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After years (going on ten now) as a blogger user, I'm switching over to wordpress. Still in the process, but you'll find my new posts here.

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This is a pretty awesome series of posts over at Adventures of a Young Feminist. The posts, crafted after a senior thesis project done by Laura, are detailed around the implications of breasts in American society (and occasionally elsewhere). They touch on everything from the male gaze to breast health to breasts as sexual vs. functional. Some really good stuff.I'm inspired by them to write again

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"Afghan girls gesture while taking religious lessons at a Koranic school in a mosque in the old city of Herat on August 17, 2009. Afghanistan's showcase presidential election is facing a crisis of credibility with just days to go, as analysts warn that voters fearing threats to their safety could simply decide to stay away. Concerns about low turnout, vote buying, ballot stuffing,

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This post is a little disjointed, I'm going to warn you in advance.Growing up where I did, feminism was a pretty silent subject. In reality, racism is still pretty rampant out here, and we're about twelve steps behind the metropolitan level of social equity (which should say something). My mom was a little bit of a free thinker, but it was made pretty obvious that this was not a way I could "be"

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Project Implicit | Select a TestI really recommend doing a few of these.

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While I was watching the town hall coverage this morning (which I won't start on until I'm calmer about it), I saw two commercials I knew I needed to write about.The first was for MultiGrain Cheerios, which I rather enjoy, but the commercial and ad campaign includes this slogan:It's a prime segue into one of my biggest feminist thought bugs: taking up space. It's pretty common fodder in the

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My heart is breaking today.I cried watching the town hall coverage on CNN. I can only think of the Jefferson quote, "I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just." I can't believe the levels of insensitivity and selfishness and outright callousness people are displaying on this issue. And then I realize that I can believe it, and that hurts more--when did I stop expecting people to

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A couple nights ago, I had gone over to the house of my dear friends to celebrate my engagement and was coming home late. I was almost home, standing at the corner waiting for the light to change, when a man approached me.Guy: Excuse me?Me: Yes? What?Guy: What's your name again?Me: I didn't tell you my name.Guy: Oh, well, hi. What's your name? [holds out hand]Me: Look, I don't want to tell you my

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So I hate Sarah Palin. She's nuts. She's a pathological liar (which I've written about before, albeit briefly). But she's really gone off the deep end on this death panel nonsense. First off, I get really tired of hearing people frame healthcare socialization (not that I foresee that being an option in the end) as a "lack of choice." I don't have choice now. My parents even WITH insurance have no

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"Pakistani girls sing national songs during the Independence Day ceremony celebrations in Islamabad on August 14, 2009. Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on August 14 vowed to win the war against terrorism as Pakistan celebrated its 62nd anniversary of independence with prayers and a national minute of silence, low-key festivities for a country in the grip of political and religious

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The British Parliament is recommending, as part of their list of ways to improve the situation of the United Kingdom's women, that advertisements that have been photoshopped included a disclaimer and a description of what has been done to the photo. Not to end photoshopping, necessarily, so people like the editor of Kelly Clarkson's SELF cover can keep doing their inspirational artistic work. I

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Every morning (and evening, most days) I open my 30-tab blogroll and read NPR, Salon, NYTimes, Jezebel, and then all of my favorite blogs. Chrome gets mad at me every time, popping up an "are you sure you want to open 30 tabs?!?" warning. Of course I do, Chrome. Because I often find gems like this. Click through; it's an "interview" posted by the folks at We Are Respectable Negroes, and it talks

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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 12: Aisha, four-months-old, is held by her mother listening to a speech by Afghan presidential candidate Dr. Asraf Ghani during a rally focusing on women August 12, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Behesta came with her mother to the event where hundreds of women turned up to support the candidate. Afghanistan's presidential elections are to be held on August 20. Kabul

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Again, I don't have much to add, unfortunately, but this is really thought-provoking. Also, it talks about Dollhouse, which as a Joss Whedon creation I'm compelled to at least follow, and Sarah Haskins. I have a huge crush on her, so there is that.Alas, a blog | Blog Archive | November and Sarah Haskins: "The women screaming and rioting in the 100 calorie oreo advertisement will only resonate

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This is another one of those posts that I'm just going to link to, because it's more eloquent than I know how to be:three rivers fog � On mental illness: "One very popular idea about mental illness, which was shown throughout the “Emails” thread, is that one can separate out “the illness” from “the person” — and that any unsavory actions or behaviors can be attributed to “the illness.” That

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"How could she?" Well, I have a theory | Salon Life: "So if we're going to judge something, why not judge alcoholism -- instead of pointing the finger at one sad criminal alcoholic. Let's mourn for the innocents who died on July 26, and let's redouble our energy toward saving some of the 36 innocents who will be killed by drunk driving today and every other day. I believe that alcoholism is a

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Burqa Tourism at its Finest: How to Become an Expert on Muslim Women in Just One Week | Muslimah Media WatchScathing analysis of the current trend in British media (and law enforcement) to "understand the plight of Muslim women in the UK" by donning burqa/niqab for a short time with, of course, no other attempt and understanding anything other than the attire. Worth a read.

