From Scarlett:
The following one is about a new UK reality show where they put a gorgeous woman and physically deformed man in a house. I assume they’re meant to fall in love? What’s the bet we never see the reverse – gorgeous man and deformed woman?
The following link is about a reality show where the ‘best’ would-be bride at the end of each episode gets to choose from her wish-list of plastic surgery. The photo is from Aus soap Neighbours sometime from the 80′s – ironically, the bride is Kylie Minogue, who I reckon has had surgery.
The search for Mitrice Richardson keeps uncovering more and more sinister clues. Most recently: a racist mural that might depict her degradation.
Pornland sounds like an amazing, powerful work, particularly in light of what Jenn’s saying here.
Remember, y’all: ARTS FUNDING IS JOB FUNDING. Support the arts!
Dude, Tyler Perry? Not so sure he should be taking on For Colored Girls… Y’know, it’s a serious, classic, awesome play… and he, like, does racist, misogynistic drag. This could be a foul, hot ass mess.
UMMMMMM I think this dad, who got on a school bus and defended his daughter against sexual harassment and bullying, is actually pretty awesome and should not have been arrested.
CONSENT IS PERMANENT, and you can’t unconsent. GOD I NEED A DRINK. Welcome to rape culture 1.5, where you aren’t allowed to change your fucking mind.
Behold! The first born-and-bred Arab woman body-builder! Get it, girl.
This woman reads Playboy to the blind. Neat! The observation about tats would probably make me giggle if I was the one reading it, though.
STFU, feminists! You, and not sexism, are the REAL PROBLEM.
A UF professor believes that Latinas dress more provocatively than American women. Because Latina and American are mutually exclusive. Like this excuses his ongoing issues with sexual harassment.
Humanity Together sounds pretty neat — wanna read a graphic novel about everyday heroes?
Who knew? 9/21 is the international day for peace! Also: the 23rd was celebrate bisexuality day!
Oh, hello, new video game! You’re a funny fellow! What? You’re built around XENOPHOBIA!? Sweet!
What’s going on with all the Gabby Sidibe love?
WTF, Emma Frost doesn’t BEND like that. Plus, she’s HBIC. An HBIC does NOT eat pancakes. Caviar and cake all the way.
REALLY, WisCon? Ally!fail. >_< I’m glad they have a fandom of color safe-space, because if you’re going to make it possible to debate the good citizenship of POC and religious minorities because of an intellectual commitment to safe space that tacitly reflects what opinions it’s safe to say out loud and what’re not, my ass will need a drink in a quiet, dark room. Anyways, here are some responses in the WisCon LJ comm, and here’s the official spot to respond. Someone’s asking what the burden of education is at a con — good fuckin’ question! DeepaD’s got a link round up entitled “The Dirt I Lay Claim To“. Karnythia is a member of the planning committee and is reacting here. I gotta agree with TanyaD — this shit is making me rethink WisCon, particularly since they keep trying to change the parameters of the convo from being about racism to being about something else. FantasyEcho’s got some bullet points of WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK here. Basically? Marginalized people shouldn’t always have to be the bigger person and be the sacrifice for someone else’s “teachable moment.” At the same time, Nisi Shawl, the other guest of honor, and NK Jemisin both advocate for attendance and good ally-hood.
Wow, this series of messages from LGBT adults to LGBT youth is centered around one simple fact: “It gets better.”
HARRY POTTER FOR EVER! Snarky HP icons FTW! Especially useful if you’ve ever wanted to diss those annoying Gryffindors or those tag-along Ravenclaws, or on your friends’ list. THE HUFFLEPUFF ONES ARE NOT AMUSING THOUGH, AT ALL!
Guess what! There’s money to be made from fangirls! “girl” here might have a political connotation as well.
From a reader:
VH1 might be sleeping, but PBS certainly isn’t.
CALLS FOR POSTS AND WRITING!!!
