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	<title>Kate Harding&#039;s Shapely Prose &#187; Femininity</title>
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		<title>Sartorial justice</title>
		<link>http://kateharding.net/2009/10/19/sartorial-justice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
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Hey all, remember back in July when Washington Post fashion writer Robin Givhan mean-girled soon-to-be Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor for not dressing femme enough? It turns out those &#8220;1980s lady power broker&#8221; suits were chosen for her by &#8220;government officials.&#8221;
There is not enough desk for my forehead right now.
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		<title>Quick hit: Fat Barbie</title>
		<link>http://kateharding.net/2009/10/13/quick-hit-fat-barbie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
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No, not that fat Barbie, sadly. According to WWD, shoe designer Christian Louboutin, who recently designed some high fashion Barbies, had to &#8220;reshape&#8221; the dolls because “He found her ankles were too fat” (according to a spokesperson).
I&#8217;ll let you sit with that one a minute.
*wanders off, pours some booze, comes back*
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		<title>Quick hit: Sour milk</title>
		<link>http://kateharding.net/2009/10/07/quick-hit-sour-milk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
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Quick hit so we can talk about something other than how I&#8217;m a humorless, comics-hating, loveless feminist who thinks men should be arrested for talking to women in public: Feministing points to Spike TV&#8217;s utterly appalling feature, &#8220;The Top 10 Actresses Past Their Expiration Date.&#8221; Get it? Like milk! Ha ha!
If you can stand to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kateharding.net&blog=920046&post=3752&subd=kateharding&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Straw Feminist Weekly: The baby-hater</title>
		<link>http://kateharding.net/2009/08/25/straw-feminist-weekly-the-baby-hater/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introducing what I hope will be a regular feature here: Straw Feminist Weekly! In which we give a shout-out to the egregious straw feminists that cunningly populate the media and blogosphere.
 
This week&#8217;s Straw Feminist is a classic, and it comes to us from that site which is itself gunning for the 2009 Straw-Feminist-Fighting Championship: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kateharding.net&blog=920046&post=3518&subd=kateharding&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Beauty</title>
		<link>http://kateharding.net/2009/07/28/beauty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
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I spent this weekend in rural Oregon, attending my dear friend M&#8217;s wedding. Though the weather was unusually hot for the Pacific Northwest, the setting and (outdoor) ceremony worked together so beautifully that the whole weekend felt tinged with magic. It was wonderful to celebrate my friend&#8217;s happiness in such a lovely landscape, with a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kateharding.net&blog=920046&post=3417&subd=kateharding&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s the point of judicial power if you don&#8217;t have Girl Power?</title>
		<link>http://kateharding.net/2009/07/20/whats-the-point-of-judicial-power-if-you-dont-have-girl-power/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
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Here&#8217;s the thing about Robin Givhan, the WaPo&#8217;s fashion journalist. She frequently writes about fashion in contexts that should make for fascinating readings: the images portrayed by women in power, and how their stylistic choices reflect (or, often, deflect) our expectations of femininity. Sounds right up our alley, no? But here&#8217;s the other thing about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kateharding.net&blog=920046&post=3374&subd=kateharding&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fried eggs, boulders, and spaghetti straps</title>
		<link>http://kateharding.net/2009/07/01/fried-eggs-boulders-and-spaghetti-straps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
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Via Jezebel, which has a sharp post on female confessional journalism: Christa D&#8217;Souza writes about her breast implant saga in the Daily Fail. D&#8217;Souza clearly had a terrible time, and her article highlights the ways in which the reality of implants differs from the promise of implants. The short version is: she&#8217;s dissatisfied with her [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kateharding.net&blog=920046&post=3260&subd=kateharding&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I would need a lot more than a Bacardi Breezer to be able to stomach this</title>
		<link>http://kateharding.net/2009/06/20/i-would-need-a-lot-more-than-a-bacardi-breezer-to-be-able-to-stomach-this/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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Via Jezebel and The F-Word, a nauseating ad campaign from Bacardi (warning: link plays music and also destroys your soul) suggesting we all make ourselves feel prettier&#8230;by standing next to an &#8220;ugly girlfriend.&#8221; That concept right there tells you everything you need to know about what sexist assumptions underwrite these revolting ads: self-esteem is a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kateharding.net&blog=920046&post=3201&subd=kateharding&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Queering my mirror</title>
		<link>http://kateharding.net/2009/05/25/queering-my-mirror/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 03:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
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So if you&#8217;ve read my profile, you know that I&#8217;m queer. I&#8217;m out and have been for, oh, over a decade now. When I first came out, I identified as bi, but now I embrace the word &#8220;queer&#8221; for a lot of reasons, most having to do with not wanting to identify with a binary [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kateharding.net&blog=920046&post=3062&subd=kateharding&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quick hit: Beauty by the dollar</title>
		<link>http://kateharding.net/2009/05/15/quick-hit-beauty-by-the-dollar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 16:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
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I&#8217;ve been reading, thinking, and writing about feminist issues long enough that I usually think nothing beauty-related can floor me anymore. But holy cats, two recent posts on the economics of beauty Sociological Images made my jaw drop, especially given the current economic doldrums.
First, check out this photo essay by Lauren Greenfield (of THIN and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kateharding.net&blog=920046&post=3022&subd=kateharding&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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