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Jul 01 2008
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Ain't I a Mommy? | Bitch Magazine
Shortly before the birth of my first child nine years ago, while browsing the bookstore for mommy wisdom, I discovered Anne Lamott’s Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son’s First Year and fell in love with the author and the book. More than any parenting truisms the book might have contained, it was Lamott’s writing style—funny, self-deprecating, and brutally honest—that kept me reading. The big mommy insight I gleaned from Operating Instructions was that I wasn’t quite as neurotic as Anne, so my kid and I would probably be all right.
Jun 28 2008
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That sisterhood cannot be forged by the mere saying of words. It is the outcome of continued growth and change. It is a goal to be reached, a process of becoming. The process begins with action, with the individual woman’s refusal to accept any set of myths, stereotypes, and false assumptions that deny the shared commonness of her human experience; that deny her capacity to experience the Unity of all life; that deny her capacity to bridge gaps created by racism, sexism, or classism; that deny her ability to change. The process begins with the individual woman’s acceptance that American women, without exception, are socialized to be racist, classist, and sexist, in varying degrees, and that labeling ourselves feminists does not change the fact that we must consciously work to rid ourselves of the legacy of negative socialization.
–bell hooks, Ain’t I A Woman: Black Women and Feminism
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Marriage - Feministing Community Post
It’s especially interesting for me to see how other people conceptualize marriage. See, I definitely noticed the incredibly sexist conditions under which the institution of marriage has and continues to thrive. The thing of it is though, it seems like a lot of people thus feel that the institution of marriage is consequently fucked. That their options are to have THAT kind of marriage and wedding, or none at all.
That’s not my conclusion.
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Cross-cultural research indicated that the availability of pornography may contribute to the reduction of undesireable behaviour. In Japan, soft-core pornography is widely available and routinely featured in views and business magazines on the TV (Abramsan & Hayash, 1984, pg. 179). Japanese pornography often includes the abuse of young women, with Japanese adult movies containing “vivid rape and bondage themes” (pg. 180). Indeed, “one of the best ways to ensure the success of a Japanese adult film is to include the bondage and rape of a young woman” (pg 178). In the U.S., by contrast, stimuli thought to elicit rape are severely restricted. But in Japan, there are 2.4 reported rapes per 100, 000 population. U.S. incidence is more than 14 times higher. Incidently, the laws are basically the same, and Japanese women are equally as reluctant to report rapes (Araham & Hayash, 1984, pp. 180 - 181). The authors suggest that the law incidence of rape is a function, in part, of the availability of sex in massage parlors and to haji, the shame experienced by those who fail to behave properly. Additionally, the wide availability of pornography may also play a role in reducing sex crime. (Padgett et. al., 1989:480-481)
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Nude cyclist demonstration in Paris.
Jun 07 2008
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Jun 05 2008
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The questions:
1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food? right now?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. What is your favorite drink?
7. What is your dream vacation?
8. What is your favorite dessert?
9. What do you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. What is one word that describes you?
12. What is your flickr name?
1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food? right now?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. What is your favorite drink?
7. What is your dream vacation?
8. What is your favorite dessert?
9. What do you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. What is one word that describes you?
12. What is your flickr name?
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