Sunday Links Round-up!

Welcome to your Sunday Links Roundup! Today you will find that:

Aliasmitch has been:

listening to Ani DiFranco’s latest lately, Which Side Are You On?, which is ULTRA feminist and while not a very sing-along album, is proving to be pretty amazingly political (my review of the album will be coming soon.) Check out the title track, which is a pretty great political anthem: 

and reading: This really great post from Tiger Beatdown about Hugo Schwyzer being the worst person ever and needing to be evicted from anything feminist immediately (I mean, Jezebel still publishes his garbage, come on.)

Femistorian gave two enthusiastic thumbs up to:

White Women’s Rage: 5 Thoughts on Why Jan Brewer Should Keep Her Fingers to Herself : Not only does this post do an excellent job explaining white women’s privilege, it also relates it to history AND pop culture (my 2 favorite things). It’s also a good reminder that Jan Brewer’s racist vitriol has fueled an increasing deep divide between white, black, and brown people in Arizona and throughout the nation. It also reminds readers that Brewer’s anti-immigrant, anti-Latino policies have helped fuel a violent political climate. As the author points out, had a black woman wagged a finger at George W. Bush like that, she would have been on the ground in handcuffs. But because of our skin color, white women can get away with rage that women of color, especially black women, simply cannot.

Geniuses at Time Warner Cable Offering ‘Ryan Gosling on Demand'”:

That’s right everyone, our (current) favorite male feminist will be on tv 24/7 for the rest of this month! Personally, I’m considering getting cable for the month just so I can enjoy endless hours of that beautiful, equality-loving face. For those of you that don’t know, Ryan Gosling started gaining feminist cred after penning this letter  which called the misogynistic treatment of female sexuality in Hollywood into question. So call your local cable company and settle in for one glorious month of such classics as The Notebook and Crazy, Stupid Love (or just put the volume on mute and insert your favorite Feminist Ryan Gosling quips)!

Katie O. recommends:

Susan G. Komen’s priceless gift: Rebecca Traister and Joan Walsh’s analysis of the outcry over Komen’s decision to pull grants from Planned Parenthood is spot on. What they highlight is that not just reproductive rights activists were outraged, but that mainstream Americans were outraged at Komen’s lack of support for health services for low-income women. Komen galvanized not just the already declared pro-choice community, but also people who simply care about women’s health, and as a result, Planned Parenthood raised $3 million in the past three days. Their decision to pull grants gave this movement much needed language to cement the importance of the pro-choice movement and the importance of opposing right-wing attacks on women’s health.

Paul Accused of Ties to White Supremacy: Seriously, the blind Ron Paul supporters who deny his racist/homophobic/sexist newsletters need to realize just how bigoted (and violent–white supremacist, homophobic language like the language used in said newsletters are a form of violence) Paul is, and either accept that that’s why they support him, or stop supporting him all together. If those newsletters were’t enough for you, the hacktivist group Anonymous (whom I genuinely dislike, btw) hacked the email of a Las Vegas white supremacist group and discovered correspondence between members of the group and Ron Paul himself. People need to stop denying just how racist this man is, the overwhelming evidence (but it’s from the mainstream liberal media, oh no!) is that he is an abhorrent human being and should drop out of presidential politics and politics in general, forever.

KCorbs444 uncovered:

This blog is awesome because it’s done from a European perspective but captures the essence of feminism and cites credible sources such as The New York Times for her posts. I really enjoyed (while hating the material she grudgingly reported) the article written about Rape Worse for Men on January 27^th. It infuriated me because, as the author clearly illustrates, is so incredibly sexist and exclusive to patriarchy it’s ridiculous!

This blog is a Word Press blog! And while it happens to be a little old, the articles are still poignant in that the author is writing about issues that are in the news now. One particular post detailed Obama’s efforts to fund Planned Parenthood and I found it rather interesting that the institution is facing major financial difficulties in the present. Really cool to consider what the goals were, and if they were actually followed through with.

Parklena really enjoyed:

This talks about the founder of the girl scouts and her fight to include all girls of all abilities/disabilities. It really shows how much of an admirable woman she was and how we should all follow her example.

Some beautiful images of what comes to mind to these artists when they think “woman.” It really touches the audience with the different inspirations behind the artwork as well.

eszenyme loved:

Feminist Ryan Gosling is a blog that was started in response to the meme Fuck Yeah Ryan Gosling, a blog that posts pictures of Gosling saying things starting with the phrase, “Hey Girl.”  FemRG takes the “Hey Girl” phrase and couples it with analyses of fem lit.  It’s a cool meme that proves feminists can be funny too.  I wrote about these blogs last semester, but just in case you haven’t seen them yet, here they are.

This is an interesting article that was written by Najat Al-Saied, a Ph.D. researcher in media and development.  It discusses the importance of women in the Arab Spring.  (Not just the importance, it argues that without the initial protests and courage of the women in Egypt, Yemen, etc., there would be no Arab Spring.)  I think this article is a pretty comprehensive outlook on the topic and does a good job of analyzing the main groups and their efforts.

And internationalcupcakebandit read:

I thought this article was particularly interesting as it seemed to objectively describe civil liberty violations, including gender based violence in Haiti. I think paying particular attention to international gender rights is as important as being aware of inequalities in our country.

This article provides a much different, but equally important perspective. An album featuring rocking soulful women singing Bob Dylan songs, transforming what we think of as “male” songs into something much more diverse!