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So, HPS-Sterling posted a set of Emotional Abuse Indicators.
I thought I'd link to them.
Also: Wow. That relationship with my ex? Emotionally abusive. Look at that.
Moving right along.
I thought I'd link to them.
Also: Wow. That relationship with my ex? Emotionally abusive. Look at that.
Moving right along.
About IDtEVASW:
http://swopusa.org/dec17/about.htm
Annie Sprinkle’s 2009 Address:
http://www.ontheissuesmagazine.com/cafe2.php?id=21
Audacia Ray’s 2009 Address:
http://www.feministing.com/archives/019377.html
http://swopusa.org/dec17/about.htm
Annie Sprinkle’s 2009 Address:
http://www.ontheissuesmagazine.com/cafe2.php?id=21
Audacia Ray’s 2009 Address:
http://www.feministing.com/archives/019377.html
So, it's International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers.
I'm trying to write a poem for it (potentially to be read at Oneness if (A) I get something acceptable written and (B) end up going to Oneness).
There is a candlelight vigil @ the Human Rights Monument this evening at 5pm.
I have no red umbrella this year, but I do have my neon-red, see-them-a-mile-away leg warmers, and I'm wearing them already.
I'll be there tonight.
Will you?
I'm trying to write a poem for it (potentially to be read at Oneness if (A) I get something acceptable written and (B) end up going to Oneness).
There is a candlelight vigil @ the Human Rights Monument this evening at 5pm.
I have no red umbrella this year, but I do have my neon-red, see-them-a-mile-away leg warmers, and I'm wearing them already.
I'll be there tonight.
Will you?
Via Hyel, Via Skud: Synecdochic talks about mandatory gender binary on LJ. Follow the link to see what you can do.
And, via Naamah_Darling: LJ Takes it Back?
So we'll see what happens.
And, via Naamah_Darling: LJ Takes it Back?
So we'll see what happens.
"You're women, you're going to be engineers. You're all a bunch of feminists..." Go read what Commodorified wrote.
Today is Canada's National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
CBC Archival Footage of the Montreal Massacre.
I was ten when this happened.
Almost all of them were younger when they died than I am now.
* Geneviève Bergeron - age 21
* Hélène Colgan - age 23
* Nathalie Croteau - age 23
* Barbara Daigneault - age 22
* Anne-Marie Edward - age 21
* Maud Haviernick - age 29
* Barbara Maria Klucznik - age 31
* Maryse Leclair - age 23
* Annie St.-Arneault - age 23
* Michèle Richard - age 21
* Maryse Laganière - age 25
* Anne-Marie Lemay - age 22
* Sonia Pelletier - age 28
* Annie Turcotte - age 21
We must remain vigilant against all forms of misogyny, against intimidation and exploitation in the form of barriers to the advancement of women's equality. Against the brutality of intransigence that allows schoolgirls to be attacked with acid. Against all attacks on the physical and psychological integrity of girls and women.
Michaëlle Jean (Governor General of Canada)
*~*~*~*~*
Fourteen Reasons
because they wouldn't fade
into the background
because they knew the risks
of living
in a man's world
because they were brave and
risked them anyway
because they wouldn't
let
the boys win
every time
because they were smart
and capable
and knew it
because they didn't want arts degrees
or secretarial certificates
but wanted this
because they went after
what they wanted
and got it
because they were in the wrong place
at the wrong time
because they were exactly where they belonged
because they were
a bunch of feminists
even the ones
who wouldn’t have said as much
because they were just like you
just
like me
because they were
always ever and only
themselves
because they are remembered
and so many others aren't
because
at the root of it
they died
because
they were
girls
CBC Archival Footage of the Montreal Massacre.
I was ten when this happened.
Almost all of them were younger when they died than I am now.