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So I read this article on NPR.org this morning, and had to do a double take:McChrystal: Give Taliban Fighters A Political Voice : NPR: "'I would absolutely be comfortable with fighters and lower-level commanders making the decision to reintegrate into the Afghan political process under the Afghan constitution,' McChrystal says."Look. I agree with the guy. I'm of the opinion, when it comes to

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So everyone's noticed this, but apparently nobody else is as worried about it as I am.I mean, if it's that simple to interrupt operations on social networking sites, it can't be terribly difficult to interrupt operations on more vital systems. The attacks and their aftermath show just how vital Web tools and services are becoming to political discourse — and how vulnerable they are to disruption.

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I love localized history. In college, I took the Illinois history class even though it was technically part of the social studies educator curriculum, simply because I was fascinated (and I knew the teacher would make it a trip worth taking). I've visited Cahokia twice now, and was the only person in that class, teacher included, who had been there. It's definitely a disorienting experience,

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New Author Speaks Up For The "Not Otherwise Specified" - Eating Disorders - Jezebel:Nicole Johns doesn't look like she has an eating disorder, and for a long time that was a problem. She was diagnosed as having EDNOS, or an Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified."'You can have an eating disorder at any weight, you can be overweight, underweight, average weight. It doesn't matter. It's not all

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You all need to review the constitution if you're going to talk about it. I don't care too terribly if you misinterpret it, but you at least need to be interpreting the whole thing and not just your 8th grade civics class version of things.I'll even give you a copy, free of charge.Any questions?

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Nope, definitely not going to get to them.I'll finish the draft tonight I think. I'm still trying to figure out just what exactly I'm going to pull from that video clip.

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No, not you • This is my religion: "This morning I took a woman and her 5 kids to the bus stop so they can try to get out of town before her partner finds them, again. Later I held the baby of a woman with bruises on her face while she tried to figure out how long she could stay with her husband before he killed her, because she needed a little more time to get it together before going out on her

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I've got a draft post sitting in queue and eight news articles I want to write about. I just don't know if I'm going to get to them.

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So S sent me this clip the other day. I've been trying to write about it since then, but I can't even decide which topic to pull from it.Check the tags, I guess, to see what the options were. It's about half of the tags I even have. Also, the wikipedia and imdb pages about the movie. I'd like to see the whole thing, to be honest, because this little section hit me so hard.

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This post is two steps removed from its original source, since it's a guest post on a blog that's not mine. It's written by Barry from Baslow's Electric OmniumGatherum, cross-posted at Women's Glib. The whole post is worth a read, for the anecdotal aspect, but the part that really caught my attention was the reference to the French PACS, short for pacte civil de solidarité. "[it] is a form of

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So.Gave myself up to a real life person.It's making me nervous. Hello, S. Be kind.There are three other posts about you.

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It's a personal goal of mine to try to read through things and identify the sources of problems within the unit as close to myself as possible. Where am I responsible? Generally this expands to "how are people like me, people that I identify with and am like, responsible," but it boils down to the same thing--what can I do? I'm not a big fan of scapegoating, and I try to avoid it.Right now, I can

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I'm apparently still new enough to not have creepy search terms bring me up. I'm always fascinated, though, with seeing how people are finding me.These are my top 8:overheard in chicago xinjiang war face up salon room salon overheard chicago war room salon burqa ban not too excess I don't know why I get linked on "overheard in Chicago" since I don't think I've mentioned any of that. The rest make

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Ahmadinejad Sworn In As Iran President Amid Crisis : NPR: "Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in Wednesday for a second term as president nearly two months after a disputed election triggered massive street protests, split Iran's clerical leadership and brought attacks from within his own conservative camp over mistreatment of detained opposition activists."I've written on this before. I think that

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Freed Journalists Home In U.S. After N. Korea Pardon : NPRWatched this on Faux this morning (my stepfather has a weird penchant for that station that I cannot fathom), and I cried. I have a thing for reunions. When Lee saw her daughter it was just beautiful.In case you hadn't been following the story, a quick version:The reporters were granted a pardon by North Korea on Tuesday, following rare

