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Sunday Linkfest!
Nov. 29th, 2009 03:17 pmIt's Sunday! And you know what that means!
The Angry Black Woman has a Thanksgiving Link Spam.
Take Back The Tech for the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. Awesome.
Apparently, an immigrant fails at being Canadian if they don't have a job, never mind the fact that employers are still more likely to judge a resume based on name alone.
From Racialicious we have a really neat chart on the Heroes cast and some eye-rolling at one of the staff writers, a critique on how New Moon is old hat, and a piece on why hate crimes legislation is a bad idea. The latter think is deeply interesting.
At Hoyden About Town, tigtog asks, "Does Twilight deserve any feminist defence?" Except it's not just about Twilight.
Friday before last, Melissa McEwan of Shakesville posted a disturbing PSA under "Today In Rape Culture", which features soap bubbles verbally harassing a woman in her own shower. Liss has a transcript. It is deeply triggering, and disgusting as it capitalizes on sexual harassment. Lots of Shakes wrote letters. Liss wrote a letter, too. She got, in return, a completely dismissive, deeply condescending "Sorry You Were Offended But We Still Don't Care" letter.
Speaking of corporate brands, Best Buy came under fire for wishing their Muslim customers a Happy Eid Al-Adha! So much for religious freedom. However, they stand by their decision to have the greeting up. Good on you, Best Buy!
While we're on it, a collection of pictures on Eid Al-Adha and the Haj. Beautiful.
Less beautiful, but no less compelling a set of pictures, Terrorism That's Personal, featuring portraits of women in the Middle-East who have had their faces burned with acid, for a variety of vicious reasons.
Patrick Stewart, on domestic violence. Earlier this year he spoke out against movies that glorify violence, even if it's in the hands of women like in Sin City and Kill Bill. Well, we always knew he was made of win.
Cara of the Curvature reports on a US Marine who confessed to holding a prostitute down and forcibly inserting his penis inside her without a condom despite her very vocal "stop"... and he was acquitted. Of course, you know how it is - prostitutes aren't people, so they deserve to be raped. And men will admit to rape as long as you don't call it rape.
Heather Corinna has some really awesome book recommendations.
Sepia Munity reports on a Google Fail.
Someone's trying to make Filament Magazine look bad, and utterly failing. Basically, "what if your models are rapists and your readership tries to get in touch with them? Aren't you going to take responsibility for introducing your readership to rapists?"
On the Disability Front:
They Hate You. Yes. You. About the treatment (i mean, ABUSE) of autistic children.
"Eat A Sandwich" is Not Feminist Activism. On how cruelly we treat those with eating disorders when we dismiss their problems with "eat a sandwich".
A museum display on the Disability Rights Movement in America. Neat!
A critique of James Cameron's Avatar, which isn't out yet, but already looks full of fail. Apparently, a classic guy's adventure movie involves colonialism and able-ism.
And finally, a useful image, under the cut:( Read more... )
Hope you like the links!
The Angry Black Woman has a Thanksgiving Link Spam.
Take Back The Tech for the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. Awesome.
Apparently, an immigrant fails at being Canadian if they don't have a job, never mind the fact that employers are still more likely to judge a resume based on name alone.
From Racialicious we have a really neat chart on the Heroes cast and some eye-rolling at one of the staff writers, a critique on how New Moon is old hat, and a piece on why hate crimes legislation is a bad idea. The latter think is deeply interesting.
At Hoyden About Town, tigtog asks, "Does Twilight deserve any feminist defence?" Except it's not just about Twilight.
Friday before last, Melissa McEwan of Shakesville posted a disturbing PSA under "Today In Rape Culture", which features soap bubbles verbally harassing a woman in her own shower. Liss has a transcript. It is deeply triggering, and disgusting as it capitalizes on sexual harassment. Lots of Shakes wrote letters. Liss wrote a letter, too. She got, in return, a completely dismissive, deeply condescending "Sorry You Were Offended But We Still Don't Care" letter.
Speaking of corporate brands, Best Buy came under fire for wishing their Muslim customers a Happy Eid Al-Adha! So much for religious freedom. However, they stand by their decision to have the greeting up. Good on you, Best Buy!
While we're on it, a collection of pictures on Eid Al-Adha and the Haj. Beautiful.
Less beautiful, but no less compelling a set of pictures, Terrorism That's Personal, featuring portraits of women in the Middle-East who have had their faces burned with acid, for a variety of vicious reasons.
Patrick Stewart, on domestic violence. Earlier this year he spoke out against movies that glorify violence, even if it's in the hands of women like in Sin City and Kill Bill. Well, we always knew he was made of win.
Cara of the Curvature reports on a US Marine who confessed to holding a prostitute down and forcibly inserting his penis inside her without a condom despite her very vocal "stop"... and he was acquitted. Of course, you know how it is - prostitutes aren't people, so they deserve to be raped. And men will admit to rape as long as you don't call it rape.
Heather Corinna has some really awesome book recommendations.
Sepia Munity reports on a Google Fail.
Someone's trying to make Filament Magazine look bad, and utterly failing. Basically, "what if your models are rapists and your readership tries to get in touch with them? Aren't you going to take responsibility for introducing your readership to rapists?"
On the Disability Front:
They Hate You. Yes. You. About the treatment (i mean, ABUSE) of autistic children.
"Eat A Sandwich" is Not Feminist Activism. On how cruelly we treat those with eating disorders when we dismiss their problems with "eat a sandwich".
A museum display on the Disability Rights Movement in America. Neat!
A critique of James Cameron's Avatar, which isn't out yet, but already looks full of fail. Apparently, a classic guy's adventure movie involves colonialism and able-ism.
And finally, a useful image, under the cut:( Read more... )
Hope you like the links!