November 2009
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More on "New Moon"
“New Moon” has been a trending topic on Twitter for days. This means that people around the world have been writing thousands of tweets about it per hour, every hour, for days.
Photo from TheInsider.com
The tweets say things like: @Trumarine: I’m going to see New Moon tonight!! Woot Woot!! Half nekkid Rob here I cum!!!! @bellie7: Still thinking about Jacobs abs in New Moon....
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Reproductive Rights in Health Reform Rallies this...
Wednesday, December 2nd, 9:30am - 4:30pm Washington, DC Dirksen Senate Office Building Rm. G50 Constitution Ave/1st St. NE Organized by Feminist Majority Foundation Call 703-522-2214 Friday, December 4th, 12pm-2pm New York Front of Senator Schumer’s office 757 Third Avenue (at 48th St) Organized by National Organization for Women-New York State Email info@nownys.org or call 518-452-3944
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“When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we...”
– Audre Lorde
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Happy Thanksgiving!
What I’m thankful for:
Feminist 12 year-olds
Living in New York City among the homo, commi liberals
Best friends who I’ve known longer than I haven’t
“A walk on part in a war” vs. “A lead role in a cage”
Feminists twitterers
Breast cancer survivors who show us what human perseverance is all about
Aggressive, Type A guys who prefer aggressive, Type A girls
The people who...
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Is "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" a Feminist Movie?
I’ve been reading articles about this everywhere. Here are a few:
Could New Moon be a Feminist Triumph? - Salon
New Moon: Feminism Triumphant - This Time, It’s Personal
Will New Moon be the Biggest Film of the Year? - Women & Hollywood
The movie took in $72.7 million in its first day, breaking the single day domestic box office record previously held by “The Dark Knight”...
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Guest Blogger Ti-Grace Atkinson on Feminism's...
Feminists have to stop lying to ourselves about all the progress we’ve made. For example, we’ve been losing ground on abortion steadily since the 1970s. And the average wage of a woman in the work force is 38 cents on the male dollar, not 78 cents as we’ve been claiming. Maybe if we put the FACTS out there, women will be outraged again enough to take to the streets. No...
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“I have never believed that everything happens for a reason. But I do feel very...”
– Gail Collins, journalist, author, the first female Editorial Page Editor of The New York Times, and breast cancer survivor
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The Importance of Paid Sick Days
On Tuesday I stood on the steps of New York City’s City Hall with National NOW’s Young Feminist Task Force at a rally for a paid sick days bill. I got to meet Gloria Steinem, who spoke in favor of the bill, along with elected officials, and workers who currently don’t have sick days. Women are more affected by the lack of sick days than men because they are the ones who so often deal with their...
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"Fourth Wave in the House"
I cringe when I hear the term “girl power.” It reminds me of the Spice Girls, and the glittery inane cultural of the late 90’s, and terrible song lyrics that don’t even make sense. (Also, was there really a Baby Spice? Did that really happen?) So when I went to see a play put on by middle schoolers called Keep Your Eyes Open, which liberally references “girl power,” it took some getting used to. ...
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Feminism and the Factionalized Left
Photo by diddit
Cross posted on feministing.com
I attended a panel entitled “1970’s Women’s Liberation Revisited” at the LGBT Community Center in New York City last Thursday. Almost everyone in the room had been in the trenches 30 years ago. In the decades since, they had examined feminist issues from all angles. In their own ways, each of them had remained impassioned, committed and informed...
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Where Did the Feminist Passion Go?
At the “1970 Women’s Liberation Revisited” panel last night, a question came up from the audience: Why aren’t women more impassioned about the current war on women? Alix Dobkin’s take was, “As soon as lesbianism got an identity, postmodernism told us that identity wasn’t important.” Noreen Connell explained, “There is a prurience in victimology.” The glorification of women as victims...
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Roundup of Ways to Take Action Against the Stupak... →
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A Good Reason to Clean Out Your Closet
Kelly Wickham, an assistant principle at an Illinois high school, has started a bag drive for the girls in her school. The girls are only allowed to carry small purses to school for security reasons and most don’t have the money for new handbags.
Photo by Rachel Roy
Kelly asks that we send purses to: Kelly Wickham P.O. Box 9465 Springfield, IL 62791
Purses should be no larger than 8.5 x 11...
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More on the Mammogram Debate →
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Pro-Choice Twitter Responses to the Stupak...
@jljacobson: Barton thinks it’s not “right” to tell ppl they have to have insurance. But okay to tell women they HAVE to have babies @Uncucumbered: Why don’t we just call HEALTH CARE REFORM a WAR ON SICKNESS and the GOP will leap to fund it. #HCR @AllyssaMilan: Do PPL in #prolife movement consider the fact that a fetus is attached to a woman’s body, therefore it IS...
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“Women are the new gays. Welcome to the club.”
– -Commenter on TaylorMarsh.com, in response to a post about women potentially revolting over the Stupak abortion ban
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Abortion and the Health Care Bill
If you’re pro-choice, I would encourage you to send this virtual letter to President Obama (I never get tired of the sound of that) urging him to include abortion care and comprehensive reproductive health care in his health care reform plan. The bill that the House passed on Saturday includes a ban on private abortion coverage and would prohibit it in the new “public option.” As The...
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“Tell me what a person finds sexually attractive and I will tell you their entire...”
– Ayn Rand
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Genfem's Feminist Twitter List:... →
By following this list, you’re following 140 individuals and organizations that tweet about feminism almost exclusively.
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November is Lung Cancer Month
Photo by Cori Kindred on Flickr, Picture from Physiology for Young People 1884
According to Uniting Against Lung Cancer, an organization dedicated to lung cancer research and awareness, 80% of all nonsmokers diagnosed with lung cancer are women. Breast cancer awareness has better PR, but lung cancer kills more woman than breast, uterine and ovarian cancer combined. We tend to distance...
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“The image of a flawless relationship is ‘the last thing we want to...”
– The New York Times Magazine
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A Simple and Powerful Political Art Project
The Canadian arts4choice collective is a group of artists and activists that aim to humanize the pro-choice movement. Their current project consists of documentary portraits of all types of women who have had abortions. The goal is a traveling exhibition and book of photographs that will be in clinics and women’s centers around the country. I’m humbled by the bravery of the women who posed for...