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Sunday Linkfest!
Apr. 18th, 2010 11:44 amIt's Sunday! And as usual, Sunday Linkfest time! A lot of these are out of order, because I didn't read Google Reader for a few days, and, uh, well, yesterday I went through 300++ posts as a result.
Anyway!
C.L. Minou, who also blogs at the excellent Tiger Beatdown, has a look at the hipster transphobia associated with TOTWK that name-drops victims of transphobia in order to make a movie look "edgy".
Renee at Womanist Musings wrote about why she's not a feminist (and there is no but). Jezebel responded (with a fuckton of hubris). Renee rolls her eyes. Another excellent response. And yet another excellent response to Chloe Angyal's Guardian article on the fear of using the "f-word" that's pretty much in the same vein.
Over at Racialicious, musings arise on the use of Native American symbolism by black people in Mardi Gras celebrations. It's more complicated than that (both groups are marginalized in New Orleans, so the use of the imagery is for solidarity, and many black people there also have Native ancestry) so it's an interesting discussion.
On being really good at seeming smart.
Those are These and These are Me - on dealing with ableism from loved ones and friends, and how painful it is.
The Hathor Legacy pays tribute to Dr. Clelia Mosher, who, among other things, conducted one of the earliest sex surveys ever, disproved the theory that women were physically inferior to men because they couldn't breathe properly by pointing out that women her time had to wear corsets, and taught in Stanford's hygiene department. AND SHE DID THIS DURING VICTORIAN TIMES. Suck it, misogynistic historical romanticists.
Recently, a young boy was returned to Russia because the adoptive mother "no longer wished to parent this child". Russia has halted adoptions to the US as a result. It's completely heartbreaking: the woman sent the child onto the plane by himself, and arranged for a driver to pick the child up. The driver's story can be found here: Part 1 and Part 2. Whilst I don't deny that raising a child with mental health issues can be difficult, the whole process smacked of commodification of children.
Stuff White People Do: Argue that we can't judge people from the past by today's standards. OH YES WE CAN. And we should! Otherwise, how else do we learn that people were awful in the past and there are just some things we should not emulate them for?!
Frank Marshall, producer of The Last Airbender, spoke on the racist casting controversy and said, yeah, we messed up in the words of choice when writing up the casting, but "Paramount has since been in regular dialogue with Asian American advocacy groups including the Japanese American Citizens League and the Media Action Network for Asian Americans to ensure that such a mistake does not happen in the future." MANAA responded, Oh No You Didn't. KANTOI!
Amanda Hess points out how, when discussing rape victims, people are always going to ask stupid, irrelevant questions like "was she wearing high heels?"
Check out this cool blog: Heroine Content. It's about, DUH, representations of heroines in movies! They also carry a race perspective, which makes it cooler.
Meloukhia writes about how words aren't always just words, and can hurt as much as physical abuse. She also asks poignantly, what kind of person would you like to be?
Cara of the Curvature talks about the importance of consent in everyday situations. It is also her 3rd Blogiversary!
The fine ladies at Geek Feminism share tips on how to keep up reserves of self-confidence, especially in a world that’s out to tear us down. I’ve always done “shield of arrogance” but I thought I was the only one and sometimes it made me feel obnoxious - so good to know I’m not alone in doing it!
It is Season 6 of Feministe's Next Top Troll! Go see what mansplainers have been saying in the moderation queue, and vote for your favourite!
Lisa Harney at Questioning Transphobia facepalms at GLAAD awarding Glee for "fair, accurate and inclusive representation of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives in the media" when one of the characters is played as transphobic.
On trigger warnings: Susannah Breslin has a bone to pick with trigger warnings. OK, really, just an excuse to mock Feministing. Melissa McEwan has something to say about that. So does Vanessa at Feministing, which was named in Breslin's article. Jill Filipovic says, "you know, you're kind of a jerk when you write a blog post basically mocking rape survivors." She's right.
Have you heard/seen that Kiely William's song Spectacular? It's awful. It sounds rape-tastic. Melissa McEwan has lyrics and transcript of Kiely defending the song ("it's just a song!") Andrea Plaid at Racialicious discusses Kiely's burden of responsibility, the song itself, and whether it's fair to demand that black women shoulder the responsibility of appropriately representing black sexuality.
Danielle Zurovcik, worked on developing a simple, lightweight machine to apply negative pressure to enable wounds to heal faster, for her Master's thesis. It's a huge success, and MIT is looking forward to testing its great potential all across the developing world.