* Geneviève Bergeron - age 21
* Hélène Colgan - age 23
* Nathalie Croteau - age 23
* Barbara Daigneault - age 22
* Anne-Marie Edward - age 21
* Maud Haviernick - age 29
* Barbara Maria Klucznik - age 31
* Maryse Leclair - age 23
* Annie St.-Arneault - age 23
* Michèle Richard - age 21
* Maryse Laganière - age 25
* Anne-Marie Lemay - age 22
* Sonia Pelletier - age 28
* Annie Turcotte - age 21
We must remain vigilant against all forms of misogyny, against intimidation and exploitation in the form of barriers to the advancement of women's equality. Against the brutality of intransigence that allows schoolgirls to be attacked with acid. Against all attacks on the physical and psychological integrity of girls and women.
Michaëlle Jean (Governor General of Canada)
*~*~*~*~*
Fourteen Reasons
because they wouldn't fade
into the background
because they knew the risks
of living
in a man's world
because they were brave and
risked them anyway
because they wouldn't
let
the boys win
every time
because they were smart
and capable
and knew it
because they didn't want arts degrees
or secretarial certificates
but wanted this
because they went after
what they wanted
and got it
because they were in the wrong place
at the wrong time
because they were exactly where they belonged
because they were
a bunch of feminists
even the ones
who wouldn’t have said as much
because they were just like you
just
like me
because they were
always ever and only
themselves
because they are remembered
and so many others aren't
because
at the root of it
they died
because
they were
girls
Have updated Dangerous Women (finally!) with a new piece Erotic Tease AND a new set of links (pertaining to World AIDS Day, Violence Against Women, and Polytechnique -- Rather a lot of Triggering in that, FYI).
FYI: Next Tuesday, December 8th, Voices of Venus is thrilled as all get out to present Luna Allison as our Feature! :-D
If you're in Ottawa, come out and listen to some super amazing spoken work (and maybe contribute some of your own! The women's open mic starts at 8pm). :-D
On a completely different note: Happy Birthday, Commodorified! :-D
FYI: Next Tuesday, December 8th, Voices of Venus is thrilled as all get out to present Luna Allison as our Feature! :-D
If you're in Ottawa, come out and listen to some super amazing spoken work (and maybe contribute some of your own! The women's open mic starts at 8pm). :-D
On a completely different note: Happy Birthday, Commodorified! :-D
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From Feministe:
A not so flattering book review Between XX and XY: Intersexuality and the Myth of Two Sexes.
From Questioning Transphobia:
Seroprevalence amongst trans women.
From Ursula K. LeGuin:
A Left-Handed Commencement Address (Mills College, 1983).
From Yes Means Yes:
Predator Redux (OR "How to Spot a Rapist at a Party"). (Trigger Warning).
A not so flattering book review Between XX and XY: Intersexuality and the Myth of Two Sexes.
From Questioning Transphobia:
Seroprevalence amongst trans women.
From Ursula K. LeGuin:
A Left-Handed Commencement Address (Mills College, 1983).
From Yes Means Yes:
Predator Redux (OR "How to Spot a Rapist at a Party"). (Trigger Warning).
That's right. Luna Allison is our December Feature.
She's performed at West Fest, the Mercury Lounge, and the Queer Femme Porn Tour, and recently premiered her one-woman show, "Falling Open", at the Bowery Poetry Club in Manhattan. And now she's doing Voices of Venus, next Tuesday, December 8th.
To call her poetry moving is an understatement. It is heart-stopping.
Don't miss this.
Really.
Don't miss this.
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From Shapely Prose:
I Can Be Reasoned With. Good read, slightly funny. Raises some good points, at least I think so. Go check it out.
I Can Be Reasoned With. Good read, slightly funny. Raises some good points, at least I think so. Go check it out.
From Harlot's Parlour:
Attraction, Objectification, and sexual Culture.
From Shapely Prose:
Schrödinger’s Rapist -- You've seen this one before.
From Daisy's Dead Air:
Andrea Dworkin on Transgender -- No, really. Actually decent.
Attraction, Objectification, and sexual Culture.
From Shapely Prose:
Schrödinger’s Rapist -- You've seen this one before.
From Daisy's Dead Air:
Andrea Dworkin on Transgender -- No, really. Actually decent.
So. I was reading one of the articles on Yes Means Yes, and it linked to a couple of articles about the Open Source Boob Project. Which means I've spent the last two+ hours reading about the FAIL.
