Blog Title: Feministe

“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is getting canned

Yeehaw.

Ledbetter passes the House!

Woo! Suck it, U.S. Chamber. A vote’s expected next week in the week in the Senate, so don’t forget to make your calls, if you haven’t already. I know a few folks commented the other day that they called Congress for the first time ever, and that’s seriously fantastic. I can’t stress enough how important read more..

Friday Random Ten - the Chop’t edition

You know the drill: Set your MP3 player to shuffle and post the first 10 songs that come up: 1. Jans Lekman- Kanske Ar Jag Kar I Dig 2. Radiohead - Scatterbrain 3. Roots - Nothing New 4. Death Cab for Cutie - 405 5. Timbaland and Magoo - Up Jumps Da Boogie 6. Cat Power - After It All 7. Spoon read more..

Reconsidering the Black Single Mother Argument

A great essay on what is really at the center of hatred directed toward black single mothers, single mothers in general, and other non-nuclear families, by BlackScientist, especially with arguments like this one threatening to break into the media narrative again: I want to point out that nuclear black families do exist, and have in the read more..

Targetmania

You know, things can get hectic over the holidays. There’s a lot to do, people are out of town, there are holiday parties to go to. You get stomach flu, you throw your back out, and your father starts calling you and talking about how his second marriage is in trouble and your twelve-year-old sister read more..

Paris Hilton is like a brand-new Prada purse

And you should be too! “I’ve only ever done it with a couple of people. People make up stories, but mostly I just kiss. I think it’s important to play hard to get. Nobody wants the fake Prada bag - they want the brand new bag that no one can get and is the most read more..

2008 Weblog Awards

Note: This post has been moved up so that you don’t forget to vote (every 24 hours).  Some new blogs have been listed, and most of the ones we’ve highlighted here are lagging behind in the vote — and I know that if the Feministe community pulls together with a few minutes of their time, read more..

From Yes Means Yes: The Not-Rape Epidemic

Latoya at Racialicious posts her fabulous essay from Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape. (Full disclosure: Cara and I both contributed to the anthology). I’m really proud to have an essay in a collection as insightful and ground-breaking as Yes Means Yes. I will say — and I read more..

Palestinian Woman Confronts Israeli Army

Via Juan Cole comes this video of a Palestinian women from the U.S. putting her life on the line by standing up to the Israeli army firing (what are likely but not necessarily rubber bullets) at demonstrating Palestinian adolescents. The woman is being identified as peace activist Huwaida Arraf. As BFP notes, it’s unclear when read more..

The Great American Condom Campaign

I like it already. The Great American Condom Campaign has paired up with Advocates for Youth and Trojan to distribute one million condoms to college and university campuses around the country. You want some? Yeah you do. Individuals or groups who submit an application with a distribution plan will be eligible to receive a box of read more..