Please feel free to use the comments for any purpose, including posting links to your own stuff or others’ stuff.<\/p>\n
Retired Waif presents <\/em>Disability Blog Carnival #18<\/strong><\/a> The Hidden Side Of A Leaf presents <\/em>Carnival of Feminists: 40th Edition<\/strong><\/a> Pandagon: Easy, Quick Action You Can Take Right Now To Help Katrina Survivors<\/strong><\/a> The Glasshouse: Why Most Moderate Pakistanis Now Dislike America<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n We in Pakistan also want to have liberty, freedom of speech and a rule of law. Why is it that the US Administration persists in supporting a despot who is denying us our basic rights as human beings?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n It seems unlikely that Musharraf will be able to stay in power much longer; but the ill-will our support of Musharraf has created could last decades.<\/p>\n Abyss2Hope: Rape Victim Thrown In Jail; Pro-Life Jailer Withholds Emergency Contraception<\/a><\/strong> Cruella: British Courts Refuse To Prosecute Child Sex Abusers On Grounds Of “Consent”<\/strong><\/a> Black Looks: Walls Going Up All Over The World<\/strong><\/a> Brownfemipower: MLK, Radical Media, Media Justice, and Blogging<\/strong><\/a> The speech that was played was an earlier version of the \u201cI have a Dream\u201d speech. A crystal clear sound system lifted the deep measured voice of MLK throughout the hall. The speech was so clear, I thought for a good part of it that MLK had recorded it in a sound studio. But about half way through the speech MLK made a joke at which time, the entire congregation he was speaking to laughed in response. And it was then that I realized\u2013the absolute clarity of his speech was due in large part to the absolute silence of his congregation. This sermon was given in the days before the March on Washington version of the Dream speech\u2013which was when MLK flew out into the national spot light.<\/p>\n I could only imagine the intense feelings that must have wrapped around the congregation as this speech unfolded. The ecstasy of potential freedom, the sisterhood with the woman sitting next to you, the awe of knowing something amazing is happening right in front of you\u2013all mixed, surely, with a healthy dose of fear.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Is Your Doctor Playing Judge?<\/strong><\/a> I See Invisible People: “Competence,” The Entitlement To Vote, and Disability<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Photo: Me and Mikhaela Reid Drawing Each Other<\/strong><\/a> Taking Place: Duke Rape Case Demonstrates That Justice Isn’t Colorblind<\/strong><\/a> Feminist Law Profs: New Study Shows Women Don’t Talk More Than Men<\/strong><\/a> QuakerDave: Iraqi Baby Blogging<\/a> and Darfur Baby Blogging<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Terrible Palsy: The other story from a ‘Pillow Angel’: Been there. Done that. Preferred to grow.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n When [Peter] Singer wrote that, \u201cAshley is 9, but her mental age has never progressed beyond that of a 3-month-old. She cannot walk, talk, hold a toy or change her position in bed. Her parents are not sure she recognizes them. She is expected to have a normal lifespan, but her mental condition will never improve,\u201d he has accepted the doctors\u2019 eyeball assessment of Ashley without asking the obvious questions. What was their assessment based on? Has Ashley ever been offered a way of showing that she knows more than a 3-month-old baby? Only someone like me who has lain in a cot year after year hoping that someone would give her a chance can know the horror of being treated as if you were totally without conscious thought.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Rachel’s Tavern: How Not To Talk About African Relations With African Americans<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Feminist Peace Network: Halliburton Sued by Women Alleging Sexual Harrassment and Rape<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Jewish Circumcision: An Alternative Perspective<\/strong><\/a> Prometheus 6: The He-Man Presidency (quoting Mark Dery)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The hidden costs of our overcompensatory hypermachismo are far worse than a few politicians slimed by pundits. The horror in Iraq has been protracted past the point of lunacy by George W.’s bring-it-on braggadocio, He-Ra unilateralism and damn-the-facts refusal to acknowledge mistakes \u2014 all hallmarks of a pathological masculinity that confuses diplomacy with weakness and arrogant rigidity with strength. It is founded not on a self-assured sense of what it is but on a neurotic loathing of what it secretly fears it may be: wussy. And it will go to the grave insisting on battering-ram stiffness (stay the course! don’t pull out!) as the truest mark of manhood.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Rachel’s Tavern: Teen Victim Of Racist Texas Hate Crime Commits Suicide<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Kill Bigotry: History’s Hit Job On Thomas Paine<\/strong><\/a> The Thinkery: Unmasculine Men Raising Boys, And Sexism In The Wall Street Journal<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n ZNet: Killer Lesbians Mauled By Killer Court & Media Wolfpack<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The Trouble With Spikol: PETA Lectures Michale Moore For Being Fat<\/strong><\/a> The Joy of Autism: Attending Autreat.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Inhospitable and unsafe environments are those in which we seek to normalize and reward normal responses to tasks where the autistic response is never acknowledged, rewarded or accepted, thus valued. By never rewarding an autistic person for being autistic, we threaten their self-esteem and identity. Most will grow up being confused because every well-intentioned therapist was so \u201cnice\u201d to them. [Curtsy: Gimp Parade<\/a>.]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Lew Rockwell: History If Iran Were America (And We Were Iran)<\/strong><\/a> May The Sanctity Of The Sink Prevail<\/a><\/strong> Quote: Amanda Marcotte On The Miss New Jersey “Scandal”<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The pageant officials are letting her keep her crown, but they\u2019re no doubt reconsidering the advisability of having flesh and blood women compete and may be looking into using Real Dolls<\/a> in the future.