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Health Care Reform: The Beach-Reader Edition | The Root"A midsummer status report on the big debate boiled down to the bare essentials"

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Found at On Being a No-Name Blogger Using Her Real Name � Kate Harding’s Shapely Prose: "You, dear male reader, are totally not one of those men. I know this, and I appreciate it. I really do. But here’s where all this victimy girl shit concerns you:**every time you don’t tell your buddies it’s not okay to talk shit about women, even if it’s kinda funny;**every time you roll your eyes and think “

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(Used her title as a trigger warning)Came across this in the blogosphere tonight. It's pretty intense and I really recommend you read the whole thing.Another post about rape � Fugitivus: "if women are raised being told by parents, teachers, media, peers, and all surrounding social strata that:it is not okay to set solid and distinct boundaries and reinforce them immediately and dramatically when

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SpontaneousLove: "hate.growing up in mississippi in the 1980/90’s racism was a way of life. in my experience it wasn’t something that was discussed because there was nothing to talk about. it just was. i never once had a classmate of a different race. i never had a teammate of a different race. i never had a neighbor of a different race. the only time i can remember this not being the case was

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Public Baffled By Health Care Arguments : NPRAlright, so I have a problem with the healthcare debates. My issue, in general, is that nobody's talking about healthcare reform. They're talking about health INSURANCE reform. They're trying to extend insurance coverage, not availability of care.Let me tell you that I could afford monthly insurance premiums so that I could, at least, see a doctor

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shared via Bitch Ph.D.

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Stumbled on this gem via Feministing: Schwarzenegger eliminates funding for DV shelters - FeministingOk, so I'm obviously appalled. There's a surprise, right? Zip's blogging about something, she's probably bloody incensed. I've needed those places. I've worked in those places. On both sides, there's enough tough shit attitude to deal with even when there's enough money to do the work and do it

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8-Year-Old Victim Blamed for Her Own Rape | Womanist MusingsAs Renee said, The family is from Liberia and much has been made of the foreignness of their cultural beliefs. Let me make it clear from the outset, that it is never acceptable to blame the victim, however; painting this family as a bunch of ignorant foreigners who are not as civilized as Americans is extremely problematic.Twice in ten

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On June 30, four Canadians were found in their car in the water near the Kingston Mill locks in Ontario. Originally deemed an accident, the parents and brother of the three girls (19, 17, and 13) and the ex-husband of the older woman (50) were later accused of murder.These things happen, right? It's terrible, but women get killed by their families all the time.But then, the girls were Zainab,

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As it turns out, I don't think I'm going to go back and write that post. Consider it a link, I guess.I've had a lot going on. I hope to get some posting done tomorrow, but we'll have to see. I also need to go turn in some paperwork for my new job, which requires a few hours and excessive grooming. I've grown far too accustomed to my yoga pants this summer, and all of my clothes are much too large

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BBC NEWS | Europe | Russian activist 'found murdered'Will be writing about this soon*. Stay tuned.*and by soon, I probably mean Thursday afternoon.

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In recent posts at Feministe, Womanist Musings, Women's Glib, and a few other spots, the discussion of labels has been heated and torn apart. It's a difficult issue for me, because it's one of those things where staging a dialogue isn't acceptable, but there are so many viewpoints on it that it's hard to handle. My own comments were as privileged as the original post, and I took all the

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"This view that women are somehow inferior to men is not restricted to one religion or belief. It is widespread. Women are prevented from playing a full and equal role in many faiths.Nor, tragically, does its influence stop at the walls of the church, mosque, synagogue or temple. This discrimination, unjustifiably attributed to a Higher Authority, has provided a reason or excuse for the

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From Kate Harding’s Shapely Prose: "Seriously, that’s like, um, kind of the whole freaking plot of the Bible, over and over and over and over and over again. The guardians of order say, with some plausible reason, “These are the conditions necessary for God to find favor with people!” And then God says, “Aww, nice try, mates, and I can totally see how you got there… but turns out I’m not so

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Foreign Policy: Iran's Terrifying Facebook Police : NPR"Second, it means, as far as authorities are concerned, our online and offline identities are closely tied and we have to be fully prepared to be quizzed about any online trace that we have left (I can easily see us being asked our Facebook and Twitter handles in immigration forms; one of the forms I regularly fill flying back to the US has

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Quick details on single-payer, public option, and the other ideas floating around the healthcare reform table.Healthcare for dunces | Salon News

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When will the recovery begin? Never | Salon: "The X marks a brand new track -- a new economy. What will it look like? Nobody knows. All we know is the current economy can't 'recover' because it can't go back to where it was before the crash. So instead of asking when the recovery will start, we should be asking when and how the new economy will begin. More on this to come."I have some tentative

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And still our vote mattered | Salon News: "Asking where our vote is, is not enough. Democracy must also be about who gets to reply."I am pained about the Iranian elections. I've written about them before, and about how I'm not sure how to grapple with the dozens of issues inherent in the topic (westernization, democratization, religious governance, the list goes on), but I can't help but hurt

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Why is it so difficult to control this one emotion? I am usually so careful about what I let myself feel. This is not quite right.

