05.24.08

links for 2008-05-24

Posted in recommended reading at 9:32 am by lindabeth

Reducing Breast Cancer Risk: From the Personal to the Political

from Our Bodies, Our Blog

(tags: breast_cancer health)
A different response to street harassment

from feministing: this comment sums up why her response was cool: “So it’s completely appropriate for them to harass her, but absolutely unacceptable for her to respond?It’s all so clear to me now.”

(tags: gender sexuality)
On binaries and rape apologists

from I am the Lizard Queen

(tags: rape rape_myths sexism)
On Being a Bookworm, Part Two – why do men look at porn?

from Female Impersonator: interesting!

(tags: porn sexuality_as_performance sexuality gender)
Charlize Theron gets real in W

from AfterEllen.com: Great response from Theron to W mag

(tags: gender beauty_standards film)
Wasn’t your Asian fantasy

from Racialicious-love the poster!

(tags: racism gender sexism activism)
MS XBL Gay equals sex?

from Lesbian Gamers: excellent piece!

(tags: heterosexism queer gaming)

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