Tonight will be the 20th annual Lambda Literary Awards. This is the big celebration of all the best authors in the LGBT community. There are over 100 books in nomination, and it will be a gala event in West Hollywood, California.
I’m in heaven already thinking about all the organization that went into the event, the [...]
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20th Annual Lambda Literary Awards Are Tonight!
Posted in Books, Feminism, Feminist Politics, Heroes, Lesbian Community, Lesbian Life, Women as Writers, Women's Art, Women's Culture, Women's Poetry on May 29, 2008 | 10 Comments »
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Child Porn Protection Act: Offering or Soliciting Even Fake or Nonexistent Child Porn Not Protected Speech Under the First Amendment
Posted in Feminism, Feminist Politics, Male Terrorism, Post Election Violence in Kenya, Rape and Sexual Assault, Sex Trafficking, War on Women on May 22, 2008 | 18 Comments »
This past Monday the U.S. Supreme Court upheld 7-2 a 2003 law that makes it a crime to offer or solicit sexually explicit images of children. The law (the “Protect Act”) does not distinguish between real children used and depicted in pornography and computer-generated child porn or digitally altered photographs of adults (to make them appear to be children). The [...]
UPDATE: Ninth Circuit Rules in Favor of Margaret Witt, Highly Decorated Air Force Nurse, Fired for Being a Lesbian
Posted in Feminism, Feminist Politics, Identity Politics, Male Foolishness, Male Terrorism on May 22, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Margaret Witt
Good news for Margaret Witt and her partner and for all lesbians and gay men in the military, good news for all who are committed and dedicated to human and civil rights for all people. The Ninth Circuit has ruled that her case should proceed and has reinstated her in the military.
Major Witt filed a [...]
“Intentional Sex Torts” — 2
Posted in Feminism, Feminist Politics, Rape and Sexual Assault on May 12, 2008 | 54 Comments »
Note: I was going to post this as a comment to the original “Intentional Sex Torts” thread, but I couldn’t import the formatting (I formatted it inside of a “New Post” box on my dashboard) and don’t have time to reformat. And, maybe it’s better to start a fresh thread anyway, for several reasons. So, here it [...]
Mothers Militant: Mother’s Day as Resistance
Posted in Feminism, Feminist Politics on May 11, 2008 | 25 Comments »
Mother’s Day Proclamation of 1870
“Arise, then, women of this day! Arise, all women who have hearts, whether your baptism be that of water or tears!
Say firmly: “We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies. Our husbands shall not come to us, reeking with carnage, for caresses and applause. Our sons shall not be [...]
“Intentional Sex Torts”: Making Laws That Work for Women and What Happens to Feminist Attorneys Who Try
Posted in Feminism, Feminist Politics, Practical Radical Feminism, Rape and Sexual Assault on May 4, 2008 | 94 Comments »
To the extent your reality does not fit the law’s picture, your rape is not illegal. The implications of this for everyday sex life are that any man who knows a woman of the same race can probably get away with raping her. The better he knows her, the more likely he is to get [...]
UPDATE: Little Girls as Prey and the Murder of Zina Linnik
Posted in Feminism, Feminist Politics, Making Men Out of Boys, Male Terrorism, Racism and Feminism, Rights of the Disabled, Sexism in the Military, The Rape of Iraq, War on Women, Women and Music, Women's Space Sunday Paper, Women's Space/Margins Women's Community on May 4, 2008 | 21 Comments »
UPDATE: Terapon Adhahn, left, was sentenced Friday to life in prison without possibility of parole. He was convicted of the following crimes:
• One count each of aggravated first-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping and first-degree rape in the July 2007 death of 12-year-old Zina Linnik.
• Three counts of first-degree rape and one count of first-degree kidnapping in the rape of [...]
May Day: A Tribute to Lucy Parsons
Posted in Feminism, Feminist Politics, Women's Bodies on May 1, 2008 | 6 Comments »
"Oh, Misery, I have drunk thy cup of sorrow to its dregs, but I am still a rebel." — Lucy Parsons
"We, the women of this country, have no ballot even if we wished to use it, and the only way that we can be represented is to take a man to represent us. You men [...]
The Apostate, on a Roll
Posted in Academentia, Colonialism, Feminism, Feminist Politics, Internalized Misogyny, Male Foolishness, Racism and Feminism on April 27, 2008 | 13 Comments »
If you haven’t already, do yourself a favor and read the Apostate’s most recent posts. The woman is on a roll.
Because most countries in the world are not such melting-pots as America is (and don’t have America’s slave-owning past), most people don’t have the sensitivity to race issues that we have here. Most of the [...]
End the Violence Against Women Now
Posted in Female Ritual Servitude, Feminism, Feminist Politics, Genocide, Internet Terrorism, Male Terrorism, Patriarchal Medicine, Police Violence, Pornography, Practical Radical Feminism, Prostitution, Rape and Sexual Assault, Sex Trafficking, Sexism in the Military, War on Women on April 25, 2008 | 8 Comments »
One in 3 women and girls may be beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in their lifetime. Shocking, isn’t it?
But what’s equally upsetting is that most women don’t denounce their abusers because they are afraid of further violence and of being stigmatized. Help us speak out for these women. Add your name to this [...]
