Some of Our Favorite Peeps Share What They’re Reading

Check out the new feature on the blog, What We’re Reading. We’ve asked a few people to share with the Fem2.0 community links to blog posts, articles, etc., that they come across and find interesting, and to tell us why.

Here are some highlights:

Andrey Ternovskiy’s Web site, Chatroulette
newyorker.com
Gloria Pan says: Checked it out and am still reeling from the number of masterbaters – must have been 6 in 10. And never did find any women on there.

Lawrence Taylor, The Media, and Human Trafficking
womenmakenews.com
Veronica Arreola says: It’s important for us to remind the media that this is a case of human trafficking NOT a simple case of prostitution.
Tags: human trafficking, sex trade

Boom Time for Boomer Models
nytimes.com | May 9, 2010
Marcia Yerman says: Will the boomer generation insist on being accurately portrayed?
Tags: women and beauty, aging, boomer women

Former Harvard Law School Dean Kagan and Pulling the Ladder Up After Her
feministlawprofessors.com
Veronica Arreola says: WOW…a must read post (then read the linked CNN op-ed) about Kagan’s hiring history. Would we find this acceptable from a white man?
Tags: USSC

In Uganda, AIDS War Is Falling Apart
The New York Times
Gina Carroll says: How is it that AIDS is NOT considered a mother-and-child health issue?

The Tell-All Generation Learns When Not To, at Least Online
The New York Times
Hugo Schwyzer says: For those of us who blog about sexuality, and who dismantle the barriers between the private and the public, this is interesting reading
Tags: facebook, social networking

Fem2.0 TalkShoe Radio

And don’t forget! Lindsay Reed Maines, aka RockandRollMama, will be chatting with New York Times journalist and best-selling author Judith Warner on Fem2.0 TalkShoe radio, next Tuesday, May 18, at 1 PM EST. They’ll be talking about Judith’s new book, "We’ve Got Issues." Join the online discussion or Twitterchat (to #fem2 and #ADHD) and share your own thoughts about kids "with issues," medication and parenting.

Tune in here.