Trying to clear my mailbox -- Linkety-linkety
I need a specific icon for these posts. I should ponder that.
Anyway, trying to wade through my inbox, and I've got entirely too much tagged as "to read/post", so here it comes:
Some impressively hideous racism on a local radio channel, link from meganj28
PolyMedia has some astute things to say about poly media coverage, and how it happens (and a bit more about poly coverage is Australia)
This is concerning on a number of levels: Hamas dress code aims to make Gaza more Islamic from jajy1979
Clit talk, with Mary Roach -- I haven't gotten a chance to watch it yet, but I think it's something different than her TED talk, and knowing her writing and speaking in general, I bet it's good.
Doctors help tame wild myths, medical misconceptions with a dose of reality
Notes from a bitch...pondering the privilege of anger... -- a good piece about why it's so infuriating that there's so much focus on Professor Gates' anger. Also, bradhicks has a great post about it.
What's so funny about rape? Damned good question. And a lot of good points about pretending to be all edgy when there's nothing the least bit subversive about supporting the dominant paradigm with your humor. That specifically speaks to my distaste for shock jocks, especially. It's possible to be thoroughly lewd, crude, and shocking, and amuse the hell out of me by actually using that humor to look at social issues from a new perspective. It's also possible, and a lot more common, to simply use those tactics to reinforce disgusting and damaging stereotypes.
Oh, yay! Audacia Ray is guestblogging for Feministe! (has lots of links to cool things she's involved in)
Also, I don't think I've mentioned it recently, but zodarzone does regular comic reviews. If comics are your thing, you might want to wander over to his journal and check it out.
Quick Hit: Houston Mayor proclaims first Transgender Day
Can't see this from work either, so listing it here partially for my own reference: Wordweaverlynn points to some Craigslist poetry in response to penis-pic personals
Mama_hogswatch is smack on target with this column about poly dating (and Leora's comment is particularly true and relevant, too)
mama_hogswatch also posted a bibliography of poly-helpful books (not the usual contenders -- this is wider-ranging, and covers general communication/shared households/etc)
Serena Williams rockin' the body acceptance!
As many as 87% of employer-based insurance programs cover abortion. I mention this because, although it's such a political hot-potato that I don't think there's any chance any governmental plan will be allowed to cover it (much like the Hyde Amendment screws women on Medicaid), people need to understand it's not an unusual thing to have covered, and this will have a big impact on women who end up on any governmental plan that's likely to come into existence. More on this
This year at Comic Con, EA encouraged attendees to grope its "booth babes" -- promising attendees dinner with the "babes" if they took and published a photo of themselves sexually harassing the women.
On a lighter note, awesome old school Willy Wonka icons
(My Vagina is) Eight Miles Wide. Worth watching. Probably not at work. Especially not with the sound turned up.
My brother Jajy1979 recommends the Bill Moyers this week on Healthcare, and on Rage on the Airwaves
What's wrong with the new pro-lifers: The progressive anti-abortion movement still doesn't truly value the life and identity of the mother
NATIONAL POLITICS & POLICY | Surgeon General Nominee Backs Obama's Positions on Reproductive Health, White House Says -- Reassuring to hear, although I'm already a big fan.
Some more examination of the Withdrawal as Contraception study that created so many waves
OK, it's break time. That's all for now, although I'm only partially through my mailbox.
Anyway, trying to wade through my inbox, and I've got entirely too much tagged as "to read/post", so here it comes:
Some impressively hideous racism on a local radio channel, link from meganj28
PolyMedia has some astute things to say about poly media coverage, and how it happens (and a bit more about poly coverage is Australia)
This is concerning on a number of levels: Hamas dress code aims to make Gaza more Islamic from jajy1979
Clit talk, with Mary Roach -- I haven't gotten a chance to watch it yet, but I think it's something different than her TED talk, and knowing her writing and speaking in general, I bet it's good.
Doctors help tame wild myths, medical misconceptions with a dose of reality
Notes from a bitch...pondering the privilege of anger... -- a good piece about why it's so infuriating that there's so much focus on Professor Gates' anger. Also, bradhicks has a great post about it.
What's so funny about rape? Damned good question. And a lot of good points about pretending to be all edgy when there's nothing the least bit subversive about supporting the dominant paradigm with your humor. That specifically speaks to my distaste for shock jocks, especially. It's possible to be thoroughly lewd, crude, and shocking, and amuse the hell out of me by actually using that humor to look at social issues from a new perspective. It's also possible, and a lot more common, to simply use those tactics to reinforce disgusting and damaging stereotypes.
Oh, yay! Audacia Ray is guestblogging for Feministe! (has lots of links to cool things she's involved in)
Also, I don't think I've mentioned it recently, but zodarzone does regular comic reviews. If comics are your thing, you might want to wander over to his journal and check it out.
Quick Hit: Houston Mayor proclaims first Transgender Day
Can't see this from work either, so listing it here partially for my own reference: Wordweaverlynn points to some Craigslist poetry in response to penis-pic personals
Mama_hogswatch is smack on target with this column about poly dating (and Leora's comment is particularly true and relevant, too)
mama_hogswatch also posted a bibliography of poly-helpful books (not the usual contenders -- this is wider-ranging, and covers general communication/shared households/etc)
Serena Williams rockin' the body acceptance!
As many as 87% of employer-based insurance programs cover abortion. I mention this because, although it's such a political hot-potato that I don't think there's any chance any governmental plan will be allowed to cover it (much like the Hyde Amendment screws women on Medicaid), people need to understand it's not an unusual thing to have covered, and this will have a big impact on women who end up on any governmental plan that's likely to come into existence. More on this
This year at Comic Con, EA encouraged attendees to grope its "booth babes" -- promising attendees dinner with the "babes" if they took and published a photo of themselves sexually harassing the women.
On a lighter note, awesome old school Willy Wonka icons
(My Vagina is) Eight Miles Wide. Worth watching. Probably not at work. Especially not with the sound turned up.
My brother Jajy1979 recommends the Bill Moyers this week on Healthcare, and on Rage on the Airwaves
What's wrong with the new pro-lifers: The progressive anti-abortion movement still doesn't truly value the life and identity of the mother
NATIONAL POLITICS & POLICY | Surgeon General Nominee Backs Obama's Positions on Reproductive Health, White House Says -- Reassuring to hear, although I'm already a big fan.
Some more examination of the Withdrawal as Contraception study that created so many waves
OK, it's break time. That's all for now, although I'm only partially through my mailbox.