More Twilight writing

In honor of the release of the "New Moon" film, the latest writing and quotes on the Twilight Saga.

New Article:

• A Feminist's Guide To Curing Yourself of Twilight-Mania | RHRealityCheck.org http://bit.ly/66DKy7

Old article reprinted:

• Twilight and New Moon: sexual longing in a world of vampire abstinence | Christian Science Monitor http://bit.ly/43JE8G
• Don't look to 'Twilight' series for strong female role models -- Baltimore Sun- http://shar.es/aEiNU

Quoted in the Washington Post:

• Women living in 'Twilight' will not apologize for loving Edward, Bella and Jacob - washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/1MVQxK

Abortion, morality, and extremism

In the wake of the Notre Dame scandal and the murder of Dr. George Tiller, a few high-profile stories as well as a quotation in the Canadian Press (Canada's wire service):

Scarborough Country: Where Anti-Choice Extremism Is Swept Under the Rug Women's Media Center, June 4 2009 reprinted at MotherJones.com and Alternet

Where Does Anti-Choice Extremism Come From? RH Reality Check 6/19/09

Six Ways the Internet Has Influenced the Discourse On Dr. Tillers' Murder RH Reality Check 6/409 referenced In Salon.com's Broadsheet blog

On the Question of Choice, Where Does the President Stand? RH Reality Check 6/1/09

Girl Geeks, redux

Girl Geeks article (Bitch, last winter) gets discussed/written about/partially refuted in an NYU class.

And comments are open on the piece itself.

Twilight Twittering, Round 2

A piece about the literary/cultural history of vampires as symbols of socio-sexual anxieties @RHRC.

---

With immortality, a killer instinct, and a life on the fringes, Vampires are a perfect conduit for musings on the human condition. "Vampires have long served to remind us of the parts of our own psyches that seduce us," writes Salon's Laura Miller (in a superb analysis of the Twilight books). But the metaphor is often less existential than that, as the vampire bite is easy shorthand for sex. Vampirism allows consumers to take vicarious pleasure in rule-breaking couplings, while also justifying phobias about sex-because the seducers do have lethal fangs, and their condition is quite contagious.

---

It was reprinted at Huffpo + Alternet, where it generated a good deal of discussion and picked up around the blogosphere.

Politics and Palin

(Sarah's piece on the front page of Huffpo, top left hand corner)

With the presidential race heating up, Sarah's been busy writing about politics. Here are some pieces:

• Between a Rock Star and a Hard Place: on gender roles in campaign ads.

• First Lady Hurdles, on the difficult dance candidates wives must do in public.

• A Feminist Appalled by Palin: a reaction to McCain's VP choice that made the front page of Digg and got lots of attention in the blogosphere.

• OMFG: The RNC and Gossip Girl--on teen soaps and abstinence-only education--> reprinted in Alternet.

• "Sarah Palin Feminism? More like Sarah Palin Sexism" at RHRC, reprinted on Huffpo and Alternet.

Twilight Twittering

Sarah's RH Reality Check post on the Twilight novels reprinted at Huffington Post, discussed at Pandagon and at Sarah's blog.

K, Thx 4 the Info: Sexual Health Goes Viral

Sarah's feature on sexual health and technology at RHRealityCheck gets picked up around the blogosphere.

More Hard Times in the blogosphere

The Bitch article about misogyny in the NY Times Book Feview gets noticed by feministing, feminist law professors, Amy King, and the LA Times' Jacket Copy blog.

Horton Hears a Wingnut

Piece on anti-choice demonstrators hijacking Dr. Suess gets picked up on alternet.

Hard Times Pickup

Hard Times, the Bitch piece about the NYTBR and sexism, gets mentioned by three awesome bloggers and writers. And novelist Joanne Rendell mentions the piece in her myspace profile.

Girl Geeks on the Blogosphere

Sarah's Girl Geeks article (link here) has generated some online discussion. Check it out here at intertrash, larvatus prodeo, vanityproject, popping culture, and mentioned by BlogHer's awesome Suzanne Riesman.

Retirement Gap Pickup

The story gets picked up by truthout, several blogs, and Sarah speaks about it on Colorado Radio station KGNU (it's at about the 50 minute mark, or 5/10 through the streaming audio).

A Shout-Out

in an Utne Reader article about education.

More Bill Gates

The Nation online picked up and reprinted the "Schooling Bill Gates" piece from Wiretap.