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.<\/p>\n
New Blog: The Rape Crisis Blog<\/strong><\/a> Women of Color Blog: The Truth of Brown Motherhood<\/strong><\/a> Debatige: On The Practice of Women Taking Their Husband’s Names When They Marry<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n A Womb of Her Own: Excellent Post on Power, Politics, and Adoption<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Reappropriate: Unbound Feet<\/strong><\/a> Afghan Women’s Rights Leader Moves Every Night Because of Death Threats<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Creative Destruction: Are Men Responsible?<\/strong><\/a> Video: A Chink in the Armour<\/strong><\/a> Third Estate Sunday Review: Excellent Post On That Burger King “I Am Man” Commercial<\/strong><\/a> Bitch | Lab: Ad Industry Portrays Men as Children Who Will Never Grow Up<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Jay Sennet: Tampons are a Women’s Rights and a Human Rights Issue<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Woman of Color Blog: To the Trans Community<\/strong><\/a> Fetch Me My Axe: Speculation about the source of misogyny: The ideology of “true love”?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Hit And Run: Anti-Smoking Activists Spread Statistical Lies About Secondhand Smoke<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Immigrants Are Good For The US Economy<\/strong><\/a> Kaka Mak: A Feminist Defense of Paris Hilton<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Noli Nothis: Defining Bigotry<\/strong><\/a> Feminist Law Professors: The Anti-Contraception Movement<\/strong><\/a> Abyss2Hope: How Men Can Help Prevent Rape<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Gothamist: Interview with Jessica (of Feministing)!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Language Log: How Meth Stings Frame Innocent Immigrants With Poor English Skills<\/strong><\/a> Plucky Punk: The “Pro-Family” Crowd Is In Fact Anti-Family<\/strong><\/a> Written World: Don’t Step In The Meta-Text<\/strong><\/a> YouTube: Don’t believe racist stereotypes, or you’ll look like a hillbilly stereotype.<\/strong><\/a> Livingston, I presume: On Giving Birth in Prague<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n 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<\/a>)<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Obsidian Wings: The Republican Solution to Corruption? Make Sure No One Has The Authority To Investigate.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n 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. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n Majikthise: A reason to like Qwest<\/strong><\/a> Daily Kos: How the Right Wins The War Of Ideas<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n * * * PLEASE NOTE * * *<\/strong> 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 … Continue reading
\nBlogging rape-related news stories, mostly from the USA. Looks like it could be a good resource. Check it out.<\/p>\n
\nI 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.<\/p>\n
\nExcellent, 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 <\/em>racist sexist against Asian American women. See also this disturbing follow-up<\/a>, about some of the reactions Jenn received to her “unbound feet” post.<\/p>\n
\nDaran thinks he’s found a contradiction in my views.<\/p>\n
\nThis 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<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nFocusing on Helen Reddy.<\/p>\n
\nBrownfemipower is a model of how people should approach becoming an ally. The discussion following the post is excellent, too – don’t skip it.<\/p>\n
\nAnd not just the computer programmers.<\/p>\n
\nA response to the “I don’t want to be labeled a bigot, but I think gay marriage shouldn’t be allowed” school of thought.<\/p>\n
\nAnd after you’ve read this excellent post, read further comments on it at The Debate Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nCurtsy: Magicthise<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nThink 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.<\/p>\n
\nInteresting discussion of how a DC comics writer has reconsidered a minor superhero, turning him from a mind-controlling good guy into a date rapist.<\/p>\n
\nA 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<\/a>. Some of the comments there are very on-target, check them out.<\/p>\n
\nNot every phone company turned over its call records.<\/p>\n
\nThe comments on my posts on “Alas” are sometimes heavily moderated. If you’d like to avoid that, you can leave comments on the same post at Creative Destruction<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"