Here we go again! You know the drill – feel free to post whatever you’d like, including links to your own stuff, in the comments.
New Blog: The Rape Crisis Blog
Blogging rape-related news stories, mostly from the USA. Looks like it could be a good resource. Check it out.
Women of Color Blog: The Truth of Brown Motherhood
I want to quote from this post, about being a mother of color in a racist society, but there are too many excellent bits to pick just one. Go read it.
Debatige: On The Practice of Women Taking Their Husband’s Names When They Marry
A Womb of Her Own: Excellent Post on Power, Politics, and Adoption
Reappropriate: Unbound Feet
Excellent, not-easily-summed-up post about sexism in the Asian American community, with attention to how racism against Asian American men is used by some men as a rationalization for their own racist sexist against Asian American women. See also this disturbing follow-up, about some of the reactions Jenn received to her “unbound feet” post.
Afghan Women’s Rights Leader Moves Every Night Because of Death Threats
Creative Destruction: Are Men Responsible?
Daran thinks he’s found a contradiction in my views.
Video: A Chink in the Armour
This 25-minute video, created by a Chinese Canadian filmmaker, takes a very funny look at Chinese stereotypes, testing Chinese Canadian volunteers on a number of stereotypes (driving test, math problems, how well they hold their drinks, etc). The last one was especially funny, I thought. Curtsy: Reappropriate.
Third Estate Sunday Review: Excellent Post On That Burger King “I Am Man” Commercial
Focusing on Helen Reddy.
Bitch | Lab: Ad Industry Portrays Men as Children Who Will Never Grow Up
Jay Sennet: Tampons are a Women’s Rights and a Human Rights Issue
Woman of Color Blog: To the Trans Community
Brownfemipower is a model of how people should approach becoming an ally. The discussion following the post is excellent, too – don’t skip it.
Fetch Me My Axe: Speculation about the source of misogyny: The ideology of “true love”?
Hit And Run: Anti-Smoking Activists Spread Statistical Lies About Secondhand Smoke
Immigrants Are Good For The US Economy
And not just the computer programmers.
Kaka Mak: A Feminist Defense of Paris Hilton
Noli Nothis: Defining Bigotry
A response to the “I don’t want to be labeled a bigot, but I think gay marriage shouldn’t be allowed” school of thought.
Feminist Law Professors: The Anti-Contraception Movement
And after you’ve read this excellent post, read further comments on it at The Debate Link.
Abyss2Hope: How Men Can Help Prevent Rape
Gothamist: Interview with Jessica (of Feministing)!
Language Log: How Meth Stings Frame Innocent Immigrants With Poor English Skills
Curtsy: Magicthise.
Plucky Punk: The “Pro-Family” Crowd Is In Fact Anti-Family
Think that drawing up a will and other legal documents in any way provides same-sex couples with the legal protections of a legally recognized marriage? Think again.
Written World: Don’t Step In The Meta-Text
Interesting discussion of how a DC comics writer has reconsidered a minor superhero, turning him from a mind-controlling good guy into a date rapist.
YouTube: Don’t believe racist stereotypes, or you’ll look like a hillbilly stereotype.
A textbook example of why just being against something, without actually having any analysis, isn’t enough. Remember, racism is bad because it makes individual white people ugly, and ugly people are bad. Curtsy: Blac(k)ademic. Some of the comments there are very on-target, check them out.
Livingston, I presume: On Giving Birth in Prague
When I tell people here that Connery was born in Prague, I inevitably get the question of whether I was scared to give birth in a place like the Czech Republic. My answer is always the same: If it came down to a choice just of the better place to have a baby, I would do it in the Czech Republic again in a heartbeat. There’s just no comparison. (Curtsy: Ezra Klien).
So, to recap: Bush appoints someone from his campaign to an important job: auditing Iraq reconstruction funds. That person turns out to be surprisingly independent, and discovers a lot of fraud. […] Our government’s response? Recategorize Iraqi reconstruction funds so that he doesn’t get to audit them anymore.
Majikthise: A reason to like Qwest
Not every phone company turned over its call records.
