tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53715134431621412422024-03-05T21:54:48.768-08:00Fishnet BluestockingsBecause there's nothing sexier than educated women making intelligent conversation.Wordwrestlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798018279194298721noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371513443162141242.post-45387293078037492762011-04-08T22:38:00.000-07:002011-04-09T08:35:29.416-07:00More LinksGah, you guys. I will be honest here: I am starting to get burned out. Following politics? Hella depressing. Every day people are doing things I don't agree with. All the time! Which is fine, I'm used to that, but in forty years when I don't have any medicare I am going to be pretty pissed off!
Anyway. You know, I was watching Rachel Maddow the other day, and she was talking some more about the Arcadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06831695853525042483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371513443162141242.post-45841357552790092532011-04-05T23:28:00.000-07:002011-04-05T23:28:20.991-07:00A Swing and a MissOkay, I was kind of eagerly anticipating ABC's new show, Body of Proof, ever since last fall (when I thought it was going to debut). I love me some procedural cop shows, I love me some shows with lady leads, I love me some Jeri Ryan and Sonja Sohn (both in supporting roles), and I can certainly get behind Dana Delaney. So this had a bunch of elements that make me happy, -- really, all it was Arcadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06831695853525042483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371513443162141242.post-26672169544467758532011-04-02T03:15:00.000-07:002011-04-02T03:45:01.307-07:00Sexism and comedy-mmmmTroll comments from a friend: She's SO shit!!! What is the point??? ARRRGH female comedians just aren't funny! They're only nasal and sarcastic!!!Tryggers, it's a sad fact that certain genders are more suited to certain professions than others. Case in point: you ever seen a female builder? Or a female firefighter? A male midwife? Nothing to do with sexism - just common sense. Stand-up comedy is mrs_random_cheesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04486353586967926651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371513443162141242.post-69704157588414310272011-04-01T20:21:00.000-07:002011-04-01T20:27:13.278-07:00Links Links LinksSeriously, I need a name for these end-of-week linky listy things. Suggestions welcome.
Much lighter than last week, for which I think we're all grateful.
So they're revamping the Wonder Woman franchise. Which might be a yay, right? Conceived in the 40s as a deliberately feminist superheroine! Amazon! Peace and justice and whatever! And ... the revamp is being done by David E. Kelley, so it's Arcadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06831695853525042483noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371513443162141242.post-38600016417889607452011-03-29T01:02:00.000-07:002011-03-29T01:08:07.630-07:00The Separation of Looks and Character: Lessons Learned in Modern Fairy Tale RetellingsSo yeah, let's just call last week a posting failure and move on.
So I've done several RNTNs about fairy tale retellings and YA feminist fantasy. I've been trying for days to figure out how to stick my latest thoughts into that format, but it won't work; these books are all about on par in quality (I'd give any of them four to four and a half stars out of five, say). Still, they beg me to Arcadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06831695853525042483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371513443162141242.post-75518777398785128752011-03-25T10:26:00.000-07:002011-03-25T10:28:52.731-07:00Quick linksFirstly, this needs to be signed straight away. http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_corrective_rape_6/?cl=991520237&v=8594Secondly, this is awesomesaucehttp://www.neatorama.com/2011/03/25/25-artist-renditions-of-movie-and-tv-posters/mrs_random_cheesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04486353586967926651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371513443162141242.post-52670963187604970552011-03-22T00:03:00.000-07:002011-03-22T00:07:42.646-07:00Late LinksYeah, these should have gone up last week. That was not a good blogging week for me. Sorry. Here they are now, and stay tuned for an essay-post in the next 24 hours or so.
