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This is meta week here at ZatB, isn’t it?
I have changed the tagline. It used to be ‘That’s my approach to feminism.’ Which was a little clunky and people probably never understood unless they checked the about page. But it did rather get at the essence of the blog. Now the tagline is ‘Keep changing the world.’ Don’t let anyone say it can’t be done and don’t ever stop.
In other news, I noticed from my stats page that some of you were having trouble clicking links for a few days. I contacted WordPress, they said they were sorting it out and they did in time for Carnival! So if you were having trouble, try clicking again.
Speaking of carnivals, this is the last day to submit to the Down Under Feminists Carnival. And we all know of my great and unbridled passion for DUFC. Where do you find these posts to submit? Well, there’s a whole Australasian section to my blogroll, so you could start there. We’ve got some really fabulous writing in our little corner of the blogosphere – if you’re looking for new material from new perspectives, come check us out. QoT is hosting again and it follows that the carnival should be fun.
In case you weren’t all linked up for the week already, here, have a blogroll update. In alphabetical order ’cause I’m a geek:
Genderbitch – by Recursive Paradox, who blogs trans issues, meta-activism and more.
Rebel Raising – Kate, a queer feminist, writes about motherhood really, really well.
Small Strokes – is run by Ashley, a teacher doing her masters, and has has all sorts of related feminist goodness.
this ain’t livin’ – contains an almost overwhelming amount of thoughtful, progressive postage by meloukhia.
Viva La Feminista – Veronica’s a feminist Latina mother and writer; what more do you need to know?
I have a ginormous folder of blogs I want to get round to reading; there’s so much good writing in the world. I’m already planning my next blogroll update; I like to do them in little bursts.
Welcome to the Fifth Carnival of Feminists. I’m Chally, blogger here at Zero at the Bone, and I’m very pleased to be your host for this edition. We’ve got all sorts of fabulous writing of feminist interest from around the world. Let’s get started, shall we?
Objectification
RosieRed23 takes on the bizarre preoccupation with breasts in No boobs for you! posted at Spare Candy. It’s in response to the wailing over Megan Fox not revealing her breasts in new film Jennifer’s Body as well as the fascination with celebrity nudity in general.
Amanda of The Undomestic Goddess writes Esquire: Strike Three. She’s taking on the treatment of women in Esquire: ‘Congratulations, your induction into the world of male lust, and thusly, second-class citizenship, is complete.’
Racialicious’ Thea Lim writes about some imagery that manages to dehumanise both the white woman and the man of colour involved. The post’s called Kanye West: Using interracial sex to sell concert tickets.
Reproductive justice
factcheckme presents a collection of videos related to reproductive rights. The post’s at femonade, featuring Hillary Clinton being full of win and a documentary on the work of the Fistula Foundation in Ethiopia (an amazing organisation I’ve been following for years, see their website).
Over at Feministing we have Rejecting “population control” as a way to fight climate change. Ann thinks that ‘given the history of population policy, to me the only acceptable international family planning policy is one that is motivated by increasing the empowerment and choices for women.’
Parenting
Kate of Rebel Raising has something to say in Is that child crazy? ‘How much of the time are children behaving in the way an adult would if their life were like a child’s life?’
“How Can Feminist Mums Avoid Being Humourless Childhood-Ruiners?” Lauredhel and the Hoyden About Town commentariat have a few things to say on the subject.
Parenting means that boundaries aren’t always as secure as one would want. You can read some of Arwyn’s thoughts on this at Raising My Boychick in Toddlers are triggering.
Violence against women
In “Corrective” Rape Is Not Foreign., piecesofstring takes on the idea that homophobic violence is just a problem “elsewhere”. It’s vital to take this on everywhere it happens.
Cara from The Curvature writes Protecting Your Safety While Speaking Out is Not Irresponsible. It’s in response to feminist assertions that Katie Price should name her rapist.
Women who make false rape accusations *don’t* make it harder on real victims. says SarahMC at the Pursuit of Harpyness. Lots of other factors do.
Angry-making
The Czech gives us an update on Jamie Lee Jones’ incredible and horrific story in Halliburton Gang-Rape *Not* a Work-Related Activity?. I hope she gets the justice she deserves.
Trans-misogyny? There’s an app for that. Helen from Bird of Paradox shares a pretty nasty Apple ad.
