Just how misogynist a society are we? Well, pretty damned misogynist — barbarically misogynist, that’s all (and in fact, tonight I’m looking for a word that goes beyond barbaric). Racist and xenophobic too, of course. Here’s an unbelievable story encompassing all that and more:
Pregnant Woman Shackled During Labor for Driving Without License in Nashville, with [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Short Takes
Posted in Uncategorized on July 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One woman’s suffering….
Posted in Culture, Human Rights, MSNBC, Misogyny, Patriarchy, Rape, Sexism, Violence Against Women, Women's Issues, sexism, tagged Chis Matthews, David Shuster, Josef Fritzl, Media, Misogyny, Olbermann, rape, sexism, torture on July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
NOTE: I kept this as a draft (then forgot it) because I needed to doublecheck that this “special” did air on MSBNC, and it did, though not until 11 pm Eastern. Needless to say I didn’t watch it.
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It’s a story more horrifying, more sick and degraded than I can handle, personally, which is why I’ve [...]
More on Hillary Holdouts Getting Out of Hand
Posted in 2008 Election, Hillary Clinton, tagged 2008 Election, Darragh Murphy, DNC, DNC Convention, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Holdouts, Hillary Rosen, Howard Dean, PUMA, PUMAPAC, Recreate 68 on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you read last night’s post on the subject, I hope you had a chance to sample some of the Comments to the PUMA blog because they reveal either some folks so politically naive they’re dangerous, or some folks who are seriously not on our side to start with, or some folks who are simply [...]
Sorry, Sister: Howard Dean’s No Sexist
Posted in Hillary Clinton, Sexism, Sorry Sisters, feminism, tagged 2004 Election, DNC, Hillary Clinton, Howard Dean, Primaries, racism, sexism, Sorry Sisters on July 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I get a little annoyed with people who don’t know what they’re talking about but don’t have a clue that’s even a possibility, so proceed with abandon to mischaracterize something, thereby spreading ignorance around.
Here’s Marcia Pappas, apparently of New York NOW, and egalia of Tennessee Guerilla Women agreeing with her:
Short Takes
Posted in DU, Gratuitous Sexism, Military, Misogyny, Patriarchy, Sexism, Short Takes, Violence Against Women, feminism, sexism, tagged feminism, fundamentalists, Misogyny, purity balls, sex, sexism, sexuality, Violence Against Women, women in the military, women soldiers on July 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
1. Okay, Heather Wilson is bad, but not that bad.
One poor fool holds Congresswoman Wilson responsible for her husband’s alleged sexual assault of a teenage boy:
Anyone married to that beast would be capable of very evil sex deeds.
Sheesh. Is that sexism gratuitous enough for ya? It’s clear the guy doesn’t even mean it, yet simply [...]
Women soldiers raped? murdered? Aw, who cares?
Posted in Human Rights, Miscellaneous, Misogyny, Patriarchy, Sexism, Violence Against Women, tagged Army, Feral Scholar, LaVena Johnson, Military, murder, rape, Stan Goff, Violence Against Women, women in the military, women soldiers on July 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Our women GIs are being raped by their male comrades-in-arms. The graphic accompanying this article shows that 9 out of 10 women marines experienced unwwanted sexual touching. NINE OUT OF TEN!! That’s an obscenity beyond words, but you’ll find very little outrage on DU. Responses ranged from
Nothing new here (ho hum):
Hasn’t this been known for [...]
Blog Notes
Posted in Blog Rules, tagged blog notes on July 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve gone through and edited some of my links to other blogs. For the most part, I want to link to feminist content — not just any content. So some of the links that were there earlier are now hidden. I’ll check them out periodically and if they have feminist content — good feminist content [...]
More on the Bechdel Test
Posted in Culture, Misogyny, Patriarchy, Sexism, feminism, sexism, tagged Bechdel Test, entertainment, feminism, Misogyny, movies, sexism on July 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here at Echidne of the Snakes, and here at The Hathor Project. Much fascinating reading abounds. You may not see me again for a week, maybe two.
Edited to add: Be sure not to miss a feminist critique of comic book heroes and superheroes: Women in Refrigerators with all its links (not that many). It’s apparently [...]
Yeah, what she said…
Posted in Culture, How It Works, Miscellaneous, Misogyny, Patriarchy, Sexism, feminism, sexism, tagged Culture, Media, Misogyny, Patriarchy, sexism on July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not even going to tell you what this quote is in reference to. I don’t have to. It’s SO applicable across SO many artifacts of modern culture that to do so would, methinks, would simply dilute its utter perfection:
But it really made me fume when the not-so-subtle message was (and always has been) “look [...]
