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Peaches – No Sexist Pigs Allowed on My Planet

By ~LS~ On June 22, 2009 · Add Comment · In Feminism, Humor and tagged Tagged With: Feminism, Humor, Sexism

Female Scotus Pick

By ~LS~ On May 22, 2009 · Add Comment · In Feminism, Politics, Race and Racism and tagged Tagged With: Feminism, Politics, Sexism

An email I sent to reporter Lynn Sweet in response to a post she made on Politics Daily on why Obama should appoint a woman to the Supreme Court:

I’m writing to you about a phrasing that you wrote in the lead to your SCOTUS post. The lead to your article reads: “So a new Gallop poll shows “no clamor” for President Obama to select a woman or minority to the Supreme Court vacancy being created by the departure of Justice David Souter.”

Your lead calls to mind an old book entitled _But Some Of Us Are Brave: All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men_.

The point in this title is that not all women are white, that there are minority women too, and those women get elided when we write about “women” and “minorities” as separate categories. Now, I recognize that you are simply parroting [...]

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Sarah Palin is a Diva

By ~LS~ On October 26, 2008 · 1 Comment · In Feminism, Politics and tagged Tagged With: Feminism, Hillary, Politics, Sexism

From CNN

“She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone,” said this McCain adviser. “She does not have any relationships of trust with any of us, her family or anyone else.”

“Also, she is playing for her own future and sees herself as the next leader of the party. Remember: Divas trust only unto themselves, as they see themselves as the beginning and end of all wisdom.”

If this were a Hilary quote I’d be livid. I would read it as a sexist slam against her solid leadership skills. But when I read it about Sarah Palin, all I did was snicker, and think it was an excellent characterization of someone with no leadership skills at all. She’s so not ready to be president.

The article makes it a point to talk about other vice-presidential candidates who were off message and “going rogue” as well, which makes [...]

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Amateur Porn

By ~LS~ On July 23, 2008 · 4 Comments · In Feminism, Pop Culture, The Web and tagged Tagged With: Consumption, Feminism, Media Ecology, Pop Culture, Sex, Sexism

One of the things new media critics point out is the way that new media technologies turn consumers into producers. Nowhere is this more true than in amateur porn production. I just read an article in Wired about how the porn industry is feeling the economic crunch. One of the reasons that the porn industry is posting losses is the endless free supply of amateur porn. Of course, despite the losses, the porn industry is still thriving, but it makes me think of the relationship between amateur and professional porn.

The whole idea of amateur porn raises a host of issues about women’s autonomy and subjectivity for me. All the feminist arguments about exploitation, victimization, hate speech, and objectification become more complicated within the context of amateur porn.

1. One can say that in amateur porn, women have choice and even control (though the notion of choice is always [...]

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Danica again

By ~LS~ On July 20, 2008 · 1 Comment · In Feminism, Pop Culture and tagged Tagged With: Feminism, Pop Culture, Sexism

I’ve posted about Danica and sexism before. I’m fast becoming fascinated by her. Not enough to watch racing, of course, but still she’s quite an interesting figure in a male-dominated sphere. The most recent controversy is that she went off on another female driver, Milka Duno, for blocking her on the track. What’s most interesting to me about this story is the 344 comments posted. Most of them are amazingly sexist. Some of them go as far as to compare Milka Duno (who is sexier because she fits male standards of beauty better) to Danica (who is too tomboyish, i.e., flat-chested, etc.). The first comment captures the sentiments of most of the following comments:
Face it Patrick, you aren’t that good and stop your whining after every race. You might be better in bed than on the track, but I doubt it. Stay home and bake cookies.

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Moe and Tracie

By ~LS~ On July 13, 2008 · 1 Comment · In Feminism, Pop Culture, The Web and tagged Tagged With: Feminism, Politics, Pop Culture, Sex

Several people have asked me about “Shoot the Messenger”‘s interview with Jezebel.com‘s Moe and Tracie. Part of me doesn’t want to give this ‘tempest in a teapot’ any more of the blogosphere’s energy. But I have to confess that, after I was asked by enough people, I watched the train wreck of an interview. Before I did that, I went to Jezebel.com and I went to Tracie “Slut Machine”‘s website. I even read Jezebel.com’s response post and their reader comments to it.

My first profound observation is I just don’t get it. I don’t get why anyone would see these two women as role models (which is what Shoot the Messenger claims), even in the most pedestrian sense. Their websites are inane and their observations are shallow, in my opinion. I don’t see why anyone who hosted or put together a comedy show would see these [...]

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