Today's Fresh Blogs...

• Ads That Really Suck

  Published: August 6, 2007, 11:18 am

  Tags: Sexism

  not only as an example of sexism, it also encourages, normalizes and perpetuates the sexist hierarchy. Hey, it's all fun and games, just a joke, lighten up-- and it's just us guys talking here, anyway. Sure puts a bad taste in my mouth.

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• Letting the Big Fish Go To Catch The Little One

  Published: August 8, 2007, 2:28 pm

  Tags: Law Amp Amp Legal Matters, Military, Sexism, Crime, Women S Issues, Women

  A servicewoman with the Air Force filed a rape complaint against three men, but then refused to testify after being subjected to “harsh interrogation” by defense attorneys without her own representation present (a violation of military policy). So the Air Force decided to charge her with “committing indecent acts” instead.

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• Want to snag a man? Order meat!

  Published: August 9, 2007, 9:42 am

  Tags: Sexism

  Are you a vegetarian? Maybe you just don't like the taste of red meat? Well careful ladies, cause you might not be able to snag a man! The NYTimes today reports that eating red meat (particularly steak) and ordering it on a first date is a surefire way to hook the man of your dreams. The article starts with the story of Martha and her Match.com

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• Taslima Nasreen, Poet, Attacked in India: Men Attack Her; Other Men Try to Sheild Her

  Published: August 10, 2007, 5:06 pm

  Tags: Endangered Species, Religion, Freedom Of Speech, India, Sexism, Crime, Social Commentary, Muslims, Women S Issues, Mass Murder, Moral Decline, Radical Islam, Women, Bangladesh, Death, Human Rights, Moral Values, Domestic Surveillance, Pornography

  I wrote on TMV about Taslima, a poet and doctor, against whom a fatwa to behead her had been called ….for she dared to write poetry about “honor killings”; she was imprisoned for writing about women taken to the stadium and stoned to death while the mullahs present were laughing. Read on TMV May 18, 2007: Four Arrested In Honor

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• Shameless self-promotion and an addition

  Published: August 13, 2007, 2:59 pm

  Tags: Sexism

  I know Ann already pointed out a piece I wrote for The Guardian on the growing trend of women-only spaces as a way to combat harassment, but I just wanted to add a little something. There was a paragraph that was cut due to space constraints where the amazing Julia Serano weighed in, so I've pasted it below the jump. By the way, more to come

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• Chris Matthews stays classy

  Published: August 14, 2007, 11:43 am

  Tags: Sexism

  During a discussion of financial news on MSNBC's Hardball, host Chris Matthews told CNBC's Erin Burnett: "You're beautiful," "you're a knockout," and "It's all right getting bad news from you." Uber-professional, I know. Via Media Matters. UPDATE: The Carpetbagger Report and Shakes have more.

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• Camp says girl can't attend camp, directs her to get a pedicure

  Published: August 14, 2007, 3:10 pm

  Tags: Sexism

  Don't tell Vanessa, but fishing is for boys. This is charming. A camp in Canada wouldn't allow a nine year-old girl to attempt a one-day camp where kids get to fish and hike...because it's only for boys. The camp, run by the Municipality of the District of West Hants, north of Halifax, has a separate program for girls called the Glamorous

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• Broadsides: Women's Libbers: Not So Groovy, Man!

  Published: August 15, 2007, 4:00 pm

  Tags: Broadsides, Hpv, Maternity Leave, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexsomnia

  Are the women behind now-shuttered feminist radio station Green Stone Media big ol' hypocrites? Former staffers say that Gloria Steinem and Jane Fonda are refusing to pay severance and wouldn't file... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Not your regular high school exam

  Published: August 23, 2007, 1:01 pm

  Tags: Sexism

  Due to the public's protest, a district in Indonesia has decided not to force female high school students to take virginity tests. The proposal was made by Indramayu district head Irianto Syafiuddin, who recently announced, "Because many people oppose it, we cancelled (the plan)." Not to mention it's, you know, heinous and invasive. He

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• Quick Hit: A year of notable setbacks for women

  Published: August 24, 2007, 4:03 pm

  Tags: Sexism

  Ellen Goodman outlines just how far we haven't come this year. (Random: All of us at Feministing were happy to see that we had blogged about most of the issues Goodman brings up.)

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• Playboy is the new Facebook?

  Published: August 27, 2007, 9:03 am

  Tags: Sexism

  The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that Playboy is starting their own social networking site: If magazines and Internet porn leave you lonely, now there's Playboy U. Playboy Enterprises Inc., is trying to woo collegians with the exclusive, college-only, non-nude social-networking site. Hef is imploring undergrads: Join our

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• When good posts get crap comments

  Published: August 31, 2007, 4:06 pm

  Tags: Sexism

  You know what's fun? When you're linked to by a great blog just to have assholes in the comments section ruin it all. And people ask me why I'm a feminist...sigh.

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• Why laugh at Miss Teen South Carolina?

  Published: September 4, 2007, 10:44 am

  Tags: Sexism

  The video of Miss Teen South Carolina mucking up a question got a ton of play everywhere--there was even some controversy in comments over Samhita's decision to run the video. The always-fabulous Rebecca Traister decided to take on the video and, more importantly, why so many were laughing so hard. It is frankly just embarrassing how eagerly,

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• Baristas quit rather than strip down to serve coffee

  Published: September 5, 2007, 4:15 pm

  Tags: Sexism

  Remember Cowgirls Espresso, where the baristas are required to wear little more than bras to work? Well some women employees aren't having it. "I make coffee, I don't sell my body, you know?" That's what Barista Amy Klett told her boss at Lola Bean Espresso last week. "He said he was going with a franchise called Cowgirls and that the

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• A proud history of hotpants

  Published: September 6, 2007, 1:00 pm

  Tags: Sexism

  Southwest's website happily touts its sexist 1970s ads, one of which says, Remember What It Was Like Before Southwest Airlines? You Didn't Have Hostesses in Hotpants. Remember? Wow. (I've taken a screenshot for posterity's sake.) The ad in question: The 2007 version would have to read: Remember What It Was Like Before Southwest

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