Daily Kos: How the Right Wins The War Of Ideas
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First, damn your eyes for linking that Written Word post; I’ve been meaning to say something about it for days. What I get for being slow, maybe. But more importantly second: you’ve conflated. The DC (or, more precisely, the Wildstorm) scenario is the fascinating (and deeply disturbing) metatext-play that spawns the discussion, something that shorn of its meta-metatextual context might be a powerfully horrific narrative trick, but it’s the context that’s important; the reconsideration of the glibly seductive telepath as a date-rapist was performed on a Marvel character.
And I can’t believe it’s me pointing this out to you.
Thanks for likning me!
Oops, the first time I comment here, and I misspell the word linking. Way to go, Melissa.
Pcha, no one cared about A Chink in the Armour when I first posted it on Shrub, but as soon as Jenn got a wiff of it, suddenly it’s getting press :P Not that I’m bitter or anything :)
It’s a good video worth watching, and the creator would love to have some feedback (I never did get around to doing a better analysis of it like I told him I’d try to do).
Regarding the Third Estate Sunday Review post: Song parodies are generally considered fair use, so it’s quite possible that they did this without Reddy’s approval. And since Reddy wrote the lyric, not the music, I’m not sure she has any control at all over how the music is used.
I’m not a lawyer, so I may well be wrong, but unless the author actually knows that Reddy approved this, I see no reason to assume that she did.
“Reappropriate: Unbound Feet. Excellent, not-easily-summed-up post about sexism in the Asian American community, with attention to how racism against Asian American men is used by some men as a rationalization for their own racist sexist against Asian American women. See also this disturbing follow-up, about some of the reactions Jenn received to her ‘unbound feet’ post.”
Do you want scary? This link was in the comments on her thread “Who I am and Who We Be” about Asian American heritage month and cultural appropriation. I think they’re the same people.
http://www.modelminority.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=18356&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
Well, I got it wrong, Kip, but I least I was sooner than you. :-)
Welcome, Melissa! I really like your blog, and I’m sure I’ll likn to it again in the future.
Tekanji, at least I linked to you about Burger King last week!
Brandon, the question isn’t if Reddy wrote the music, but if she owns (or co-owns) the copyright to the music. In pop music, the copyright is often owned by the publishing company; iirc, Reddy is an owner of the publishing company, and so it’s pretty likely she does own the music.
Given who she is and her history, I assume that if she sold the rights to use the music, it’s because she had a genuine need. I don’t begrudge her that, and neither should anyone else, imo.
The comments were in response to that mild post about appropriation.
I meant, “Do you want disturbing?” (and scary and gross!)
Thanks for the multiple links — terribly flattering! I also very much enjoyed the Written World post — even though I don’t follow She-Hulk, Ragnell is constantly taking comic-reading to a new level for me.
To nonwhiteperson, yeah, those are some pretty nasty folk, but they’re not the only ones raging against the foot-binding post. It seems that some men are incapable of distinguishing between discussion of sexism and male-bashing. That, and the expectation of us women ultimately falling in line to help the cause of men is everpresent. God forbid we try to develop a unique but connected narrative.
Hey, cool, thanks for the linkage!
I think it’s the same in all people of color communities but this is super-pronounced!
I’ll blogwhore here rather than in the Norah Vincent post:
I rang a talkback radio station here in Sydney to opine that using the term “wearing drag” to refer to transgendered folk who aren’t drag performers was at the very least insensitive, and I’d appreciate some feedback on my understanding of transgender/intergender gender presentation.
“A Chink In The Armour” is very interesting and sometimes hysterically funny – I laughed myself breathless at the last segment. Well worth watching.
Thank you for pulling my trackback of last week up the page, so to speak, and for continuing to spread awareness of the realities of the lives of women in Zimbabwe.
Ah, leave me with the crumbs! I see how it is! :o
Haha, in all seriousness, I don’t really mind. The video deserves to be seen. :) And I am happy that you linked my BK post. I’m always about spreading the love when it comes to deconstructing the cults of masculinity and femininity. ^_^
Also, I don’t think I’ve ever said it, but I really appreciate how you go out of your way to link people and posts (not just mine). I feel like you’re really committed to being part of the feminist community rather than just staying up in some blogsphere ivory tower like some of the other large feminist blogs.
I feel very flattered to be featured on one of my favorite blogs! Thanks!