New To The Blogroll: Feminism 101<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n How Many Of The 50 States Can You Name In Ten Minutes?<\/strong><\/a> RighteousBabe: Disability vs. Defect And Democrats<\/strong><\/a> The Gimp Parade: How I Only Barely Escaped Being Killed By Institutionalization<\/strong><\/a> LA Times: The Glass Ceiling Is Alive And Well<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n There\u2019s been a lot of talk in recent years about women leaving corporate America, unwilling to make the sacrifices necessary to advance. Maybe. But college-educated women still earn just 75 cents for every dollar their male peers take home, and corporate women are twice as likely as men to have staff jobs rather than the operating jobs that give them the experience to rise. Yet women are starting businesses at twice the rate of men, and those businesses are growing at twice the rate of all firms. Given those statistics, it seems far more likely that women are leaving corporations because they are not allowed into corridors of real power even after they\u2019ve made the sacrifices. [Curtsy: Feministe<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The Debate Link: Americans Are More Likely To Approve Of Terrorism Against Enemies Than Almost All Others<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Sara Speaking: Behold The Awesome Fridge Against Privilege!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Muttering In A Corner: The Internets And I Muse At Great Length On The Topic Of Rape<\/strong><\/a> Tikun Olam: Analysis of Obama’s speech to AIPAC<\/strong><\/a> Zingerella: What Is The Patriarchy, Anyway?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Feministing: Children Benefit When Dads Take Time Off From Work<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n A report published today by the Equal Opportunities Commission and based on research tracking 19,000 children born in 2000 and 2001 found emotional and behavioural problems were more common by the time youngsters reached the age of three if their fathers had not taken time off work when they were born, or had not used flexible working to have a more positive role in their upbringing. [Curtsy: Trinifar<\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Hugo Tim Wise Rebuts “The Color Of Crime”<\/strong><\/a> The Debate Link: Criticism of a Court Ruling That Found That Insurance Companies Do Not Have To Cover Contraception<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The London Review of Books: The similarities between Iraq and Darfur are remarkable.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Liberal Catnip: The Politics Of Powerlessness<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n It seems that unless you have a large, visible wound or a tumour you can flash on an x-ray, they simply cannot accept that you might actually suffer from pain and other equally annoying symptoms every day. And, even if we did have those things to show them, they seem to always come up with a story – either theirs (which is not similar) or someone else’s (like Lance Armstrong’s amazing feats, for examples) as proof that you should just get over it, rise up and live a normal life. You’re either a loser or a hero. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n ArtNet: White Walls, Glass Ceilings<\/strong><\/a> Union of Concerned Scientists: Existing, On-The-Road Technology Can Create Greenhouse-Friendly Minivans and SUVs<\/strong><\/a> Ebogjonson: Time-Lapse Photo Of A “Tempest” Game Session<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Yet Another Study Linking Age And Opposition To Marriage Equality<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n De Novo: Why It’s Wrong For A Women’s Music Festival To Exclude Transwomen<\/strong><\/a> Femniste: Why A Health Exemption Isn’t Good Enough<\/strong><\/a> Magic Kitty: Lindey Lohan Upskirt, Britney Crotch Shots!<\/strong><\/a> Screw Bronze: Lesbian goth, gothic self harmers, cutters & a love story<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n My baby-goth tendencies came out a few years later when I became a “biter”; of those kids who when pushed over the edge tends to bite. I, however, only ever tried to bite one place; the jugular. Many was the time my older brother, having teased and tormented me just one too many times would have his mocking laughter turn to screams for my parents as he held my arcing body back while I twisted and strained closer and closer to his neck. My parents always reached us in time. They tried to get me a stuffed animal to rip the throat out instead. “It’s not the same.” I told them after a few bites.