blogging around
way too busy with the pornography paper, this is more of a note-taking blog post and will update for the next few days-
good news is that I’m presenting my paper on facebook(partly appearing here and in ‘in media res’) at the MeCCSA Postgraduate Conference in July, at Sussex.
Bad news is that Terry Pratchett has Altzheimer.
The anti-feminist bingo.
Zoe margolis ‘private lives’ in ‘comment is free’ section of the guardian on the 24th, comments on the proposed criminal justice and immigration bill.
January issue, ‘what’s wrong with porn’ articles in ‘redpepper’ : pro and anti-porn, personal and political, addressing the question
all 97 blogs that joined the ‘backlash’ campaign, october 06
edit 1 april: Redemption Blues hosts the Carnival of Feminists #56
thoughts on Mapplethorpe, censorship and the power of the erotic
I like Mapplethorpe, I first saw his photos in a taschen photo book of male nudes I acquired long after his death and I could not turn away. But then some were very difficult for me, particularly the ones that are not entirely nudes but still in the erotica genre. Some others were the impetus for my own art studies. I lay here my personal experience to demonstrate that when it comes to erotica and desire some matters will be unquestioned. Namely social matters. Race. (more…)
action for lesbian and gay civil partnership
Civil partnership has been announced for heterosexual couples in Greece but not for lesbians and gay men. Nevertheless, there is no law that forbids same sex partnership and two couples in Athens, one in Thessaloniki are preparing for the happy event. It seems unlucky that the loophole in a law that is there since 1982 was discovered just as the hetero civil partnership one is put into work. The civil partnership for lesbian and gay couples has been talked about for years and activists and bloggers are protesting against the discriminating new law. Urgent support is needed since the law will be soon voted in Parliament. This is from ‘Gay Super Hero’ blog:
‘…send an e-mail directly to the greek Ministry of Justice to voice your disapproval. The Ministry’s e-mail address is grammatia@justice.gov.gr You can send a brief note, something like this:
“I understand that it is the intention of your Ministry to present a bill in parliament instituting a new domestic partnership contract that excludes same-sex couples. I believe this discrimination is contrary to both the greek Constitution and european Law and I would like to expresss my protest and disapproval.”
And don’t forget to sign your mail!
or just sign the petition
here This is the Greek Bloggers against Discrimination text:
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