And now for something completely different. You've probably already seen this, as I'm late in the game on it, but for the three of you who haven't, check out Sandia Labs' Report. Setup: You want to bury nuclear waste in the Arcadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06831695853525042483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371513443162141242.post-4838648372703107522011-03-18T12:25:00.000-07:002011-03-18T12:31:02.769-07:00Can a man identify as a feminist?http://www.theroot.com/print/50815I've not much to offer, as ever-it's Friday and Comic Relief! But I read this article and had a mixed reaction. I'm glad he's owning his own privilege, but...as a white person, I can't say that I'm antiracist because, like it or not, I benefit from white privilege every day. I benefit from other people's oppressions. And this man benefits from being a man, so mrs_random_cheesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04486353586967926651noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371513443162141242.post-24411270396756405502011-03-16T00:02:00.000-07:002011-03-16T00:02:38.108-07:00Ye Olde Dichotomy; Also Some FactsIt's one of those weeks when I don't have anything insightful to say. The stuff that I'm actually inspired to write about is too personal for me to put on the blog right now; regular politics and feminism-related stuff seems trivial when the big news stories are related to Japan's disasters (about which I have nothing new to add. Donate, if you are so moved! Don't be a dick, even if you are so Arcadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06831695853525042483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371513443162141242.post-7648391307192889752011-03-11T17:55:00.000-08:002011-03-11T17:55:15.641-08:00Links & LeeksAll right. It's 5:30 on Friday afternoon and I've had one beer so far, which is in no way enough to take the edge off the week I've had. So here are your links for the week, and if they suck do me a favor and don't tell me about it for twenty-four hours.
Feministing notes that the Obama administration has rescinded the federal regulation commonly called the "Conscience Clause". This has been Arcadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06831695853525042483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371513443162141242.post-62022606877164312932011-03-07T21:37:00.000-08:002011-03-07T21:37:51.881-08:00Back to Politics: Why Being a Republican Means Cutting Planned Parenthood FundingI love Yes Means Yes generally – I own their book too; you should get it; it’s good – but this post especially made me smile.
After weeks of thinking about the conservative social movement, and how it relates to abortion in particular, I came to a very obvious conclusion that nevertheless felt groundbreaking for me.
Morality and consequences go hand in hand, and to try to limit behavior using Arcadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06831695853525042483noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371513443162141242.post-63715741097116474702011-03-06T00:11:00.000-08:002011-03-06T00:21:20.777-08:00something to keep in mindAs you probably all know, I've been dealing with depression. Or Depression (capital D now that I'm on meds for it)Over my birthday (happy birthday me!) I actually ended up getting a little depressed, and it was weird because it wasn't my usual brain-chemical depression, it was my good old friend Low Self-Esteem. I haven't seen this particular friend so cleary for such a long time that it took me Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371513443162141242.post-8761446431988445312011-03-06T00:02:00.001-08:002011-03-06T09:52:44.852-08:00I Think I Might Leave the Country AgainThe Daily Show
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Face, I'm not sure you've met palm. Let me introduce you. (Thanks -- I guess -- Slog.)
UPDATE: It's been pointed out to me that the video is only available in the US and thus our international readers are KSOL. Allow me to explain. (If you haven't seen Jon Stewart before, he's a leftist Arcadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06831695853525042483noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371513443162141242.post-25739653624411898312011-03-04T11:19:00.000-08:002011-03-04T12:09:09.982-08:00Wow. It's been a while, guys. I can only apologise for the intrusion of real life, and depression edging its wicked way back and everything else etc etc.This won't be a long post, alas. I'm pretty tired and I don't have much to give to you guys in ways of thought processes. I just want to give you these images; you may have seen them, I don't know. I just appreciate the signs.http://mrs_random_cheesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04486353586967926651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371513443162141242.post-75100568287733745702011-03-03T21:20:00.000-08:002011-03-03T23:08:20.998-08:00Links & LarksYep, good news. I'm not going to break my new rule the same week I make it. Go me! (Links list might be slightly longer than usual -- I've been saving them up for a while.)
Caudoviral gave us a great shout-out last week, because he is awesome. Go read his blog about biology and sciences, which is full of cool and interestingly explained articles and things you didn't know about medicine. (Full Arcadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06831695853525042483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371513443162141242.post-84124262088906430132011-02-28T23:54:00.000-08:002011-02-28T23:54:29.225-08:00Old Rule Out. New Rule.For two weeks I haven't been posting, and I have an entire browser window with a dozen tabs to links I think are interesting and feminist and relevant.
I haven't been posting because I've fallen prey to that evil beast that stalks bloggers: real life. Seriously, folks, I am never effing home anymore basically ever. I sleep here, and sometimes grab a bite, but as often as not I'm gone for ten or Arcadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06831695853525042483noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371513443162141242.post-76637016545394395322011-02-22T00:48:00.000-08:002011-02-22T01:16:33.110-08:00role-ing aroundSo, quick background to what brings me to this post:after a year of struggling with depression, I finally decided to take anti-depressants, and so far the results are AWESOME. The first two days I took my new bitty pills, I was having a REALLY hard time. I thought it was a reaction to the meds. An hour after I took the first one I was spacey, panicky, and generally not a happy camper. The second Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371513443162141242.post-71873013345590466132011-02-15T20:33:00.000-08:002011-02-15T20:36:06.106-08:00Link Round-UpToo many links sitting on my computer in the sort of vague idea that I should share them. Well, here they are.