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I'm thinking about this in a larger context:In Hard Times, Colleges Search for Ways to Trim the Faculty - Chronicle.com: "Administrators are calling the eliminations 'vertical cuts.' Instead of slicing costs equally across the board as many other colleges have done, the administration singled out a few that it said were not crucial to the university's mission and attracted few students or little

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Like I said, sudden thought volcano. But I couldn't help responding to this:Female Impersonator: "And yes, I'm calling it harassment. Because it is. It is not a compliment, as my mom tried to get me to believe. It is someone harassing me, propositioning me, and verbally assaulting me for simply being on the sidewalk, on public space. Walking to work on my birthday last week, I had an old man tell

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Disturbing?As quoted on Stuff White People Do, Kilmeade, along with his partners in the fine art of "talking-to-adults-as-if-they're-children," was discussing a study's claims that people in Finland and Sweden who stay married are less likely to suffer from Alzheimer’s. Kilmeade thinks that has something to do with how "pure" the blood is in those countries, compared to American blood, which he

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Apologize for the lack of posting; there've been things going on! Left the fiance, visited friends, had my birthday, and am working on my application to grad school, meeting with the dept. head tomorrow and then visiting my papa, followed by a shindig in the country. All of which have required some planning and much attention. Blogging is on the back-burner, but I imagine that on Monday I will be

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I'm 22 today!

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Women’s GlibThese girls are high schoolers, and are certainly far more socially aware than I was at 18. One is guestblogging at Feministe this week.Check them out.

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What's happening in Xinjiang? - War Room - Salon.com: "Sunday’s violence was apparently prompted by a fight at a toy factory in Shaoguan, in the south of China. Last week, local Han workers followed up accusations that six Xinjiang boys had raped two girls by attacking Uighur workers at the factory. Two were killed, and 118 were reportedly injured. The rape story now appears to be false. However,

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I'm ashamed of myself for letting this happen so quickly. I should have known better. Now I'm doubly angsty.

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‘Operator? Can You Put Me Through to Ant Nest 251?’ - Olivia Judson Blog - NYTimes.com: "We like to think of ourselves as rulers of the planet. But just as an ant cannot hear a nearby piano — a sound that to most of us is so clear that being deaf to it is unimaginable — the planet is full of chatter that we cannot easily detect. For me, reflecting on this makes the planet bigger, somehow, and

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I Am Not Pro-Death: Adventures of a Gen-X Uterus - Jodi Kasten - Open Salon: "As I sat in the recovery room, I saw the 'Help Wanted' sign up on the wall. They needed an intake counselor. The state's laws required that someone sit down with each woman and lay out the options, adoption, WIC, state assistance. The duties also included telling each woman what their due date would be and answering any

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I have giddy butterflies in my stomach. This is ridiculous for me but I can only talk about it anonymously. Zippa has a school girl crush.

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Transcript:"So now we got a czar, we got a domestic violence czar - I had a story, that's what she's calling about - the opening hour of the program, they just hired a domestic violence czar. An adviser. They're not calling it a czar, but it's a czar. It's a domestic violence adviser. What the hell kind of advice are you gonna get? About the only kind of advice - I mean we're talking about

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Obama woos LGBT leaders | Salon NewsI guess this is my answer. "I know that many in this room don't believe that progress has come fast enough, and I understand that," he said. "It's not for me to tell you to be patient, any more than it was for others to counsel patience to African-Americans who were petitioning for equal rights a half century ago."Let's see it, Mr Obama.

