Women's Studies
Knitting Clio is Mad as Hell at Publisher’s Weekly
via She Writes, who tells us that Publishers Weekly included ZERO female authors in its list of best books of 2009. The blog encourages us women writers to participate in SHE WRITES DAY OF ACTION. Here’s what they ask us to do, including my replies:
“By Friday, November 13th, please do three simple, but enormously powerful, [...]
Sex and “Mad Men”
via Historiann, who asks what we think about the portrayal of sex on “Mad Men.” Historiann observes that this is the era of Helen Gurley Brown’s Sex and the Single Girl (1962) — so where’s all the fun? Well, my first reaction is that Brown’s main message was that because women were at a disadvantage [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )A Transwoman in need of Feminism 101
In this month’s The History of Science Society | Newsletter, historian Alice Dreger writes about the kind of an encounter at the National Women’s Studes Association meeting that they don’t prepare you for in graduate school (although maybe on the middle school playground). For those unfamiliar with Dreger’s work, she is best known for her [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )New Feminist Disability Blog Launched
via Our Bodies Our Blog. According to their About section:
“FWD/Forward is a group blog written by feminists with disabilities. It is a place to discuss disability issues and the intersection between feminism and disability rights activism. The content here ranges from basic information which is designed to introduce people who are new to disability [...]
CFP: Berkshire Conference
The Berkshire Conference of Women Historians has just posted its call for papers for the 15th Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, which will be held at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, June 9-12, 2011. The theme is “Generations,” and the link to the call will remain in the sidebar at left until March 1 [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Roman Polanski and The History of “Rape-Rape” in America
Now that I’ve cooled down a bit about Whoopi Goldberg’s clueless remarks regarding the arrest of Roman Polanski, I think I’ll write a little historical primer for all those out there who are wondering, WTF?
The core of Goldberg’s argument, as I see it, is that Polanski accepted a plea bargain to the charge of “having [...]
Roman Polanski’s arrest not outrageous but long overdue
via Edge of the American West. I agree — Anne Applebaum’s defense of Polanski because he’s old and has had rough life are nearly as creepy as the original crime itself. Historiann has an exceptional commentary on this story as well.
For more ickiness, see the recent documentary about the case, and the victim’s testimony here.
Where [...]
Dirty Dancing Moves to Feminist Beat
via RHRealityCheck.org. I had no idea that this film is “near and dear” to some feminists. Certainly I was aware that this is a quintessential “chick flick,” but feminist too? When I saw it over twenty years ago I thought it was just a sappy melodrama (sorry DD lovers). Now I’m going to give it [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Permanent Commission is permanent (for now anyway)
The Permanent Commission on the Status of Women in Connecticut is still alive and kicking, but has had it’s budget reduced by 55%.
I guess someone told our not so bright Governor what “permanent” means.
Wealthy Women and the Suffrage Movement
This week’s New York Times Magazine focuses on global women’s rights. The issue includes an article by Motherlode blogger Lisa Belkin entitled “The Power of the Purse.” Belkin claims that this is the first time in history that women have used their dollars to advance the cause of women:
“To appreciate the magnitude of this [...]
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