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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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On The American Dream and Amber Waves of Great
The American Dream has great power. Merriam-Webster defines it as “an American social ideal that stresses egalitarianism and especially material prosperity”; but this is incomplete. The American Dream is also bound up in those four words, “the pursuit of happiness,” an “unalienable right” guaranteed by the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson and Franklin elided our right [...]
Posted: February 28th, 2010 under Declaration of Independence, Gay, Research, advertisement, agency, american dream, americans, gay marriage, human rights, humor, objectification, revolution, society, sociology.
Tags: agency, American, american dream, Applebee's, arrrested development, asian, ben franklin, black, Declaration of Independence, demographics, diversity, dream, estadounidense, gay rights, generation, george mason, gil scott-heron, happiness, hispanic, humor, hyperbole, i'm new here, material goods, materialism, merriam webster, mighty boosh, millenial, Millenials, nutrigrain, obama, pew research center, pursuit, revolution, rights, sarah haskins, spanish, tattoo, the revolution will not be televised, Thomas Jefferson, tolerance, u.s., unalienable rights, values
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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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The Reality of "RealAge": Big Business meets Big Brother?
So you’ve probably heard about Ghostnet, the mysterious online spying network. But have you considered the degree to which your online activity is monitored by big business? I don’t just mean those ads on the side of your Gmail account that spontaneously advertise garden gnomes when you talk about your short hippie friend. I mean [...]
Posted: April 1st, 2009 under HIV, Research, advertisement, advertising, advertising copy, big business, brazil, consumer, corporate greed, drug, drug culture, drugs, human rights, humanism, humanity, manipulation, marketing, medical, medicine.
Tags: ads, advertisement, aids, aids drugs, big pharma, brazil, development, disease, doctors, drug, drug companies, drug company, drug industry, fortune 500, generic, ghostnet, gmail, government, hippie, hippocratic oath, marketing, medicine, patented, pharmaceuticals, pigeons, profits, realage test, Research, snake oil, WHO
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'It's Not Rape if She Blinks Twice for Yes' and Other Phallacies of Rape Culture
The New York Times recently reported that yet another rapist is being let off of the hook – as the majority are. Nearly 95% of men standing trial for rape in the United States and the United Kingdom are cleared of all charges, which is a shocking number considering the social, personal and political consequences [...]
Posted: May 11th, 2008 under Attack, Female Sexuality, Misogyny, Research, Sex Roles, alcohol, chauvinism, chauvinist, consent, constitution, constitutional, court, cultural bias, cultural criticism, culture, definitions, degradation, democracy, discrimination, disempowerment, disrespect, domestic violence, equality, exploitation, exploitative, feminine, femininity, feminism, feminist, feminist theory, feminists, fuck, fucking, gang rape, gender, gender culture, gender disparity, gender dynamics, gender equality, gender power, gender role, gender roles, gender socialization, gender theory, gender violence, genitalia, genitals, government, human dignity, human rights, humanism, humanist, humanity, identity politics, inequality, injury, injustice, institution, intercourse, international women's day, justice, legal, legal definition, male perspective, male sexuality, maleness, males, masculine systems, men, misogynisitic, misogynist, misogynistic, misogynists, morality, object, objectification, objectification of women, partner abuse, partner violence, physical power, pop culture, popular culture, power, power dynamic, power structure, propaganda, punishable offense, rape, rape case, rape culture, rape trial, rape victim, rapist, rapper, respect, science, science and gender, self image, self-esteem, sex, sex object, sex partner, sex research, sexism, sexist, sexual abuse, sexual activity, sexual advance, sexual assault, sexual difference, sexual exploitation, sexual inequality, sexual morality, sexual morals, sexual relations, sexual subordination, sexual violence, sexuality, social class, social inequality, socialization, society, survivor, vagina, violation, violence, violence against women, women, women's health, women's liberation, women's rights, women's studies.
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Speaking Truth To Power: The Canary In the Coalmine (Literally)
Fight the Culture of Hate! Vincent Navarro, formerly Jesse Jackson’s senior health advisor in the ’84 and ’88 Primaries, tells it like it is over at Counterpunch: HillaryCare Failed. That’s right, folks, the experienced cynical candidate might not have an advantage over the young, hopeful candidate. The experienced candidate might have been involved in a [...]
Posted: March 6th, 2008 under 08, 1492, Guantanamo, Ohio, Texas, United States, abduction, afghanistan, african-american, african-americans, american way, anti-white, baltimore sun, barack, barackaway, birds, black, black males, black panther party, black panthers, bomb, brunch, brutality, california, californian, canary, candidate, capitalist, caucus, change, charges, church, clinton, coalmine, colonial power, colony, corruption, crime, cub, culture, culture of fear, delegate, dementia, democrat, democratic, detainee, dictatorship, direct traffic, drug, drug use, drugs, election, enslavement, equality, exploitation, fairness, fear, federal, funding, gender, goods, government, group, health care, hillary, hillary care, hillarycare, hitler, homeland, homeland security, hope, human, human rights, imperialism, international, jesse jackson, justice, law, lean back, male, males, manipulation, men, mental health, mining industry, minor, neighborhood, neocolonial, non-violent, oakland, obama, panthers, party, police, politics, possession, power, presidency, president, primary, profit, proletariat, property, race, radical, reagan, regime, rich, rights, rockaway, scandal, security, services, sex, stalin, state, sulfur-coloured seed eater, superdelegate, surrendur, system, ten point, ten point program, terror, terror squad, terrorism, terrorist, terrorists, toddler, totalitarian, totalitarianism, u.s. government, uncle sam, vibe, vincent navarro, violation, violence, war, war on drugs, welfare, white.
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Our Masculine Systems: Women's Inequality Under the U.S. Constitution
Back in the day, in 1776, when our Founding Father and future second president John Quincy Adams was helping to draft the constitution, his wife, (Founding Mother?), Abigail Adams, asked him to “Remember the ladies” in that august document. He replied, in a letter, “Depend upon it, We know better than to repeal our Masculine [...]
Posted: January 7th, 2008 under 14th, American, Congress, George W. BUsh, National Organization for Women, Senator, Supreme Court, Uncategorized, United States, Virginia Tech, abigail adams, abusive conduct, agency, amendment, american history, antonio morrison, bill clinton, bitch, campaign, candidate, christy brzonkala, commerce clause, condom, constitution, constitutional, court of appeals, culture, en banc, football players, founding father, founding mother, fourteenth amendment, fuck the shit out of them, george macon university, get girls drunk, government, grand jury, history, human rights, hurting, inequality, james crawford, joe biden, john quincy adams, judge rehnquist, liberty, life, masculine systems, masculinity, no, objectification, opinionatrix, personal safety, pretzel, pursuit of happiness, race, rape, rapist, religion, sex, sexual assault, sexual violence, state's rights, stds, strength, survivor, violence, violence against women, violence against women act, woman, women's center, women's liberation, women's rights.
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