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Linkety-Linkety, Part 4? (Feministing edition)
Still catching up on email, currently working my way through Feministing and Feministe:
Baltimore Archdiocese sues over ban on false advertising for crisis pregnancy centers
The Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore is suing the city over an ordinance requiring area crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) to post accurate information about the services they provide. The regulation, which went into effect in January, requires CPCs to post a sign in English and Spanish saying they do not provide abortion and contraception services.
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I really fail to see how free speech and freedom of religion are arguments in favor of false advertising. The fact that CPCs and the Archdiocese are this afraid of telling the truth is proof that the ordinance was necessary.
-- Ooh, classy. I just ranted about lies in my abortion-related linkety-post earlier today; CPCs get my goat exactly because of this. Wikipedia's got a pretty balanced article on them, including info about Congressman Waxman's minority report on the topic and the research results they found on misinformation
More on the "Fucking While Feminist" discussion I posted a few days ago (like I said then, it's a topic close to my heart, and it's fascinating to listen to other women's similar experiences)
Friedman wisely makes the point that in all relationships, romantic or otherwise, and regardless of our views on gender, compromises are essential. But she's also right when she says that compromises on gender issues, on these kinds of red flags, take on an extra dimension when a person's gender politics are central to her worldview. For those of us who want to do feminism in every aspect of our lives, this stuff cuts to the core of who we want to be and how we want to shape the world. For us, the personal is very political. That said, everyone is different, and each of us has to decide for ourselves what we're willing to compromise on, which battles we'll pick, and what constitutes a relationship-ending impasse.
Lilith Tour Drops CPCs, NARAL From Choose Your Charity Contest -- I'm extremely glad they've dropped the CPCs; two steps forward, one step back, I guess.
Nebraska Lawmakers, Seeking to Restrict Abortion Care, Ignore Science, Evidence, and Pleas of Parents
It is by no means the first attempt to use faulty "scientific data" declaring that fetuses can feel pain in order to implement more restrictions on a woman's right to choose. But one thing that became clear as the Nebraska legislature conducted the first of three scheduled debates on the "Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act:" It is the intent of the bill's sponsors to have it immediately challenged and brought before the Supreme Court as a chance to strike a blow against Roe V. Wade.
Not Oprah's Book Club: A Paradise Built in Hell -- I really need to read this; it's one of my favorite elements of human nature.
But despite it's shortcomings, A Paradise Built in Hell is a gorgeous re-imagining of what really goes on--both personally and politically--during disasters. It de-genders heroism, de-mystifies emergency services, and challenges all of us to feel safe in knowing that we live in communities that may be anemic during ordinary times, but tend to bring out our natural interconnection and good will during the extraordinary ones. I'll give her the last word: "The possibility of paradise is already within us as a default setting."
A Latin teacher in Arizona has instituted a rule that all of his male students act like "gentleman" to the young women in class. Yes, that's right - he's mandated chivalry.
Transgender Philadelphians protest SEPTA passes -- challenge for the day: Anyone want to give a shot at coming up with an actual real reason to have our sex or our gender on our identification of any sort? A photo helps a lot more with identifying someone that an out-of-view genital configuration. I personally think it's just been habit so long that everyone assumes there must be a good reason.
Policing Gender in Figure Skating -- amazingly enough, not actually about Johnny Weir. Written by ex-figure skaters, and an interesting view into gender and competitive figure skating.
Baltimore Archdiocese sues over ban on false advertising for crisis pregnancy centers
The Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore is suing the city over an ordinance requiring area crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) to post accurate information about the services they provide. The regulation, which went into effect in January, requires CPCs to post a sign in English and Spanish saying they do not provide abortion and contraception services.
...
I really fail to see how free speech and freedom of religion are arguments in favor of false advertising. The fact that CPCs and the Archdiocese are this afraid of telling the truth is proof that the ordinance was necessary.
-- Ooh, classy. I just ranted about lies in my abortion-related linkety-post earlier today; CPCs get my goat exactly because of this. Wikipedia's got a pretty balanced article on them, including info about Congressman Waxman's minority report on the topic and the research results they found on misinformation
More on the "Fucking While Feminist" discussion I posted a few days ago (like I said then, it's a topic close to my heart, and it's fascinating to listen to other women's similar experiences)
Friedman wisely makes the point that in all relationships, romantic or otherwise, and regardless of our views on gender, compromises are essential. But she's also right when she says that compromises on gender issues, on these kinds of red flags, take on an extra dimension when a person's gender politics are central to her worldview. For those of us who want to do feminism in every aspect of our lives, this stuff cuts to the core of who we want to be and how we want to shape the world. For us, the personal is very political. That said, everyone is different, and each of us has to decide for ourselves what we're willing to compromise on, which battles we'll pick, and what constitutes a relationship-ending impasse.
Lilith Tour Drops CPCs, NARAL From Choose Your Charity Contest -- I'm extremely glad they've dropped the CPCs; two steps forward, one step back, I guess.
Nebraska Lawmakers, Seeking to Restrict Abortion Care, Ignore Science, Evidence, and Pleas of Parents
It is by no means the first attempt to use faulty "scientific data" declaring that fetuses can feel pain in order to implement more restrictions on a woman's right to choose. But one thing that became clear as the Nebraska legislature conducted the first of three scheduled debates on the "Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act:" It is the intent of the bill's sponsors to have it immediately challenged and brought before the Supreme Court as a chance to strike a blow against Roe V. Wade.
Not Oprah's Book Club: A Paradise Built in Hell -- I really need to read this; it's one of my favorite elements of human nature.
But despite it's shortcomings, A Paradise Built in Hell is a gorgeous re-imagining of what really goes on--both personally and politically--during disasters. It de-genders heroism, de-mystifies emergency services, and challenges all of us to feel safe in knowing that we live in communities that may be anemic during ordinary times, but tend to bring out our natural interconnection and good will during the extraordinary ones. I'll give her the last word: "The possibility of paradise is already within us as a default setting."
A Latin teacher in Arizona has instituted a rule that all of his male students act like "gentleman" to the young women in class. Yes, that's right - he's mandated chivalry.
Transgender Philadelphians protest SEPTA passes -- challenge for the day: Anyone want to give a shot at coming up with an actual real reason to have our sex or our gender on our identification of any sort? A photo helps a lot more with identifying someone that an out-of-view genital configuration. I personally think it's just been habit so long that everyone assumes there must be a good reason.
Policing Gender in Figure Skating -- amazingly enough, not actually about Johnny Weir. Written by ex-figure skaters, and an interesting view into gender and competitive figure skating.