Jenny’s Pennies

My post on what type of sex is feminist approved has been included at the 5th edition of the feminist carnival of sexual freedom and autonomy, hosted at Being Amber Rhea. Thanks for linking to me!

There is a lot of good posts in the carnival - go read! For instance this by sunflower_p to which I can only say yes, nod nod.

Anyone who sees female sexuality only in context of how men respond to it, as if it had no existence outside that context, is - intentionally or unintentionally - reinforcing the “women as sex class” paradigm, not subverting it. Seeing any feminist action only in context of its effect on men undermines its feminism by implying that what doesn’t affect men isn’t important.

And, y’know, sex isn’t an invention of Teh Ev0l Patriarchy; it’s just the way human reproduction works. A case can be made, however (historically simplistic, but more logically consistent) , that the stigmatization of sex as dirty, impure, and uncivilized (a stigmatization reinforced by that breed of feminist’s distaste for overt sexuality) is a patriarchal construct.

That’s not a reason to negate sexuality in the name of feminism, it’s a reason to celebrate it.

A-freaking-men. (And I had so much more to say on this subject but it’s late and I’m going away early tomorrow morning so it will have to wait.)

I’m sorry about the lack of posts lately, I’ve been away all weekend and my awful cold is worse, and to add to that lots of work to do.

I have made some blogroll additions which are all worth checking out. Some of them are newly found, some I have read for a while but haven’t added (for some strange reason). The newlyadds are:

Angry black woman, whose posts have made me think of racism in new ways, and to start examine my privilege.
Astarte’s circus, newly found and immediately added. Feminism etc.
Big fat deal, about body positivity (and who has a community of people who answered thoughtfully and beautifully when a 14 year old asked how to accept your body - I wrote about that here and here).
Jinge (in Swedish), blogs about politics.
Muslimah media watch, writes about Muslim women in the media and pop culture.
She who stumbles, in her own words “the politics of a South Asian Australian woman who problematically identifies as queer, feminist, Hindu, anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist.”
Taking steps, by Little Light who is “a crimefighting multiracial transsexual steampunk street medic who moonlights as a hereditary semiprofessional occultist and obsessive religion scholar.”

Check them out!

Edit April 16th: I forgot to add Uncool. Uncool should definitely be on the blogroll.

Oh, and this too: Angry black woman has called a carnival of the allies.

I call a Carnival. The Carnival of Allies. Where self-identified allies write to other people like themselves about why this or that oppression and prejudice is wrong. Why they are allies. Why the usual excuses are not good enough. I figure allies probably know full well all the many and various arguments people throw up to make prejudice and oppression okay. Things that someone on the other side of the fence may not hear. Address those things and more besides.

And when I say allies, I’m talking about any and every type. PoC can be (and should be) allies to other PoC, or to LGBTQ people if they are straight, or any number of other combinations. If you feel like you’re an ally and have something to say about that, you should submit to this carnival.

I will submit something to this, and I am trying to get my thoughts coherent and my wording right. I feel this is important. Stay tuned.

I have found that my post “To the Swedish government: prostitutes may have something to say about prostitution! (radical thought, I know)” has been put up in the 1st installment of the Feminist carnival of sexual freedom and autonomy over at Uncool.
Thanks for linking to me! I’ll for sure try to write something for the next edition too - this is a very good initiative. And go check out all the links over at Uncool, she’s done a great job with this and there’s lots of good stuff to read!