patriarchy

(THE SCENE: A bland corporate building - it could be anywhere in any large city in America. We see, downstage right, a plain wooden door in a frame, adorned with a golden "P". Beyond it is a conference room, featureless, yet rather on the opulent side, with one golden "P" on the back wall. Four figures in shapeless hooded robes, disguised with black and white masks and voice-altering devices, are seated in the sumptuous leather chairs, in various postures of impatience. Smoking cigars, drinking from brandy snifters, and looking at their watches can only keep them quiet for so long.)

PATRIARCH #1: (bursting out) Where the HELL is he! Read below the fold...

(THE SCENE: A bland corporate building - it could be anywhere in any large city in America. We see, downstage right, a plain wooden door in a frame, adorned with a golden "P". Beyond it is a conference room, featureless, yet rather on the opulent side, with one golden "P" on the back wall. Five figures in shapeless hooded robes, disguised with black and white masks and voice-altering devices, are seated in the sumptuous leather chairs, holding hands and murmuring something we can't quite hear. As the lights come up, their voices become clear.)

ALL PATRIARCHS: ...and give us eternal power and glory, and the ability to escape prosecution, forever and ever. Ay-men.

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On International Women's Day, the anti-choice movement almost succeeded in exacting the most drastic ovarian penalty yet against women of childbearing age who dare not to carry their children to term. Yes, it was thisclose to being a crime to miscarry one's child in the great state of Utah. (The governor vetoed H.B. 12, but it passed both Houses in the State Legislature). La Macha writes in VivirLatino: Read below the fold...

Lately, I've been hearing a lot of noise from lefty and women's rights organizations about the next Big Thing: The rights of Afghan women and girls. Eleanor Smeal's group, Feminist.org (yes, she's one of the ones who helped with the infamous Obama Ms. Magazine cover), has a campaign for them. Read below the fold...

CC declines comment, but I didn't.
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So I'm deep in Republican territory, showing off my black ass and wearing all my UChicago gear, this week. It's interesting. The people around here are upper class rich, but not uberrich. Out and about, here's some useless data point stuff. Because Lambert keeps stealing all my post ideas, it's the best I can do. Read below the fold...

Cross-posted from The Global Sociology Blog.

Ok, Correntians, this is one of these long and substantial posts of mine where one of you shows up in the comments and summarizes the whole thing in 2 lines... making me look like a blabbering fool! Read below the fold...

AL catches this interesting development about Saudi women:
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Scratch the surface of any anti-choice man, and you'll always find the same thing:

Aubert looks startled. "I never really thought about it for the woman," he says slowly.

But she's supposed to be thinking of your pathetic needs every hour of every fucking day?

Of course you didn't think of her, you sick fuck. What is it with these men? Oh, that's right- they believe there are only two heads that matter in the world, and both of them are attached to their bodies. Read below the fold...

So while I didn't exactly keep up with blogs and politics while I was gone, I confess to reading a few sites now and again, as old habits die hard and working in the rain isn't always fun. One site I've come to enjoy a great deal is Twisty's "I Blame the Patriarchy." She's as hard core as they come on feminist issues, and hard core about keeping her blog free from those who don't share her views. This may or may not be a good idea, but it surely has created one of the more rollicking places on the net for women to go and bitch about how Life Sucks for Teh Wimmin. Read below the fold...

I am virulently pro-choice. Reproductive freedom is one of the most basic and essential aspects in a free society. Of course, we don't really live in one of those. SLToday:
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