The State of the American Woman

Time Magazine has all these articles out about the current situation for American women. I've read one so far that was pretty interesting and talked about choice with titles Ms., Miss, and Mrs. Hopefully, we can discuss some of this stuff soon!

I also thought it was pretty funny that the link at one of the essays was something along the lines on "more on women" and "women covers." How ridiculous is it that there need to be "women" covers--implying that everything else is a man's cover. Once again "other-izing" us. hmph.

Feminism article in the Breeze

There was a recent op-ed piece about feminism that is horribly misinformed. I wrote a rebuttal (quite vicious) that is listed under comments. I suggest reading both.

Let's chat!

Can you say misogynist?

CYCLING blog about cycling

so my adviser for sister speak just sent me a link to this new blog just about menstruation. how sweet is that?! the first posts i've seen are about twittering about having a miscarriage at a meeting, periods keeping young African girls out of schools, and a nice animated menstruation video. seems pretty interesting.

here's the site...
http://menstruationresearch.org/blog/

here's a video with singing menstruation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ4QOQdnifk&feature=player_embedded#t=14

Dalai Lama is a FEMINIST

woo! the dalai lama recently said that he's a feminist. no surprise there really.

“Isn’t that what you call someone who fights for women’s rights?”

what a great guy!

http://www.memphisflyer.com/TheDailyBuzz/archives/2009/09/23/the-dalai-lama-is-a-feminist

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http://womenandhollywood.com/2009/04/hbo-finally-gets-a-feminist-show/

New show called "women's studies" to be aired on HBO!

"The new feminist show will star Julie White as a former feminist “it” girl author who now teaches at a small northeastern liberal arts school. If Julie White is in it I can guarantee it will be funny."

What do you guys think? It would be interesting to watch together whenever it happens and compare it to the real topics we have learned in our women's studies classes!

alaskan attorney general

more palin mania!!

the newly nominated attorney general from alaska is quoted saying:

“If a guy can’t rape his wife, who’s he gonna rape?”
“If a woman would keep her mouth shut, there wouldn’t be an issue with domestic violence.”


http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-04-13/palins-new-disaster/full/

Rebecca West Quote

Hey I found this quote about feminism and I though I'd share:

“I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is; I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.”