http://anythings.org feminism is for everybody: equality, choice, justice, and freedom Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:00:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This has got to be one of the most ridiculous defenses in a rape trial that I have ever heard, emphasis mine: The attorney representing a Lansdale man in a high-profile rape case wants a mold made of his client's penis to prove to jurors that he couldn't have committed the ... http://anythings.org/2008/06/16/defense-claims-suspect-extraordinarily-large-couldnt-rape-13-yo-girl/ Via Anna: Younger women arrive at a new office pumped up on Suze Orman and you-go-girl self-empowerment, and are quickly deflated by the necessary drudgery of copying and collating. Older women, who have paid their dues dealing with sexism and grunt work for decades, are chagrined that younger women assume they ... http://anythings.org/2008/06/11/generation-entitlement-yes/ Now, this article is supposed to be about the debate as to whether or not the alleged victim is actually the person shown on the R. Kelly child pornography sex tape, but the author of it decided to go for a catchy hook line, rather than starting the story off ... http://anythings.org/2008/06/10/victim-or-vixen-the-worlds-worst-headline-for-a-news-story-about-a-famous-pedophile/ This poster for The Women is not ok with me: Not only is the movie poster in the shape of a woman's torso, it has outlines of (perfectly even) breasts in bright red lipstick. Oh, wait! Don't forget the belly button, and the perfect Barbie waist and hips! I suppose it ... http://anythings.org/2008/06/10/boobs-for-the-women-thanks-mpaa/ Rebecca Walker really just wants me to hate her, doesn't she? I feel like she's playing an immature game where she pisses off feminists across the globe in a desperate plea for attention and wealth. Here's a tip: you'll never be your mother, so just let it go. Alice Walker ... http://anythings.org/2008/06/09/rebecca-walker-calls-clinton-supporters-reverse-sexists/ I'm going to go with a huge resounding no, but some people seem to think that feminism has convinced women that their careers are more important than children, and that women are losing out on motherhood because of it. I'm more inclined to believe this is people blaming feminism for ... http://anythings.org/2008/06/04/discounting-your-biological-clock-is-feminism-to-blame-or-are-you-an-idiot/ According to market researchers at Sony Ericsson, women spend more on electronics every year than they do on shoes. I'm glad some technology companies are finally getting the point that simply making something pink or slapping a flower on something crappy (like a Motorola Razr) does not automatically mean that ... http://anythings.org/2008/06/03/women-20/ I'm not quite sure how I feel about remaining in the feminist blogosphere. It's full of catty women picking and choosing what they write about and who they find acceptable to link and associate themselves with based on their ridiculously skewed perception of feminism. There is no place in the feminist ... http://anythings.org/2008/06/03/the-feminist-blogosphere-sucks-lets-change-that/ Missouri lawmakers are finally helping the law catch up with society: as a result of the Megan Meier suicide, lawmakers passed a bill to make cyber-harassment illegal. From the LA Times: Responding to the suicide of a Missouri teenager who was teased over the Internet, state lawmakers Friday gave final approval ... http://anythings.org/2008/05/19/case-update-missouri-makes-cyber-harassment-illegal/ This is amazing. The women in Kuwait are taking some huge steps towards personal freedom. From Women's eNews: If Salwa Al-Jassar wins an election on May 17, she could become one of the first women to win a place in Kuwait's 50-seat National Assembly. But the 49-year-old Al-Jassar emphasizes that a woman's ... http://anythings.org/2008/05/16/28-women-running-for-spots-in-kuwaits-all-male-national-assembly/ Not shockingly, each of the presidential candidates issued a statement yesterday about the California Supreme Court's decision to overturn the gay marriage ban. Even less shocking: all 3 candidates oppose gay marriage. Which, to be honest, is a position I understand for Obama and Clinton because the percentage of people ... http://anythings.org/2008/05/16/statements-on-gay-marriage-from-the-candidates/ Lori Drew, a 49 year-old woman (and mother), has finally been indicted in the Megan Meier suicide case. According to the LA Times, she faces "three counts of accessing protected computers without authorization to obtain information to inflict emotional distress on the girl and one count of conspiracy." As many ... http://anythings.org/2008/05/15/lori-drew-finally-indicted-in-myspace-suicide-case/ Sen. Joe Biden (D-Delaware) told Bush his comments on Democrats appeasing terrorists were "bullshit": “This is bullshit. This is malarkey. This is outrageous. Outrageous for the president of the United States to go to a foreign country, sit in the Knesset…and make this kind of ridiculous statement,” Biden said angrily in ... http://anythings.org/2008/05/15/joe-biden-calls-bush-out-on-his-bullshit-literally/ Check out the LA Times article here. In a 4-3 ruling, the justices rule that state marriage laws are unconstitutional. SAN FRANCISCO -- -- The California Supreme Court ruled today that same-sex couples should be permitted to marry, rejecting state marriage laws as discriminatory. The state high court's 4-3 ruling was unlikely to ... http://anythings.org/2008/05/15/victory-california-supreme-court-overturns-gay-marriage-ban/ It is no secret that I do not like Gov. Schwarzenegger. My 18th birthday was 2 weeks after the recall election, and I did not vote for him when he was up for reelection. I knew he would never be able to solve the problems he promised he would, and ... http://anythings.org/2008/05/15/californias-budget-crisis-and-the-governors-temporary-fix/ Courtesy of the Broadsheet, when being interview by a female reporter, Sen. Obama responded to her question by saying, "Hold on, one second, sweetie." This isn't the first time Sen. Obama has made sexist remarks towards or about women that he's had to go back and apologize for. Better yet, there's ... http://anythings.org/2008/05/15/your-daily-dose-of-election-2008-sexism-sweetie-edition/ I officially hate today. Edwards gives long-awaited endorsement to Obama: GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Democrat John Edwards endorsed former rival Barack Obama on Wednesday, a move designed to help solidify support for the party's likely presidential nominee even as Hillary Rodham Clinton refuses to give up her long-shot candidacy. ADVERTISEMENT Edwards made ... http://anythings.org/2008/05/15/edwards-endorses-obama/ I was more than a little shocked to see this article on the front page of CNN: As the weather warms each spring, women -- especially in cities with active sidewalk traffic -- once again face catcalls from men. It's a situation some find unnerving and an invasion of their space, ... http://anythings.org/2008/05/14/catcalling-creepy-or-a-compliment/ If you're going to make an endorsement because you're trying to help a candidate win an election, that's fine with me. But when you make an endorsement, make it clear why you're selecting candidate A in favor of candidate B, don't just simply state that you're endorsing candidate A. My favorite ... http://anythings.org/2008/05/14/naral-endorses-obama-but-doesnt-explain-why-they-didnt-endorse-clinton/ If you read one thing on the entire internet today, make it this article (which I definitely stole the subtitle from, but I couldn't have put it any better myself). And, if you're going to buy one book this month/year/whatever, make it his. I haven't read it, but I ... http://anythings.org/2008/05/06/in-a-new-book-broken-justice-dr-kenneth-c-edelin-revisits-the-70s-abortion-and-manslaughter-trial-that-changed-his-life/