At BoingBoing, Henry Jenkins talks about reducing the world's suck, and how fans make better scholars than old-fashioned academia.
Also, USB cords look very much like ducks.
Happy Sunday!
Anyway!
C.L. Minou, who also blogs at the excellent Tiger Beatdown, has a look at the hipster transphobia associated with TOTWK that name-drops victims of transphobia in order to make a movie look "edgy".
Renee at Womanist Musings wrote about why she's not a feminist (and there is no but). Jezebel responded (with a fuckton of hubris). Renee rolls her eyes. Another excellent response. And yet another excellent response to Chloe Angyal's Guardian article on the fear of using the "f-word" that's pretty much in the same vein.
Over at Racialicious, musings arise on the use of Native American symbolism by black people in Mardi Gras celebrations. It's more complicated than that (both groups are marginalized in New Orleans, so the use of the imagery is for solidarity, and many black people there also have Native ancestry) so it's an interesting discussion.
On being really good at seeming smart.
Those are These and These are Me - on dealing with ableism from loved ones and friends, and how painful it is.
The Hathor Legacy pays tribute to Dr. Clelia Mosher, who, among other things, conducted one of the earliest sex surveys ever, disproved the theory that women were physically inferior to men because they couldn't breathe properly by pointing out that women her time had to wear corsets, and taught in Stanford's hygiene department. AND SHE DID THIS DURING VICTORIAN TIMES. Suck it, misogynistic historical romanticists.
Recently, a young boy was returned to Russia because the adoptive mother "no longer wished to parent this child". Russia has halted adoptions to the US as a result. It's completely heartbreaking: the woman sent the child onto the plane by himself, and arranged for a driver to pick the child up. The driver's story can be found here: Part 1 and Part 2. Whilst I don't deny that raising a child with mental health issues can be difficult, the whole process smacked of commodification of children.
Stuff White People Do: Argue that we can't judge people from the past by today's standards. OH YES WE CAN. And we should! Otherwise, how else do we learn that people were awful in the past and there are just some things we should not emulate them for?!
Frank Marshall, producer of The Last Airbender, spoke on the racist casting controversy and said, yeah, we messed up in the words of choice when writing up the casting, but "Paramount has since been in regular dialogue with Asian American advocacy groups including the Japanese American Citizens League and the Media Action Network for Asian Americans to ensure that such a mistake does not happen in the future." MANAA responded, Oh No You Didn't. KANTOI!
Amanda Hess points out how, when discussing rape victims, people are always going to ask stupid, irrelevant questions like "was she wearing high heels?"
Check out this cool blog: Heroine Content. It's about, DUH, representations of heroines in movies! They also carry a race perspective, which makes it cooler.
Meloukhia writes about how words aren't always just words, and can hurt as much as physical abuse. She also asks poignantly, what kind of person would you like to be?
Cara of the Curvature talks about the importance of consent in everyday situations. It is also her 3rd Blogiversary!
The fine ladies at Geek Feminism share tips on how to keep up reserves of self-confidence, especially in a world that’s out to tear us down. I’ve always done “shield of arrogance” but I thought I was the only one and sometimes it made me feel obnoxious - so good to know I’m not alone in doing it!
It is Season 6 of Feministe's Next Top Troll! Go see what mansplainers have been saying in the moderation queue, and vote for your favourite!
Lisa Harney at Questioning Transphobia facepalms at GLAAD awarding Glee for "fair, accurate and inclusive representation of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives in the media" when one of the characters is played as transphobic.
On trigger warnings: Susannah Breslin has a bone to pick with trigger warnings. OK, really, just an excuse to mock Feministing. Melissa McEwan has something to say about that. So does Vanessa at Feministing, which was named in Breslin's article. Jill Filipovic says, "you know, you're kind of a jerk when you write a blog post basically mocking rape survivors." She's right.
Have you heard/seen that Kiely William's song Spectacular? It's awful. It sounds rape-tastic. Melissa McEwan has lyrics and transcript of Kiely defending the song ("it's just a song!") Andrea Plaid at Racialicious discusses Kiely's burden of responsibility, the song itself, and whether it's fair to demand that black women shoulder the responsibility of appropriately representing black sexuality.
Danielle Zurovcik, worked on developing a simple, lightweight machine to apply negative pressure to enable wounds to heal faster, for her Master's thesis. It's a huge success, and MIT is looking forward to testing its great potential all across the developing world.
At BoingBoing, Henry Jenkins talks about reducing the world's suck, and how fans make better scholars than old-fashioned academia.
Also, USB cords look very much like ducks.
Happy Sunday!