The Australian Immigration Department is refusing to grant refugee status to two women who fled Kenya to escape FGM. Natalie at She Speculates writes Fear of Genital Mutilation Doesn’t Warrant Refugee Status in response.
Paid work
Deborah obliterates an opinion piece arguing against women serving on the front line in the Australian military in Look out! Incoming brain-fart!! posted at her blog In a strange land.
In Promoting women is up to the companies, Jemima Aslana at Jem’s Lair discusses workplace gender equality and quotas in Denmark.
As part of her Feminism in Schools series, Ashley of Small Strokes writes Feminism in Schools: Teaching Feminism When You’re Not a Feminist. She discusses both course content and some factors that are less often thought of explicitly.
Illustrations from life
At Catspaw, Lucy talks about her experiences at university as a trans woman, including dealing with fellow students, professors and study material. The post is called I’m (Mostly Not) Coming Out.
Veronica, writing at Viva La Feminista, is wondering about the times when speaking up might make things worse. The post is called My privileged nose & reporting a slap to a baby.
Here are some reflections on (particularly racial) identity, figuring out experience and finding connections: This is [not] who you are by T. R Xands.
Disability
Ouyang Dan writes Where I jump in and defend pills…. Posted at random babble…, it’s a defence of meds and the people who take them in a world in which PWD are shamed for managing their own health.
amandaw hits it out of the ballpark with Domestic violence, C-sections considered pre-existing conditions at three rivers fog. It’s about ableism, healthcare, ableism, misogyny and ableism.
Popular culture
Next up is Disability & Television by Anna Overseas at her blog Trouble is Everywhere. She tackles the, ahem, questionable representations of PWD in Glee and Supernatural.
Laura is pondering Bisexuality on TV? at Adventures of a Young Feminist. Particularly concerned with Thirteen on House, Laura explores both the problematic and the positive.
Language
meloukhia makes a solid argument as to Why Inclusionary Language Matters over this ain’t livin’. Includes a rundown on intersectional feminism.
Chally of Zero at the Bone (what do you know, that’s me!) wants to share what’s Next on the list of things that really annoy me. Namely, progressives using ableist language.
Metafemming
At The Fem Spot, Femspotter writes So what kind of feminist are you anyway?. It’s her ruminations on the different branches of feminism, tied into a discussion of Hillary Clinton and the US election.
Dori of A Truly Elegant Mess has Important Thinky Thoughts. ‘There is a danger in making an identity out of an ideology. It leads to fighting about identities instead of discussing actions.’
A little bit of 101
At Criss writes…, Criss L. Cox presents Emotional Intelligence FAIL: Victim-blaming 101. ‘This is one of the problems in our society, the blame is always on the other guy.’
‘As a woman you can eschew or embrace femininity, but you will be rewarded and punished in equal amounts no matter which option you choose. You can never win.’ Exactly so. You can read the rest of tor’s post femininity: damned if you do, damned if you don’t at adrift and awake.
Not fitting in the patriarchal box
ashinynewcoin writes ticking all the boxes means not talking politics. She’s been thinking on the phrase “high maintenance”.
Marjorie Morgan at Girls Outdoors wants to draw your attention to Freya Hoffmeister. Freya is paddling her sea kayak around Australia, trying to be the first woman and the second ever person to achieve this task. That’s pretty amazing.
Three more for the road
Over at The Bitch Who Roared, Linda Radfem shares The Marriage Thing. It is an institution of which she is not a fan.
The Angry Black Woman wants to know What Do You Do When You Experience or Witness Street Harassment?
Kim Powell of the news with nipples keeps us up to date on the latest in super sciencey laydee studies. Apparently women can’t keep secrets and, well, Women drink so they can’t smell vaginas?.
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Now for an extra bit of fun: Here’s a visual representation of the most common words used in all these posts (including the carnival itself (the meta! it’s too much!)) I made using Wordle.
The folks at WordPress have been having a bit of trouble with links lately, so I predict some of you finding the same. Let me know if you have any problems, please. Thank you for coming by; do stick around and check out my other posts. The next carnival is being held at RMJ’s Deeply Problematic so don’t forget to submit.
I am hosting the fifth edition of the revived Feminist Carnival on 30 September. Are you as excited as I am? I think not.
