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Three Ways Straight Dudes Can Help End Street Harassment

Social Commentary post by Holly Kearl on April 9, 2013 - 6:59am; tagged ihollaback, street harassment.

tex avery's wolf whistle character

Almost every woman knows why strangers hooting and hollering at people on the street is a problem. More than 80 percent of women experience gender-based street harassment: unwanted sexual comments, demands for a smile, leering, whistling, following, and groping. Many men do, too, especially in the queer community.

This week is International Anti-Street Harassment Week—a perfect opportunity to engage people who may not otherwise be aware that this is a widespread problem, especially straight men.

Here are three ideas—and resources—for ways straight dudes can be street harassment allies.

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Where are the Young Feminist Leaders? For Now, Right Here Online

Media post by Sarah Mirk on April 8, 2013 - 5:57pm; tagged #femfuture.

Infographic from the report

A new report released tonight by the Barnard Center for Research on Women paints a powerful picture of the future of feminist activism. The #FemFuture: Online Revolution report, put together by Courtney Martin and Vanessa Valenti with 21 other collaborators, argues that blogs and social media are the central landscape for the future of feminist action.

 

This isn’t just a bunch of online chatter. Feminist movements online are legitimate, powerful, and diverse. But what they sorely need is funding.

 

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Mad Men Season 6 Recap: The Doorway

TV post by Andi Zeisler on April 8, 2013 - 12:43pm; tagged 1968, Don Draper, Mad Men, Peggy Olsen, recaps.

Megan and Don riase champagne glasses in a toast

It's that time again! Mad Men is back for another stylish, symbol-packed season, and your faithful recappers Kelsey, Andi, and Annalee are here to break it down and hash it out. For those of you new to our Mad Men recaps, be forewarned that these aren't linear summaries, but rather discussions of the key plot points and most compelling questions of each episode—and yes, you can be sure there are some spoilers, so proceed accordingly.

Last night's season premiere was a two-hour mood-setting piece that took us from Oahu at Christmas to the sunken living room of the Draper's New York pad on New Year's Eve. We know that 1968 is a big year, filled with civil-rights protests, the assassinations of both RFK and MLK, and the advent of the Nixon administration. But right now, all our friends in the world of Sterling Cooper Draper Price know is that it's a time when fondue pots are on sale at Bloomingdale's and everything smells like reefer.

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Comic: I'm a Sexual Assault Survivor.

Comics post by Suzy X. on April 8, 2013 - 11:29am; tagged Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.

April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month—the right time for artist Suzy X to put together this comic about her experiences as a survivor. 

Comic reads: I'm a survivor, I never know what will trigger me.

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The New "Evil Dead" and the Infamous Tree Rape Scene

Movies post by Monica Castillo on April 8, 2013 - 11:18am; tagged horror, sexual assault.

The lead of Evil Dead stuck in a tree

You’d think that kids these days would know better than to read what's inside of a book bound by human skin, especially if those kids are taking shelter in a cabin in the middle of the woods. 

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On Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup

News post by Sarah Mirk on April 8, 2013 - 8:45am; tagged Margaret Thatcher, Parenting.

Good morning! There's no better way to start Monday than reading all the feminist news from the weekend.

• The Iron Lady has died! Margaret Thatcher remade Britain during her time as prime minister, championing an austerity budget, free market politics, and war. She's remembered as a tough leader, but one who oversaw an increase in poverty. [New York Times, Guardian] 

• The tricky politics of achieving freedom with nudity: Feminist Wire has an op-ed on "how Femen went wrong." [Feminist Wire]

• How should we deal with politicians who have done a 180 on sames-sex marriage? Forgive and move on? [The Atlantic] 

• What's it like to be gay at perhaps the country's most conservative college? [Autostraddle]

• Singer India.Arie was accused of lightening her skin for her new album—which she and others say is absurd. [Colorlines] 

• The new lesbian dad: Queer parents continue to reinvent what parenting means. [Advocate] 

• More commentary on the world of impractically dressed female superheros: "Fully dressed superheroines." [Badass Digest]  

• Two sisters from Oregon's Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla reservation are making a big splash in the women's NCAA Final Four. [New York Times] 

What did I miss? Add what you're reading to the comments. 

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Read Our Review and Watch a Clip of New Documentary "Free Angela and All Political Prisoners"

Movies post by Randall Jenson on April 5, 2013 - 3:54pm; tagged activism, Angela Davis, documentary.

Drawing of Angela Davis

Director Shola Lynch spent eight years researching intricacies surrounding activist and scholar Angela Davis—she wanted to make sure that her film documenting Davis’s controversial 1972 murder trial got the story right. And, well, she did.

A review and clip of her new film Free Angela and All Political Prisoners are below the cut.

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BitchTapes: Marriage Equality Edition

Music post by Sarah Mirk on April 5, 2013 - 3:33pm; tagged BitchTapes, marriage equality, queer, same-sex marriage.

Maybe this is a little premature, but for this week's BitchTapes playlist, I put together a mix for this summer's same-sex weddings. Like the scouts say, "Be prepared!"

Big thanks to Portland's DJ Rhienna for suggesting all the good songs on this list.

BitchTapes: Marriage Equality Playlist from BitchTapes on 8tracks Radio.

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Reading Race in Marie Lu's Dystopian YA Hit "Legend"

Girls of Color in Dystopia post by Victoria Law on April 5, 2013 - 12:36pm; tagged dystopian, Ethnicity, Marie Lu, Race, YA fiction.

legend cover

When I checked Marie Lu's Legend out of the library, I hoped that the main girl character (June) would be Asian. After all, Lu herself is Chinese, born in China and influenced, as a young child, by the 1989 Tiananmen Square student protests. From the age of five, she lived in the U.S. and, unless she lived in an alternate U.S., probably also didn't see herself reflected in the books on her library and school shelves. So wouldn't she use this opportunity to add one more Asian girl to YA litdom?

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Remembering Roger Ebert, the Feminist

Movies post by Monica Castillo on April 5, 2013 - 9:51am; tagged ableism, roger ebert.

Roger Ebert

Roger Ebert, the man synonymous with film criticism, passed away yesterday after 46 years in his profession.

Why this has anything to do with feminism? I’ll tell you.

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