Archive for January 9, 2013

January 9th, 2013

Recommended Reading #132: The Call for Revolution



      “Strong female characters” by Madeline Ashby (Non-Sex-Related, Gender, Sociology, Self-Awareness) 12/16/12

As I mentioned in another post, I deliberately avoided reading about the recent school shooting in Connecticut (as I have many/most news stories that it doesn’t seem nourishing to me for the public to fawn and foam about). I began reading this piece with no idea there would be references to it in it. I cried while I read this piece, one of the first accounts I’ve read about things that someone says happened that day. I don’t know how one reads this whole piece without crying, and because of that I don’t feel inclined to say a whole lot about what I appreciated about it. I hope it’s self-explanatory.

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      “The Soapbox: On Steubenville High School & Teaching Boys Not To Rape” by Avital Norman Nathman (Gender Socialization, Violence, Parenting, Youth) 1/3/13

Yes.

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      “The Freedom You Can’t Win Through Politics” by Monica Day (Self-Awareness, Consciousness, Sex and Culture, Violence, Gender) 1/9/13

I find this moving, resonant, and extraordinary.

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