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Oct 29
“The Discrimination against Women Directors”
The Discrimination Against Women Directors at the Oscars since 1927 to the Present
Well worth the read. And it’s great to be able to search imdb.com (film database) by director, for your next watch!
Oct 25
There Is No Record Of Andrea Dworkin Asserting That “All Sex Is Rape” – guest post by Jocelyn Crawley
Despite popular opinion to the contrary, Andrea Dworkin never asserted that “All heterosexual sex is rape.” She did, however, draw attention to the parallels that exist between heterosexual sex and rape. Specifically, in her important text Intercourse, Dworkin asserted that “Violation is a synonym for intercourse.” To understand the significance of the assertion, let’s …
Oct 22
“Foul Play” – men in women’s sports
Foul Play: The Colonization of Women’s Sports
Written six years ago, but still great.
Take a look, especially, at the graphic distinguishing between equality and equit.
Sep 04
from The Yearbook, Holly Bourne
“The group chat should essentially just have been titled Adam breathed—applaud.” p29
Was anyone else out there the invisible little sister?
“The end of childhood — realizing adults don’t know what the hell they’re doing.” p55
“My future wasn’t something the family ever really discussed. I guess I was supposed to just figure that …
Aug 21
from Pain and Prejudice: What Science Can Learn about Work from the People Who Do It, Karen Messing
First, note that the title really should be “…from the Women Who Do It”
Chap 2 “The Invisible World of Cleaning” – very enlightening for those who’ve never had a cleaning job, including about the idiocy of those in management positions
“… the village where the women’s backs were all bent because their brooms were …
Aug 16
How would that matter indeed.
“What do you think she would be like in bed?”“I’ve nevr met her.”“How would that matter?”
So telling.
Jul 26
Hacks – highly recommended
But if you’re not into it, at least watch episode 8 of season 1.
(on Crave TV)
Jul 24
from Fraternity Gang Rape, Peggy Reeves Sanday
“Rape [is] rare in 47 percent of the societies studied and common in 18 percent of them. … In the more rape-prone societies there [is] greater sexual segregation, male social dominance, interpersonal violence, and the subordination of women” p4
“… in the United States, which is in all likelihood one of the most rape-prone …
Jul 06
aurora linnea’s review of Laura Lecuona’s “Gender Identity: Lies and Dangers
Excellent and clarifying summary and review of Lecona’s book (and gender and sex and why it’s such an issue …).
We Just Can’t Shut Up About Gender: A Review of Gender Identity: Lies and Dangers, by Laura Lecuona
“…sex is a biological fact while gender is patriarchal fiction; the gender system is a hierarchy, not …
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