J. E. Lewis
J. E. Lewis
- Bio
- I like to grow things, cook things and think too much about things.
I also like to take photographs of things.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Gumtree Racism
August 06, 2009 11:27AM - Ugly Barbie
June 04, 2009 01:47PM - Fistula, Childbirth and GBV
May 19, 2009 04:03PM - Take THAT Craigslist
May 13, 2009 03:13PM - The Male Pill
April 27, 2009 06:00PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Hey there
Snowball.
Yeah, I
read that article before I
came here. Alas, I'm
a
New…”
August 11, 2009 01:52PM - “Amen.
J.E.Robertson!”
August 10, 2009 02:48PM - “Thanks Dized and
Yakdeli.
I'm sorry.
But if a man really just wants
to get with a…”
August 07, 2009 02:33PM - “Snowball.
Hmm.
I don't doubt the points you
raise are valid. As I work
on
issues o…”
August 07, 2009 02:27PM - “This is fun. Keep your
Barbie, G. I. Joe, Skipper, He
Man,
She Ra stories
a'comin…”
June 04, 2009 06:42PM
J. E. Lewis's Links
- New list
- The Ashes of Persephone
This is what I found while looking for a flat on Gumtree in Johannesburg:
Looking for WHITE house mate
Date Listed: 04/08/2009
Ugly Barbie
She’s drab, she’s dumpy, she’s nothing to write home about, and she’s going to make the girls of America feel like beauty queens.
Fistula, Childbirth and GBV
Wubete, A Walk to Beautiful
Last year I saw A Walk to Beautiful, a gorgeous documentary about the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, and the women in Ethiopia who travel for days to reach it. The Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital was founded in 1974 by obstetrician-gynecologist, Drs.
Take THAT Craigslist
In your face Craigslist, in your face!
Craigslist has decided to remove the “erotic services” section of its website until they can replace it with a more adequately monitored category, “adult services.” This decision was apparently reached
The Male Pill
Ok.
Thanks to a provocative question on a previous post of mine, I have gotten to ruminating on the myth of the male birth control pill. Ok, maybe it was more like venting than ruminating, point being, I'm thinking about it, and now I want to ask others to think about… Read full post »
D.R. Abortion: no, Prostitution: yes please
In the last days, the Dominican Republic approved a new constitution that makes abortion in all circumstances illegal. It has been determined that "the right to life is inviolable from conception until the death." There is no longer and exception made for victims of sexual assault or ecto… Read full post »
The Internet and Women's Sexuality
How can regulating online content affect ways women use the internet, its impact on their sexual expression, sexual health practices and their assertion of sexual rights?
The invention of the Internet has
revolutionized notions about what is private and what is public, as
one can enter this pu… Read full post »
The Ashes of Persephone
Hi!
Check out my blog, The Ashes of Persephone. An exploration into Feminism, New Media, Pornography, Mythology and Plastic Surgery Techniques.
Thanks!
Jennifer
Vulva 90210
"Time has come to see how women measure up."
-The Vagina Institute
To address the current anxieties and judgments women face when confronted by the looks of their genitals, it is useful to describe the ways in which these anxieties are manifested. One place that serves as a good example of… Read full post »
Erika Szostak
J.E. Robertson
Kerry Lauerman
Joan Walsh
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