Denying Privilege Dude

• Looking for a new meme with an antiracist feminist bent? Check out Denying Privilege Dude, although remember that in real life he comes in different forms.

• Macleans really screwed up bigtime with an article originally titled “‘Too Asian’?”, which discusses the view of white students who don’t want to attend universities like U of T for fear that they’re “too Asian” and so the white kids won’t be able to compete. Luckily Racialicious is on the scene with some great analysis.

 

• Hugo Schwyzer writes a reflection for xy about homosociality (the pressure that men feel to impress other men, partly by degrading women) and the importance of involving men in feminism in order to challenge it.

 

• In the department of interesting issues we don’t tend to think about, check out this article in the San Francisco Chronicle about the double-standard in advertising sexual dysfuction medication for men vs. women.

 

• Keeping my eyes out for opportunities to check out the new documentary about abstinence-only education and purity balls by 23-year-old filmmaker Cassie Jaye. Daddy I Do deals with important issues and RH Reality Check has a good recap while we wait for the film to be more widely available.

 

• Amazing Women Rock has put together a comprehensive list of the best web resources for empowering girls. And I’m not just sharing this because I write for the first one on the list.

-Jarrah