And we’re back! I screwed up the settings for this somehow, but sorted out again now. Bumper crop of links, so check out what’s after the cut as well.
So, onto the items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments.
- Darn Women, Getting Themselves Raped and Making Life Difficult for the Menz
- Reaction vs. Prevention
- Racism, Sexism and Sotomayor, in a few easy-to-read bullet points.
- Abu Ghraib Abuse Allegations Include Rape
- Drop It Like It’s Hot
- M&S chair says women have "more equality than you ever can deal with"
- Deadline’s looming
– “Right, dudebro—having the academy the subject of negative scrutiny is the problem, not alleged rape of cadets. Thanks for showing me your extensive (and stinky) privilege.”
– “I wrote my representative, as he said, about programs that help prevent domestic violence. He responded by acknowledging that, and telling me how much he supports services for victims of domestic violence that has already been perpetrated.”
– covers the lot, pretty much
– “What’s shocking is that in the 21st century, the U.S. government is condoning and possibly even promoting rape as a war tactic.”
– Renee’s weekly linkfest
– “There may be more women at the top today, but the barriers that keep many women locked out big business are still in place and range wildly from women being forced to make a choice between children and career, institutionalised sexism and double standards on pay. These problems don’t go away just because you disagree with their existence.”
– Deborah reminds us that the next edition of the Down Under Feminists Carnival is approaching submissions deadline
- Hippodrome Yarmouth allows staff to wear '100% woman' badges
- Googlememe: needs
- Pearl Clutcher Rewind
- What “supporting our troops” actually means
- International students being bashed in the streets – the sharp edge of the academic-industrial-complex
- Balance! I’ll give you balance…
- Clive and the Evil Feminist jackboot of Doom!
- Glau to awesome-ify, then kill another sci-fi series
- Uh oh
- International Whore’s Day – Scarlett Alliance Red Umbrella March
- Blogger, Walk With Me: BOB and Internet Feminism
- The Gender Knot: Ch. 1 Discussion – "Where Are We?" Part 1
– arrrgh
– I like this meme. Have a go at it in comments (or leave a link to your own blog post on it)?
– Confronting one’s own privilege in conversations with WOC
– Great idea
– “Is anyone noticing how it’s in their interests to deny the racist motivation for violence and instead to blame the victim?”
– A good one on double standards from Helen (who I had accidentally filed away under the wrong label in my feedreader, which is why I didn’t see these until now)
– Clive James has really gone off lately.
– Word.
– a classic description of an autumn cold
– Don’t you dole out those one night stands now, ladeeez.
– “Traister actually made a pretty important point in that piece: that the answer is not silencing certain women, but giving more exposure to more women, so that the full diversity of who we are can be accurately represented. Unfortunately, diversity means disagreement. The question is whether you think that having many women’s voices and many female points of view available to the public is more or less important than not being criticized by another woman.”
– “Early on in the first chapter of The Gender Knot, Allan Johnson has this to say:
“Patriarchy is not simply another way of saying ‘men.’ Patriarchy is a kind of society, and a society is more than a collection of people.”
That may be the most important take-home message from this whole first chapter. It’s not about you, personally. It’s not even about some particular bunch of d00ds. It’s about a system, and how we all interact with it. “
Categories: linkfest
I did that Needs meme. Most of the first page is of people who have already done the meme! *laugh* But I’m especially fond of this one that came up:
Anna Needs, MIR
MIR = Masters of International Relations.
Ditto Anna — my name is so common, most of the first ten results are people doing the survey, one result even saying “if you’re doing this survey, comment here”… :-p
K, substituting FP for my own name here (FP by the way turned up nada):
FP needs to drive the care with the air conditioning off (I assume that’s car)
FP needs some more people to relate to so she can finally have a friend that no one else is involved with in any way
FP needs a solicitor who will not daydream at certain key moments during the trial, she needs for someone to help her step forward and make a difference
FP needs to dirty it up a bit
1. Jonathan needs a one or two parent family that will set guidelines and be consistent in sticking to those standards (but it’s probably too late)
2. Jonathan needs to draw up a business plan to demonstrate to potential backers that his idea is a sound investment. (Backers for what, I wonder?)
3. Jonathan needs to stay on top of the latest technologies (Twitter?)
4. Jonathan Needs A Haircut! (Always)
5. Jonathan needs milk (otherwise the muesli tastes terrible)
6. Jonathan needs your vote today (!)
7. Jonathan needs an experienced family who has patience and can manage his behavior. (Maybe it’s not too late after all)
8. Jonathan needs a mixture of 86% oats and 14% corn (to go with the milk)
9. Jonathan needs MYR 20K for a lung operation (AUD will do, and lose the operation)
10. Jonathan needs to start drinking more beer (like he needs a hole in the head)
1. Mindy needs to praise herself for a job well done (and know that someone does appreciate all the shit she handles and all the fire she puts out. (why won’t anyone appreciate how fabulous I am?)
2. Mindy needs her head examained.
3. Mindy Needs to Read This. (What? Instructions are what you read when its all gone horribly wrong.)
4. Mindy needs a wardrobe, shop girl please. (I do need to arrange to have someone build something in the built-in wardrobe space but I think I’d be a bit nicer about it)
5. Mindy – needs a home in Calverton MD (sure why not)
6. Mindy needs to focus on putting her life in order, getting and staying sober, and being a mother to her son (and I thought I was doing a good job of that)
7. Mindy needs someone that has time to give her lots of love and make sure she is safe, as she cannot safely negotiate stairways, or get down from sofas (is this a glimpse of my future?)
8. Mindy needs a highly structured environment with time set aside to complete all tasks for the day-chores, homework, and employment.*
9. Mindy needs a new home (I rather like the one I have actually)
10. Mindy needs a fairly quiet home without children. (at least on occassion, although if they stay away too long I get worried).
A lot of these are obviously about pets. Although there is a Mindy out there who needs a thesis topic, so there is hope.
* This Mindy is an 18 year old looking to be adopted. I’m assuming that’s because she won’t legally be an adult until she is 21 (?) but it still struck me as weird.
So, using my real name, given that my ‘nym’s not exactly shared (and skipping the first, which was someone else doing the same meme with rather different results (including ‘WP needs fake titties and then she would be perfect’ which, for the record, people, would head in a Lolo Ferrari direction – and probably all images you google across with her are likely to be NSFW. You were warned).)
1. WP needs to stop dressing like a slut. Or not. (My grandmother would possibly agree, but most other people are appreciative or quiet. I am scary).
2. WP needs to zip her parker. (It is gettin’ awful chilly in Sydney these days… ;-))
3. WP needs coffee . (Perpetually. But I’m an Inner-West coffee snob, so this need is much more specific than it sounds).
4.WP needs a bigger Al-bra. (I don’t know what that is, but I’ve worked damn hard to get bras that fit, so…)
5. WP needs some new, hot, cool outfits to wear. (Which is it? Hot? Cool? And if someone wants to fund my shopping, I’m good with that.)
6. WP needs to overcome all the negative by replacing it with a positive. (I… if it were that simple, honey, the world would be sweet as.)
7. WP needs her ‘Eric’ time. (I don’t know any Erics, but if I did, I’d be sure to let him know…)
8. WP needs someone manlier than Justin. (Uh… *snort, giggle*)
9. WP needs a root touch-up. (This… is probably true. I do love bottle red hair but it requires upkeep and I am lazy.)
10. WP needs to dress more like Dolly Parton circa 1975. (I… was so intrigued by this, I had to go looking. Apparently glittery jumpsuits are the go. Duly noted.)