On Our Radar

Bitch HQ post by Deb Jannerson on April 22, 2011 - 1:05pm; tagged asexuality, Blog Roundup, BP oil spill, feminist blogosphere, hip-hop, journalism, On Our Radar, sex education, television, trans identity, youth.

Start your weekend off right: with compelling articles from around the web!

Bitch contributor s.e. smith discusses asexuality on Tiger Beatdown.
Katha Pollitt writes for The Nation about the DC Abortion Fund and the right's vendetta against Planned Parenthood. (via AlterNet)
ColorLines shares three scholars' thoughts on fighting homophobia in hip-hop.
Check out journalist Barbie Latza Nadeau's piece at The Daily Beast about reporting on sexism in Italy.
In These Times interviews Sady Doyle, founder of Tiger Beatdown and Bitch contributor, about blogging and online activism.
Jill at Feministe hopes everyone who celebrates had a happy feminist Passover.
As the New York Times searches for a new columnist, Feministing has a plea: "Don't hire another white dude!"
The Root interviews our recent Bitch High Five candidate Joycelyn Elders, who was forced to resign for saying sex ed should include information about masturbation.
We're keeping our fingers crossed for the Uniting American Families Act, "a bill which would allow same-sex couples to sponsor their partners for legal residency in the U.S."
90s Woman praises Heather Corinna's book S.E.X.: The All-You-Need-To-Know Progressive Sexuality Guide to Get You Through High School and College. I'm personally a fan as well, and we have a copy in the Bitch Media Community Lending Library!
One year after the BP oil spill, Ms. talks about the danger of the status quo as explored in Antonia Juhasz's new book about the disaster, Black Tide.
Also at Ms., look at this profile of Bitch contributor Mandy Van Deven's, Joanne Smith's and Meghan Huppuch's group, Girls for Gender Equity, and book, Hey, Shorty! A Guide to Combating Sexual Harassment and Violence in Schools and on the Streets.
Shakesville shares an excellent quote by Ms. Geena Davis about the power of gendered media images.
Nick at Original Plumbing reflects powerfully on reconnecting with family members.
At the ACLU blog, one rockin' woman recalls confronting a street harasser.
Bad news: QUILTBAG-oriented site Queerty has "come to a close."

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This week I wrote a short

Posted by BatwomanKate on April 23, 2011 - 11:46am

This week I wrote a short post about the death of Elisabeth Sladen, the actress who played Sarah Jane Smith on Doctor Who: http://tinyurl.com/3mykvp4

Hip Hop & Homophobia

Posted by Lizzypride (not verified) on April 23, 2011 - 12:56pm

That's a great article from ColorLines! Homophobia and hip hop came up in one of my women's studies classes this week, and those types of conversations I feel are often really uncomfortable because the student make up of my women's studies classes are often majority white (I don't want to insinuate that only Black people listen to hip hop and white people don't or whatever, but when white students talk about hip hop it often feels to me--another white student--that they're making broad, essentializing statements and don't actually know anything about hip hop--the ones who share their thoughts anyway). We did watch this youtube video called " 'No Homo'- Masculinity, Homophobia and Hip Hop Culture" and I thought that was great (also I love Jay Smooth). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84wHXT2KgWY
I think it's easy to forget that mainstream music, especially the really lauded mainstream stuff (so not Britney or Xtina) is often not so friendly to gays or women either. And like any other genre, hip hop also has great underground stuff that is really progressive and produced by Queer people! I think it is something people should talk about, but when I hear girls in my class getting Diddy and Jay-Z confused... I cringe. If you want to have a real opinion, educate yourself!