I know most of you don't peruse feminist blogs.  There's been a lot of discussion about the sexism involved in the marketing of The Avengers.  Take a look at any of the ads and you'll see Black Widow is displayed as a sex symbol, if she's displayed at all, while the rest of the Avengers are displayed as strong.  Not in all the ads, mind you, but in ( Read more... )

Just in case the embed doesn't work: http://www.ted.com/talks/sheryl_sandberg_why_we_have_too_few_women_leaders.html

I considered posting this to fb but realized it would be lost on a lot of people.  And quite frankly I don't want to deal with the comments and calls from my parents.  So I'll post it here. It's a blog post from a former Republican anti-choicer who made the choice to support a woman's right to choose, or not, abortion.  It's a worth-while read.  ( Read more... )

My family will probably disown me for this.  But I just can't support the Steelers.  Why?

This for starters.  [warning: rape triggers followed by victim blaming]  Followed by this.  [warning: rape triggers followed by victim blaming]  Sorry, but a suspension from play is a slap on the wrist for a man with an obvious pattern of behavior.  He'll ( Read more... )

 I found this while I was looking for something completely different and thought you all might enjoy reading it.  Bear in mind it doesn't just apply to one community and often no one archetype applies to any one person.  The Anatomy of a Call Out (And Why it Needs to Change).  I don't necessarily agree with this 100%, but believe it's interesting ( Read more... )

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Before the links, a request: if anyone knows of any programs that allow posters to create themselves, please let me know.  :-)

Earth Quake 2010.  And my facebook status page goes wild!  (For those who don't know I moved to TX from the DC area and still have lots of friends up there)

Sharon Meers wrote a wonderful blog post for the Washington ( Read more... )

OK, I had to post on this. Partly because it's funny as hell and partly because it's also rather...what's the word?...illuminating. Check out the differences in marketing techniques and prices between these two.

First, here's the Shake Weight for Men.

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Now here's the Shake Weight for Women.

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If you didn't notice any difference...well, there's ( Read more... )

Right now I'm waiting for stuff - waiting for a call back from a vendor, waiting for a time point, waiting for an incubation period to end, etc.  So I've got a bit o' time to read essays I'd otherwise ignore in favor of news.  Agree or not, with the writers, the essays are interesting food for thought.

Jos at Feministing on "Issues are more ( Read more... )

As the subject line states, today is Blog for Choice Day.  I'm going to leave the bulk of the prose to people who are more adept at it than me.

Anna at Jezebel has an open letter to Sarah Palin: Re: "The Pro-Life Movement is Not Pro-Woman." Ann at Feministing did a short take on this: Editing Sarah Palin for Accuracy.

Jos at Feministing has an essay ( Read more... )