Gender

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• Joint Statement from 32 LGBT Groups on Hate Crimes Act

  
  The Mad Professah Lectures — Authority: 437
  A joint statement was released last week on the occasion of President Barack Obama signing hate crimes legislation into law : History in the Making It took much too long, more than a decade. And it came at too great a price: the brutal killings of Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. are just two among the ...
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• Annie Get Your Gun: Girls and Firearms

  
  Mad Minerva 2.0 — Authority: 485
  Here is an interesting take . OK, during the summer, I found myself at a dinner party with a bunch of nerds. The hostess, much older than I am, had a house full of nice antiques, and she was pleased to show them off. Finally, she brought out a prized possession, a 1906 Winchester rifle. Then something funny ...
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• (Video) "I Object!" Republicans Seek to Prevent Women Congressional Leaders from Speaking About Health Care

  
  RHRealityCheck.org — Authority: 700
  In a childish effort to obstruct Congresswoman Lois Capps from speaking on the House floor on health reform, Congressman Tom Price (R-GA) repeatedly intoned "I object."    
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• A Pakistan You Never Knew! Being Gay in the Islamic Republic

  
  Sherryx's Weblog — Authority: 106
  “Invisibility” and “Silence” are the hallmark of  fascist societies. A national stereotype is built and than implemented through ideological and coercive apparatuses  of the state. Gender is an important battle ground in these “nation-building” projects. A section of Pakistan’s founding fathers was ...
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• GOP Men Behaving Badly in Congress: Silencing Women Lawmakers

  
  Tennessee Guerilla Women — Authority: 480
  Gawd, you wont believe this video clip. Or maybe you will. All the A-holes are Republican men, aka boorish sexist pigs doing their sexist best to make the women shut up. As the Democratic Women’s Caucus took to the microphone on the House floor to offer their arguments for how the bill would benefit women, ...
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• Dress Codes in High School

  
  en|Gender — Authority: 131
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• The Advantage and Disadvantage of Zine

  
  The Groundswell Blog — Authority: 406
  (Anne Elizabeth Moore is an author, editor, artist, teacher, and Groundswell guest blogger. She divides her time between Chicago and Cambodia, where she teaches young women the art of self-publishing.)Perhaps by accident, Groundswell has invited someone who thinks obsessively about text and vocabulary and dialogue and ...
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• Health Care/Abortion Reform: Catholic Bishops v. Womens Rights

  
  Tennessee Guerilla Women — Authority: 480
  Whats a little thing like a constitutional right when it applies to women only? Catholic Bishops were afraid that our Democratic controlled Congress might forget whos important when it comes to alleged health care reform. Women? Or the Church? Ah, but not to worry. Nancy Pelosi has submitted to the will of ...
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• Novel Deftly Explores the Sexual Mechanisms Men Use to Cope With Romantic Loss

  
  Insight Is 20/20 — Authority: 91
  On occasion, after I read a book, I feel compelled to write about it. This happened after I read the new novel "This Is Where I Leave You," by New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Tropper. What a punch this novel packs, replete with betrayal, death, and male existential crises. Specifically, the plot deals with ...
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• The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman

  
  Feminist Review — Authority: 141
  By Margot Mifflin University of Nebraska Press The Blue Tattoo tells the story of Olive Oatman, a nineteenth century woman with an unusual life. In 1851, Oatman was violently abducted along with her younger sister by Yavapais after watching this group of Native Americans brutally slaughter the rest of her ...
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• Transgender discrimination, thanks Julie Bindel

  
  Island of Pain — Authority: 129
  This, quite narrow minded article, was brought to my attention by our blogging friends over at It’s not enough . Julie Bindel has written an article over at Standpoint Magazine; The Operation That Can Ruin Your Life . My conclusion after reading the article back and forth is a sighing “What a piece of ...
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• FORA.tv - Lise Eliot: Pink Brain, Blue Brain

  
  Integral Options Cafe — Authority: 440
  Interesting . . . . Lise Eliot talks about Pink Brain, Blue Brain . Based on research in the field of neuroplasticity, Eliot zeroes in on the precise differences between boys and girls brains and explains the harmful nature of gender stereotypes. She offers parents and teachers concrete ways they can help all ...
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• Fort Worth, Texas Considering Domestic Partner, Transgender Benefits

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 498
  Conservative groups are rallying against proposals aimed at making Fort Worth government policies more inclusive of the gay community. The proposals include extending domestic-partner benefits to gay couples, considering a company’s record on gay and lesbian issues when approving tax breaks, and ...
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• Vote Reveals Three Gay-Friendly Towns in Franklin County, Maine

  
  Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print — Authority: 513
  The November 3, 2009 vote on Ballot Question 1 has revealed the character of towns across the state of Maine. A “Yes” vote on Ballot Question 1 was a vote to take away the marriage rights of gay and lesbian people in Maine. A “No” vote on Ballot Question 1 was a vote to preserve same-sex marriage equality. ...
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• Sex and the Single (or Married) “Mad” Man

  
  Historiann — Authority: 514
  Well, friends, I’m more than halfway through Season 2 of Mad Men .  It is a very absorbing show, probably the most interesting TV show I’ve seen in years (since Sex and the City ended, perhaps?), and the ideal diversion while I’m letting my brand-new high efficiency front-loading washer do most of my laundry ...
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• Violence Against Women on Prime Time Up Since 2004

  
  Sociological Images — Authority: 702
  Parents Television Council just released their new data comparing the incidence of violence against women and girls by CBS, NBC, ABC, and FOX during prime time sweeps in 2004 and 2009 (report here ).  They found a 120% increase in depictions of violence against women and girls amidst a steady rate of overall ...
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• Horrifying. A Channel 4 news clip on the epidemic of rape in...

  
  Conserva tive Radical — Authority: 142
  Horrifying. A Channel 4 news clip on the epidemic of rape in South Africa, particularly ‘corrective rape’ targeted at gay and bisexual women. h/t Shadow and Act
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• Article about transgender Armenian in Ankakh weekly (in Armenian): Gago or Anna? (female by passport only)

  
  Unzipped: Gay Armenia — Authority: 124
  This article about transgender Armenian  appeared in Ankakh weekly in June 2009, but I missed it back than. Thanks to GayArmenia.com for bringing this to my attention. Գագո՞, թե՞ Աննա. անձնագրով իգական է, իսկ կյանքում` արական Գագոն տղամարդ ...
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• The Catholic Church is a threat to women and America

  
  Electric Blues — Authority: 464
  Ahh...the good old days! We know that the Catholic Church was  heavily involved in Tuesday’s vote to repeal gay marriage in Maine. They donated thousands of dollars and used their considerable influence to encourage Mainers to vote to restrict the civil rights of their fellow citizens. That was bad enough, but ...
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• Hillary Speaks to the Women at No Limits (Video)

  
  Tennessee Guerilla Women — Authority: 480
  via / Thanks beethovenqueen! Feminist News Gender Politics Hillary Clinton
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