By Jessica • 15 years ago

Using Google Books to spread the feminist love

This is too neat. Blogs can now embed books available on Google Books for readers to peruse. I hope Feministing can use this to highlight awesome feminists texts… So in honor of Samhita’s recent post, check out Barbara Smith’s great book, Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology, after the jump. (And don’t forget to support feminists by buying their books!)

This is too neat. Blogs can now embed books available on Google Books for readers to peruse. I hope Feministing can use this to highlight awesome feminists texts… So in honor of Samhita’s ...
By Samhita • 15 years ago

Living Legends: Interview with Barbara Smith


So for those of us Feministing gals (Jessica, Vanessa and myself) that went to school in that sleepy upstate town known as Albany we all have a special place in our hearts for Barbara Smith. One of my most formative feminist “click” moments was seeing Barbara Smith lecture at SUNY Albany when I was a young women’s studies undergrad (11 years ago, eeeek, LOL).
If you have never heard of her, well she is an anti-racist, feminist, socialist activist and one of the framers of early identity politics. Frankly, her humility extends so far that she rarely gets the recognition she deserves. I am sure her constant calling out of white feminism for their inability to truly ...

So for those of us Feministing gals (Jessica, Vanessa and myself) that went to school in that sleepy upstate town known as Albany we all have a special place in our hearts for Barbara Smith. ...
By Jessica • 15 years ago

Monday Monty Blogging (professional pup edition)


This weekend was my mother’s 60th birthday party and Andrew thought Monty should get dressed up for the occasion too. Hence, the tie. (And don’t worry – we only left it on for the picture.)
By the way, feminism is totally in my genes. Check out this pic of my mom back in the day (she’s in the middle) at a pro-choice rally in DC. Happy birthday, Mom!


This weekend was my mother’s 60th birthday party and Andrew thought Monty should get dressed up for the occasion too. Hence, the tie. (And don’t worry – we only left it on for the ...
By Samhita • 15 years ago

New RH Reality Check Podcast: Palin-Palooza edition

Check out Amanda’s newest RH Reality Check’s podcast that takes on teen sexuality, Republican hypocrisy, some must know facts about abortion young women and women of color and even a cameo from our very own Courtney Martin.

Check out Amanda’s newest RH Reality Check’s podcast that takes on teen sexuality, Republican hypocrisy, some must know facts about abortion young women and women of color and even a cameo from our very own Courtney ...
By Samhita • 15 years ago

Quick Hit: Top Female Afghani police assassinated

For a woman to be a high ranking police chief in Afghanistan is in fact a profound statement and considerable gain for women. So it is a statement that the Taliban assassinated one of the top female police officers in the country. An anti-woman statement.

The police officer, Malalai Kakar, who was in her mid-40s with six children, was an iconic figure among women’s groups in Afghanistan and abroad. Often profiled in the Afghan and foreign news media, she was one of the leading totems for the wider freedoms gained by women when the Taliban, with their repressive policies toward women, were ousted from power by an American-led coalition in 2001.

For a woman to be a high ranking police chief in Afghanistan is in fact a profound statement and considerable gain for women. So it is a statement that the Taliban assassinated one of the top ...
By Miriam • 15 years ago

Want to help organize a Boston Feministing Happy Hour?

So I will be in Boston next week because some fabulous students from the Tufts Feminist Alliance invited me to speak. Shout out to Tiffany and Amanda for organizing that event! While I’m in town, I would love to organize a Feministing Happy Hour for all of you who live in Boston.
I’m looking for a volunteer to help me organize this happy hour, mainly finding a location. So email me at miriamATfeministingDOTcom if you want to help and have some ideas of public transportation accessible, affordable bars that will allow people under 21 to enter as well. Usually places that serve food are more willing/able. Also, it needs to be able to accommodate about 50 people.
Thanks everyone!

So I will be in Boston next week because some fabulous students from the Tufts Feminist Alliance invited me to speak. Shout out to Tiffany and Amanda for organizing that event! While I’m in town, I would ...
By Miriam • 15 years ago

Critical Resistance: Using New Media to Combat the Prison Industrial Complex

Texas Prison Bid’ness
Started in 2007, when two bills were introduced, one that increased capacity in private prisons in TX and another that would have rolled back tons of standards that were achieved under a previous lawsuit from the 80s. The first passed, the second did not.
The blog was created to have a resource about private prisons in TX for legislators, activists, etc. TX was the birthplace of private prisons in the USA. Highlighting the abuses that were going on in private prisons (deaths, sexual assaults, guard abuse).
Two other criminal justice blogs:

Grits for breakfast–daily criminal justice blogging in TX

Think Outside the Cage—Colorado criminal justice reform blog

Kenyon Farrow
Wrote ...

Texas Prison Bid’ness
Started in 2007, when two bills were introduced, one that increased capacity in private prisons in TX and another that would have rolled back tons of standards that were achieved under a previous ...

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