ever and what’s more is that it’s littered with discussion questions)

this is hardly a news flash but jaxiefriend shared it with me and i wanted to refresh our collective memory… Lisak started with a simple observation. Most of what we know about men who commit rape comes from studying the ones who are in prison. But most rapes are never reported or prosecuted. So Lisak, [...]

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