http://feministblogs.org independent alternatives to the malestream media Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:01:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Three alpacas in the snow After days of near silence, I’m suddenly possessed of a need to talk about not one, not two, but three things. I’m also possessed of a head cold and a serious case of ear pain, so this is gonna be quick and dirty. It’s ... http://www.reclusiveleftist.com/2009/01/07/three-disparate-topics-but-with-a-hidden-thread-connecting-them-can-you-guess-what-it-is/ Rebecca Skloot notifies us via email that someone just leaked some government documents to her that include the previously unreleased wording of the new government regulations: They have banned all service animals other than dogs (initially they’d said they’d allow other commonly domesticated species like cats and birds). Specifically ... http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/01/06/creature-comforts-an-update/ I can kind of forgive America for making 2000 close enough for Bush to slip into the White House. Al Gore ran an uninspired campaign, Bill Clinton was still viewed as Slick Willie, and the media seemed far more concerned that Al Gore occasionally sighed during a debate than the ... http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2009/01/06/worst-bush-moments-15-re-election/ Spice Up Your Sex Life – Roleplaying Games by Elizabeth Black Thursday, April 10, 2008 Want to add a little spice to your sex life? How about roleplaying? You don't have to be into bondage to enjoy some roleplaying sex games. Lots of sex toys web sites sell costumes so that you may try ... http://trishwilson.typepad.com/blog/2009/01/nuts4chic-what-kind-of-fantasy-do-you-have.html 2004 KOUFAX AWARD FINALIST Best Single Issue Blog for Family Law 2004 KOUFAX AWARD NOMINEE Best Series 2003 KOUFAX AWARD FINALIST Best Expert Blog for "expertise in father's rights and child custody issues." 2003 KOUFAX AWARD NOMINEE Best New Blog Spanglemonkey Award For "Worst Psycho-Loon Commenters" Feministe Anti-Awards For "I'm Ashamed I Own This Book" Best Political Blogger Nominee for Best ... http://trishwilson.typepad.com/blog/2009/01/awards-for-the-countess.html In with the New BlogaroundAt this point of Epiphany I’ve only gotten through the letter “C” in my quest to catch up on eight months’ worth of DC Comics comp box reading. Goodness knows how or when I’m going to finish the rest of the DCU titles I’ve filed alphabetically, ... http://elayneriggs.blogspot.com/2009/01/in-with-new-blogaround-at-this-point-of.html Let it be said that there are officially sexual fetishes that, should you engage in them, make you a really really bad person: crushing. (h/t). I’ve never heard of this before, but the New York Times describes it as follows: A decade ago, Congress decided it was time to address what ... http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/01/06/crush-porn-and-free-speech/ I found a map tracking the destcruction of Palestinian villages in 1948 here...Download the map in pdf format (source) Palestine: Destroyed Villages (1948) by Map Index No.from map Name ... http://darkdaughta.blogspot.com/2009/01/destroyed-palestinian-villages-1948.html Over in this post, commenter PG asks a question: Post request: could someone who has been following the MN Senate election and recount go through this WSJ editorial and explain what is fact, what is opinion, and what is on the level of the WSJ’s classic “isn’t it suspicious that so ... http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2009/01/06/yes-we-take-requests/ I will be on the Dennis Prager Show tomorrow — yes, you heard me right, the Dennis Prager Show — discussing his wonderful advice on how it’s a good wife’s duty to endure marital rape. I’ll be on with the redoubtable Megan Carpenter, so I’m thinking we should be able ... http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2009/01/06/big-conservative-media-me/ Ann Coulter: “[Single motherhood] is a recipe to create criminals, strippers, rapists, murderers.” What doesn’t match, kids? My favorite section, though, is this one: COULTER: No, those are different chapters and completely different points. You are conflating two things that have nothing to do with one another. The point is, in — on ... http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/01/06/one-of-these-things-is-not-like-the-others/ I suppose in a world where your offline options are limited, as is the case for many, many young people world-wide, spending vast quantities of your time online seems like a pretty smart way to not only kill time, but to have ... http://www.feministing.com/archives/012990.html This is a critical fact often omitted when the history is presented and this leads to a very distorted view of what happened in 1948. The misleading story often told is that "Jews declared Israel and then they were attacked." The fact is from November 1947 to May 1948 the ... http://darkdaughta.blogspot.com/2009/01/source-of-distorted-israelpalestine.html That's what Washington Post says:President-elect Barack Obama has offered the job of surgeon general to Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the neurosurgeon and correspondent for CNN and CBS, according to two sources with knowledge of the situationI have no real opinion on what this might mean, but I remembered posting something earlier ... http://echidneofthesnakes.blogspot.com/2009_01_01_archive.html#7419090625883716887 Working in solidarity with the people of Palestineif what you're reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes you, emboldens you, pushes you, galvanizes you, discomfits you, tickles you, enrages you so much that you find yourself returning again and again...then link me. http://darkdaughta.blogspot.com/2009/01/organizing-for-palestinian-human-rights.html Is this post by Hecate. Do check it out. I'm not giving away its contents here.On the other hand, anything about Ann Coulter's new book is very much not worth reading. http://echidneofthesnakes.blogspot.com/2009_01_01_archive.html#2820627989157358472 I am still working on the list, because in the past my only promise has been not to have any, but right now I'm planning