And now I wanna linkspam you all. (Lucky monkeys. ;-)
Springheel_Jack on Open Source Male Assholes.
No No Ojou-Chan says "You Can Not HAZ!"
Synecdochic explains how to Avoid Being That Guy.
Timjr offers A Straight Geek Male's Guide to Interaction with Females.
AND
Ambling Along the Aqueduct offers a discussion on Men and Women in Public Space.
Tangentially Related Links:
Lizzard Amazon's The Slut Manifesto (written, she warns, at a fairly young age).
The Pervocracy talks about Kink and Boundaries in both A Strange Kinship AND Management Has the Right to Refuse Service.
AND
On a lighter note, Five Geek Social Fallacies -- Funny as Hell. :-D
And now I wanna linkspam you all. (Lucky monkeys. ;-)
Springheel_Jack on Open Source Male Assholes.
No No Ojou-Chan says "You Can Not HAZ!"
Synecdochic explains how to Avoid Being That Guy.
Timjr offers A Straight Geek Male's Guide to Interaction with Females.
AND
Ambling Along the Aqueduct offers a discussion on Men and Women in Public Space.
Tangentially Related Links:
Lizzard Amazon's The Slut Manifesto (written, she warns, at a fairly young age).
The Pervocracy talks about Kink and Boundaries in both A Strange Kinship AND Management Has the Right to Refuse Service.
AND
On a lighter note, Five Geek Social Fallacies -- Funny as Hell. :-D
Hyel has a pole about feminism (the term, as opposed to equalism, womanism, etc) and personal definitions there-of.
Go take it! :-D
(I want her to have a big sample-size). :-)
Go take it! :-D
(I want her to have a big sample-size). :-)
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Can I get a signal boost on this article from Yes Means Yes?
Meet the Predators
As it happens, if you don't use the 'R' word, rapists will tell you that they're rapists and how they choose their victims.
[EDIT: Follow-Up/Related Article from The Sexist: Rapists Who Don't Think They're Rapists. /EDIT]
Meet the Predators
As it happens, if you don't use the 'R' word, rapists will tell you that they're rapists and how they choose their victims.
[EDIT: Follow-Up/Related Article from The Sexist: Rapists Who Don't Think They're Rapists. /EDIT]
Sarah Jenny is "[...]working on an interactive art installation for December 17th, The International Day To End Violence Against Sex Workers.
[Her] initial plan has been to gather the stories and photographs (high res) of Gary Ridgway's (aka the Green River Killer) victims.
[She is] also interested collecting images and stories of other sex worker victims of violent crime for this project, [and is likewise] looking for footage from December 17th events, statistics, and red umbrella imagery and footage to work from.
Please send any materials to: sarahjenny@gmail.com as soon as possible. Please forward this call to relevant parties."
In other news: Dangerous Women has a new set of links up, for those who are interested.
[Her] initial plan has been to gather the stories and photographs (high res) of Gary Ridgway's (aka the Green River Killer) victims.
[She is] also interested collecting images and stories of other sex worker victims of violent crime for this project, [and is likewise] looking for footage from December 17th events, statistics, and red umbrella imagery and footage to work from.
Please send any materials to: sarahjenny@gmail.com as soon as possible. Please forward this call to relevant parties."
In other news: Dangerous Women has a new set of links up, for those who are interested.
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So, I'm currently unemployed and, a such, am spending my time badgering temp agencies, writing porn, making jewelery, and launching a wordpress blog.
As such, the Links of the Day posts are probably not going to be anywhere near as frequent (in part because I'm also doing a links-post for the wordpress blog which, while somewhat more sporadic, means I'll probably just be linking to stuff on there).
That said, the wordpress blog - Dangerous Women - is fairly themeatic so the more personal or more random things I'd like to link to are still going to end up in LJ (or Dreamwidth, since I'm posting this from there).
That said, let's begin:
From Feministing:
A Barbie that really represents black women -- Loanne Hizo Ostlie re-makes barbie dolls with long, lush dred locks. Gorgeous. Check this out.
