Everyone should be reading my friend Sumner’s blog, Trancender. Its a reflective, critical analysis of her experiences with gender. She is brilliant. You can read it here.[...]
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February 17th, 2010 - 10:40 am § in Gender
Good News, Bad News
OK, the bad news first, so we can end on a positive note: A study of British children found that most kids think violence against women is appropriate – if the offender had a reason. Â Some reasons they deemed appropriate? 1) Not having dinner ready on time. What decade are we leaving in? Â[...]
February 15th, 2010 - 10:15 am § in Gender
It’s A Man’s World
Today my partner posted a commentary that I’ve been planning to write. He does a much wittier job writing so, rather than attempt to do the same, I thought I’d share his post here. Basically, he juxtaposes the superbowl ad for the Dodge Charger against this from the Sexist. Read it and b[...]
Out of Touch
A new Washington Post/ABC News poll finds three-quarters of Americans say that they support openly gay people serving in the U.S. military. This, considered with a CBS News/New York Times poll from August that shows that only “twenty-eight percent say same sex couples should have no legal rec[...]
February 11th, 2010 - 9:40 pm § in Gender, Hodge Podge
One Step Forward, One Jump Back – for Women
Today, the Church of England declared that it is moving forward to introduce legislation which would enable women and gay people to finally serve as Bishops in the church. This announcement made me think about my experience, growing up as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. Â In this church women are not a[...]
Why Marriage Isn’t For Me
Alright, so I’m 29 – well into the decade in which all of my friends get married. I love going to weddings. I love seeing my friends happy. I don’t love the expectation that all heterosexual couples should be married. So here, today, share with you my reasons for avoiding the insti[...]
Why framing matters…
So, today there were a few articles in the news that caught my attention. Not only were the topics interesting, but the way they were framed led to distorted newsmaking (something that, being the person I am, I had to hone in on). Before I begin, I’d like to sum up the points in the [...][...]
October 2nd, 2007 - 11:11 am § in Gender, Hodge Podge
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
It has been 40 years since Aretha Franklin sang Otis Redding’s song. Unfortunately, R-E-S-P-E-C-T remains hard to come by. Not only do many men seem to lack respect for women (as Franklin is demanding in the song), but respect is also absent from women’s perspectives of other women ̵[...]
September 15th, 2007 - 9:58 am § in Gender, Hodge Podge
Stupid Girls
I grew up in a family that emphasized education and intellegence for both the boys and girls. My brother is only 16 months younger than me, and we were raised with essentially the same guidance and rules for much of our lives. I am completely baffled by the presence and celebration of dumb women in [...]