{"id":2086,"date":"2006-02-01T05:16:25","date_gmt":"2006-02-01T12:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=2086"},"modified":"2006-02-01T05:16:25","modified_gmt":"2006-02-01T12:16:25","slug":"link-farm-and-open-thread-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=2086","title":{"rendered":"Link Farm and Open Thread #9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Links for y&#8217;all to check out &#8211; and I&#8217;ve gotta say, damn, there are a lot of really good links here.<\/p>\n<p>As always, the thread is open to anything folks want to post &#8211; feel free to self-promote, too.\n<pracut>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/echidneofthesnakes.blogspot.com\/2006_01_01_echidneofthesnakes_archive.html#113825395220311642\">The Gender Wage Gap Explained To You<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nEchidne &#8211; who, when not busy blogging, teaches Economics &#8211; has posted an utterly excellent three-part series on the gender wage gap. Seriously, I can&#8217;t recommend them highly enough. (And if you&#8217;re still hungry for more after reading Echidne&#8217;s stuff, I&#8217;ve written <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/category\/economics-and-the-like\/21\/the-wage-gap-series\/\">one or two posts on the topic<\/a>, as well).<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/community.livejournal.com\/feminist_rage\/1032236.html\">When Sexism and Anti-Disabled Bigotry Combine<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"snip\">And the EXCUSES to touch me or get close to me&#8230;DIE DIE DIE. When I&#8217;m on the bus the only people that are allowed to touch me are the driver and myself, got it? I know that you gave me a smile and a smarmy comment when I got on that you thought would make my day (Why yes, I do drive my chair well, after years in it I would hope so &#8211; how about you, you look like you really know how to sit in that seat! And no, no one has EVER told that &#8220;drinking and driving&#8221;\u009d joke to me before!), but that DOES NOT give you permission to try and &#8220;help&#8221;\u009d me get unbuckled when I come to my stop. I fucking HATE the fact that men have used my disability and &#8220;need for help&#8221;\u009d to get close to me. The next fucker who puts his hands on my chair, trying to get his good-citizen jollies and maybe a phone number, is going to get yelled at publicly on a city bus. I hate the feeling of looking over and realizing that the guy who&#8217;s been staring at me for the past fifteen minutes, trying to get my attention, is now three inches away from my face because he&#8217;s &#8220;trying to help&#8221;\u009d get the buckles off my chair. HE&#8217;S TOUCHING MY CHAIR, which is a hell of a lot like TOUCHING ME.<\/p>\n<p>And if I yell at him? Aw geez, he was just trying to help! Why are disabled people so ANGRY all the time? Don&#8217;t they know that they should be GRATEFUL that we Normals put up with them and try to help them out whenever we want?? I just flirted with a girl in a wheelchair, you know her life is now changed forever!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The whole post is that great. Curtsy: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.shrub.com\/archives\/lake-desire\/2006-01-24_128\">Ariel on Shrub.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.strippedbooks.com\/comics\/stripped07\/comics-00.html\"><strong>A panel discussion featuring Chris Ware, Seth, moderated byIvan Brunetti<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nCartoonist Gordon McAlpin adapts the discussion to comic book form. Simply awesome. Curtsy:<a href=\"http:\/\/andweshallmarch.typepad.com\/and_we_shall_march\/2006\/01\/ack_i_almost_fo.html\">And We Shall March<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infinitematrix.net\/faq\/essays\/noles.html\"><strong>How the Sci-Fi Channel Turned Earthsea White, And Why It Matters<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nSharp, beautiful essay about race, inclusion and science fiction. Even if you&#8217;ve never read &#8220;Earthsea,&#8221; you should read this. And the <a href=\"http:\/\/andweshallmarch.typepad.com\/and_we_shall_march\/2006\/01\/the_shame_of_ea.html\">follow-up on the author&#8217;s blog<\/a>, as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatladysings.us\/the_fat_lady_sings\/2006\/01\/goodbye_fayard.html#more\">One Of The Greatest Movie Dancers Of All Time Has Died, But We Never Heard Of Him Because He&#8217;s Black<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/headheeb.blogmosis.com\/archives\/031288.html\">Deaf People In Legal History<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nA fascinating post on how various courts in the 1700s dealt with Deaf people taking the stand.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.shrub.com\/archives\/tekanji\/2006-01-29_133\"><strong>Transphobia: A Weapon of Sexism<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Andreas Debate Sex Positive Feminism<\/strong><br \/>\nAndrea at Vociferate <a href=\"http:\/\/teenagecatgirls.blogspot.com\/2006\/01\/sex-positive-feminists-v-hairy-legged.html\">comes out against<\/a>; Andrea at Shrub.com <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.shrub.com\/archives\/tekanji\/2006-01-29_132\">responds<\/a>; and Andrea at Vociferate <a href=\"http:\/\/teenagecatgirls.blogspot.com\/2006\/01\/jeezy-creezy.html\">responds in turn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gendergeek.org\/2006\/01\/myth-of-liberating-vacuum-cleaner.html\"><strong>The Myth of the Liberating Vacuum Cleaner<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/plumer.blogspot.com\/2006_01_01_plumer_archive.html#113839873086485188\">Yes, Pro-Life Policies Don&#8217;t Actually Reduce Abortion Much. But So What?<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nBradford Plumer, responding to a recent post of mine, persuasively argues that I&#8217;m on the wrong track when I point out that the lowest abortion rates in the world are in pro-choice countries.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/jesurgislac.livejournal.com\/45394.html\">Feminism 101: Abortion<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nAnd speaking of abortion rights, JeSurgisLac has put together a well-done overview of pro-choice responses to common pro-life arguments.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/barbhowe.typepad.com\/lucky\/2006\/01\/whose_knowledge.html\">Standpoint Theory, Discussed<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nLuckyWhiteGirl expands a comment she wrote here on &#8220;Alas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/slynne.blogspot.com\/2006\/01\/framing-thoughts-lsd-vs-alcohol.html\">Why Is LSD Considered &#8220;Harder&#8221; Than Alcohol?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/philobiblion.blogspot.com\/2006\/01\/new-single-woman.html\">How to be happy if you&#8217;re a single, childless woman (or anyone else)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/yglesias.typepad.com\/matthew\/2006\/01\/pastrami_or_fal.html\"><strong>The Future Of Judaism: Pastrami or Falafel?<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nI&#8217;m hoping Pastrami, which I don&#8217;t even eat. This gets at an interesting conflict within American Judaism: Is the ancestral homeland Israel, or is it Brooklyn?\n<\/pracut>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Links for y&#8217;all to check out &#8211; and I&#8217;ve gotta say, damn, there are a lot of really good links here. As always, the thread is open to anything folks want to post &#8211; feel free to self-promote, too. 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