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FEM

HELLO femmes!

I hope you all are having a fantastic feministing break with your family, friends, and loved ones. I'm writing to remind everyone about the deadline for FEM Magazine, the annual magazine from Women's Council. The deadline is this Wednesday, January 7th. If you are interested in writing an article, you can contact Christina Fields at msufem@gmail.com and you may also submit any articles you wish to that e-mail.

This is a fantastic opportunity to write about something you are interested in and FEM is a very interesting, fun-loving mag. Here are some ideas:

articles, reviews, columns, photos, artwork, poetry, creative writing

or anything else that you feel would be appropriate.

Thanks

Music is not a mirror to reflect reality. It's a hammer, with which we shape it!

Hello Feminists :)

I hope that preparations for final exams are being productive and time worthy! In the midst of all the studying, I hope that everyone is beginning to think about all the new and exciting opportunities that are coming up in the next semester. I know that I've been thinking quite a bit about some opportunities on campus and in the state of Michigan that I'm going to be taking advantage of.

Anyway, in the midst of all my studies I was able to discover and listen to an Israeli/Palestinian, Ann Arbor/Ypsi - ite rapper from Detroit. Yes, SHE identifies with all of those locations. She has been living in Detroit, rapping about a whole slew of social oppression issues that are taking place within Detroit, and throughout our totalizing society. Her name is Invincible. In June, she came out with an album titled "Invincible Shapeshifters" On this album, she has raps about everything from the "locusts" of Detroit and America the Beautiful (as her lover, listen to "Spacious Skies") to the Palestinian search for a just peace (I recommend "People, Not Places").
Invincible is a profoundly talented artist with a passion for community activism, specifically in the reurbanization of Detroit. Her lyrics are political, social and just plain RAW. And more importantly, they hit close to home...with the political and social oppression taking place right here in Michigan.

I hope that anyone who reads this takes a minute to listen to one of her songs. I will post a link to one of her songs in mp3 format and a youtube video with her own new music video of "Sledgehammer"

http://www.thisisrealmusic.com/albumreviews/30808/invincible/shapeshifters.php

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxZbpbCKKL4


SHE DESERVES MAD PROPS !!!!

Peace,

Bethany

WC on the web

A couple of things to look out for in cyberspace:

Our website has been updated with pictures and bios of the eboard members. https://www.msu.edu/~msuwomen/eboard.html

Bethany and I were on an Impact 89 radio show a couple weeks ago talking about Sarah Palin and feminism. They finally posted the podcast (date: 9/24/08). We're featured in the first 25 minutes. http://www.impact89fm.org/pod_citypulselive.php


-Chen

Student Auctioning Virginity for School

http://news.aol.com/article/student-auctioning
-virginity-at-brothel/169951

You should check this article out.

Purity Balls...

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1823930,00.html?xid=newsletter-weekly

Maybe you've already heard about "purity balls," maybe not, but either way, you should check out this thoughtful article from Time magazine on the subject. Nancy Gibbs does a nice job of offering a balanced perspective on this phenomenon that some of us may find a little bit creepy.

I'd say I still have objections to the way the events are structured, the focus on sex as impure, and the limiting of the participants to girls and fathers (what about boys and mothers?). However, this article points out that many of the dads present are there to commit themselves to being a positive, involved presence in their daughters' lives, rather than leaving all the raising of their children to the mothers of their children. Also, I think that abstinence is a perfectly respectable and healthy choice, and I hope that Gibbs' conclusion including the importance of education and respect for teens' agency is part of the message imparted by these events.

Interesting...what do you think?

the only bush i trust is my own.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/washington/15rule.html?scp=1&sq=NARAL&st=cse

So, President Bush is still trying to screw over women, this time with proposed regulations that would limit federal funds to healthcare providers who didn't agree to hire employees despite their objection to birth control. Let's hope this never becomes an actual regulation, and that women who need birth control and emergency contraception don't have to face even more obstacles to getting it.

See the post on NARAL's blog for more info: http://www.blogforchoice.com/archives/2008/07/another-day-ano.html