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Mad Men Season 6 Recap: The Crash

TV post by Kelsey Wallace on May 20, 2013 - 11:51am; tagged Mad Men, recaps.

Welcome back to another week in the wonderful world of Mad Men. One of the strangest episodes on record, "The Crash" was all about altered states, false identities, and hidden talents (we see you tap dancing, Ken Cosgrove!). Load up a "vitamin shot" and join us, won't you?

Stan and Jim jumping at the office

This picture is worth a thousand words about how nuts this episode was.

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On Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup

News post by Sarah Mirk on May 20, 2013 - 8:40am; tagged Facebook, sailor moon.

Oh, hi, Monday. Here's all the feminist news I'm reading today: 

• A string of new movies write a greedy new American Dream: AO Scott writes a great piece on The Great Gatsby, The Bling Ring, Spring Breakers, and Pain and Gain as "fables of acquisition." [New York Times]

• A Greenwich Village hate crime: A man in New York gunned down a stranger this week, apparently because the victim was gay. [The Advocate] 

• Female artists took home a pile of prizes at the Billboard Music Awards, including big wins for Taylor Swift and Rihanna. [Guardian] 

• Spelling out the specific stigmas against women in power saying they have mental illness. [The Frisky]  

• How do you challenge censorship in prison? [The American Reader] 

• A Yale scholar offers a new, in-depth look at rape during the Civil War. [Women Under Siege] 

• Is tree-sitting terrorism? Proposed laws in Oregon would make certain non-violent environmental protests a felony. [Vice] 

• Feministing has a rundown of ways anyone can support domestic workers who are organizing themselves for rights. [Feministing]

• Sailor Moon turned femininity into a literal weapon: In praise of "magical girl" TV shows. [Autostraddle]  

• Boobs on Facebook: They're only banned if they're real, says Facebook. [Daily Beast] 

What's on your radar? Post other good reads to the comments. 

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The Virtues of Watching Feminist Porn With Strangers

Sex and Sexuality post by Kerensa Cadenas on May 17, 2013 - 4:38pm; tagged academia, books, feminist porn, porn, sex, sexuality.

Watching porn in an auditorium filled with people helped me take a critical look at my sexuality.

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BitchTapes: The Maneater Mixtape

Music post by Sarah Mirk on May 17, 2013 - 3:45pm; tagged BitchTapes.

A few weeks ago, I was at a party, talking to a guy I'd never met. I told him I work for a feminist magazine. He got very sincere. 

"You're a feminist," he said. "Does that mean you hate men?" 

This is a persistent myth. There are plenty of things in the world that hate men, but I'm not one of them. Instead of fearing feminism, dudes should fret over the genuine maneaters: Sharks. Tigers. Godzilla. 

For this Friday's BitchTapes, I put together this playlist of songs about maneaters. Now, instead of having to counter the man-hating question with a reasoned response, I'll just press play. 

MANEATER from BitchTapes on 8tracks Radio.

Song list below the cut! 

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Ms. Opinionated: I Want My Ex At My Wedding

Ms. Opinionated post by Megan Carpentier on May 17, 2013 - 2:29pm; tagged exes, love and marriage, marriage, ms opinionated, wedding, weddings.

image of Megan Carpentier

 

Welcome to the latest installment of Ms. Opinionated, in which readers have questions about the pesky day-to-day choices we all face, and I give advice about how to make ones that (hopefully) best reflect our shared commitment to feminist values—as well as advice on what to do when they don't.

Dear Ms. Opinionated,

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Send in the Clones: Two YA Novels' Treatment of Race, Gender, and Cloning

Girls of Color in Dystopia post by Victoria Law on May 17, 2013 - 1:50pm; tagged dystopian, immigration, science fiction, YA fiction.

The Lost Girl cover

People of color are often seen as the exceptions in predominantly white societies' mass media, like US literature. Let's look at race and gender in two dystopic young adult scenarios in which the exceptional group is not people of color, but clones they've created.

