Hi Everyone! Back to our regular WWW, I hope you enjoy all the links. Don’t forget to leave your suggestions in the comments!
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I’m very pleased to announce that I’ve become a contributor to the new feminist blog Feminuity.
My first post was about the need for feminists to expand the body acceptance movement into a demanding what is best for our bodies movement. That article covers health, food justice, and body image. Demanding What is Best for our Bodies.
My second post was an analysis of an annoying article in the New York Times and it examines sexism in a supposed feminist movement, privilege, sustainability, and the role of housewives. The Trouble with Femivores.
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I Do Not Want to Live in a Little House on the Prairie – You’ve got to check out Vegan Burnout’s latest article. She takes apart the ridiculous NY Times Femivore article that I discussed, but with a lot more hilarity. I can never stop laughing when I read this awesome blog!
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What Are You Carrying? – In much of the world hard physical labor is considered women’s work, and in Eastern Congo journalist Nicholas D. Kristof learned first hand how difficult a woman’s burden can be.
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A heart breaking and very personal post that remembers a time when illegal abortion was the only option for a woman with an unwanted pregnancy. Heartbreaking and a reminder that we must never stop fighting for the victories we have gained.
For more info about being a pro-choice vegan please check out this post from Easy Vegan. I encourage you to read this article before asking me to explain my stance because it will probably answer many of your questions.
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This Vegan Corned Beef Hash from Hell Yeah it’s Vegan has me drooling like crazy! This is the perfect breakfast for St. Patrick’s Day, I think!
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Women of Color and Wealth – The Scope of the Problem via Racialicious is an examination of the recent study that found that “while white women in the prime working years of ages 36-49 have a median wealth of $42,600 (still only 61% of their white male counterparts), the median wealth for women of color is only $5.“
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Want to Know What’s Wrong with the War on Drugs? – also from Racialicious. “It’s the first time that 1 in every 100 adult Americans is in prison, proof of an exploding prison system that our country can ill afford and a movement away from rehabilitation programs.“
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Sweet and Salty Seedy Nut Bars from Sweet Beet and Green Bean – these babies look gorgeous! The chocolate drizzled on top is what sold me, I’ve got to give these a try.
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Round Midnight: Tortillas and the Corporate State – this is one of the best articles I have ever read, anywhere, in my whole life. PLEASE read this if you are at all interested in the state of America today, our current economic collapse, or the inherent cruelties of capitalism.
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Oyster Mushroom and Yves Pepperoni Pizza – this post from Comfort Food Vegan has me craving pizza like crazy! Doesn’t it look delicious?
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What’s Normal ‘Down There’? via Feministe is a great post about our culture’s obsession with body hair, especially the hair, ahem, down there. To shave? To not shave? To Vajazzle? The comments are the best, definitely check them out.
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Voracious Vegan Flashback! You know you need to make this Vegan Philly Cheesesteak Sandwich. It really is as good as it looks.
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Tasha just explained to me what “Vajazzle” is. I hate everything.
HAHAHAH! Okay, you just won the first ever Voracious Vegan award for funniest frackin’ comment of all time. Your prize? A YOLANDA!
“A heart breaking and very personal post”…………….. I am recently vegan
due to health issues.
In becomming vegan, I have surfed the web an found many sites to encourage and educate me in this new way of life. It is through these blogs that I have learned of animal cruelty, and how many are fighting to save/change the lives of these animals. People are passionate about the suffering of animals.
I too am disgusted by the practices of our meat industries.
What I don’t understand…..How can one be so passionate about the suffering of animals, and then think killing an unborn child is progress?
I understand many will seek abortion legal, or not…..I understand these women that choose this path suffer, and die needless deaths.
I can’t help but believe life is precious……..regardless of the stage the life is in.
I think the women in the story suffered more……….than if she had delivered naturally, and gave the child up for adoption.
Where is the compassion for the unborn?
Hi Naina,
Compassion for a bundle of cells should never out weigh compassion for an adult human being, and hypotheticals won’t help. We can’t say for sure if she would have suffered less or more. We have to trust women and believe in their ability to make the best decision for themselves. For an explanation of how being pro-choice and vegan go hand in hand please check out this essay from Easy Vegan. They explain it better than I ever could!
http://www.easyvegan.info/2010/01/22/blog-for-choice-day-on-being-a-pro-choice-vegan/
I read the NY Times article as well and had a few problems with it myself. To me, it smacked of the perplexing third wave tendency to label everything they do as feminist. Feminist knitting! Feminist gardening! Feminist jump rope! I am certainly a feminist, but I don’t see the fact that I garden to be a feminist action.
I think you brought up an important point regarding the article’s lack of acknowledgement of these women’s privileged situations. The “Betty Draper” character on Mad Men (who she compares housewives to) is a rich woman with a full-time nanny-maid.
I am lucky enough to live in a city where houses with yards for gardening are affordable and also lucky enough to have a partner whose job could theoretically sustain us if I wanted to stay home and grow vegetables and raise kids. But I recognize my luck/privilege in that situation.
And I maintain that I am a feminist because I believe in women’s equality. Not because I grow tomatoes in my backyard!
Great point Jennifer! Hahaha, although, I think feminist jump-rope sounds like fun!
Wow, the Guernica piece is rough. No matter how hard I try to imagine what it must have been like, I can’t. We are truly privileged, even with all the horrible restrictions that still prevent so many women from obtaining reproductive care. Now I must check out your other links–thanks for keeping me busy today, Tasha!
I know. Thank you for your comment, Shannon. That post really was a reminder that we can never take any of our rights for granted. We cannot go back to a time like that.
Goodness gracious! I think you’re right about that vegan cheesesteak!
Haha! You said “vajazzle.” I love that word. Anyway, I had a vegan Philly Cheesesteak last night!!
Again, great link list – just wow on the Congo video and the corporate state.
Isn’t that Congo video something else? The strength and will those women have…
That hash looks SO good, and I love how simple it is! Thanks for the links! ; )
Tasha, what I love about you is that you always post things that are intense, intelligent, articulate, and that it always has a message. Some may not agree with the msg, but my fulfillment is that you are always taking a stance. God, i hate people who sit on the fence, and that clearly ISNT you!
xoxo
