February 2012
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The New Women's Movement: An open letter to the... →
ephemeralcat:
I am a FAAB, femme-presenting genderqueer person. This means that I rarely, if ever, pass as anything other than female. And since I am almost always read as female by strangers, they treat me as if I were a woman.
This means that I, too, get catcalls and wolf whistles.
I,…
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Nothing About Us Without Us: Women’s Voices Must... →
By Lisa Schechtman, Amnesty USA’s Women’s Human Rights Coordination Group
From George Takei
70 years ago today, the President signed a decree that sent me and my family to a prison camp. Hear my story, and learn how you can help fulfill our pledge: Never Forget. Never Again.
Why Patriarchal Men Are Utterly Petrified of Birth... →
Conservative bishops and Congressmen are fighting a rear-guard action against one of the most revolutionary changes in human history.
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Northwestern publishes med school study on LGBT... →
gaywrites:
Northwestern University this week published the results of a longitudinal study about the factors involved in LGBT youth suicide and self-harm - the first study of its kind, according to the release.
The results of the study are far from extravagant, and perhaps even a bit expected. According to the data, the LGBT youth who are most likely to consider suicide are those who are...
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Study: Interracial marriage, acceptance growing →
By Ashley Hayes, CNN
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One Town's War on Gay Teens →
This moved me to tears. It is unbelievable that in 2012 things like this still happen and they happen far too often in far too many places.
One Man's Journey From Gang Member to Academia →
Victor Rios says he has lived two lifetimes. In his first, he was a gang member, juvenile delinquent and high school dropout. Today, he’s a sociology professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, who studies at-risk youth.
Washington senate passes marriage equality bill →
gaywrites:
The senate in the state of Washington passed a bill 28-21 this evening to legalize marriage equality, meaning the measure is well on its way to completely passing.
Before same-sex marriage is fully legalized in Washington, the bill will move on to the house, where it’s sure to pass, and the governor has already promised to sign it.
This is going to happen. Get ready.
January 2012
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NYC Sex Education Mandate Taking Effect →
onecondoms:
Announced in August 2011, New York City has mandated lessons on sexual health and sex education starting today. Public middle schools and high schools are now required to introduce sex education lessons into health classes.
At least one semester of health education is required in 6th or 7th grade and then again in 9th or 10th grade. Previously, the health classes did not include...
Call for Submissions: New Views on Pornography:... →
feministlibrarian:
click through for details.
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Why were women’s warnings about the financial... →
From Feministing.com
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Transgender People are Completely Banned From... →
It's Ok to Be Neither: Teaching that supports... →
mooserrific:
queerdanceparty:
I think this teacher’s approach to making their classroom more gender-variance friendly is inspired! I want to read all the gender-variance children’s books they suggest, and I think more teachers should have this approach because gender programming starts so early, and it can be so hard on gender non-conforming children! And it just warms my heart that it isn’t a...
Film Reveals “The Invisible War” on Women in Our... →
newwavefeminism:
from the article:
The documentary “The Invisible War” premiered last week at Sundance, and it is already bringing much needed attention to the problem of rape in the military. Watching clips from the film last fall, I found the experience harrowing. I was struck by the sense of betrayal as well as violation that too many women, and a smaller number of men, encounter when they...
Liquor&Spice: Feminist blogging and academic... →
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
soydulcedeleche:
redlightpolitics:
Yesterday I raised my ethical concerns about a White woman writing an academic paper involving the struggles of Women of Color in the feminist blogosphere. I asked:
Would it be ethical if a White woman bases an…
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Do girls naturally prefer dolls to trucks?... →
Jane Addams Hull House to close →
This makes me incredibly sad.
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Governor introduces marriage equality bill in... →
gaywrites:
Maryland governor Martin O’Malley introduced a bill on Monday that would legalize same-sex marriages in his state.
The bill also includes some level of protection for groups who refuse to perform or honor same-sex marriages - namely, religious organizations. It’s a way to gain support by showing that marriage equality is not an encroachment on religious freedom, as some opponents...
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New Hampshire considers discriminatory bill →
gaywrites:
Lawmakers in the state of New Hampshire have begun hearings on a bill that would allow business owners in the wedding industry to refuse service to engaged gay couples, the AP reports.
