Links Round-Up

This week:

Visionsofourfuture recommends this powerful video put together by Project Unspoken at Emory University asks both men and women what they do in their daily lives to avoid sexual assault and harassment.

Following the re-election of President Obama, this article argues that our country is not the “traditional America anymore” — and good riddance.

Jgrand50 and eszenyme wants you to check out this website that tracks the use of homophobic language on Twitter. It also shows the posts in real time in an attempt to get people to realize the implications of their word choice.

A great opinion piece about the failure of GOP voter suppression legislation. This election showed that no matter what, minority groups will express their rights at the polls.

HannahGrace has been obsessed this week with the National Geographic show Taboo (full episodes available on YouTube). Rather than fetishizing people who live according to “different” customs, sexual practices, and religions, it gives them a voice and seeks to understand their ways of life. “Changing Gender” was an especially interesting episode.

The debate regarding women participating in “No-Shave November” is heating up after twitter comments were posted saying women who don’t shave should “sleep in a cage” and deserve to “get crabs.” Blogger Chloe Fich had it right – shaving or not shaving is a personal choice, neither of which should be shamed.

Classifiedsarcastic wants readers to check out this article about the influence of feminism in changing sexist advertising in the 1970’s. It might have changed advertising, but did it also give rise to the mystical and all-powerful “superwoman” who now dominates advertising?

This article describes the changes in women’s roles in television from either black and white portrayals of “good women” and “bad women” to more nuanced characters who aren’t always so moralistic and who aren’t afraid to make difficult or even seemingly bad decisions.

Eszenyme also brought us this  awesome (!!!) article that attempts to explain why a lot of feminists tend to avoid the libertarian party. Could this explain voting patterns?

Femistorian was incredibly inspired by Gabby Giffords and her husband standing in the face of her shooter and saying “You tried to create for all of us a world as dark and evil as your own. But remember it always: You failed.”

She is also ecstatic that everyone’s favorite on-screen feminist is meeting Joe Biden!!!!!