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I like it without pinkwashing

By ~LS~ On October 6, 2010 · 17 Comments · In Feminism, Politics and tagged Tagged With: Capitalism, Consumption, Facebook, Fashion/beauty, Gender, Pop Culture, Science, Sexism, Slacktivism, YWCA

This week I received many Facebook messages urging me to tell my friends “where I like it” in my Facebook status. I’ve seen my friends post such mysterious statuses as “I like it on the chandelier” and “I like it on my car seat.” This morning I posted, “I like mine without pinkwashing.” Many people didn’t understand my status or why the meme makes me so angry. I have two simple answers:

1. I hate pinkwashing.

2. This is nothing but Facebook slactivism.

Put differently, I do not believe that if I post an “I like it…” status on Facebook, I have done something significant to advance women’s health.

Instead of pinkwashing, send a $5.00 check to the YWCA who will spend it helping poor women, primarily women of color, get free mammograms.

What is pinkwashing?

pinkwashing is the commodification breast cancer. I’ll let Wikipedia explain (quoting the [...]

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When Species Meet — Chapters 3 and 4

By ~LS~ On July 26, 2008 · 1 Comment · In Rhetoric and tagged Tagged With: Haraway, Pets, Rhetoric, Science, Technoculture

I don’t really have much commentary on Chapter 4. I saw it as a case study in science studies and caring for animals situated within breeding pedigree dogs. Maybe I’m missing something. As for Chapter 3, I struggled with this chapter more than with other chapters. So first I’m gonna spin out what I got from the chapter (without the nuances, which would add years to this process).

Chapter 3

The chapter is about how we deal ethically with other non-human species, specifically lab animals. “Instrumental action with animals is not the enemy” – sometimes we have to have lab animals. This puts her on very dangerous territory with PETA and animal rights activists, as she says. The crux of this chapter IMO is how to construct a rationale for her position that fits within what is ethical or conscionable to her. Given what she has written thus far about [...]

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Cats and sweets

By ~LS~ On September 9, 2007 · Add Comment · In Fun Facts and tagged Tagged With: Pets, Science, Trivia

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C-SPAN

By ~LS~ On April 10, 2007 · Add Comment · In Politics and tagged Tagged With: News Media, Politics, Science

It never occurred to me to visit C-SPAN before. I’ve only recently become a C-SPAN fan, watching the morning call-in show, the Washington Journal, whenever I get an opportunity. It’s the best way to cover the news. They project newspaper excerpts right on the screen from a variety of sources, so it’s nice coverage. So I visited the website today and I was really impressed with the various offerings. It was cool. This morning the topic was stem cell research. The guest was the CEO of the Parkinson’s Action Network. So I learned about the two senate bills concerning stem cell research and more about the controversy. The Parkinson’s Action Network supports Senator Reid’s bill (S. 5), which would reverse the ban on federal funding for research on embryonic stem cells created after Aug. 9. 2001. They do not support S. 30, which will make [...]

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Link-o-mania – The Musical Version of Pi

By ~LS~ On January 18, 2005 · Add Comment · In Fun Facts, Link-o-mania and tagged Tagged With: Obligatory Links, Science

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Women See This One Color Differently

By ~LS~ On July 29, 2004 · Add Comment · In Feminism and tagged Tagged With: Gender, Science, Sexism

I’m blogging Netscape foo again. I don’t even no what to call this trivial crap but I find myself reading it over and over again. It’s like crackerjacks. I hate crackerjacks. I hate peanuts. I like the caramel pop corn, but it sticks in my teeth and irritates my gums, so it’s just not worth the hassle, right? And, here I go, popping another bit of crackerjacks in my mouth again. *crunch*

Anyway, according to this CNN/Netscape bit, women can see variations on red better than man can because women have double hits of a red-seeing gene. It amazes me how casually everyone is about genetics. This article reports this red-seeing gene as a fait accomplis and never once questions the causal, teleological relationship between gene and manifestation. It even goes so far as to attribute this gene’s presence to CAVEWOMAN days when women foraged for berries.

This kind [...]

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