Femmostroppo Reader – August 30, 2009

by tigtog on August 30, 2009

Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments.

Remembering Hurricane Katrina

– My birthday – shared with MJ plus anniversary of Katrina. If I were superstitious…

Forget The “Sex Predator”, How ‘Bout His Wife, Eh?

– “I hope I’m not the only one who thinks a simple “Sex predator faces life in jail” would have sufficed.”

The name’s the thing

– “None of this shit happened when she changed her name upon marriage.”

The news you have to pay for

– “The media is about delivering messages to you, the so-called public. One message that almost completely escapes censure is that we must have the economic system we currently have.”

In Which the NYT Notices the Politics of Black Women’s Hair

– “Anyone who thought such preconceptions were outdated would have been reminded otherwise by some negative reactions to the president’s 11-year-old daughter, Malia Obama, who wore her hair in twists while in Rome this summer. Commenters on the conservative blog Free Republic attacked her as unfit to represent America for stepping out unstraightened.”

NY Bans Most Shackling During Childbirth

– “in addition to the inhumane and degrading nature of the treatment, the emotional trauma it inflicts, and the physical discomfort, it’s a practice that can even cause physical injury.”

Drop It Like It’s Hot

– linkfest

Glass houses and parenting rooms

Disclaimer/SotBO: a link here is not necessarily an endorsement of all opinions of the post author(s) either in the particular post or of their writing in general.

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{ 9 comments }

1 Chally August 30, 2009 at 5:30 pm: Thanks very much for the link, tigtog!
2 tigtog August 30, 2009 at 6:59 pm: You’re welcome, Chally – the level of hostility to women keeping/reverting to the name they’ve had since birth keeps on surprising me all over again, every time I read about experiences like those.
3 Anna August 30, 2009 at 7:31 pm: Tigog, I may have said already, but I really appreciate these link roundups.

Also, Don’s gotten lots of flack for changing his name to mine, and he’s only done it socially.
4 tigtog August 30, 2009 at 9:15 pm: Ta, Anna. I can just imagine the flak that a man receives for changing his name to his partner’s. *brrrrr*
5 Helen August 30, 2009 at 10:20 pm: As a favour, could someone post the link to Skud’s wonderful post “where are all the male political bloggers”? I haven’t been able to find it again. Ta!
6 tigtog August 30, 2009 at 10:28 pm: @Helen

http://geekfeminism.org/2009/08/19/where-are-all-the-men-bloggers/
7 Helen August 30, 2009 at 10:28 pm: Danke schon!!!
8 Book Girl September 2, 2009 at 7:02 pm: Just remembered to post this link – a piece on disability and right-to-die issues that I agree with most heartily.
9 Book Girl September 2, 2009 at 7:17 pm: Arrrg… Serves me right trying to use html when tired: http://heresycorner.blogspot.com/2009/08/my-life-is-unbearable-dont-fix-it-just.html