By Miriam • 14 years ago

Miriam’s Feministing Story

I’m about a year late on this one, but the other’s all posted videos of their Feministing Stories last year: Jessica, Samhita, Courtney, and Ann
Jessica actually introduced me to the blog in her Feministing story video. Aww.
Transcript after the jump!

I’m about a year late on this one, but the other’s all posted videos of their Feministing Stories last year: Jessica, Samhita, Courtney, and Ann
Jessica actually introduced me to the blog in ...
By Miriam • 14 years ago

Breaking news: Hate crimes legislation passes House!

You can follow the debates via twitter, or see them live at C-SPAN here.
The hate crimes legislation is the Matthew Shepherd Act, description here.
There are some really hateful things being said by the legislators, including the suggestion that Matthew Shepherd’s death was not actually a hate crime motivated by his being gay. Absurd.
UPDATE: The bill passed the House (news via Twitter). Vote count: 249-175. News story via AP here.
Yay!

You can follow the debates via twitter, or see them live at C-SPAN here.
The hate crimes legislation is the Matthew Shepherd Act, description here.
There are some really hateful things being said by ...
By Miriam • 14 years ago

Obama’s first 100 days: A round up

So the internets and news outlets are all a flurry with round-ups and reports about Obama’s first 100 days. Samhita shared her thoughts yesterday, but here is what others have to say:
Campus Progress has a rating system, dancing condoms and all
RH Reality Check grades Obama on reproductive justice in the first 100 days
Ms. Magazine has a timeline of Obama’s first 100 days for women
An LGBT report card for the first 100 days from HuffPo
Feel free to add more links in comments.

So the internets and news outlets are all a flurry with round-ups and reports about Obama’s first 100 days. Samhita shared her thoughts yesterday, but here is what others have to say:
Campus Progress has ...
By Miriam • 14 years ago

WAM 2009: Gender, Non-conformity and the media

I’m happy to be able to share the video from my session at WAM 2009: In/Out of Focus: Gender, Non-conformity and the Media.
I unfortunately don’t have a transcript and the live twitter feed from the session (the tag was #wam09gnc) seems to have expired. My apologies to folks who are not able to listen to the video. Here are a few links to a few liveblogs from the session:
Susan Mernit
Kerri Kanelos
Jill at Feministe
Anna J. Cooke
Chicks Rock Blog
Mikhaela Reid drew this cartoon in response to the panel
I was really excited to be part of this conversation with Jack Aponte (of Angry Brown Butch and ...

I’m happy to be able to share the video from my session at WAM 2009: In/Out of Focus: Gender, Non-conformity and the Media.
I unfortunately don’t have a transcript and the live twitter feed from the ...
By Jessica • 14 years ago

My favorite Bea Arthur moments

A lot of folks have written lovely things about Bea Arthur, mourning her loss. I don’t know that I have anything particularly enlightening to add, but I thought I’d share some of my favorite Bea Arthur moments. Love this woman.

A snippet of the groundbreaking episode of Maude.

A lot of folks have written lovely things about Bea Arthur, mourning her loss. I don’t know that I have anything particularly enlightening to add, but I thought I’d share some of my favorite Bea ...
By Miriam • 14 years ago

Vote for Feministing: OBOS Women’s Health Hero


We are humbled and honored to be among the nominees for the Our Bodies, Ourselves Women’s Health Heroes contest.
Nominator Amy says:

I would like to nominate the great blogging women of feministing.com as my Women’s Health Heroes. I have been enthusiastically reading feministing for quite some time and I feel that it gives young women a space to voice their concerns, in addition to learning about other’s perspectives on important health issues. The women of feministing deserve recognition for always keeping readers up-to-date and for also sharing lighter and funnier news.

Thanks Amy!
You can check out our nomination here, and vote for us if you like. You can vote by rating the entry using the stars at ...


We are humbled and honored to be among the nominees for the Our Bodies, Ourselves Women’s Health Heroes contest.
Nominator Amy says:

I would like to nominate the great blogging women of feministing.com as my Women’s ...
By Jessica • 14 years ago

Adventures in conservative media (Laura Ingraham edition)

I was on the Laura Ingraham show yesterday morning to talk about The Purity Myth; it was a trip. One listener even called in to say that I was just pissed about not being a virgin anymore so I wrote the book to spread my sluttitude around. It was awesome.
If you want to listen (and check out my brand spanking new website!), click here.

I was on the Laura Ingraham show yesterday morning to talk about The Purity Myth; it was a trip. One listener even called in to say that I was just pissed about not being a ...

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