This Week in Feminism
by wundergeek, Renee and Kira Scott • June 10, 2012 • News • 1 Comment
Over here, Alex Dally McFarlane writes about the sexism that happens in collected anthologies of science fiction stories and how most anthologies that are published predominantly feature stories that are written by straight white men. It’s a pretty amusing rant about a pretty serious topic. – wundergeek
Man Boobz is a pretty great blog that I don’t generally have the stomach to read, focusing on the bizarre, dangerous, and misogynistic rhetoric that comes out of the most extreme factions of the Men’s Rights movement. (Seriously. He’s doing good work, but it is NOT for the faint of heart.) However, this post here I found quite delightful in which he rebuts anti-feminists with pictures of kittens. It’s cogent, funny, and adorable. Win! – wundergeek
Over at Racialicious, this guest post by Ellen Oh takes a look at the pretty white girls that dominate most YA fiction covers and why we need more diversity, rather than reinforcing white standards of beauty to readers who are at such an insecure age. – wundergeek
An interesting new study find that men who are in more traditional marriage are more guilty of perpetuating sexism in the workplace. – wundergeek
America’s Nun’s are accused of preaching radical feminist ideas, as a Nun proves in her new book about the pleasures of female masturbation. – Kira
The long-awaited (by me anyway) third installment of Natalie Reed’s meditation on Fourth Wave feminism is now up. As usual, it’s a lengthy read, but well worth the time. – Renee
On Cho’s Racialicious article: I like her article. One of the other things about the covers depicted (whether Cho takes issue with this or not, I don’t know) is that all of the girls depicted on the covers of the YA novels are not only white, they are waifish white girls in demure or submissive postures. Not only are they saying “Beauty is white!” they are also shouting “Beauty is submissiveness and thinness!”
Look at the cover of _The Mighty Miss Malone._ It’s not just a picture of a beautiful girl — it’s a picture of a beautiful girl who is not afraid of the camera, and she looks like she’s in the middle of saying something. She has an opinion, and she’s facing the world. If the girl is the titular Miss Malone, then I certainly believe that she is mighty.