links for 2008-06-09
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“Men are presumed to be sexually free to do what they want with their bodies. If I’m focusing on women, it’s because, duh, they’re the ones who still aren’t able to do that. This would be what’s known as ‘not rocket science’.”
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“If Hillary Clinton had won, sexism would not have died. But that doesn’t mean their successes aren’t important and don’t mean anything and their failures shouldn’t be mourned.”
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“They were sneered at for playing identity politics. They were demeaned as ridiculous, overwrought, hysterics. They were called bitches and cunts. They were bullied off blogs they’d called home for years. (But don’t take that personally.)”
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“What’s amazing is the number of times a company doesn’t have a perfect answer for how they measure things…..so why is a social media project being held to a higher standard?”
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“The fact that a male journalist can go around and apply this sort of language to an already marginalized group of women, regardless of what they think, say, or feel about it, yet continue to be applauded and lauded in feminist circles fucking stuns me.”
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“It’s sometimes difficult for people who haven’t been through the health care system with a seriously ill or injured person to imagine the multiple ways that being a patient or someone labeled with a disability translates into loss of basic rights”
Jun 09 2008 07:35 pm | Category: del.icio.us links
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