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Abyss2Hope: If you’re not certain you didn’t mumble “yes” on the way to passing out, then you weren’t raped.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The line of questions that defense attorneys are allowed to use against alleged victims who wake up to find someone using their body exploits unconsciousness the same way rapists do.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The Gimp Parade: 3 Perks To Using A Ventilator<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Rudd Sound Bites: Anti-Fat Stereotypes In Children’s Books<\/strong><\/a> Feministe: For Those Who Want Still More Discussion Of Male Circumcision<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Larvatus Prodeo: How Often Do People Lie?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Hoyden About Town: School Holidays Are<\/em> Part Of The Real World, Dammit!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Independent Gay Forum: Follow-Up Questions About Gays Reporters Should Ask Candidates<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Or he could have asked, “But as you are no doubt aware former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman John Shalikashvili wrote a New York Times op-ed earlier this year reversing his previous anti-gay position and advocating the inclusion of openly gay and lesbian soldiers. Is your perception of the military’s needs more accurate than his?” Or he could more aggressively have asked, “To what extent is your position, like that of Gen. Peter Pace, based on a belief that homosexuality is immoral?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Ezra Klein: The Health Of Nations Series<\/strong><\/a> The New Republic: What France Can Teach Us About Health Care<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Obsidian Wings: The Majority Of American Voters Are Dangerously Out Of The Mainstream<\/strong><\/a> Crooked Timber: Why Feminists Should Not Support The Basic Income<\/strong><\/a> Republic of T: Waste Time Making A “Springfieldian” Image of Yourself!<\/strong><\/a> Please feel free to use the comments for any purpose, including posting links to your own stuff or others’ stuff. Carnivals Abyss2hope presents Carnival Against Sexual Violence 26 This series — run solely by Marcella — is one of the … Continue reading
\nThe “We’re just like you!<\/em>” edition, containing three times the average daily recommended dosage of delicious snark. :-)<\/p>\n
\nThe book review edition!<\/p>\n
\nAnd read this post by Sheelzebub<\/a>, while you’re at it.<\/p>\n
\nA pregnant woman behind bars; for pro-lifers, this story must be a dream come true.<\/p>\n
\nIn one case, a subsequent rape of a two-year-old would have been prevented if the court had put the rapist behind bars when it had the chance.<\/p>\n
\nReally excellent post; I had no idea how much of this was going on. Curtsy: Brownfemipower<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nThere’s no way I can describe this great post, so you should go read it. Koufax-nominaion for sure. Here’s a small sample:<\/p>\n
\nA good — and scary — article in Self Magazine<\/em> about Fundamentalist Doctors using their positions to try and deny care to pregnant women — even rape victims needing emergency contraception. If your religion prevents you from carrying out the job duties of an ER Doctor, then you shouldn’t be an ER doctor. Link via The Well Timed Period<\/a>, which has an excellent post on the subject.<\/p>\n
\nWhen we started drawing, I was clean-shaven and Mikhaela wasn’t wearing glasses. Mikhaela<\/a>, for those of you who don’t know, is a kick-ass political cartoonist; writing a review of her new book<\/a> (which I thought was terrific) is on my “to do” list.<\/p>\n
\nThere are plenty of cases of prosecution misconduct leading to black defendants being railroaded. So when are we going to see one of those <\/em>prosecutors debarred?<\/p>\n
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\nEchidne: New Study Shows Women Don’t Talk More Than Men<\/strong><\/a>
\nBoth posts are good; the FLP post includes an up-to-date link list to the astounding blogging Language Log<\/a> has done on this and related issues. (I really regret not thinking of nominating LL for a Koufax for best series last year.)<\/p>\n
\nGood article arguing that Jews should stop performing circumcision on male infants, but also discussing the historic link between anti-circumcision movements and anti-semitism.<\/p>\n
\nSo why has Paine — who was intellectually essential to the American revolution, and in addition was genuinely anti-slavery and in favor of women’s rights — been honored so much less than some of our other “founding fathers”?<\/p>\n
\nThe odd thing is, even a fat person who has lost a lot of weight, is eating healthier, exercising more — as Moore has in fact done recently — still gets shit for being fat. Anti-fat bigots like to pretend it’s about health, but it’s really about their own sense of being morally and aesthetically superior to fat people. Curtsy: Gimp Parade<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nCurtsy: Pandagon<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nAn awesome high in the history of passive-aggressive housemates. Thanks to my housemate Bean<\/a> for the tip.<\/p>\n
\nWashington Post: Good Critique Of Christina Hoff Sommers’ Book “The War Against Boys<\/em>“<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
\nIncluding a comments-section debate regarding Dudley Dursley in the Harry Potter books. The Rudd people are odd; some of them seem honestly anti-sizism, but they don’t seem to realize that Rudd itself is chock full of anti-fat ideology.<\/p>\n
\nFrom a wonky perspective, Ezra’s blogging on universal health care are among the very best you’ll find in the blogosphere. Since we’ve discussed health care here recently, I thought some “Alas” readers might be interested in this series, focused on international comparisons.<\/p>\n
\nA new poll shows that a bare majority of voters think Bush should be impeached, and that a strong majority want to see Cheney impeached. As Hilizoy says, who knew Kucinich is the mainstream?<\/p>\n
\nI don’t think I agree, but it’s certainly interesting enough to link to.<\/p>\n
\nYes, it’s a Simpsons Movie promo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"