Eminism.org http://eminism.org/blog Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:57:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On Being Suspicious of Bioethics, or Reflections on the Profession In Search of Kinder, Gentler Protocol for Everything I have to get busy packing, since I'm heading to the airport very soon (off to Madison, Wisconsin, to attend/present at Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Trangender Ally College Conference), but I want to announce that my article, "Why I am Suspicious of Bioethics," was published in Bioethics Forum, an online ... http://eminism.org/blog/entry/53 To Portland State University Women’s Studies Governing Board re Proposed Name Change January 23, 2010 PSU Women's Studies Governing Board members, I am writing you as a former student, instructor, and frequent guest lecturer of Women's Studies Program at Portland State University regarding the public discussion I attended this past Thursday about the potential change of the Department name. At the public meeting last Thursday, ... http://eminism.org/blog/entry/52 Funny. JUST RELEASED: Campus Pride 2009 "HOT LIST" -- Top 25 Favorite LGBT Artists, Speakers, Lecturers, Music Acts, Comedians, Activists & Much More http://eminism.org/blog/entry/51 We need to abolish, not “re-evalute,” domestic violence shelters In a post titled "Are Domestic Violence Programs Still Meeting the Needs of Survivors?," Advocating Ethics, which provides "latest news & information for domestic violence/crime victim advocates, both paid and volunteer, in the state of Michigan" cites my paper pointing out structural problems inherent within our domestic violence shelter system." ... http://eminism.org/blog/entry/50 From a Magazine Rack… http://eminism.org/blog/entry/49 Growth attenuation treatment going mainstream, and the limits of disability studies Last Friday, I traveled to Seattle to attend the University of Washington symposium on growth attenuation treatment for children with "profound" developmental disability. This symposium was an update to the 2007 symposium that I have reported about earlier, and I came home more disturbed than I had anticipated. The symposium was ... http://eminism.org/blog/entry/48 Perhaps what we need is a truly feminist “pro-life” movement. On this National Sanctity of Human Life Day (which is one of those last-minute proclamations that George W. Bush is pushing through while nobody is paying attention to him), I went to the Pioneer Square Park to observe Oregon Right to Life's anti-abortion rally and the counter-rally organised by Radical ... http://eminism.org/blog/entry/47 Fred Phelps visits Portland, Emi counter-counter-protests the counter-protest Today, I spent a cold November morning counter-protesting folks from Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church, known for picketing funerals of anti-gay hate crime victims, U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq, and others to promote its homophobic interpretation of the Bible and current events (they argue that the 9/11 attack and hurricane ... http://eminism.org/blog/entry/46 So what if Blacks caused Prop. 8 to pass? This evening, I attended a meeting titled United & Moving Forward, which was convened by Portland Latino Gay Pride, Basic Rights Oregon, and other local LGBT/queer organisations. The discussion was on the outcome of Proposition 8 in California, which amended the state constitution to ban same-sex marriages, and how communities ... http://eminism.org/blog/entry/45 Stop the Scapegoating of Prostitutes on the 82nd I know I've been neglecting this blog, but I have a good excuse this time. I've been working with other women from the neighbourhood to start this group: 82ndCARES Coalition. The story starts in September 2007, when City of Portland abolished controversial Drug Free Zone and Prostitution Free Zone. These "zones" ... http://eminism.org/blog/entry/44