There’s gonna be a blog carnival on race and midwifery.
Apex Magazine is looking for submissions by Arab writers and by Muslim writers.
Crossed Genres is looking for media featuring characters of color.
A lexiconical writing project~!
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Please don’t make excuses for the rapist.
FM(Quote) (Reply)
This. So much this.
Maria(Quote) (Reply)
Who’s making excuses? O_oV
Casey(Quote) (Reply)
Lisa was in her initial comment upthread with her remarks about men’s lack of an “off switch.”
Maria(Quote) (Reply)
“men’s comparitive lack of an… off switch”
We’re sapient beings capable of learning and of analysing situations. Pulling out and not going back in is not a feat beyond our ken.
Charles RB(Quote) (Reply)
I so totally agree with both of you, Attackfish and Shaun. If there are conditions important to HIM that would enable him to stop in mid-thrust, then if a man ignores his partner’s request to stop in mid-thrust, he’s crossed a line.
I think people also need to realize: if we created a society in which women felt less confused and conflicted about their sexuality, with less guilt and shame and manipulation to deal with regarding every aspect of every act of sex a girl or woman considers having, this type of confused consent repealing would probably be a rare thing. (I mean, that’s why men and boys so rarely revoke consent – they’ve been taught NOT to feel guilt, shame and confusion about their desire for sex.) But as long as men keep fighting for the right to rape women who’ve revoked consent, we can’t have that world.
I think men would get laid a lot more in my ideal world, don’t you? And yet millions of them haven’t the basic goddamn sense to figure that out.
Jennifer Kesler(Quote) (Reply)
Well, the urge to piss wherever you’re standing is also perfectly natural, yet we’ve made a decision to toilet train our species.
Ditto on hitting someone who irritates you. Why on earth consider that wrong, when humans are hard-wired to do that, as evidenced by all the physical fights little kids get into even when they come from perfectly non-violent homes?
We’re not constrained to “just how [men/humans/women] are.” I actually don’t believe that’s “just how men are”, given the evolutionary advantages of being chubby, but even if it was, your mom’s point is rendered moot by her expecting men to use toilets. Which I presume she does.
Jennifer Kesler(Quote) (Reply)
I see your point. What I liked about it was the way that it used the song about “California gurls” wearing stilettos on the beach and attracting guys and subverted it, at least somewhat, to be about women who don’t get songs written about them in the same way. I took it as geeky women choosing to be sexy and make a fun video, and being nearly naked as a parody of the earlier video.
…but yeah, it’s definitely problematic. Thanks for reminding me to look closer
Ray(Quote) (Reply)
Also: “Another thing common to People With Agendas is that they only focus on the negative and somehow don’t pay notice to the things that they are asking for.”
Sometimes true, usually not.
Also:
“When people say “I just got raped by that holy paladin” (lol), they use the term because it is the ultimate description of how horribly they were just treated. Can we not see the connection here? They are not trying to belittle the experience of a rape victim. When people use the word to describe something, they are lending credence to your plight, dear, unfortunate rape victim. You’ve already suffered enough, so please don’t torture yourself further by seeing mistreatment where it isn’t.”
NO.
(Re the Rihanna and Eminem song, I’d actually like to see a discussion of that here… I have heard conflicting opinions on the song from people I respect, and though my immediate (and continuing) reaction was very negative, I know that people have defended it as anti-domestic violence. It also strikes me that the effect of the video is different than that of the song alone… There was a good post against the whole thing at Tiger Beatdown a while back.)
Ray(Quote) (Reply)
I’ve been thinking about doing a video roundup of songs featuring domestic violence as a theme… Like Bebe’s “Malo”, the Eminem/Rihanna song, and maybe one or two others. I think it’d be an interesting discussion prompt… but the next two Thursday’s I’m all about Latino music for Latin@ history month, so it’d be in like 3 wks or so
Maria(Quote) (Reply)
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