to write a book this year. I am also going to blog a lot more on health care, to grow my wonk credentials. ... http://echidneofthesnakes.blogspot.com/2009_01_01_archive.html#5739877531607730018 The police react to a ballot initiative which made possession of small amounts of pot a misdemeanor: Massachusetts officially decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana yesterday, but many police departments across the state were essentially ignoring the voter-passed law, saying they would not even bother to ticket people they see ... http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2009/01/06/another-reason-i-wish-i-still-lived-in-massachusetts/ Sometimes a really boring topic can be most important to study. This might be the case with the recent modifications of the 'motion to recommit' in House Rules:The change that has been made, like all fun legal changes, revolves around a single word: In the past, the minority party ... http://echidneofthesnakes.blogspot.com/2009_01_01_archive.html#2538457096802527702 Israeli Peace Bloc is here...if what you're reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes you, emboldens you, pushes you, galvanizes you, discomfits you, tickles you, enrages you so much that you find yourself returning again and again...then link me. http://darkdaughta.blogspot.com/2009/01/gush-shalom.html This is a page of links in English on the current crisis in Palestine for beginners. This page is by no means a comprehensive set of links but it is sufficient for those who seek a preliminary understanding of the issues. Anti-Zionism does not mean that Jews have no right ... http://darkdaughta.blogspot.com/2009/01/anti-zionism-not-anti-semitism.html Anybody who knows me knows that not only do I love sex toys, I write reviews for them. I work for a sex toys company in the U. K. So, it's only natural that I would incorporate sex toys into my erotic stories. My short story "Remote Controlled Fun", which ... http://trishwilson.typepad.com/blog/2009/01/remote-controlled-fun.html Yeah, I had to write the whole thing out, since the news report calls her "beaten" which just doesn't site well with me as a headline or a way to describe someone who has suffered both from domestic violence and then job ... http://www.feministing.com/archives/012993.html Holding the presumption of innocence as one of the great principles of our criminal law it was a jolt to hear Rod Blagojevich send up the tell tale red flag of guilt on the radio this morning. Thinking of the times I've heard a politician or other ... http://echidneofthesnakes.blogspot.com/2009_01_01_archive.html#16045316857345027 So just a couple of hours ago, I put up a post about how Obama and Congress are expected to act quickly on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.  I didn’t realize just quite how timely I was being, because this email from the Feminist  Majority just landed in my ... http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/01/06/tell-congress-to-vote-for-fair-pay/ In one of my original posts about feminist sex shops, a few of you mentioned Aphrodite's Toy Box (ATB) in Atlanta. I was intrigued by it when I went to the website, which had a very distinct feel from the other ... http://www.feministing.com/archives/012986.html No2010 & Warrior Publications Statement of Solidarity with the Network for No Olympics in Tokyo December 27, 2008 Greetings from Vancouver, 'BC', Occupied Coast Salish Territories. It was informative and inspiring to recieve your letter from Dec. 17, 2008 regarding your efforts to resist Tokyo's proposed hosting of the 2016 ... http://darkdaughta.blogspot.com/2009/01/focusing-on-occupatiom-pverseas-forced.html Jews Against Zionism Zionism Against Jews Panel ... http://darkdaughta.blogspot.com/2009/01/jews-against-zionismzionism-against.html if what you're reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes you, emboldens you, pushes you, galvanizes you, discomfits you, tickles you, enrages you so much that you find yourself returning again and again...then link me. http://darkdaughta.blogspot.com/2009/01/furious-tears-are-not-fucking-enough.html Resisting to protect our own Safa Joudeh writing from the occupied Gaza Strip, Live from Palestine, 5 January 2009 ... http://darkdaughta.blogspot.com/2009/01/resisting-domination-is-different-than.html Via San Jose Mercury News: Local governments, led by San Francisco and Santa Clara County, filed their latest opposition papers to Proposition 8, describing the voter-approved initiative as a "dark moment'' in California history. The brief is an attempt to refute the legal ... http://www.feministing.com/archives/012992.html I was doing another google search for radical voices discussing Israel's attack's on Palestine from a perspective that incorporates much context and truly critical analysis...voices located outside the "news" when I came across the Electronic Intifada."The Electronic Intifada (EI), found at electronicIntifada.net, publishes news, commentary, analysis, and reference materials about ... http://darkdaughta.blogspot.com/2009/01/from-electronic-intifada.html A guest post by Caroline Shepherd. Hi Feministers, I’m Caroline Shepherd and I blog at Better burn that dress, sister. Jill has very kindly given me a guest spot to tell you all what’s happening to the prostitution laws in England and Wales right now - they’re set to change, ... http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/01/06/new-anti-prostitution-laws-will-put-women-in-danger/ Silly Site o' the DayJust for Robin, as I believe today is the first day of the MacWorld convention thingamajig:Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No KeyboardFrom the Onion News Network, via David McCandless. http://elayneriggs.blogspot.com/2009/01/silly-site-o-day-just-for-robin-as-i.html While I wrote yesterday about how the Congressional Democrats may be planning to drag their feet on the issue of stem cell research, there is better news.  It’s being speculated that they plan to take swift action on the issue of the Lilly Ledbetter decision and equal pay.  The Ledbetter ... http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/01/06/obama-plans-action-on-discriminatory-supreme-court-ruling/