{"id":1396,"date":"2005-03-10T08:43:09","date_gmt":"2005-03-10T16:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2005\/03\/10\/this-that-and-of-course-the-other\/"},"modified":"2005-03-10T08:43:09","modified_gmt":"2005-03-10T16:43:09","slug":"this-that-and-of-course-the-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=1396","title":{"rendered":"This, that, and of course the other"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mousewords.blogspot.com\/2005\/03\/no-you-really-dont-have-to-sleep-with.html\">Amanda at Mouse Words<\/a> discusses the tendency for guys being pissed off at women they hit on  unsuccessfully &#8211; and the bizarre tendency of other folks to validate these guys&#8217; anger.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Bean, who probably knows more about woman-battering than anyone else in the blogoverse, discusses <a href=\"http:\/\/coolbeanscool.blogspot.com\/2005\/03\/why-doesnt-she-just-leave_04.html\">why women stay with batterers.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Also on Bean&#8217;s blog, check out this not-comprehensive-but-still-damned-extensive <a href=\"http:\/\/coolbeanscool.blogspot.com\/2005\/03\/invisibility-of-feminism.html\">list of feminist magazines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a pro-Palestinian-rights American activist trying to get into Israel, against the Israeli government&#8217;s wishes? Well, then, you should <a href=\"http:\/\/www.walkfree.blog.com\/136437\/\">read this fascinating blog post<\/a>. Brrrr. Via <a href=\"http:\/\/jewssansfrontieres.blogspot.com\/2005\/03\/israel-rejects-nice-jewish-girl.html\">Jews san frontieres<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sarahlynn.blogspot.com\/2005\/03\/violence-and-fat.html\">Two things Sarahlynn likes about being fat.<\/a> (Okay, Sarahlynn said &#8220;overweight,&#8221; but I like the word &#8220;fat&#8221; better, politically.)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediagirl.org\/2005\/03\/class-warfare-and-whos-waging-it-part-1\">Media Girl<\/a> discusses the class warfare inherent in bankruptcy &#8220;reform.&#8221; She also links to this rightfully <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2005\/3\/4\/9176\/09929\">pissed off Daily Kos post<\/a> listing some of the humane and decent amendments to the &#8220;reform&#8221; that Republicans shot down.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Speaking of Republican humanitarianism, the <i>Washington Post<\/i> reports that the Bush administration has been<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/articles\/A56611-2005Feb26.html\"> lying about research on needle exchange programs<\/a>, in order to justify defunding those programs. I guess they feel that needless deaths of drug addicts are justified if the result might save some rich people a few dollars come tax time. Via <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.salon.com\/0002762\/2005\/03\/07.html#a807\">Drug WarRant<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>In the pro-life imagination, doctors who provide abortion are cold-hearted mercenaries motivated by a combination of baby-hatred and greed. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonmagazine.com\/ArticleDisplay.php?id=495\"><i>Boston Magazine<\/i> provides a well-written reality check.<\/a> Via <a href=\"http:\/\/thirdwaveagenda.blogspot.com\/2005\/03\/confessions-of-abortion-provider.html\">Third Wave Agenda<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>There&#8217;s no question that in an ideal world, teens considering abortion or childbirth would always consult with their parents. But this world isn&#8217;t ideal, and ham-handed attempts to use legislation to force girls in unideal circumstances to report to their parents can carry incredibly harmful consequences. Third Wave Agenda has some real-life <a href=\"http:\/\/thirdwaveagenda.blogspot.com\/2005\/03\/parental-consent-horror-stories.html\">parental-consent horror stories<\/a> to consider.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Activists are arguing that women around the world are worse off now than they were ten years ago, according to this AP article quoted on <a href=\"http:\/\/trishwilson.typepad.com\/blog\/2005\/03\/women_said_wors.html\">Trish Wilson&#8217;s blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>What She Says! has added <a href=\"http:\/\/the-goddess.org\/whatshesaid\/2005\/03\/more-women-bloggers.html\">a list of conservative women bloggers<\/a>, thanks to Lesley from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.houseofplum.com\/plumcrazy\/\">Plum Crazy<\/a>. Neat!<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heartofcanada.typepad.com\/randomthoughts\/2005\/03\/blogging_in_spi.html\">TZ at Heart of Canada<\/a> discusses groupthink among leading bloggers: &#8220;I read Instapundit, sometimes, Vodkapundit a little more often, and I occasionally glance around the beltway. What stands out about most of the higher beings in the ecosystem, in my opinion, is their striking lack of originality in writing. Many operate on a &#8220;cool links&#8221; basis, pointing to the interesting novelty item or hot news story of the day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amanda at Mouse Words discusses the tendency for guys being pissed off at women they hit on unsuccessfully &#8211; and the bizarre tendency of other folks to validate these guys&#8217; anger. Bean, who probably knows more about woman-battering than anyone &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=1396\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-link-farms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1396\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}