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Links for 12/06/10
Hello lovelies! I’m still hard at work on applications. But here are some links for you in the meantime! Over at Sociological Images, Marissa explores the implications of representing sex on bathroom signs for our understanding of sex and gender. At AmplifyYourVoice, actual abstinence-only curricula meets animated bears. The New York Times reports on the [...]
Posted: December 6th, 2010 under class, gender, gender culture, homophobia, human rights, politics, sex, sexuality, transgender.
Tags: abstinence, abstinence-only education, bathroom doors, classism, daily show, don't ask don't tell, Gay, gay teens, gender, gender performativity, homophobia, ilusha tsinadze, it gets better, jon stewart, krugman, maternity leave, mccain, republic of georgia, rights, sex, social security, sociology, the senate, transgender
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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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Liberty, Stand Up to Stupak!
Last week, the long-awaited passage of health care reform came at a hefty cost. Bart Stupak’s amendment to HR 3962 prevents women receiving federal subsidies from buying health insurance that covers abortion. This attack on the reproductive rights of poor Americans may have dire repercussions for women and society, and that may be what the [...]
Posted: November 16th, 2009 under agency, gender, gender culture, hostile environment, politics, rape, social class, socialization, society, socioeconomics.
Tags: abortion, bill, burt stupak, child care, christian right, conception, contraception, crime, Declaration of Independence, federal subsidies, fetus, fetuses, gender, gender power, happiness, harassment, health care, hostile environment, HR 3962, incest, injustice, justice, liberty, miscarriages, national right to life committee, nutrition, power, pregnancy, pro life, rape, reform, right to life, sex, sex education, sexual assault, sexual partner, smoking, social class, social power, socioeconomic class, state, std, stereotype, stereotype threat, title IX, wage inequality, welfare
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Lady Justice: "They've Never Been a 13-Year old Girl."
The case Redding vs. Safford Unified School District #1 was decided by the Supreme Court this week. The 8-to-1 decision was awarded to Savana Redding, who as 13-year old girl, was strip-searched by school officials when she was suspected of carrying prescription-strength ibuprofen to school, each of which would have had the strength of two [...]
Posted: June 27th, 2009 under Female Sexuality, Supreme Court, drugs, gender, human dignity, human rights, objectification, politics, student.
Tags: dangerous, delerious, fear, gender, hazing, justice, men, objectification, pills, rape, ruth bader ginsburg, savana redding, school, strip-search, Supreme Court, violation, women
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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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Figure It Out: The Truth about the Perfect Body
Are women’s magazines bad for women? It might seem like a stupid question. But when, as the New York Times reports, a University of Missouri study “found that looking at women’s magazines for 1-3 minutes had a negative impact on women’s self esteem. So imagine what happens if we’re bombarded by these images every day.” [...]
Posted: March 18th, 2009 under Female Sexuality, Media, Self Objectification, advertisement, advertising, agency, airbrushing, beauty, bodies, body image, gender, internalized oppression, make up, makeup, mass-produced, materialism, mental health, model, objectification, physical health, physical perfection, politics, popular culture, power, power dynamic, power structure, racism, reality, self, self acceptance, self image, self-esteem, self-loathing, sex, sexuality.
Tags: ads, advertising, advertizing, airbrushing, beauty, body image, france, health, keats, magazines, mental health, physical health, power, reality, retouching, self-esteem, steroids, truth, ugliness
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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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