Culture
A Trip Through the Blogosphere
There’s a lot of fun/interesting stuff happening in the blogosphere today! A sampling:
• A great interview from The Guardian with Gabby Sidibe. Be prepared to get irritated when she talks about how everyone... Read more »
Sapphic Salon: Lady Sovereign and other celebrities who come out, despite their publicists
This week on the UK's Celebrity Big Brother, MC Lady Sovereign was evicted from the competition. However, she was on the show long enough to finally talk about something fans have been waiting for: Her sexuality.... Read more »
A "Manolith" of BS: Girlfriends are the WORST!
Ugh. As a rule we usually we try to avoid over-the-top misogynist websites, but there is a blog post today on Manolith.... Read more »
Race Card: Skin Lightening Creams Promise Happiness, Come with Risks
Dermatologists are seeing a rise in the number of women with skin problems stemming from bleaching creams. Thinning of skin, bruising and acne are some of the adverse effects doctors have noticed. Despite the risks of skin bleaching, sales of lightening creams are strong, the New York Times... Read more »
Adventures in Feministory: Bayard Rustin, American activist
Bayard Rustin was one of the most important individuals in the Civil Rights Movement and a life-long activist for human dignity whose contributions are often overlooked (then and now) because he was gay.
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Race Card: French Law to Target Muslim Women
The French government is considering proposing legislation that would ban Muslim women from wearing burqas or full-face veils, the Washington Post reports.
After the parliamentary commission presents formal recommendations for legislation Jan. 26, France will likely begin the process of banning... Read more »
Recommended reading on Sarah Palin's disability (lack)tivism
Seen the new cover of InTouchWeekly yet?
I recommend chasing it with Kristina Chew’s article on Care2 speculating whether Palin will be covering disability rights on her new Fox position, and... Read more »
Kathryn Stockett's The Help: Count on the Happy Ending
Although Kathryn Stockett’s novel, The Help, came out nearly a year ago, it remains to date on the New York Times Top 10 Bestselling Fiction list… Forty weeks of its shelf life in fact, it has spent jostling with other titles on the list, still sitting comfortably at No. 4 as of January... Read more »
Douchebag Decree: Special Two for One Edition
Every now and then there are just too many d-bags committing too many acts of douchebaggery to pick just one. Plus there’s the whole ‘is-this-person-alone-even-worth-blogging-about’ question to reckon with. But hey, that’s why god invented the Special Two for One Edition, right? Here... Read more »
Adventures in Feministory: Olympe de Gouges
Born in France in the year 1748, Marie Gouze (later to be known as Olympe de Gouges) was no ordinary petite fille. From a very early age she championed the rights of illegitimate children (of which she believed she was one) and their... Read more »
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