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Salon: Soros and others to fund alternative Jewish lobbyist group<\/strong><\/a> The Nietzsche Family Circus<\/strong><\/a> McSweeney’s: An Open Letter To Mr. James Thatcher, Brand Manager, Procter & Gamble, Regarding Always Maxi Pads<\/strong><\/a> Boing Boing: Man Tricks Nigerian Email Scammers Into Re-enacting Monty Python Sketch.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n World Changing: Interesting article\/photo essay describing a free kitchen in Dehli<\/strong><\/a> Crooked Timber: Contemplating A World In Which The US Had To Live Up To Basic International Labor Organization Standards<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Media Matters: Even with Dems controlling Congress, Sunday News Shows Still <\/em>Favor Conservatives<\/strong><\/a> Indexed is brilliant.<\/strong> <\/a> CCFinlay: Winners of the contest to make the word “scrotum” more acceptable through poetry.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n As usual, people are encouraged to link to their own posts in the comments, if they want to. 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\nThanks, Bean!<\/p>\n
\nThis “Kos” diary by a disabled rights activist is one of the best posts I’ve read in the last few weeks (gotta remember this one when it comes time for Koufax Awards); curtsy to a few people, including Blue<\/a>, Charles, and Brownfemipower<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nAnother one that deserves a Koufax nomination. After you’ve read it, if you want more background on this subject, I highly recommend Harriet Johnson’s essay The Disability Gulag<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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\nNeatorama: The Ten Most Magnificent Trees In The World<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
\nAn excellent gathering of links and quotes, with further thoughts added by Defenestrated.<\/p>\n
\nA lot of progressives have expressed disappointment with Obama’s speech to AIPAC, but there are bright spots as well.<\/p>\nSchweitzer<\/strike> Schwyzer: “Architects Of Our Own Adversity”<\/strong><\/a>
\nA meditation about men, complicity and suffering set off by a recent post on “Alas.”<\/p>\n
\nCriticism of the claim that there is an epidemic of anti-white crime by blacks. (For many examples of this claim, read through the astonishingly numerous and racist comments to this blog post<\/a>.)<\/p>\n![\"Blue](\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/blue_sea_slug.jpg\")
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\nExcellent article about the ongoing sexism keeping many female artists out of art galleries.<\/p>\n
\nThe big auto companies are suing, claiming that it’s not possible to create vehicles that can mee the new emissions standards of some states; the UCS proves that not only is it possible, but the technology is already being made and sold by the auto companies. Curtsy: How To Save The World<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nAn extremely well-argued piece. Curtsy: The Debate Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nJill posts about a Polish case in which a woman went mostly blind for lack of an abortion; doctors refused to perform the procedure, even though it was legal. For what it’s worth, this woman has just won a lawsuit in the European Court of Human Rights. (She was awarded $33,000 from the Polish government. Doesn’t seem like nearly enough, does it?) (I blogged about this and other cases of “abortion ban overreach” a couple of years ago<\/a>).<\/p>\n
\nBrilliant. Make sure to click through on some of the links. Curtsy: Ilyka<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nAlthough most Jews in the US are liberal or lefty, the biggest Jewish lobbying groups — especially AIPAC — have been right-wing, so this could be a good development, if it doesn’t fall through.<\/p>\n
\nThanks to Neal Skorpen for the tip.<\/p>\n
\nCurtsy: Sufficient Scruples<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAn article about “the Gurdwara Bangla Sahib kitchen, a Sikh temple which serves [free] meals to around 10,000 people every single day.” Curtsy: Boing Boing<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nA year ago, the four major news networks excused bringing on more Conservatives than Liberals as guests by saying that they had to interview the party in power more often. But since the 2006 elections, we’ve had a split government, and yet 3 of the 4 networks have continued to overwhelmingly favor conservatives as guests.<\/p>\n
\nI can’t even begin to describe it, but Jessica Hagy is clearly some sort of genius.<\/p>\n![\"sea_monster_engraving.jpg\"](\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/sea_monster_engraving.jpg\")
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