Providers of wedding-related goods and services would be allowed to deny gay couples their products if the concept of a same-sex marriage contradicted their religious or moral beliefs, without facing...
girls are strong: fuckyeahgenderstudies: India’s... →
fuckyeahgenderstudies:
India’s women given low-cost route to sanitary protection
As the article notes, “88% of women in India resort to using ashes, newspapers, dried leaves and even husk sand during their periods, according to a report by market research group AC Nielsen called…
USA.gov: Ask President Obama Questions about the... →
usagov:
President Obama will deliver the State of the Union address tonight at 9 p.m. ET. Immediately following the speech, Whitehouse.gov will host a live panel of White House advisors to answer your questions. You can participate by going to Whitehouse.gov/SOTU.
There will be more chances to ask the…
Working for free and class privilege | Paul Campos... →
What I’ve learned since is that few pieces of advice for unemployed law graduates are more likely to infuriate them than the suggestion that they “volunteer” with some prospective employer in order to “get a foot in the door.” This advice is routinely given by clueless baby boomers to young adults, without those giving it realizing that the recipients of their wisdom have often been...
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Abortion Laws and Global Abortion Rates →
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Abortion safer than giving birth: study →
keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:
That statistic will only matter to you if you care about the welfare and health of actual living, breathing pregnant people. Which I do.
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Mississppi Governer calls for strategy to curb... →
Bryant calls for strategy to curb teen pregnancies
Governor stresses need for community solution to problem
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Undoing Gender Math Stereotypes →
by Philip N. Cohen in Sociological images
If the Clothes Fit: A Feminist Takes on Fashion →
From the Ms. Magazine blog
January 17, 2012 by Minh-Ha T. Pham
Social Construction and Gender →
pinebark:
Sometime I’d really like to write a full piece on social construction, because the term gets thrown around a lot (both by opponents and proponents) in often very sloppy ways. For now, here’s a little about how I interpret the notion of social construction with regards to gender. I don’t claim to speak for anyone except myself — my interpretations of other authors are necessarily...
Lipstick Feminists: The Feminism Picture Project →
lipstick-feminists:
wheretimeisneverplanned submitted:
My friend is doing a project for school that she needs some help with. Here is her description:
Spread the news! The Feminism Picture Project is underway! I am now collecting photographs and images of feminists (and/or people who believe in equal rights for…
U.S. to Expand Its Definition of Rape in... →
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For Many Latinos, Race is More Culture than Color →
“Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (via gaywrites)
Market Citizenship and Occupying Personhood →
By Stephanie J. Nawyn
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology, Michigan State University
Girl Scout Launches Cookie Boycott Campaign After... →
In case you need a reason to buy Girl Scout cookies.
What's the gayest city in the United States? →
gaywrites:
Surprise!
It’s Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Advocate’s annual look at the gayest cities in the country ranked each contender with measures like LGBT elected city officials, trans protections, LGBT bookstores and gay-friendly sports teams. Other highly-ranked contestants were Orlando, Cambridge and Fort Lauderdale. Here’s their write-up on the winner:
While those unfamiliar with the...
The Global Sociology Blog: Institutional... →
globalsociology:
One of the things that we dutifully teach sociology undergraduate students is the functionalist idea that social institutions fulfill functions for society as a whole but this is (1) profoundly annoying, and (2) wrong. This gives a sense of monolithic arrangement that is “just the way it is”. In…
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Abortion Not A Mental Health Risk But Unwanted... →
Sociological New Years Resolutions →
Santorum Tells Kids With Gay Parents: You’d Be... →
Mike Daisey was a self-described "worshipper in... →
Third graders in in Gwinnett County, Ga., were... →
Athiests, Mormons, and Muslims- Oh My! http://t.co/btGoUZfv
December 2011
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Athiests, Mormons, and Muslims- Oh My! →
It is always an option to love yourself and others… for anyone. It is also a choice to hate. Which do you find yourself doing most often?
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Maryland Doctors Charged With Murder For Late-Term... →
Two abortion doctors have been charged with murder for performing illegal late-term abortions. The case highlights the need for safe, legal, accessible abortion — but many will probably take the opposite message from it.