Sunday 11 May 2014

Links, Tuesday 6th May

Some backlog...


"Last month, psychologists at the University of Southern California published a meta-analysis of 58 research experiments that tested whether a woman’s preferences for masculinity, dominance, symmetry, health, kindness, and testosterone levels in her male romantic partners actually fluctuate across her menstrual cycle. The answer: They do not." Slate

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Mind = blown 

"As a movement of the urban poor, we think our priority is to vote out the ANC. We do not agree with the DA fundamentally on many core issues. This decision is not one that is based on ideology. Poor people do not eat ideology, nor do they live in houses that are made out of ideology." Ground Up


And some analysis of this at Daily Maverick

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"Dodson has a mouth like a sailor and the easy manner of a wisecracking Scorsese character. She looks incredible, with a zest for life that belies her age. She credits "masturbation, pot and raw garlic"." The Guardian 

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A suggestion that elections are funded by "vouchers" that voters can donate to political campaigns

"... every registered voter in America gets $50 per election cycle to give to candidates for federal offices, whether they're running for president, the Senate or the House. Ackerman and Ayres call these vouchers "Patriot Dollars."" Vox

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A chilling reminder of how people are willing to deny life-saving treatment to women they perceive as sexually unworthy.

"Many sex workers claim they need to lie to access medication. "I don't say I am raped every time I go for post-exposure prophylaxis – there are times that I say that the condom burst," says Akoth, 26. "One thing I never dare say is that I am a sex worker, or that I have more than one sexual partner, because if the healthcare providers find out you are a sex worker seeking post-exposure prophylaxis, they send you away saying it is a self-made problem."" Guardian

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"This process works within the vegan movement as well, with an open embracing of veganism as inherently feminized and sexualized. This works to undermine a movement (that is comprised mostly of women) and repackage it for a patriarchal society. Instead of strong, political collective of women, we have yet another demographic of sexually available individual women who exist for male consumption." Sociological Images

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"Takes a wife" - is this a thing that we still say? The Daily Sun

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"In her rebuttal to Leon and Johnson last year, Zille said: "It is pure mythology that our predecessor parties embodied [a] liberal purity from which we are now departing." In the past, "liberal purity" included implicit support for white supremacy.

The question is whether the DA can rid itself of this pernicious form of whiteness and chart a new way forward for South African liberalism in the 21st century. Executing this daunting task will determine its relevance in the 2019 elections." Mail & Guardian

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"President Jacob Zuma has amended the terms of reference of the Marikana commission to prevent government ministers from being implicated, said the Right2Know campaign’s Rehad Desai..." SA Breaking News







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