To lead off, this past Friday (January 22nd) was the 37th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision and thus Blog for Choice day. I'm still reading my way through all the thoughtful, passionate posts that were written by participants, but in the meantime I thought I'd share some of the round-ups that highlight contributions from around the web.
The Blog for Choice website put together posts throughout the day that excerpted posts; see What We're Reading, More and More Blogs for Choice, What NARAL Staff and Friends are Saying, More Pro-Choice Blogging, What "Trust Women" Means to Heidi from SisterSong and Posts Keep On Coming....
Vanessa did a similar round-up at Feministing as did Rachel at Women's Health News (on a small full-disclosure note, they both linked to my own post from yesterday -- thanks for the love ladies, and I'm glad what I said made sense to someone outside my own skull!).
I'm (fingers crossed!) going to read my way through all of these during the coming week, and hope to share some of my own favorites next weekend. Meanwhile, here are the rest of your "sunday smut" for this week.
Hanna read and reviewed a biography of Athenais de Montespan, mistress to Louis XIV, and writes in her post about how the author felt compelled to critique the physical appearance of her historical characters.
Steerforth @ Age of Uncertainty shares with us the nineteenth-century perils of novel reading for women.
Nathan Schneider @ Killing the Buddha ruminates on sexual privacy in the age of the internet, and how "changing the balance of what’s hidden and what’s seen will also change what’s hot."
Jessica Valenti of Feministing, over at her personal blog, offered some great observations about the damage elitism can do, even in the name of values (for example, gender equality) we believe in: "And that’s what really irks me about this kind of elitism – how some people talk of breaking down power structures while simultaneously using feminist rhetoric to place themselves at the top of a new intellectual feminist hierarchy that does nothing to further justice."
Coming & Crying: Real Stories About Sex From the Other Side of the Bed is the tentative title of a book project by Melissa Gira Grant and Meaghan O'Connell, described as "a collection of stories (and photographs) from the messy, awkward, hilarious, painful, and ultimately true side of sex."
"When a friend is sick, you bring her soup. When she loses a loved one, you bring her flowers. But what do you do when she has an abortion?" Before Blog for Choice day, Chloe @ Feministing offered some thoughts on a new script for talking about abortion.
Hanna passed along this respone in the Guardian to a woman who wrote in asking about the ethics of sexual experimentation.
The BBC is trying to evaluate its GLBT programming; Stephen Brook lets us know what he thinks in a recent op-ed titled BBC to ask homophobes what they think of its coverage of gay people. As Hanna pointed out, if only they'd renew Torchwood for another season they'd have their bases covered!
The National Sexuality Resource Center posted a video of author Carol Joffe speaking about reproductive rights and justice in The Emotion Work of Reproductive Health Specialists (50:32 video).
Over at the New Yorker, Margaret Talbot writes about Perry v. Schwarzenegger (the Proposition 8 case headed to the Supreme Court) in A Risky Proposal. Terry Gross also interviewed Talbot on Fresh Air this week; if you have time the audio interview is worth listening to (a transcript is also provided).
EastSideKate @ Shakesville poses questions about the euphemisms for masturbation in our culture.
And finally, something to look forward to: The Guardian reports that Focus on the Family has bought time during the Superbowl to broadcast a reportedly anti-choice television ad. Stay tuned for further outrageous developments ;).
*image credit: Life drawing couple by Philip by life drawing london @ Flickr.com.
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