The rules: The posts must be of feminist interest, feminism widely defined (that is, submit your disability/queer/whatever posts!). Only one post per blogger will be included, and it must have been published within the two weeks between carnivals. So, for this carnival, you can submit posts published from 16 September up until 29 September. Keep in mind that I live in Australia (in the fuuuuture!) and may not get your submissions if you send them in on the last day in your time zone.
If you can’t access the blogcarnival page, you may email submissions to me at chally dot zeroatthebone at gmail dot com.
You may wish to consider hosting an upcoming Feminist Carnival. You can email Amelia or Lindsay at [firstname].impersonator at gmail.com if you do. Thank you to Amelia and Lindsay for bringing it back!
These carnivals are always a great chance to find new bloggers. There’s such great variety in subject matter, too! So please do check it out and remember to submit your own posts and those of others.
Now you will have to deal with shouts of ‘SUBMIT TO COF!’ as well as those of ‘SUBMIT TO DUFC!’ Have fun with that, readers.
Other carnivaly news:
- frau sally benz at Jump off the Bridge has the Fourth Carnival of Feminists up at her place.
- Did you catch the 16th Down Under Feminists Carnival over at Hexy’s earlier this month?
- Anji at Mothers for Women’s Lib has the Fourth Carnival of Feminist Parenting up and it’s a cracker. Submit posts for the next edition.
Racefail ‘09 continues. Of course it does. It’s almost unbelievable that there’s such little impact on some white people, but that’s privilege for you. Utterly shameless. I’m not going to say they should know better, because they do know better.
I do not want to go through this all again, so here are my two previous Racefail posts: About the FSF fandom explosion over race and It’s time for a Racefail update!.
Two succinct summaries:
The Angry Black Woman has A (Slightly Different) Call for Creativity.
Liz Henry of Feminist SF – The Blog! has MammothFail ‘09
A new LJ comm: Fen of Color United.
Lastly, Justine Larbalestier has brings her own (white, female, SF person) perspective in Invisible Audiences? Invisible to Whom?. Thanks to Mim of Mim’s Muddles for the link tip.
Science fiction has so much scope for imagining lives outside of our constraints and engaging powerfully with our situations. This is the world of the marginalised. Don’t do this to us.
Note: I think this is the first post I’ve written in which I present myself as non-white rather than invisibilising my identity/situation. How about that.
The fourth Blogging Against Disablism Day is coming up on 1 May. Sign up (in advance, see the rules at the link) if you’re so inclined, otherwise I encourage you to read, read, read. I will be participating for the first time, having just opened up about being chronically ill, and am very excited.* I had a post planned out, but I keep thinking of new topics, so I don’t know what I’ll be writing about!
The first Asian Women Carnival is up. It is easily one of the best carnivals I’ve ever read and I’m sure I’ll keep returning to it.
And lastly, I am hosting the Down Under Feminists Carnival in a few days. For the love of my stress levels and pink icing…
They can be yours, someone else’s, long, short, focussing on anything you like, but they must be written by an New Zealander or Australian during April and have feminist content. I’d appreciate if you could try and make your posts accessible, bloggers, putting up alt text for images and that manner of thing. If there’s an image you think I should include with a post, please let me know when submitting.
I am very much looking forward to this first birthday edition and have made you all virtual cake. (Do not believe the doubters! The cake is real; the cake is shiny!**) Please spread the word about the carnival (and the cake, if you like!). Do come by and read the carnival, whether you’re from this part of the world or overseas. I’m sure it’d be interesting for any overseas readers to get a snapshot of down under feminist culture.
Submissions will be accepted up until midnight (Western Australia time, I think) on 2 May. Or shortly thereafter by email. If you can’t access the submissions form, you may email me at chally dot zeroatthebone at gmail dot com.
* I keep thinking of talking about it as ‘coming out’ but as a heterosexual person I feel that’s an appropriation of an experience. Then again, it was also an upper class coming of age thing well into the twentieth century (do they still do that?). Any thoughts from people not identifying as heterosexual?
** Um, I kind of have ‘the cake is a lie’ running through my head. Oh, internets.
Been wondering what happened to all those stories? Wonder no more.
Further to Justice Ginsburg is ill and I wish her well
On 23 February, Justice Ginsburg returned to the bench and in fine form at that. She was her usual charming self when giving a talk to law students a few days ago.
