Archive for April 2009
Middle Ground: Finding Agreement in Between the Virgin/Whore Dichotomy
Posted by: J on: April 30, 2009
Crossposted at Amplify!
This evening I listened to Jessica Valenti talking on the Laura Ingram show about her new book, The Purity Myth (which I have finished and fully recommend – but that’s another post!)
Jessica, again, did an amazing job of defending her book and the point of view of people who advocate for comprehensive sex [...]
Is This What 17 Year Olds Need to be Taught Again and Again and Again…?
Posted by: J on: April 26, 2009
This is crossposted from Amplify!
17 Again has been hailed as “a big deal” and a “nice movie” , primarily becase it stands as ” openly and sincerely in favor of teenage abstinence.” I’m all for Hollywood bringing light to the consequences of unprotected sex, however, when you lump all unmarried sex, even safe sex, [...]
“Tortured” by Privilege
Posted by: J on: April 26, 2009
“First they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists, but I was neither, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew so I did not speak [...]
Jay Smooth on Miss California & Perez Hilton
Posted by: J on: April 24, 2009
I have nothing to say really, I just think everyone needs to watch this:
I’ve been feeling really crummy about the outpouring of support for Miss California’s ignorant comments… but humor always works to make things seem less awful. I hope this makes someone else feel better too!
(Thank you Pandagon for bringing [...]
The Abstinence Myth
Posted by: J on: April 24, 2009
Jessica Valenti did an amazing job on the Today Show, of defending her book (which I still need to finish reading, but Chapter One was fantastic!) and trying to explain why abstinence only education is not only ineffective, but it actually makes the problem worse. However, this video drives me crazy for two reasons: they [...]
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