Category Archives: announcements
USA readers: the sixth Ask a Working Woman survey
I received an email about this over a week ago and neglected to post it earlier: my apologies. The survey is co-sponsored by America’s leading labor-rights organization, the AFL-CIO (www.afl-cio.org), and its community partner, Working America (www.workingamerica.org). What Is the Ask A Working Woman Survey? The survey is an opportunity for working women in America […]
A note on the Shakesville crossposts
The various posts of Melissa’s that are being cross-posted as Feminism Friday posts all originally had extensive comments threads associated with them on Shakesville. Since the introduction of Shakesville‘s new commenting system (replacing Haloscan with Disqus) the links to the original Haloscan comments threads no longer appear on the Shakesville posts, although the Haloscan threads […]
Disability is a feminist issue
The 2008 roundup is at Diary of a Goldfish
Event Announcement: Chicago screenings of Nubian’s documentary
Directed by experimental filmmaker Kortney Ryan Ziegler, still black is a feature-length documentary that explores the lives of six black transgender men living in the United States. Through the intimate stories of their lives as artists, students, husbands, fathers, lawyers, and teachers, the film offers viewers a complex and multi-faceted image of race, sexuality and trans identity.
Hiatus
I’ve got a health crisis within the family to deal with, so my internet time will be devoted to finding out about that for a while. I’ll keep track of comments and moderation of same, but there won’t be any major posts from me here for the next few weeks. I’ll still be posting snippets […]
Announcing Hollaback Australia
Holla Back Australia empowers Australian women to holler back at street harassers. If you’ve been harassed or groped on public transport, playing sport, eating out, working, walking between classes, dancing the night away, walking the dog, or enjoying the beach – you have the right to feel safe and to be safe. You don’t need […]
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So frustrating
I’ve been deleting so many comments lately that I decided that the blog needed a new information page – Why Didn’t You Publish My Comment?, which is included in the links in the right-hand sidebar immediately below the Comments Policy link. It’s moderately blunt in tone, because it’s obvious to me that many of the deleted comments are from people who simply have not bothered to read the Comments Policy, which I find frustrating, as the post-title indicates. Is the tone too blunt, dear regulars?