Y’all know the drill – feel free to post whatever you like in this thread, including links to cool stuff I wasn’t smart enough to link to (posting links to your own stuff is encouraged, too).<\/p>\n
Here’s what I’ve been reading:<\/p>\n
The Patient-Consumer: The Patient-Consumer Parade – First Edition!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The Gimp Parade: Lots of Links<\/strong><\/a> All Girl Army – a new groupblog for young, feminist women.<\/strong><\/a> Martha Nussbaum: Review of Manliness<\/em><\/strong><\/a> AngryBlackBitch: Bullying<\/strong><\/a> American Academy of Pediatrics: The Effects of Marriage, Civil Union, and Domestic Partnership Laws on the Health and Well-being of Children<\/a> Sunlit Water: Asymmetry In Female and Male Sexual Fantasies<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Mauzy’s Musings: Appalling, Offensive, Disgusting Exploitation of Children With Down Syndrome<\/strong><\/a> Concurring Opinions: Are False Convictions More Likely In Death Penalty Cases?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Capital juries are likely to be less sympathetic to the defense because they are death-qualified (i.e., only people who are willing to impose death are permitted to be jurors in a capital case.) This eliminates a not insignificant portion of the population that is most attractive to the defense. [Curtsy: The Debate Link<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Crooked Timber: Why Are Bombthrowers Like Hirshman and Flanagan Dominating The “Mommy Wars” Debate?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Diabetes Mine: The Horror of Depending On The Kindness Of Strangers<\/strong><\/a> Hugo Schwyzer:The Hard Wiring Of The Human Brain Is No Excuse<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Prosphoros: Passing, Privilege, and Intelligibility<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n My feeling is that, no matter how hard I work, the best I can hope for is to be treated as a \u201cman\u201d who wants\/expects to be treated like a \u201cwoman\u201d, but that requires stepping into the trans narrative, something which I cannot do with good conscience<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Balkinization: Anti-Intellectual Republicans in Florida Pass A Law Against Post-Modernism<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The Debate Link: How U.S. Torture & Ignoring Human Rights Hurts Democracy Promotion<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Solidly Average: Response to Tekanji’s Post on “Alas”<\/strong><\/a> Slant Truth: On The Need For People of Color To Have Their Own Spaces<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Capitalism Bad, Tree Pretty: How Women Police Conformity to Sexism (Feminist Critique of Go Fug Yourself)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The Nation: How Conservatives Scuttled Juan Cole’s Hiring By Yale<\/strong><\/a> Punk Ass Blog: The Kitten Defense. (Awww, itsa wee sooooo cute!)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Big Queer Blog: Roundup of Articles About the Anti-Marriage-Equality Decisions in NY and Georgia<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The Happy Feminist: Three Feminist Stories From One West African Country<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Granny Gets A Vibrator: Round-Up Post Regarding Cultural Appropriation and “Reverse Racism”<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n New Mobility: South Park<\/em>‘s Timmy Is The Best Disabled Character on TV<\/strong><\/a> SuperBabyMama: “Sim Isle” is Racist and Sexist<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Taking Place: The Internet’s Future Is In The Hands Of The Hopelessly Clueless<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Cross-posted on Creative Destruction<\/a>, where moderation is lighter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n .<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Y’all know the drill – feel free to post whatever you like in this thread, including links to cool stuff I wasn’t smart enough to link to (posting links to your own stuff is encouraged, too). Here’s what I’ve been … Continue reading
\nLots of interesting links here (some of which I swiped for this post).<\/p>\n
\nNot only is this blog’s content utterly cool, their logo, drawn by Hope Larson<\/a>, is absolutely gorgeous cartooning.<\/p>\n
\nOne of the best feminist critiques of anything I’ve read this year.<\/p>\n
\nIn addition to the main posts, I found many of the comments interesting, especially regarding the worth of apologies.<\/p>\n
\nCurtsy: Mombian<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nHere’s my theory: Sufficiently advanced insensitivity is indistinguishable from bigotry. Curtsy: The Gimp Parade.<\/a><\/p>\n
\nCurtsy: The Gimp Parade<\/a><\/p>\n
\n“Alas” guest-poster Rachel S. and I both contributed to the discussion in comments. See this post too<\/a>, where occasional “Alas” comment-writer Crys T has some excellent comments.<\/p>\n
\nEvery right-winger who has complained about the supposed bias against conservatives in University hiring, but who makes excuses for or ignores this case, is a partisan hack hypocrite and nothing more.<\/p>\n
\nAccording to a poll of British TV viewers, that is. Timmy also polled better among disabled than nondisabled viewers. Curtsy: Gimp Parade<\/a>.<\/p>\n