Further to As your Valentine’s gift, readers, I present linkage:
The violence against women in India continues, I’m sorry to say. Ultra Violet has been covering it. Here are two of their recent posts on the subject. Protests are continuing.
Further to Time and fire:
Five million dollars has been raised for those affected by the fires in Victoria and the floods in Queensland through two concerts in Sydney and Melbourne.
As a result of Cyclone Hamish, an ‘estimated 200,000 litres of oil flooded into the ocean and covered beaches along the coast of south-eastern Queensland’ when a cargo ship was damaged.
Further to Octavia E. Butler died three years ago today:
Beacon Press wants an illustrator for Kindred by Octavia Butler. Go. Read it. Spread the word. What an honour for whoever’s chosen!
Further to A women’s safe house in Ngukurr and feelings of inadequacy:
The Australian covers a study of the use of emergency accomodation support here in Australia. It says that ‘Indigenous women and children fleeing domestic violence rely on emergency government accommodation more than any other group’. I seem to recall that I heard about this article via TransGriot.
And further to… well, a lot of posts, there’s going to be an Asian Women Blog Carnival. (Via The Hathor Legacy.) If you’re an Asian woman, go for it!
You may recall my post of a few weeks ago summarising recent events in SF fandom. It started off as a discussion on race and cultural appropriation but is now being characterised by attacks on participants and the silence of a good portion of the SF world.
Before I get into the developments, I want to point out two things. The focus of the debate has shifted quite a bit (probably why I thought it was initially quietening down). In addition to what I’ve already mentioned, it has changed from a discussion of Elizabeth Bear’s book to a complex, multilayered discussion of a number of issues as well as a huge “just shut up already, I’m not racist!” on the part of some white participants. The other thing is that this is not some silly debate that has come out of nowhere and will hopefully die down soon, as some people appear to think. It’s a flare-up of a long, horrible struggle that POC and allies have been having with science fiction since the genre began. Remember, science fiction is widely acknowledged to be a genre based on colonialism. Much of it is about exploring and conquering and fear and the other.
With that in mind, here’re some of the best resources I can find on recent events and also some marvellous new things to come out of it. This follows on from my previous post, so most of my recommended reads are in there. Although you should also keep in mind that I haven’t been intimately involved here, just watching a bit from the sidelines, so you should go have a look for more if you want to learn something. And is there ever a lot to learn.
Recent events:
- Seeking Avalon has a timeline of events.
- rydra_wong, as ever, has a linkspam of win. She also has a good summary of the most recent events, including the unscrupulous outing of noted LJer coffeeandink.
Amazing outcomes:
- There’s a new community on LJ called Fighting the Derail. Here’s their introductory post. You could do worse than start here.
- Another new comm, Talking about the hard stuff, about racism 101. It looks good so far. Via Bene on Twitter.
- There’s a new press called Verb Noire which is ‘looking for original works of genre fiction (science fiction/fantasy/mystery/romance) that feature a person of color and/or LGBT as the central character.’ No, really. How excellent is that? karnythia has a call for submissions up at The Angry Black Woman. Exciting stuff. I hope they do well. Please promote them!
Never let them shut you up, keep going. In related news, there’s a post up at Alas called Why White People Think Manga Characters are White referring to an essay by Matt Thorn. As he notes, there are gaps, as widened by time, but there are some very interesting thoughts which I found of use.
Happy March, everyone. I’m going to have a go of posting a monthly round-up featuring a selection of the feminist blogging I’ve found of interest. There’s quite a variety in the links below.
Cara wrote Female Heart Patients Experience More Emergency Room Delays at Feministe on 2 Feb.
Samhita wrote 4000 women run for office in Iraq on 3 Feb at Feministing. ‘In an effort for women to regain footing in Iraqi government and decision-making, it has become a requirement for every 3rd elected seat in Iraq to be held by a woman.’
Faith wrote A Look at Women in Iran 30 years after the Islamic Revolution on 11 Feb at MMW.
nojojojo wrote Return of the revenge of the daughter of the welfare queen at The Angry Black Woman on 13 Feb. It concerns the hatred directed at Nadya Suleman, who recently had gave birth to octuplets.
amandaw wrote My life. at Three Rivers Fog on Feb 16. It’s about the high place paid work has long held in feminism and the problems with this.
Samhita wrote Post-Valentine’s Day Reflections. on Feb 17 at Feministing. She addresses love, singlehood and social limitations.
