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The Ambition Condition

Women, Writing, and the Problem of Success
The Ambition Condition
Article by Anna Clark, Illustrated by Meg Hunt, appeared in issue Loud; published in 2008; filed under Social commentary; tagged alternative literary culture, ambitous women, devaluing women's voices, female writers, literary sexism.

Perhaps you know about Emily Gould’s cover story, “Exposed,” in the New York Times Magazine last May. Even if you didn’t take in all 8,002 words on the former Gawker editor’s gains and losses from blogging about her personal life, it would be hard to miss the criticism of the piece elsewhere. From the Huffington Post to the Philadelphia Weekly to an untold number of blogs and listservs, the backlash challenged the magazine for peddling narcissistic Dear-Diary diatribes as a worthy journalistic cover story.


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Beauty Secrets

The New Cosmetic Cover-up
Beauty Secrets
Article by Jacqueline Houton, Illustrated by Taryn Egan, appeared in issue Loud; published in 2008; filed under Consumer culture; tagged advertising, beauty, beauty products, corporate ickiness, Cosmetic Ingrediet Review, cosmetics, FDA, health, women's magazines.

From the pages of every mainstream women’s magazine—between the list of 43 things every confident woman knows and the six-week ab-blasting plan—the ads beckon. Conditioners enriched with vitamins vow to make each strand 10 times stronger. Undereye concealers containing white-tea antioxidants claim to combat the cellular damage that deepens those oh-so-unsightly dark circles. Pricey foundations promise to rejuvenate the face at the molecular level with the new Pro-Xylane compound, carefully extracted from Eastern European beech trees.

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Feminism, fashion, and flare: Call for submissions

Bitch on Wheels blog post by Debbie Rasmussen, August 30, 2008 - 2:52pm; tagged calls for submissions, fashion, style.

Passing this along... The deadline is fast approaching, so write speedily!

Call for Papers: Feminism, Fashion and Flair: Confronting Hegemony with Style (Deadline: 9/15/08)

We are soliciting essays for an anthology on gender politics and pop culture trends. We’re looking for intellectual depth, political passion, and writing that snaps..

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Ugh, here we go: On McCain's VP pick

Love / Shove blog post by Andi Zeisler, August 29, 2008 - 10:43am; tagged 2008 campaign, politics.

So by now we all know the basics about Sarah Palin, first-term governor of Alaska and John McCain's utterly transparent pick for running mate: She's a self-described "hockey mom," an avid proponent of drilling in Alaska and an equally avid opponent of abortion and gay-marriage rights. (She's also so unknown as a politician that Fox News has repeatedly been referring to her as "Susan" Palin—though admittedly, getting facts right has never been the forte of that particular outlet, has it?)

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Shooting cunts?

Love / Shove blog post by Debbie Rasmussen, August 29, 2008 - 10:11am; tagged video games, WTF?.

cunt

Um, have you seen this one? It's a video game called Cunt.  

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Feminism and animal rights... a first step

Bitch on Wheels blog post by Debbie Rasmussen, August 28, 2008 - 5:54pm; tagged animal rights, privilege, reimagining feminism, veganism.

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Long before I was aware of concepts like oppression and feminism, I learned about animal rights. 

It started as love. I've had a deep love for animals for as long as I can remember, often preferring their company to that of humans. Growing up I could spend hours -- probably days -- sitting in the cornfields talking to mice, playing in the snow with my dog, or visiting the toads and turtles near my grandparents' summer trailer.

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Bigger and better

Bitch on Wheels blog post by Debbie Rasmussen, August 27, 2008 - 2:19pm; tagged body image, body positivity, fat activism, fat positivity, photography.

adipositivity

Thanks to the wonderful Adele Nieves at A Book Without a Cover for sharing the news about the Adipositivity Project.

The Adipositivity Project aims to promote size acceptance, not by listing the merits of big people, or detailing examples of excellence (these things are easily seen all around us), but rather, through a visual display of fat physicality. The sort that's normally unseen.

The hope is to widen definitions of physical beauty. Literally.

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Feminist women of classic country at Feministe

sm[art] blog post by Briar Levit, August 27, 2008 - 1:10pm; tagged country music, kitty wells, loretta lynn, tammy wynette, wanda jackson.
Go check out this fun post about classic country feminism over at Feministe. There are some great videos that accompany the post as well.
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'Stache-tastic!

sm[art] blog post by Briar Levit, August 26, 2008 - 2:55pm; tagged fashion, gender-bending, moustaches, trend.

Let me preface this by saying, that I don't believe this phenomenon is revolutionary or even very subversive in terms of gender-bending. But it IS a trend I've noticed, and one I can't help but enjoy.

Men have been donning this upper-lip facial hair for a long time, of course. It was a victorian trend, it was a 70's trend and now it looks to be a 2000's trend. But beyond the male moustache resurgance, I've notice a trend by those of us with the double x chromosome make-up. Nowadays fake eyelashes aren't the only false facial hair women are taking advantage of. Plenty are having fun with the contrast of a traditionally femme appearance in contrast with a striking patch of hair on the lip.

The first time I became aware of this trend was at a New Year's Eve party last year. Someone showed up with a package of fake moustaches and the ladies in attendance went nuts. They were wearing them all night (crooked by end) and everyone looked decidedly cute with their added facial hair. 

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"What does feminism, or sexism, mean in a vacuum?"

Bitch on Wheels blog post by Debbie Rasmussen, August 23, 2008 - 10:14am; tagged anti-capitalism, capitalism, intersectionality, reimagining feminism.

Another amazingly articulate, thoughtful, critical analysis of "feminism" by Jess Hoffmann... Here's a snippet, but please please go read the rest.  

I see a lot of people who say they believe in “intersectionality” talk about it kind of like this: Since some women are people of color, and some women are poor, and some women are queer, it’s important for feminism to take an intersectional approach that recognizes the way some women experience sexism and racism, or sexism and economic exploitation, or sexism and homophobia, or other such combinations. And then maybe they’ll go a step further, and say something about how, for women of color, sexism and racism aren’t just two separate forms of oppression experienced simultaneously, but are intertwined in really complicated ways. So, a lot of self-identified supporters of intersectionality will say, if feminism is going to be a movement by and for all women, it needs to look at how all forms of oppression, not just sexism, play out in different women’s lives. And I think that’s all true and good.

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