April 24, 2008 — Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day
Posted in Feminism, Feminist Politics, Motherhood on April 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Today is this year’s Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, and my two youngest are here at the office with me all day. I’ve taken some of my kids to work with me on this day each year for the past seven years, and I have many fond memories of each year. These years [...]
China Martens on the F-Files
Posted in Feminism, Feminist Politics, Motherhood, Parenting on April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From our good friend Jacquelyn Arsenuk at the F-Files radical feminist radio program:
THE F-FILES
4/23/2008
*****
CHINA MARTENS
The Future Generation: The Zine-Book for Subculture Parents, Kids, Friends and Others
published by Atomic Books
When: Wednesday from 11am-12pm
Where: 88.7FM (Stream it live at www.wnhu.net or listen to the archive at www.ffiles.net)
(In addition, archives of the F-Files are now airing on [...]
On the Pornography Panel Debate at William & Mary College, In Support of Samantha Berg
Posted in Blogosphere, Feminism, Feminist Conferences, Feminist Politics, Internet Terrorism, Male Terrorism, Pornography, Practical Radical Feminism, Prostitution, Rape and Sexual Assault, War on Women, Women's Bodies, Women's Space/Margins Women's Community on April 21, 2008 | 42 Comments »
On March 17, I (Heart) got an e-mail from Constance of William and Mary College which read in pertinent part:
My name is Constance. I’m a student at the College of William & Mary. I’m currently working with three other women to put together a panel on feminist perspectives on pornography at our school.
This project is a direct response [...]
55th Carnival of Feminists is Up and a Question about the Million Women Rise Event
Posted in Feminism, Feminist Politics on March 12, 2008 | 23 Comments »
The 55th Carnival of Feminists is up at Penny Red’s place.
A question for UK radical feminists: were any of you present for the Million Women Rise event in London? Or do you have friends who were present, or friends who have friends who were present, who could provide additional perspectives so far as what went on [...]
Andrea Smith Tenure Situation
Posted in Academentia, Blogosphere, Feminism, Feminist Politics, Women and Tenure on March 5, 2008 | 25 Comments »
Dr. Andrea Smith, an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan with a joint appointment in Michigan’s American Culture and Women’s Studies Departments, has been denied tenure. Smith is a highly respected radical woman of color feminist and the author of Conquest: Sexual Violence and the American Indian Genocide and other books.
The Chronicle of Higher [...]
Support the F-Files!
Posted in Feminism, Feminist Politics, Media on March 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
From our radical feminist radio personality friend, Jacquelyn Arsenuk:
Hey everyone,
I’m e-mailing to ask for your support in keeping The F-Files on the air by donating to WNHU during our yearly phone-a-thon. I know money is tight for many people and please don’t feel pressured but if you do have a little extra in your budget, [...]
“Dear Injurious Physician” — In Memorium: Barbara Seaman, Sept. 11, 1935-Feb. 27, 2008
Posted in Erasure of Feminist History, Erasure of Feminist Leaders, Erasure of Women's Lives, Exile, Feminist Conferences, Feminist Politics, Heroes, Inspiration, Male Terrorism, Patriarchal Medicine, Patriarchal Science, War on Women, Women's Birthing Rights, Women's Bodies, Women's Health on February 28, 2008 | 26 Comments »
Once again, a giant of the movement to liberate women has passed on. Barbara Seaman, tireless pioneer and principal founder of the feminist women’s health care movement, passed away yesterday of lung cancer at the age of 72.
Beginning in 1960, with second wave feminism still in its embryonic stage, Seaman pioneered patient-centered health reporting. Under her watch, women were to learn for [...]
“Peep Toe & Toe Cleavage”? Woman-Only Commuter Coaches: Yes! (Update — Woman-Only Buses Now in Mexico City)
Posted in Commuting, Feminism, Feminist Politics, Male Terrorism, Pornography, Rape and Sexual Assault, War on Women, Woman-Only Space, Women's Bodies on February 1, 2008 | 14 Comments »
Mexico City’s woman-only buses were rolled out January 24.
Mexico City has become the newest city to debut woman-only buses. While the city has long operated woman-only subway cars during rush hour, complete with police overseeing the segregating of the sexes on subway platforms, the woman-only buses are new, a response to women’s ongoing complaints of being harassed, [...]
Bills of Rights for People in Racially Mixed Families
Posted in Feminism, Feminist Politics, Motherhood, Parenting, Racism and Feminism on January 23, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Six of my children are playing “gangpile” in this picture, taken years ago. My baby girl in the diaper, climbing up the stool to get to the top of the gangpile, is almost 17 now.
Light-skinned girl is waiting for me to proceed with theorizing being the white mother of biracial children. I think my first [...]
Marilyn Frye on Being Disloyal to Whiteness and Me, Throwing Down
Posted in Feminism, Feminist Politics, Male Terrorism, Racism and Feminism, War on Women on January 14, 2008 | 33 Comments »
I have another blog, My Mother is White, which I began in May of 2006. I haven’t posted there for a long time. The abusive, racist comments which are routinely attempted there, combined with a consistently abusive, racist blogosphere — including racists who are self-identified feminists and progressive bloggers — are overwhelmingly de-energizing and demoralizing to me. I don’t need it. I [...]
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