Category Archives: Gender and the Body

My Daughter's Vagina, Part 7

Posted on December 13, 2007 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 The students in a remedial composition class I’m teaching during my second semester as a college professor are reading aloud and commenting on fables they’ve written over the … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Gender and the Body, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues, Sexism hurts men | 25 Comments

The "Ransom Notes" Campaign

Posted on December 12, 2007 by Kay Olson

We have your son.We are destroying his ability for social interaction and driving him into a life of complete isolation. It’s up to you now…Asperger’s Syndrome The NYU Child Study Center has a new public education campaign designed to create … Continue reading →

Posted in Disabled Rights & Issues, Fat, fat and more fat, Gender and the Body, Media criticism | 56 Comments

Disembodied Breasts

Posted on November 8, 2007 by Mandolin

Melissa MacEwan has a remarkable post up documenting sixty-five examples of “gag gifts” which represent disembodied breasts. There are popsicles shaped like breasts (as above), pillows shaped like breasts, pasifiers shaped like breasts, frying pans made to make breast eggs, … Continue reading →

Posted in Gender and the Body | 10 Comments

Woman recieves no punishment for nonconsensually piercing her 13-year-old daughter’s genitals

Posted on October 31, 2007 by Myca

This is absolutely shattering. In short, the situation is that a Florida woman, in order to deal with her 13 year old daughter ‘having sex with older men’, shaves her head and forcibly pierces her genitals, so as to make … Continue reading →

Posted in Gender and the Body, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 32 Comments

All the Happy, Kinky People

Posted on October 22, 2007 by Mandolin

Here’s my stab at creating a different kind of feminist BDSM discussion. Anyone want to post their happy BDSM stories? Actually, can we broaden that to happy kink stories? Happy stories of the joys of non-mainstream sexuality — asexuals so … Continue reading →

Posted in BDSM issues, Gender and the Body | 19 Comments

Study Finds: Positive Attitudes Don't Slow or Cure Cancer

Posted on October 22, 2007 by Mandolin

Now that I’ve knocked Pharyngula a few times, I guess I’ll do a post favoring some good ol’ enlightenment rationalism, based on this study from the BBC. An oft-touted example of mind over matter is the efficacy of optimism in … Continue reading →

Posted in Gender and the Body, Mind-blowing Miscellania and other Neat Stuff, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 12 Comments

Yes, Fat Lady, You Too Can Be Objectified: Examining the Objectification of Fat Women Through the Lenses of Feminism and Fat Rights

Posted on October 15, 2007 by Mandolin

[Bumped by Amp because I think this is a really good post, but it appeared over the weekend when we have fewer readers.] On October 3 (oy, I take a long time to write posts), Shakespeare’s Sister wrote a post … Continue reading →

Posted in Fat, fat and more fat, Gender and the Body | 5 Comments

Feminist Author and Martial Artist, Nancy Jane Moore, Starts Self-Defense Blog

Posted on October 8, 2007 by Mandolin

Feminist author and martial artist, Nancy Jane Moore, has started a blog on blogspot to help women discuss ways to defend themselves. Here’s her release: As some of you know, I’m working on a book on self defense. My goal … Continue reading →

Posted in Gender and the Body | 9 Comments

Indymedia: for heterosexual men's gratification

Posted on October 3, 2007 by Maia

I’ve never believed the hype about indymedia (for good reason). I think that if you take a space and make it equally open to all then you don’t get utopia; you get a replication of all the existing power imbalances … Continue reading →

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My Daughter's Vagina, Part 5

Posted on September 28, 2007 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 “Are you a virgin?” I”d been trying to ask Jennifer this question almost from the moment our relationship had become physical. She looked surprised, but not–as I had feared–offended. “Are you?” she … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Gender and the Body | 13 Comments