Melissa wrote Current, My Ass on Feb 17 at Shakesville. It’s a gorgeous takedown of language regarding the “threat” of powerful women to men.
Cara wrote Sexual Violence in Italy Used to Support Racist Immigration Policies on 21 Feb at The Curvature. Again writing with a title that says it all.
Marissa wrote Unfair Burdens at Shakesville, guest blogging on 23 Feb. It’s on ‘children and teenagers who are the primary caretakers of family members’ and you should read it.
Pilgrim Soul wrote And She Writes (Just Like a Woman) on 24 Feb at The Pursuit of Harpyness. It’s about reading and writing as a woman.
Have fun reading!
First up, if you haven’t checked out the Pink Chaddi Campaign, you have to at once. Some background from Ultra Violet:
In one of its latest acts of bigotry and intolerance, members of the Sri Rama Sene and the Bajrang Dal barged into a lounge bar on Balmatta road in Mangalore and viciously attacked the girls who were present there. Their crime: Firstly they were indecently dressed and second, despite being Hindu, they were daring to socialise with Muslim boys. Prasad Attavar, State Deputy Convener of the Sri Ram Sene said that it was “a spontaneous reaction against women, who flouted traditional Indian norms of decency.”
So many women are sending pink underwear to the Sri Rama Sene Office. Is this not one of the best things you’ve ever heard? No, it is not, because you haven’t heard the cherry on the cake. (As much as one can hear a cherry.) Because the organisers are called the Consortium of Pubgoing, Loose and Forward Women.
A few more links:
- Amy has a beautiful list of things to do. I want to emphasise the self-exploration: getting to know your genitals is one of the best things you can do for yourself, all year round.
- Liss has something of a history of marriage and Valentine’s Day. It’s better than I’ve described it.
- Ann has some feminist actions for you.
Progressive fantasy and science fiction fandom – particularly on LiveJournal – has had a tumultuous few weeks in what is apparently the annual race mess-up. I found out about it quite late and I get the impression that the discussion has largely quietened down now. I should point out that I don’t follow FSF fandom all that closely, although almost immediately prior to becoming a part of the feminist blogosphere I did lurk around the FSF part of town for a couple of months.
Anyway, I’m not going to try and explain it to you. I’ll leave that to the thoughtful, articulate and vibrant authors of the posts below. I’ve included just a few of the ones I’ve found good reads or that succinctly explain the situation or have personal takes. Even if you’re not that interested in fandom, writing, science fiction and fantasy, there’s a heap in there for you on disengagement, cultural knowledge, politeness and so much more. If you’re not that interested in race and/or cultural appropriation, I urge you to learn more here or elsewhere (try my blogroll or the library) because it’s important for everyone on the planet.
- One of my favourite responses – and many other people’s, too, judging by the amount of linkage I’ve seen – is DeepaD’s I Didn’t Dream of Dragons. I’ve read it a number of times and will probably come back to it.
- She also wrote White people, its not all about you, but for this post it is, which is full of information for white people trying to better their racial attitudes, knowledge and actions.
- rydra_wong wrote an amazingly comprehensive list of links on the large discussion (and I mean amazing, just go look at it.)
- … which grew too extensive to fit into her wider list called The Great Race Discussion Linkspam. rydra_wong’s feat is of quite some proportions.
- Related is Common and Hidden Knowledge by coffeeandink. It’s an interesting linkpost incorporating collections of common cultural knowledge from a variety of groups.
- At The Angry Black Women, Naamen writes The Privilege of Politeness. It’s good.
- Back to DeepaD, writing Reappropriating my man, which incorporates a much-needed critique of “colour blindness”. Which term is an offensive appropriation itself, I must add.
- At Aqueduct Press, Cat Rambo brings in a number of ideas, including the need to seperate the debate into its components of race and cultural appropriation. Speaking of which, I actually bought a book published by Aqueduct Press called Writing the Other a few months ago. It’s by Nisi Shawl and Cynthia Ward and from the little I’ve read of it as yet it looks like a great guide.
- Finally, yeloson Disengagement 101. It’s on ‘how we can engage in being proactive with dealing with anti-oppression work online, and at the same time, do what we need to in order to protect ourselves’ and it’s got to be one of my favourites out of the posts I’ve read about engagement as it relates to social justice.
Until next time, I guess. I hope we’re inching towards something better.
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