{"id":2043,"date":"2006-01-03T13:33:36","date_gmt":"2006-01-03T20:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=2043"},"modified":"2006-01-03T13:33:36","modified_gmt":"2006-01-03T20:33:36","slug":"link-farm-and-open-thread-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=2043","title":{"rendered":"Link Farm and Open Thread #4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are some links I’ve read lately. As usual, please feel free to write about whatever you’d like in the comments, including links to your own stuff if you want.\n\n

UPDATE<\/strong>: Lauren at Femniste just posted her own “link farm,”<\/a> although she calls it a “corral.” Anyway, we overlap a bit, but she has lots of excellent links I missed, so check it out.<\/p>\n

Excellent Source of Information on the Sudan Crisis<\/strong><\/a>
\nThis blog collects Eric Reeves’ articles about the ongoing genocide in Sudan. I don’t think there’s any more essential issue in the world right now. (And yet, I’ve barely ever written about it. I guess I don’t feel I have much to say, beyond impotent expressions of horror). Via The Reality-Based Community<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Chivalry Isn’t Dead, But It Should Be<\/strong><\/a>
\nTekanji makes the case against chivalry. My second-favorite blog post I’ve read this week.<\/p>\n

Women’s Rights Laws and African Customs Clash<\/strong><\/a>
\nThis New York Times<\/em> article describes the conflict between activists pushing for laws favoring women’s rights, and the desire of tribal leaders to preserve misogynistic traditions such as publicly checking teenage girls genitalia to certify virginity.<\/p>\n

Year In Review (bad-news, cartoon version)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Year In Review (gains for women’s rights around the world version)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Year In Review: Top Ten News Stories About Women In 2005<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Oriental Vagina?<\/strong><\/a>
\nThe best post I’ve read on any blog this week (yes, it was posted two weeks ago, but I only just now read it). Jenn at Reappropriate, an asian american feminist, discusses auditioning for a production of The Vagina Monologues<\/em> and being cast in a part solely for her race.<\/p>\n

Shakespeare’s Sister on The Boy Crisis in Education<\/strong><\/a>
\nContrary to what I argued in recent posts, a USA Today article says that now it’s middle-class white boys who are having the most dramatic fall-off in college attendance. I plan to research the data more in the new year. Shakespeare’s Sister blames it on the rising tide of anti-intellectualism among right-wing Americans, and also on the fact that white men with high school degrees earn almost as much as white women with college degrees<\/a>. (Edited to correct factual error.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Super-Excellent Post About Family, Expectations and Education<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Last Saturday, Johnson defied the naysayers and graduated from the University of Michigan with a master’s degree in social work. Next month, she begins a job working with the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan.<\/p>\n

But her successes are still bittersweet.<\/p>\n

“People say I should be proud because of what I’ve accomplished as a teenaged mom,”\u009d Johnson said last week. “It’s so hard to live with everyone else’s low expectations.”\u009d<\/p><\/div>\n

Scott Lemieux: Why I Am A Feminist<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

DJW: Why I, Too, Am A Feminist<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Humans as Spiritual Beings<\/strong><\/a>
\nThe Uncredible Hallq argues that rather than focusing on ghosts and gods, we should pay attention to the only spiritual being we know for certain exists: Humans.<\/p>\n

Lousy Human Being, Good Moviemaker, So Why Not See The Movie?<\/strong><\/a>
\nWell, the particular star being discussed here – Mel Gibson – has been in a lot of movies that suck, so he’s not a great example (I usually wind up having this argument about Woody Allen). But I have to agree with Ed: I’m bewildered by people, on the right or the left, who refuse to see movies, read books, etc., made by lousy human beings or even just by people whose politics they disagree with.<\/p>\n

Miles Davis Retroactively Quits Smoking<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Interview With Lost <\/em>Star Naveen Andrews<\/strong><\/a>
\nA pretty interesting interview with the very pretty Lost <\/em>star, touching on issues of racism in Hollywood and an upcoming role as an abusive husband. Curtsy: Reappropriate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Right-Wing Christians Seek To Defund Queer Student Center & Women’s Resource Center<\/strong><\/a> (curtsy: Dru<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Hellbound Alleee on Angels<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

My feeling about the angels-as-pets beliefs is somewhat the same as my feelings about Christmas and Santa Claus: the creatures are simply not christian, but come from somewhere much deeper in the past.<\/div>\n

British Woman Marries Dolphin<\/strong><\/a>
\nSomeone alert Stanley Kurtz!<\/p>\n

Science Must Destroy Religion<\/strong><\/a>
\nSo Sam Harris argues. As a couple of his readers point out, while it’s true that religion has often done a lousy job at elevating humanity, there’s not much reason to think that Science will do any better.<\/p>\n

Better a “Slut Feminist” Than A Jerk<\/strong><\/a>
\nJessica at Feministing takes down an anti-feminist, anti-sex editorial<\/a> by Monique Stuart, a cookie-cutter moralistic right-winger. Note the bit in Monique’s article where she seemingly regrets that censoring student newspapers isn’t politically viable. Damn those anti-censorship fanatics!<\/p>\n

Book Review: Taking Up Space<\/em><\/strong><\/a>
\nA review of Taking Up Space<\/em>, the new book by fat activist, sociologist and blogger Patty Thomas, aka Fattypatties<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Patty Thomas on “The Victim Mentality”<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

I hate hearing something like “victim mentality”\u009d because it cuts off all productive discussion. It is a discursive stopper. There is no way to answer this criticism. If I protest and say, “no I’m a real victim”\u009d then I look like I’m engaging in such a blame game….<\/div>\n

Do Girl Monkeys Prefer Girl Toys?<\/strong><\/a>
\nCathy Young sharply critiques the “boys like trucks, girls like dolls!” monkey study that’s gotten way too much press lately. (A nice companion to Echidne’s excellent posts<\/a> on the much-hyped “gender and internet use” study).<\/p>\n

Fathers Rights Divorce Manual On How To Screw “The Bitch” Over<\/strong><\/a>
\nAs Trish Wilson points out, as legal advice this website by the “Married Mens Militia”<\/a> is ridiculous. But as a written record of woman-hating bitterness, it’s top-notch.<\/p>\n

Birth Coaching Doesn’t Lead To Significantly Better Outcomes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

A Collection Of Pro-War, Right-Wing Attacks on Murtha<\/strong><\/a>\n<\/pracut>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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