By Ann • 16 years ago

Weekly Feminist Reader

a vintage holiday ad featuring a woman in a party dress, lying on the floor nextx to a vacuum cleaner, that says Christmas morning she'll be happier with a Hoover
I know what I’m looking forward to doing this holiday season? Putting on my finest party dress, lying down on the floor, and lovingly stroking all the cleaning devices I’ve been given!
Shark-Fu on why the Senate health care bill is NOT acceptable. And Amanda on the likelihood of a “compromise” between the Stupak amendment and the public option. And Matt points out that blocking the health-care bill over abortion is the not “pro-life.”
A general added pregnancy to the list of offenses punishable by court-martial. [updated]
Avatar is the latest in the cinematic tradition of films about white guilt. Also, says James Cameron of the extra-terrestrial heroine of the film, “Right from the beginning I said, ‘She’s got to have tits,’ even though that makes no sense because her race, the Na’vi, aren’t placental mammals.” Stay classy. (On a related note, Zoe Saldana on women in Hollywood.)
The five most sexist iPhone apps.
Rethinking the international symbol for persons with disabilities.
Sportscaster Erin Andrews on her experience of being stalked: “I have nightmares. I walk in crowds and I see him in my peripheral vision. When I’m alone in my house, I have fears he’s going to come in and hurt me…”
2009: The year of Michelle Obama.
Sara at Muslimah Media Watch on the Christian Science Monitor‘s hijab series.
A judge extended the restraining order that prevents Oklahoma from making public extensive details about women’s abortions.
On fat visibility in young adult fiction.


Why do right-wing pundits love rape metaphors so much?
Women who shoulda been contenders for Time‘s person of the year.
On crafting, hipsters, and racism.
Melissa Silverstein defends filmmaker Nancy Meyers.
On eating disorders in the black community.
The abuse of pregnant prisoners goes beyond shackling.
Thousands of people are losing their Section 8 rent vouchers in New York.
Turns out the sexist environment may be why many girls aren’t drawn to computer science.
Cintra Wilson: ‘I Think Homophobia and Sexism May Play a Role in the Trivializing of Fashion’
There’s a new biography of Molly Ivins.
Support Dr. LeRoy Carhart!
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