Check out the liveblog of Perry vs. Schwarzenegger, the Supreme Court case trying to overturn Prop 8. The plaintiffs are a pair of gay couples and the defendants are actually ProtectMarriage.com. Arnold Schwarzenegger is officially the defendant, but has apparently refused to defend Prop 8. History is being made here, perhaps ( Read more... )

"Congrats on the role of a lifetime, Gabourey Sidibe [star of upcoming Precious]. Self-esteem is a beautiful thing. But we should celebrate your performance, not your size. Obesity is a national epidemic."You should feel proud, Gabourey Sidibe, but not too proud, because you're FAT. Remember being FAT? Being FAT is TERRIBLE and it should MAKE YOU ( Read more... )

Following up on the last feminist article I posted, I think Rape Culture 101 over at Shakesville is a nice tie-in.

"Rape culture is 1 in 6 women being sexually assaulted in their lifetimes. Rape culture is not even talking about the reality that many women are sexually assaulted multiple times in their lives. Rape culture is the way in which the ( Read more... )

Love this article.

"Now, you want to become acquainted with a woman you see in public. The first thing you need to understand is that women are dealing with a set of challenges and concerns that are strange to you, a man. To begin with, we would rather not be killed or otherwise violently assaulted ( Read more... )

"The male interpretations of religious texts and the way they interact with, and reinforce, traditional practices justify some of the most pervasive, persistent, flagrant and damaging examples of human rights abuses ( Read more... )

Radical feminist Twisty Faster nicely sums up the default position of a woman, which I've journaled about before:

"Although this condition does not obtain with regard to any other crime you can think of, when it comes to rape, women are currently considered to exist in a state of perpetual 'yes!'. This is because 'yes!' is consistent with global ( Read more... )

Have you heard? It's girls' fault that boys are violent.

WhatAboutYourDaughters.com: "Maria Cramer of the Boston Globe wrote an article called 'Girl Power,' that is about how the Boston School District is holding school assemblies where girls are being taught that the spiraling violence in Boston’s streets is THEIR FAULT! Its not the fault of the ( Read more... )

This shit makes me sick to my stomach. From Feministing:

"This is pretty devastating. Last Saturday in San Francisco, a lesbian was beaten and repeatedly raped by four men, while the perpetrators 'made comments indicating they knew her sexual orientation.' They then left the 28-year old naked outside of an abandoned apartment building, who was ( Read more... )

"It sure is interesting to see conservatives adopt the banner of feminism now that Sarah Palin is on the ticket. I can’t help but shake my head every time I hear or read one of them say, “Had she been a man…” - simply because conservatives have spent the past century or so totally dismissing that line of argument. I guess when it’s a woman on their ( Read more... )

I wonder if this was going on at New York Comic Con while I was there. The founders of the Open Source Boob Project want to make this into a movement that would be present at other cons besides just ConFusion, where it got started, and PenguinCon where it was also present and more "organized" if you will. (Note: theferrett is now advising people not to try ( Read more... )