February 2009

“If Only?” I Think Not.

by Cara February 9, 2009

Trigger Warning Like Lauredhel, I think that the Adults Surviving Child Abuse (ASCA) almost certainly meant well by this PSA.  I don’t know how else they could have meant.  But somehow, that doesn’t really matter to me while I’m watching it, at all. (For those unable to view video, Lauredhel has a transcript.) The commenters [...]

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Top 5 Paul McCartney Vocals

by Cara February 7, 2009

Now that my Yoko Ono series is over, I can safely return to my other regularly-scheduled Beatles blogging — and that means the Top 5 lists. Clearly, it was time for a Paul list.  I’ve done my Top 5 John vocals, my Top 5 George songs, and Paul needs a turn.  Paul, like John, was [...]

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Real Sex Education Gets a Chance

by Cara February 6, 2009

I could not have possibly been more excited when I saw this article about the handful of sex-positive sex education courses taking place around the country: The photos were a small piece of a yearlong sexuality education program called Our Whole Lives, or OWL. A joint effort by the Unitarian Universalist Association and the United [...]

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South Dakota Fails in Abortion Ban; Attempts Death by a Thousand Cuts

by Cara February 5, 2009

After South Dakota’s two failed abortion ban attempts, and previous decisions to enact what are quite arguably the strictest abortion restrictions in all of the United States, I was almost silly enough to hope that Leslee Unruh’s proclamation that she was dropping the abortion issue for this legislative season might mean something good.  But no, [...]

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Supreme Court Declares a Right to Sue for Retaliation in Sexual Harassment Cases

by Cara February 4, 2009

The Supreme Court has ruled, in what ought to be a no-brainer, that companies cannot fire their employees for cooperating in sexual harassment investigations, and that someone who is fired for this reason has the right to sue. The case arose from an internal investigation into possible misconduct by Gene Hughes, the employee relations director [...]

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In Which Chris Matthews Says Something Intelligent

by Cara February 4, 2009

Based on this video, in which President of the Independent Women’s Voice Michelle Bernard and Planned Parenthood Federation of America CEO Cecile Richards discuss the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act with Chris Matthews, Renee has called Michelle Bernard “colluder of the week” for getting in bed with the patriarchy and arguing that demanding equality is [...]

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Shocking: Playboy Playmates Represent Increasingly Impossible Sexual Ideals

by Cara February 3, 2009

In what comes as a surprise to absolutely no one who pays attention to media representations of women and sexiness, it looks like the overall BMI of women featured as Playboy Playmates has dropped dramatically over time.  Indeed, according to Wired Magazine (who did the analysis), “While real American women have steadily eaten their way [...]

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On Feminism and Being Constructive

by Cara February 2, 2009

The other day, on my post about T-Shirt Hell closing, I got this comment from someone going by the name of James (a different James from the one who was published and later banned on the thread). Maybe if women spent more time being constructive than worrying about being offended, they’d accomplish something outside the [...]

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Reminder: Yes Means Yes Live Chat at Feministing

by Cara February 2, 2009

Just a quick reminder that at 3PM EST today, I’ll be live-chatting with Jessica Valenti, Jaclyn Friedman, Samhita Mukhopadhyay and Miriam Perez about Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power & a World Without Rape.  All you have to do to participate or read along is head over to Feministing at that time.  I [...]

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In Defense of the Feminist Kitty Collective

by Cara February 1, 2009

Renee of Womanist Musings decided to post a manifesto for feminist dog-lovers everywhere, breaking our well-known and established tradition of the feminist kitty collective. Now, I’m not the posting photos of my completely adorable cat type, but knowing that I ardently defend the kitty collective, she decided to call me out directly, anyway. Bad move, [...]

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