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[such_heights]

+ Julie Bindel brings the transphobic fail once again. This link comes with a blood pressure warning, for it is full of offensive vitriol. Get off my team, Bindel, you make us look awful!

+ Via the New York Times, not all groups have felt the recession equally. It's US stats, but i suspect relevant across other countries too. In any case, illuminating and rather dismal.

+ Disability and Asexuality by kaz on FWD/Forward, a really great new-ish feminist disability blog. Highly recommended reading.

+ Also on FWD, avendya posts To Whom It May Concern.

+ ressie_noldo writes on the monstrous other; for the asian women blog carnival.

+ Lastly and unrelatedly, who_daily and torchwood_three are looking for new newsletter editors. I'm stepping down from my position as a back-up editor due to time constraints, but I do recommend it unreservedly to anyone who likes being part of the cogs and gears of fandom - things are quiet at the moment, too, so it's a good time to step in and get to grips with things.

Comments

[zahrawithaz.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the blood-pressure warning on the Bindel piece. SO DISTURBING. I was heartened by how good the comments were, at least on the front page.

The links generally here are awesome. The NYT unemployment rate chart was amazing. And the asexuality piece too...I've done some work with bisexual activists in Japan, and it struck me how much they assumed crossover and collaboration with the asexual movement; in the US that's highly unlikely to happen. Very interesting the way different social movements are separated from each other or allied depending on different cultural contexts.

[such_heights]

Me too! I forgot my usual rule of 'under no circumstances scroll down to comments', but I'm glad I did.

That is really, really interesting about activism in Japan, thanks for sharing that! I'm doing some work now on bisexuality with a side of asexuality, and people's responses to both identities are constantly surprising.