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Ms. Opinionated: All the Advice You Asked For, and Some You Didn't

Ms. Opinionated post by Megan Carpentier on January 16, 2013 - 1:34pm; tagged advice, job hunting, jobs, ms opinionated, unemployment.

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. This week: If you can't enjoy "funemployment," how do you stay focused?

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On Our Radar

Bitch HQ post by Deb Jannerson on June 17, 2011 - 2:24pm; tagged black film, Blog Roundup, blogging, erotica, girlhood, Glee, hoax, Michele Bachmann, On Our Radar, ORIGINAL PLUMBING, political scandals, QUILTBAG, racial stereotypes, recovery, unemployment.

This week has been chock-full of awesome articles and online conversations! Here's some of what we've been reading:

The Black Women Film Festival happens this weekend in Atlanta, Georgia!
Heather at AfterEllen gives her two cents on the events surrounding Glee's Dianna Agron performing in a t-shirt that says "LIKES GIRLS." For more, I recommend Jenny Aisenberg's piece at Velvet Park.
The Times speculates on "why women don't get caught up in sex scandals." (via Briar Levit)
Bust responds to recent articles that suggested women "grow up" and be less "girly." What Tami Said comments on the racialized aspects of the personae in question.
The Daily Beast elaborates on just how horrifically anti-gay Presidential contender Michele Bachmann really is.
Tiger Beatdown and Original Plumbing introduce their new bloggers, including Bitch contributors s.e. smith and Emily Manuel at TB and Thomas Page McBee at OP.
Stinkin' Thinkin' opines on "Why Addiction Recovery Should Be A Feminist Issue."
Clutch talks about a shockingly racist and sexist online ad by a Tea Party group.
ColorLines and KABOBfest continue the conversation about Tom MacMaster and Bill Graber pretending to be high-profile lesbian bloggers. At TransGriot, Monica recalls her online run-in with Graber.
Pam's House Blend provides statistics on same-sex couples to encourage the New York Senate to pass marriage equality.
TransGriot pays homage to late rapper Tupac on what would have been his fortieth birthday.
Shakesville's Melissa McEwan shakes her head at Mitt Romney's joking about unemployment.
Liz at Our Turn admires ass-kicking female characters and shares her take on the Double Dare documentary.
TransQueers XXX and TransErotica on Tumblr provide places for trans* individuals to share naked and/or erotic photos of themselves. (Both pages NSFW.)
Queerty wants to know what it can do to better serve its female readership! Ideas? Go go go!

Share your thoughts (and/or other awesome articles) below!

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The Young and The Feckless: Nothin' but Net(working)

Social Commentary post by J Maureen Henderson on May 24, 2010 - 11:14am; tagged college, corporate America, generation y, Good Morning America, internships, job hunting, jobs, millennials, networking, networks, social media, students, The Young and The Feckless, Twitter, unemployed, unemployment, Wall Street Journal, youth.

It should come as no surprise to anyone who's been on the job search in the last two or three years that networking is now being held up as the be all and end all of job hunting strategies. Normally, I simply skim this ubiquitous and rather facile advice (it's on par with Cosmo beauty tips when it comes to regurgitating the same ol' same ol'), but this piece from the Wall Street Journal was effectively the straw that broke the camel's back. I think it was the use of voila. It's a recession, lady. There ain't a whole lotta voila-ing going on, ya dig?