Archive for 'feminism'
Act for a Happier Women's Day!
Today, March 8th, was International Women’s Day. However, it’s never too late to act. After all, limiting your actions on behalf of women to Women’s Day would be to cede the other 364 days of the year to men: a ratio that’s clearly imbalanced. In the spirit of fairness, take action for women: Urge the [...]
Posted: March 9th, 2010 under agency, feminism, gender, politics.
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Reviving Ophelia: GirlDrive and Feminists for Obama
Hello lovely revolutionaries! Welcome to 2010! ObjectifyThis has recently relocated to New York, delaying posts on this blog in favor of searches for shelter, income, and long-lost friends. However, I’ll be sure to get back atcha as soon as my schedule allows. I look forward to any semblance of monotony, believe me. In the meantime, [...]
Posted: January 11th, 2010 under New York Review of Books, art, clinton, femininity, feminism, obama.
Tags: anne kornblut, balkans, barack, clinton, Columbine, emma bee bernstein, female, femininity, feminism, francesca woodman, gender, geraldine ferraro, hillary, identity, identity politics, interview, journalism, lynyrd skynyrd, nona ellis aronowitz, NPR, obama, photography, politicians, power, presidential election, racism, road trip, romance, sex, suicide, the onion, tom ashbrook
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I'll Swan for Links
This photograph is by Francesca Woodman, a fantastic feminist photographer who killed herself in her twenties several decades ago. Her work is haunting, because she treats the female form and the objectifying gaze of the camera and manages to make it beautiful. From Johannesburg, the story of Dumisani Rebombo, one rapist repenting, asking his victim’s [...]
Posted: June 25th, 2009 under conflict resolution, feminism, feminist, objectification, politics, rape, respect.
Tags: add, adhd, alex chee, allen iverson, art, auto-tune, camera, carcinogen, china, deng yujiao, dumisani rebombo, feminism, food coloring, ford madox ford, francesca woodman, gaze, granta, harper's, harper's index, homicide, Iran, jean rhys, johannesburg, maud newton, murder, mustache, n+1, national symbol, neda agha soltan, novelist, objectification, photography, practice, rapist, repentence, sexual assault, south africa, statistical poetry, statistics, suicide, sunscreen
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime: The Economics of Gender Inequality, Pt. IV
IV. Inflexibility of Gender/Pay Relationship Transgender pay differences reflect gender pay differences. Last October, Andrew Sullivan pointed to research that “found that women who become men (known as FTMs) do significantly better than men who become women (MTFs). MTFs in the study earned, on average, 32% less after they transitioned from male to female, even [...]
Posted: April 8th, 2009 under Congress, Freud, crisis, cross-dressing, discrimination, disempowerment, economics, economy, feminism, feminist, gender, gender bias, gender differences, gender dynamics, gender equality, gender power, gender role, gender roles, gender socialization, legislation, politics, taboo.
Tags: abigail adams, african-american, aid legislation, anthropology, Baltimore, biological gender, body modification, california, castration, childhood, david harvey, difference, discrimination, economic analysis, education, female circumcision, feminism, feminists, financial crisis, financial loss, flipping, founding father, Freud, FTM, gender, gender bias, gender difference, gender equality, gender roles, genital cutting, geography, home ownership, identity, identity politics, income, john quincy adams, katrina, layoffs, legislation, lesbian, low-income, Manhater, median, mortgage, MTF, n+1, pay, policy, senate compromise, single mothers, socialization, speculation, study, taboo, taboos, transition, wages
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On Choosing Who Gets to Be Free: Feminism vs. Racism
Recently my girl Ashley pointed me to a post at Jack and Jill Politics. In my browsing there, I came upon yesterday’s post, “The Field Negro Smacks Down Shelby Steele’s Self-Hating BS.” While the post makes important points about the natural alignment of the black power movement and liberal politics’ focus on the government’s commitment [...]
Posted: March 17th, 2009 under Female Sexuality, feminism, gender, hypocrisy, politics, race, racial discrimination, racism, radical politics, remind my soul, sex, sexism, sexual capital, sexual inequality, sexual morality, sexual morals, sexual objectification.
Tags: academia, academic, agent, black panthers, black power, black women, bullshit, consciousness, conservative, eve ensler, FBI, feminism, feminist, field negro, ho, hypocrisy, idealism, latinas, liberal, Man Hater, martin luther king jr., people, politics, promiscuity, race, racism, self-hate, self-hatred, sex, sexual activity, sexually active, shelby steele, violence, war
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Onward, Feminist Soldiers: The Battle of . . . Do We Really Want a Battle?
Jessica Lynch “was born in Palestine, West Virginia,” according to the Wikipedia page about her. It continues, “her family could not afford to send her to college; her older brother had to drop out for financial reasons. Searching for a way to pay for the children’s educations, the Lynch family met with an army recruiter [...]
Posted: October 19th, 2008 under discrimination, female, female empowerment, female leader, feminine energy, femininity, feminism, fight, male worldview, maleness, males, man, masculine systems, masculinity, military, military casualties, misogynisitic, misogynist, misogynistic, misogynists, obama, september, september 11, sexism, sexist, sexual abuse, sexual assault, sexual difference, sexual dimorphism, sexual inequality, stereotype, stereotypes, terrorism, terrorist, violation, violence, war, war on terror, weapons, women, women in the military, women's liberation, women's movement, women's rights, work, working conditions.
Tags: barack obama, college, community service, congo, Dahomey Amazons, destiny's child, eye of the tiger, fast food, female soldier, feminist, gender, gender blind, gender role, gender stereotype, globalization, hierarchy, inés suarez, infantry, islamic militant, jessica lynch, Joan of Arc, lionesses, masculinity, military, molly pitcher, navy seals, patriarchy, physical strength, pine leaf, power, Qiu Jin, Rani Lakshmibai, rape, sarah palin, self defense, september 11, sex, sexism, sexual dimorphism, sexual power, silver star, special forces, stereotype, strength, survivor, terrorism, test tube babies, violence, war, war on terror, warrior, weakness, women, work, zivildienst
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One Vagina, Two Vaginae: Red Vagina vs. Blue Vagina.
Well, I have to admit it: I’m kinda angry. Or to put it less originally, MY VAGINA’S ANGRY! “Whoa,” you are saying as you back out of the room, “easy there, cowgirl.” I mean, really, that’s a joke: I feel my anger in my brain — you know, that pea-sized appendage. That’s also where I [...]
Posted: September 7th, 2008 under Freud, WASP, constitutional, femininity, feminism, feminist, guerilla, hillary clinton, hysteria, palin, personal, personal experience, political, politicians, politics, rights, the pill, theory, universe, vagina.
Tags: abortion, amy goodman, blue man group, bros before hoes, Bush, chromosomes, democracy, democracy now, democrat, education, feminism, first amendment rights, freedom of the press, Freud, gays, God, GOP, guerrilla, guns, health and human services, hillary rodham clinton, hysteria, identity politics, love that dares not speak its name, male control, maverick, micheal leavitt, old testament, palin, personal, political, politics, pregnancy, republican, republican national convention, right to choose, rnc, state aid, swift-boat, theory, universe, uterus, vagina, WASP
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