The bad (Trigger warnings on all):
Oh, House Republicans. You keep finding new ways to make me hate you. Listening to people is SO for sissy Democrats, right? Keep on keepin' on with your badass ignoring of your constituency.
I have a whole post I want to write about the conscience Arcadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06831695853525042483noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371513443162141242.post-67271817754976459712011-02-14T23:56:00.000-08:002011-02-14T23:56:29.721-08:00My ValentineA lot of people don't like Valentine's Day. I can kind of take it or leave it, myself; you know, there are objections and crass consumerism, and I'm really against taking it too seriously, but there are certain things I really like. My family always takes the time to be affectionate on Valentine's Day, and on a personal level I like being reminded to appreciate the good people in my life. And Arcadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06831695853525042483noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371513443162141242.post-84304145334873448022011-02-01T21:17:00.000-08:002011-02-01T21:22:02.316-08:00In Other Book NewsI haven't posted this week on account of being pretty horribly ill and not having a lot of coherent thought to share. But as kind of an addendum to Wordwrestler's post about the NY Times Book Review, I thought I'd toss this out there, for our international readers and anyone who hasn't caught this yet.
So, the Bitch Magazine debacle. Sequence went something like this. Bitch makes list of Arcadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06831695853525042483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371513443162141242.post-22842953196580436972011-02-01T18:54:00.000-08:002011-02-01T18:55:36.748-08:00Open for discussion: a shenpa momentSo I'm minding my business, reading the New York Times, and there's a review of Allison Pearson's new novel. This led first to a moment of feeling really old, because I thought, "Pearson. I know that name. She had a big-deal bestseller a year or two ago..." only to find out from the review that, um, yeah, that was in 2002. So after a brief shocked head-shaking about how quickly time does go by, Wordwrestlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798018279194298721noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371513443162141242.post-31389859441617807262011-01-29T11:10:00.000-08:002011-01-29T11:26:58.991-08:00Sexism 101 or 'I do not think it means what you think it means, boys'First things first, you guys are awesome! Thank you for the lovely, kind responses to my last post. You guys rock! I'm so glad I'm sharing this blog with y'all. And I shall certainly take those recs XDSecondly, this has been a week full of raaage with regards to British/all men and their take on sexism. I don't know if you guys have heard about the Andy Gray scandal, but if you haven't a quick mrs_random_cheesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04486353586967926651noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371513443162141242.post-57021495739234535972011-01-25T00:00:00.000-08:002011-01-25T09:33:29.955-08:00Fictional TurnoffsSo here’s some news that’s going to be a shocker to everyone who has ever met me. You may want to be sitting down. Ready? Not everything I like to read and watch and listen to and play is strictly intellectual. Not all of it is strictly feminist. Not all of it is strictly clever, or strictly original, or strictly groundbreaking. Not all of it is even very good.
Most of the things I enjoy are Arcadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06831695853525042483noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371513443162141242.post-3488252284679999302011-01-21T12:48:00.000-08:002011-01-21T12:59:18.979-08:00Recs?So, weirdly, I'm going to come out to my fellow blog writers before anyone else: I think I might be bisexual. Which, you might argue, is no big deal. True, it's not. The problem is, bisexuality is often seen as being 'greedy' and not 'being able to make up your mind'. Equally, there is a certain invisibility within the GLBT movement. (It could be worse; trans people have barely any representationmrs_random_cheesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04486353586967926651noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371513443162141242.post-4748633909465461042011-01-17T23:21:00.001-08:002011-01-17T23:21:36.860-08:00Single Gender Entertainment: Why I Think It SucksI’m never going to read Kim. I’ve probably already read most of the Sherlock Holmes stuff I’m going to read in my lifetime, and I’ve read about one novel and maybe two short stories. I can’t really see myself ever getting turned on to Michael Chabon’s works. What do these have in common? They’re books where all or almost all the main characters are men. Often, the men are white, and cis, and Arcadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06831695853525042483noreply@blogger.com0