February 2012
14 posts
marypose asked: 1. Might wanna clip the banner width a bit so it fits right. 2. I would delete a post like that too to save face after realizing that I severely misunderstood criticism for praise. xD
bluepeets asked: I love how Producer Matthew deleted his follow up post that included the link to your blog. I mean, really?!
Student Activism has a great follow-up piece to a... →
producermatthew:
Definitely check it out, lots of good points made.
Let’s be clear about some of the opinions or topics posted on here: They aren’t meant to be an accurate representation of my opinion, just something to get you thinking in a different way. If something I post provokes thought, dialogue or debate, it’s doing its job.
When the “dialogue” your posts are provoking...
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producermatthew:
So we’re all just going to ignore the fact that Jeremy Lin used the word “Chink” in his Xanga username in 2004, right?
Just wanted to be clear, since, you know, we’re firing ESPN headline writers for being insensitive and criticizing ESPN anchors for using the word during play-by-play.
At what point do we draw the line between “acceptable use” and...
Obama Can't Stop Making Stupid Sexist Jokes About... →
If Obama’s children were sons, he wouldn’t be talking about using industrial super locks on them when they got to high school. He wouldn’t be musing about his plans to keep his kids from talking to girls when they got to college. He wouldn’t be threatening Selena Gomez with predator drones. He just wouldn’t.
A Father. « Student Activism →
marypose:
Imagine a father gives his teenaged daughter a lovely carved wooden box. Imagine she puts her diary in it, and letters she’s written to her friends, and letters they’ve written to her. Imagine she puts photos in it, and keepsakes, and mementoes…
Imagine he makes a fire. Imagine he methodically burns it all. Imagine he presents her with the ashes…
How is that different from this?
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“So, I would say that a feminist ally, or a feminist man or a man with feminist...”
– This, for instance, which I also included in my statements about “jizz in the face” was left out from the piece at The Atlantic.
I won’t bore all of you with the string of statements I made but I wish this one had been included. Because yeah, this is where I stand on the topic.
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“Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the...”
– Frederick Douglass (Happy Birthday!)
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Komen Statement on Planned Parenthood is a PR... →
January 2012
11 posts
The 2012 State of the Union was the first in which Obama referred to “the rich,” and the first since 2000 in which ANY president mentioned the “poor.”
Thanks, Occupy.
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Hugo Schwyzer Is Still Doing Harm →
This is the third blogpost I’ve written about Schwyzer. I expect it’ll be the last. I have no interest in condemnation for condemnation’s sake. But because Schwyzer’s best writings and best acts have moved so many people, I do think it’s important to be clear that this isn’t just about whether a person can be redeemed. It’s not just about the role of men in feminism. It’s not just about folks...
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National Database of Campus Occupy Actions →
I’m building a national database of campus Occupy actions in the 2011-12 academic year. So far I have data on seventeen occupations in twelve states in the fall semester, but I know I’m missing more.
If you have info on any campus Occupy encampments not on the linked list, or you have information on any of the linked actions you’d like me include in the database, please let me...
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When the FBI Tried to Blackmail Martin Luther King... →
Forty-six years ago one of America’s highest ranking law enforcement agents launched a secret campaign intended to blackmail the country’s most prominent civil rights activist into committing suicide.
That’s not a theory, it’s a fact. And once you know that, it gets a lot harder to dismiss other people’s stories of shadowy government goings-on.
“This notion that feminism calls him to protect the weak — to save them from...”
– Herding Sluts: The Paternalistic Feminism of Hugo Schwyzer (via nom-chompsky)
This was a fantastic piece- I’ve liked several things that Hugo Schwyzer has written, but I’ve been very conflicted about certain elements of his feminism and his public persona. This piece did an excellent job of...
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Herding Sluts: The Paternalistic Feminism of Hugo... →
Like Hugo Schwyzer, I’m a white male professor teaching history in an urban community college. Like Schwyzer, I consider myself a feminist. Like Schwyzer, I work with young people extensively outside of the classroom. And it’s from that perspective that I offer him this piece of advice:
You’re doing it wrong. You need to stop.
December 2011
8 posts
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Prayer for a New Mother
The things she knew, let her forget again – The voices in the sky, the fear, the cold, The gaping shepherds, and the queer old men Piling their clumsy gifts of foreign gold. Let her have laughter with her little one; Teach her the needless, tuneless songs to sing; Grant her her right to whisper to her son The foolish names one dare not call a king. Keep from her dreams the rumble of a crowd, The...
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Tyreek Amir Jacobs wasn't killed for his Jordans.... →
“Gratuitous affection between adults is to my mind something you do not make fun...”
– Padget Powell, Edisto
FDA poised to put emergency contraception on...
jessicavalenti:
The Politics of Plan B from Media Education Foundation on Vimeo.
On Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration will announce whether it will approve making Plan B (the brand name for emergency contraception or the morning after pill) available for purchase on drugstore shelves - that’s right, next to the condoms and pregnancy tests. Reproductive justice advocates I’ve spoken...
November 2011
2 posts
“There will probably be a wave of firings in response to this. Unfortunately,...”
– Bunny Ultramod, Metafilter commenter on the UC Davis police brutality scandal.
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British court in Assange ruling: No means no. Not... →
October 2011
6 posts
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How popular is Occupy Wall Street right now? More... →
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We’ve reached the point where even if they shut it down, they can’t shut it down. That’s where we’re at.
“Students who acquire large debts putting themselves through school are unlikely...”
– Noam Chomsky. (via tenementhalls)
Happy Birthday, EE Cummings.
i like my body when it is with your body. It is so quite new a thing. Muscles better and nerves more. i like your body. i like what it does, i like its hows. i like to feel the spine of your body and its bones, and the trembling -firm-smooth ness and which i will again and again and again kiss, i like kissing this and that of you, i like, slowly stroking the, shocking fuzz of your electric...
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“It’s true that some of the protesters are oddly dressed or have silly-sounding...”
– Paul Krugman
September 2011
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An Old Joke
So a Harvard man and a Yale man are at the urinal. They finish and zip up. The Harvard man proceeds to the sink, while the Yale man immediately makes for the exit.
The Harvard man says, “At Harvard they teach us to wash our hands after we urinate.”
The Yale man replies, “At Yale they teach us not to piss on our hands.”
I don’t remember where I heard this joke,...
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“I’m worried about our societal assumption that risk-taking without thinking of...”
– danah boyd
August 2011
6 posts
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(Thurgood Marshall was confirmed as the 96th Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States forty-four years ago today.)
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http://www.scarleteen.com/forum/ultimatebb.php?/ubb... →
fuckyeahsexeducation:
Hey young people! Want to get your voice heard by sex educators? This forum on the fabulous Scarleteen is a place for you to get your voice heard and tell sex educators how to do their jobs. As always, this blog is always a safe space for you to voice your opinions and tell people about your experiences. Feel free to contribute what you think is important!
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“Nobody told me I had a clitoris. Nobody told me I was capable of having orgasms....”
– Sex Education, or, What Boys Will Want From You « Frothing at the Brain (via foreheadtittaes, sexisnottheenemy) (via mangotea) (via imrickmercerbitch) (via strikematchlightfiyah) (via juthikakijawani) (via sexyscorpio) (via droppingthefbomb)
This is exactly what I’m talking about.
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Not the Beloit College Mindset List
This year, like every year since 1998, a couple of profs at Beloit College have released a “Mindset List” describing the world that the new crop of incoming first-years grew up in. Here’s a few things they left out:
College presidents have never been expected to stay in their positions for long, and have always had onerous fundraising responsibilities.
Pell Grant funding has...