From The Avalon Sexual Assault Centre:
What Is Sexual Assault - a definition.
From Carnal Nation:
A Couple Quits Therapy; What Is “Normal” Desire? -- Other than the age difference and the presence of a daughter, this sounds exactly like me and my ex. Eight billion things wrong with our *relationship* and us going "what's wrong with our sex life"? It's pretty sad and terrible, really. :-P
From Dangerous Women[1]
Sexual and Bodily Autonomy Today - A link round-up where you'll find the rest of the Links of the Day.
- TTFN,
- Amazon.
[1] My blog, for-which Hyel has kindly made a dreamwidth feed:
dangerouswomen_feed.dreamwidth.org
As such, the Links of the Day posts are probably not going to be anywhere near as frequent (in part because I'm also doing a links-post for the wordpress blog which, while somewhat more sporadic, means I'll probably just be linking to stuff on there).
That said, the wordpress blog - Dangerous Women - is fairly themeatic so the more personal or more random things I'd like to link to are still going to end up in LJ (or Dreamwidth, since I'm posting this from there).
That said, let's begin:
From Feministing:
A Barbie that really represents black women -- Loanne Hizo Ostlie re-makes barbie dolls with long, lush dred locks. Gorgeous. Check this out.
From The Avalon Sexual Assault Centre:
What Is Sexual Assault - a definition.
From Carnal Nation:
A Couple Quits Therapy; What Is “Normal” Desire? -- Other than the age difference and the presence of a daughter, this sounds exactly like me and my ex. Eight billion things wrong with our *relationship* and us going "what's wrong with our sex life"? It's pretty sad and terrible, really. :-P
From Dangerous Women[1]
Sexual and Bodily Autonomy Today - A link round-up where you'll find the rest of the Links of the Day.
- TTFN,
- Amazon.
[1] My blog, for-which Hyel has kindly made a dreamwidth feed:
dangerouswomen_feed.dreamwidth.org
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From Harlot's Parlour:
Working in the European Sex Industry -- an article on sex-worker skills and migrant sex workers in the EU.
From the Guardian:
Prostitution, for fun and profit: "The men behind Freakonomics offer a stunningly shallow and flawed view of sex work as a career option for women." (Not sure what this article will be like).
The Wisdom of Whores -- a blog about HIV, sex work, and other sundry things.
The Feminist Carnival of Sexual Freedom and Autonomy -- This homepage connects to the carnival editions of the same name (I wouldn't mind hosting one myself) and seeks to promote the sexaul rights and freedoms of women. Rock on. :-D
From Bound Not Gagged:
Reform advocates push for overhaul of prostitution law in Chicago because "What we're doing now does not work". Go, read.
From The Feminist Agenda:
"Working mothers 'don't harm their children's development', major study reveals." About the assumptions that lead to headlines like that.
From FWD/Forward:
Disability and Sexuality 101, or, Do disabled people have sex? -- Short answer: Well, DUH! For the longer version, complete with a discussion of issues like body-shame and beauty standards, click the link. :-D
Working in the European Sex Industry -- an article on sex-worker skills and migrant sex workers in the EU.
From the Guardian:
Prostitution, for fun and profit: "The men behind Freakonomics offer a stunningly shallow and flawed view of sex work as a career option for women." (Not sure what this article will be like).
The Wisdom of Whores -- a blog about HIV, sex work, and other sundry things.
The Feminist Carnival of Sexual Freedom and Autonomy -- This homepage connects to the carnival editions of the same name (I wouldn't mind hosting one myself) and seeks to promote the sexaul rights and freedoms of women. Rock on. :-D
From Bound Not Gagged:
Reform advocates push for overhaul of prostitution law in Chicago because "What we're doing now does not work". Go, read.
From The Feminist Agenda:
"Working mothers 'don't harm their children's development', major study reveals." About the assumptions that lead to headlines like that.
From FWD/Forward:
Disability and Sexuality 101, or, Do disabled people have sex? -- Short answer: Well, DUH! For the longer version, complete with a discussion of issues like body-shame and beauty standards, click the link. :-D
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