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Excess Pounds, but Not Too Many, May Lead to Longer Life - NYTimes.com: "The finding adds to a simmering scientific controversy over the optimal weight for adults. In 2007, scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Cancer Institute reported that overweight adults were less likely than normal weight adults to die from a variety of diseases, including infections

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Translators Scoff at LinkedIn’s Offer of $0 an Hour - NYTimes.com: "Translators Wanted at LinkedIn. The Pay? $0 an Hour."In a phone interview, Mr. Irwin said he was surprised that LinkedIn “would have the effrontery to ask for a professional service for free.”As someone who started on the path as a translator (I later changed my mind, but that's a story for another day), I'm affronted by the

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Political Memo - Political Shifts on Gay Rights Lag Behind Culture - NYTimes.com: "Monday, 250 gay leaders are to join Mr. Obama in the East Room to commemorate publicly the 40th anniversary of the birth of the modern gay rights movement: a police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York. By contrast, the first time gay leaders were invited to the White House, in March 1977, they met a

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I'm certainly not the only one who has raised an eyebrow at this ruling: Madoff Sentenced to 150 Years - NYTimes.com: "In pronouncing the sentence — the maximum he could have handed down — Judge Denny Chin turned aside Mr. Madoff’s own assertions of remorse and rejected the suggestion from Mr. Madoff’s lawyers that there was a sense of “mob vengeance” surrounding calls for a long prison term. Mr.

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Via the Czech1. Mandating how women should dress is mandating how women should dress, whether it is a mandate to wear a burqa, or a mandate not to wear one. When a man tells a woman how to dress, it’s paternalism and subjugation one way or the other.2. Plus, as Dori points out, a man telling a woman that too much of her body is covered, and that she needs to expose more of it to his view, is

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My comments on: Female Impersonator: Apologies and Excuses: Eating as a PathologyI posted this comment: I was literally just thinking about this, because I think that so much of the bad relationships we have with our bodies as women are directly related to bad relationships with food.Even for women without an official disorder, as you say, there is a nasty relationship. Every bite must be

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Ashley has written about this already, but I was mid-post when I read hers, so I'm going to be repeating a little of what she's already said.I came across this article via links throughout the feminist blogosphere, and had to comment. While it's reassuring that there is greater recognition of reproductive control as a form of relationship violence, and yes, that there is more awareness of

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A collection of Pride images, via Jezebel.

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Feminist ReviewCheck this out.

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Is there a next generation of abortion providers? | Salon LifeI've frequently wondered about the abortion issues in a country where a large portion of doctors, particularly in rural areas, work in Catholic-supported hospitals (anything named after a Saint counts). I know that these hospitals can't perform abortions; they can't even schedule an elective hysterectomy (though for inexplicable

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Michelle Obama's hair, racial issues, African-American culture, beauty | Salon Life: "Are we moving toward a 'black hair' moment?"I wonder whether such a young, high-profile black woman who gets her hair straightened or relaxed as a matter of course will occasionally let it be something different: unstraightened, less straightened, or anything that doesn't bounce, lie flat or swing like a pageboy

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Neo-Nazis are in the Army now | Salon News: "He started his own Nazi rock group, Attack, and made friends in the National Alliance, at the time the biggest neo-Nazi group in the country. It has called for a 'a long-term eugenics program involving at least the entire populations of Europe and America.'But the military ran in Fogarty's family. His grandfather had served during World War II, Korea

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Who hates who in Iran | Salon NewsOutlines the connections between the various offices and councils in Iranian politics, and the people currently holding the seats, and also gives details on the conflicts between them. If you're trying to follow the Iranian situation, this is a must-read for background.

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A little bit too frustrated to write a long post at the moment, but here are a few things to think about: My Private Casbah: "My view towards religion is that if a particular god doesn't make you want to be a kinder, more loving person, then it isn't worth worshipping." Sexism Against Conservative Women Is Still Sexism, by Amy Siskind at the Huffington Post. Tulip has some interesting

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"Gir: (blowing her nose)Woman: 'Oh, do you have a cold?'Girl: 'No, my date is an ass.'Woman: 'Well, they don't get any better when you marry them, honey.'"

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Unveiling the revolution | Salon Life: "The women of Iran have jolted me awake from my cable news coma. So many of the protesters are young and female like me but display a courage I have never known -- clasping rocks in their fists, kicking at baton-wielding policemen and, in the case of Neda Agha-Soltani, dying on the streets of Tehran. Judging from the flood of 'I am Neda' T-shirts and tweets,

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Last year, I was at London Pride, and it was beautiful. This year I won't even make it to my local Pride, for reasons I can't get into. It makes me sad, and even sadder that one of my dearest friends has to miss out because I can't drive him there.

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Do our problems with marriage arise from our impoverished ideas about romance?In this article at Salon, Amanda Fortini discusses the story of Sandra Tsing-Loh and the dissolution of her 20-year marriage, in "Why Your Marriage Sucks." Her premise, along with those of her sources, is that the majority of relationships fail because of warped expectations of relationships. It's not the first time

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