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On Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup

News post by Andi Zeisler on May 17, 2013 - 9:10am; tagged Cleveland kidnapping, Kiera Wilmot, Mindy Kaling, rape culture.

Good morning; whatcha reading? Here's our list:

• Prosecutors in the Cleveland kidnapping case are weighing whether to charge Ariel Castro with feticide for intentionally causing  Michelle Knight, one of his captives, to miscarry several pregnancies. From a reproductive-justice standpoint, this could set a dangerous precedent. [The Daily Beast]

• Kiera Wilmot, the Florida teen who made national news a few weeks back when she was arrested for causing a small explosion at her school while conducting a science experiment, will not be charged with a crime. And Homer Hickom, the former NASA engineer whose memoir became the movie October Sky, has awarded Kiera a scholarship to attend the United States Advanced Space Academy. [The Root, Black Youth Project]

• Eesha Pandit knows she may be expecting too much from The Mindy Project, but her heartfelt piece about how she gave up on the show is still worth a read. [Crunk Feminist Collective]

• How college campuses are taking steps to acknowledge and combat rape culture. [ThinkProgress]

• At the Nation, Farai Chideya considers "the resegregation of American media" and makes a case for why race and class in journalism matter. [The Nation]

• In GQ, The Office's Ellie Kemper asks "Can Men Be Funny?" For extra laughs, check the comments for some angry, satire-deficient responses from actual men. [GQ]

• A great piece from Kma Sullivan on being bored with the quotidian, mindless, and largely unintentonial sexism of ostensibly "good" guys. [The Rumpus]

Here's to your weekend! As always, share your fave current reads in the comments!

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Memoir "Waiting to be Heard" Shows a Real, But Defensive, Amanda Knox

Books post by Abby Dees on May 16, 2013 - 5:08pm; tagged Amanda Knox, crime, criminal justice.

Amanda Knox book cover

For four years, reporters swarmed the ancient Italian town of Perugia, wrestling one another like dogs to be the first to break each rumor in the titillating murder case of British woman Meredith Kercher. In the vapid analysis of most news bites, headline painted roommate Amanda Knox as a perfect girl-next-door with a dark side: a vengeful seductress killer.

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Popaganda Episode: The Dinner Party, Featuring Isa Chandra Moskowitz

Audio post by Sarah Mirk on May 16, 2013 - 1:08pm; tagged food politics, Judy Chicago, vegan.

quote from the show: You shouldn't be thinking healthy with cupcakes

Feast on feminist art and food politics! The first course of this Popaganda episode savors artist Judy Chicago's influential work The Dinner Party with author Jane Gerhard, then gets a taste of modern feminist art with Cliteracy artist Sophia Wallace. Then we mix things up and head to Colombia for a story from a Passover meal among refugees, toss in a discussion about Gwenyth Paltrow's cookbook, and dish on food memories and the perfect dinner party with beloved vegan chef Isa Chandra Moskowitz. 

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On Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup

News post by Sarah Mirk on May 16, 2013 - 9:23am;

Here's all the feminist news I'm reading today. What's on your radar?

• The National Conference of Black Lawyers criticizes the FBI's continued hunt for "most wanted woman" Assata Shakur. [Feminist Wire] 

• How Star Trek failed on LGBT issues. [Wired] 

• When will the military reach "the tipping point" on rape and actually try to change? [Salon] 

• Speaking of the military, here's one female veteran's gripping video about dealing with PTSD. [New York Times] 

• The Mindy Project has solid, complex characters of color, while so many shows tend toward stereotypes. [Racialicious]

• In the opposite of the Abercrombie and Fitch firestorm, H&M uses a plus-size model and thinks it's no big deal. [xoJane] 

• Is "When did you decide to be straight?" a question that makes sense? One writer says no. [Cori Wong] 

• In all the hubbub around Angelina Jolie's mastectomy, one woman explains why she didn't want to get tested for the BRCA gene.

[Slate]

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