Here is some stuff I have been reading that I thought folks might like: June 29th – David Vitter survives because, not despite, of the prostitution angle – June 29th – I'm a Mac … and I've Got a Dirty Secret – June 25th – tripoli | Embarrassing fandom true confessions, edition 3,042 – This is too charming for words . . . June 25th – Scientists are “normal” people, some children discover | Geek Feminism Blog – June 25th – GAO Finds No Wrongdoing by ACORN –
Linky things June 25th through June 29th
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Mar 282010
Here is some stuff I have been reading that I thought folks might like: March 27th – Seriously, why are they so obsessed with rape metaphors? – I think this is a really great analysis of some of the doublespeak about both sexual assault and politics. March 26th – Huge, Organized, International Child Sex Ring Exposed – This is really a great write up of a recent news item with a slightly different spin. March 25th – Newsweek takes a look at sexism 40 years after major lawsuit – “The sexist assumption that women are “for” sex with men underlies [...]
Linky things February 17th through February 22nd
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Feb 232010
Here is some stuff I have been reading that I thought folks might like: February 22nd – Facing Up To It – “If you want to argue that “whatever” happened in the “war on terror” was necessary because of the magnitude and novelty of the threat, then you had better be willing to face what the “whatever” entailed.” February 22nd – Yogurt, Perfected – Oh! Goddess I might need to try this again! February 22nd – Utah Bill Equates Miscarriages With Criminal Homicide- REALLY. – “A bill in the Utah state legislature that has passed both the House and Senate [...]
Linky things January 18th through January 20th
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Jan 212010
Here is some stuff I have been reading that I thought folks might like: January 20th – Turn Old VHS Cases into Retro Spiral-Bound Notebooks [DIY] – Hmmm I am sure I have a box of these in the basement somewhere January 19th – We told you so, Dems – so can the Netroots play ball now that the smart folks fouled out? – January 19th – Virtual – the guy goes out of his way to say the most appallingly mean things about women. He claims the doll is built like a “real woman”—with, in his words, “three inputs”—which [...]
Pandagon has a wonderful article called “More on the Independence Tap Dance” here is the part that originally caught my minds-eye: “Still, it was a step in the right direction, because the power game that is played out with The Proposal strongly resembles stuff I tolerated as a younger woman on a lesser scale, particularly guys who didn’t call when they said they would and guys who ran late on dates, all in an attempt to make me do what Wicoff calls the “I’m so independent” tapdance. It’s the way male dominance reasserts itself in our feminist time by actually [...]
