Bob McDonnell = TOTAL DOUCHE

So Bob McDonnell said that disabled children are God's punishment to women. And he represents the state of Virginia. That's great.

http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2010/02/22/virginia-delegate-handicapped-children-are-gods-punishment-women

Ughh.

spousal abuse and asylum

check out this article in the NYT!

"U.S. May Be Open to Asylum for Spouse Abuse"
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/us/30asylum.html?_r=1&hp

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

tele

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!