Summer’s winding down, I’m reporting from the East Coast, and this has been another week. What’s up?
- The latest episode of The Peculiar Kind features queers of color in media, plus, there’s bonus part of the episode where we get to know the featured artists a little bit better! [The Peculiar Kind]
- In case you haven’t heard, Todd Akin is the worst. Let this sink in, any kind of rape is “legitimate.” Rape is rape. That’s all. There are no questions or arguments against that. [BBC News/Penny Red]
- Whoa, have you seen this new car commercial that totally twists gender expectations? How queer of you, Toyota. [Salon]
- Amy Poehler filmed a PSA in support of the passage of the California Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, and it’s predictably great! [Colorlines]
- If you’re like us, you’ve been keeping up with True Blood, and you’re maybe really excited about the season finale this Sunday. Need to prepare yourself further? Check out this hilarious and on-point round table discussion of last week’s mess of an episode (and while you’re at it, check out the discussions of earlier episodes too)! [Racialicious]
- Bitch contributor Michelle Dean on “Hillbilly culture” and what Here Comes Honey Boo Boo says about America. [Salon]
- After a visit with my grandparents today and refusing my grandmother’s kindhearted, but midguided Nair offer, my body hair has been on my mind. This is something that is talked about all the time, but that’s because it’s always relevant–here are some thoughts about hairy legs, pits, and body image. [Feministe]
- Stop it with the sex panic. Hanna Rosin breaks it down–feminism and “hook-up culture”–these are things that go hand in hand. Glad we got that straight. Wait, speaking of straight, I think it’s important to point out that NOT ALL HOOK-UPS ARE SO HETERO. [The Atlantic]
- New York update: AfroPunk Festival is happening in Brooklyn this weekend! It’s free, amazing, sweaty, and it’s probably the best way you can end your summer. And how can you possibly resist Erykah Badu AND Janelle Monáe?
What have you been reading, musing, raging, or raving about this week? Share your thoughts in the comments!
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Over at Gender Focus, Jessica Crichter expresses her disappointment of, and <a href="http://www.gender-focus.com/2012/08/25/an-open-letter-to-green-day-what-... out</a> the too many things that are wrong with Green Day's new video <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWwMqa-_210">Oh, Love</a>. A shout out to <a href="http://www.womenactionmedia.org/">WAM!</a> is included in the piece. On a side note: Congratulations to <a href="http://www.womenactionmedia.org">WAM!</a> for exceeding their recent fundraising goal and it is not too late to become a "Superhero" if you have not already done so! Still looking for a reason to become one? The aforementioned terrible video is another one.
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Remember ROCKRGRL? It's now MEOW!
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ROCKRGRL was an awesome magazine about women in rock music that had too-short a lifespan. Founder Carla DeSantis Black has launched a Kickstarter fundraiser to help fund a limited-edition book of quotes from the many artists that were featured in the magazine that is forthcoming. If you miss ROCKRGRL like I do,<a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/carlablack/the-grl-talk-book-231-quo... help make the book a reality</a>. Awesome goodies await donors! Also check out Carla's project and website <a href="http://meowonline.org">MEOW</a>, which is keeping ROCKRGRL alive in a web format!
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