Femmostroppo Reader – May 6, 2009

Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please add interesting links of your own in the comments.

• Too Fat for SCOTUS

- Liss on the US Supreme Court debate and links to great pieces on how sexism informs fat hatred

• Fat is a Feminist Issue

- more on the horrified reaction to the probability of another woman on the US Supreme Court

• Stop It Before It Starts: Part 2

- must-read about undetected rapists who premeditate their attacks and who rely on misunderstandings that they deliberately construct

• Totally Not Sexist

- yeah, totally

• We’re Not Planning A Slave Uprising

- Quote: “If a simple gathering of friends can be perceived of as a threat or at least noteworthy enough to draw concern, then our mere presence in any space must be substantiated by whiteness.”

• Critical Reporting

- smell the sexism and racism in the arguments against Sotomayer for the US Supreme Court.

• What I Learned On NPR This Morning by Anthony McCarthy

- Quote: “Protecting allegedly “American” corporations, good, pure and right.
Protecting indisputably American workers, evil, corrupt and disastrous.

You got that?”

• You cannot assess a person’s health by looking at them

- damn straight

• Pakistani pop singer killed

- Quote: “Do we pay too little attention to the oppression of women in other countries, or do we pay too much?”

• RIP Marilyn French

- A fact I didn’t know included

• It's the newest product you don't need, and will make you feel bad about yourself.

- marketassing

• Western Painted Turtle of the Week (and some lite blaming)

- Twisty sums up the hyperventilating about anonymous philanthropy targeting women in education perfectly

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