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sment for example a tourist in new zealand was so frustrated by whistles and cat calls that she was receiving from a group of men repairing on a road that she proceeded to strip out of all her clothes the police did not approve of her response to the harassment and apprehended her saying that her actions were inappropriate in new zealand but apparently it isn t inappropriate to whistle at and cat call a perfect stranger i think asking about appropriate responses neglects context an appropriate response for an american woman is completely different than one for a woman in saudi arabia where women have much fewer rights feeling safe is also a consideration an appropriate response has a lot to do with how safe the target feels to report it or take action and again this varies through communities countries ethnicities etc what are your thoughts check out the segment and pass along the online shop to anyone you think would be interested that s what i ve been up to what have you been busy with these past few weeks happy september everyone posted by radical reminders at 3 32 pm 3 comments labels activism exercise fundraising jewelry radio self disclosure sexual harassment triathlon friday july 11 2008 friday feel good biking to work today was my first attempt at biking to work on fridays i work at a different clinic which happens to be about 8 miles from home this gives me a great opportunity to kill a few birds with one cycling stone i can get in my biking hours for my tri training save on gas money and be environmentally friendly here are the things i learned today 1 i need a bell 2 although i m sure bugs are protein full they aren t very tasty 3 people are not careful drivers and don t like to share the road with bikes 4 my hybrid that i bitched and bitched about not being fast enough is perfect for biking to work had i been on a road bike i would probably have been dead because new haven roads are in terrible condition 5 bringing a change of clothes is key if i want to remain likable at work 6 if i thought getting cat called while running was annoying i knew nothing until today holy crap 7 it only takes me 10 more minutes to bike to from work than drive i think that s all if you re gonna bike this weekend have fun and be careful posted by radical reminders at 3 53 pm 2 comments labels at work environment exercise friday feel good self disclosure sustainability thinking locally connecticut triathlon thursday may 29 2008 self love this post was partially inspired by dirty rotten feminist s sunday night question what are you vain about and thus i must give her credit today s post is a positive one leading up to a personal experience i wanted to share with all of you however vain or insignificant it may seem it s the experience of how i came to love my body i work out regularly have done so for the majority of my life i have recently begun training for a triathlon that i will complete in september i belong to a gym with a pool for which i pay way too much money i realize i m privileged by this but it s the money i pay every month that helps motivate me to get my ass in gear and not miss workouts i unlike lots of people love exercise i love using my body and taking advantage of all the things it can do i love feeling powerful and strong and challenging myself in physical ways it isn t about looking a certain way anymore i wasn t always this forward thinking when i was younger i would exercise despairingly desperately trying to fit into some unattainable standard of beauty that was burned into my brain by fashion magazines and the popular girls as an adult my relationship with my body and the concept of beauty and sexiness has slowly developed but we all struggle with our daemons and this has always been one for me until recently that is over the past year i have noticed a woman at my gym she is gorgeous she is fit she is powerful can lift more weight than half the men i watch her perfect abs glisten with sweat and she stretches or run or bikes whatever she is perfect or at least as close to my perception of perfect as i ll ever see i ve been watching her for months mustering up the courage to talk to her to tell her that she motivates me daily literally i stay on the treadmill longer and lift heavier weights if she s around unknowingly she pushes me and i thank her for it daily fast forward to yesterday i walk into my regular wednesday night spin class and she s there on the instructor bike gearing up to sub the class was great and finally gave me an excuse to talk to her i asked her some trivial question about her cycling shoes and we got to talking a bit during the conversation she told me that i was in great shape and had done really well in her class me coming from her i wanted to shake her and tell her that i ve been watching her for the past year that she inspires me that i look up to her that i think she s gorgeous that i may have a crush on her but i didn t tell her any of that i simply smiled and thanked her i remembered why i loved my body and that it was nice to be noticed for working hard and staying focused w hen did i start loving my body i remember the moment vividly it was sunday morning and i got up early for yoga i finally got into a routine of going weekly and hadn t let myself skip a class in 5 weeks i was finally starting to see improvement in my poses i was getting good balanced and i couldn t believe it that sunday i woke up extra early and decided to go for a quick run before class i got to class just as the instructor was starting and the room was more full than usual i wasn t able to secure my regular spot in the back of the room where i could be unnoticed i was forced to put my mat down in the front right side of the room surrounded by mirrors there was no hiding now i had a mirror in front of me and one to the side i felt like everyone was watching me downward dog ok i m sure they weren t but i did get paranoid surrounded by all those mirrors until finally something clicked as i glimpsed in the mirror through the adho mukha svanasana triangle created by my arms torso and legs i saw the perfect lines of my body as they contorted in the poses i ve been working on for months i noticed the muscles on my back and shoulders tighten to hold the pose i watched as they glistened with sweat i became obsessed with watching myself glide into the poses in that moment i became completely vain i was never one to spend much time in front of the mirror this was all very new to me and i loved it i especially loved what my body could do the strength i had to hold myself up and the balance and flexibility to maintain the poses that s when i realized it i loved my body i loved the strength and power my body had and the facility with which i could use it i loved the lines created by my arms and shoulder muscles and the endurance and awareness i had from using my body regularly i had done it i had achieved one of my life goals to love my body i never thought this was possible i was the girl eating nothing but clementines for weeks at a time during high school i was the girl running 10 miles a day on a treadmill getting nowhere literally and mentally i was the girl studying body image and feminism in college trying to convince myself to love my body i was a hypocrite and i hated myself for that but finally that morning in yoga over a decade after my battle with my body began something clicked and i fell in love with it i continued the class sweaty from my run obsessed with my body in the mirror giving in to all the poses breathing relaxing challenging myself it was wonderful i gracefully moved through the warrior poses into locust camel cobra i had control i was focused i felt strong the class ended but the feelings of euphoria and self love that i felt that morning stayed with me and hopefully will remain for a long long time no that is not me in the photo i just loved the image the mountains the water the cowgirl hat awesome shot posted by radical reminders at 9 43 am 10 comments labels beauty body image exercise self disclosure self esteem strength triathlon yoga monday march 10 2008 vaginas and triathlons can you tell that coming up with blog titles is not one of my strengths vaginas over the weekend jenna and i went to see the vagina monologues we thought they were pretty good minus the crowd participation cunt monologue and creepy old guy listening to us talk about sex actual event rather than a monologue my favorites were the moaner and my angry vagina jenna made a great observation about the angry vagina performance she noticed that the woman performing was wearing a tie although it looked damn cool we couldn t help but see the tie as a symbol of masculinity thus power this monologue was intended to be the most in your face bold and forceful so why did she need the symbol of masculinity to achieve that could she have gotten the same message and attitude across in a dress masculinity and symbols of masculinity represent power and control to this day suits ties sports cars swords anything remotely phallic are all examples even successful and powerful women are those things in masculine terms think hillary clinton and her pant suits so although her vagina was angry and her monologue was powerful and bold i wish her vagina could have been angry in a frilly pink dress with lace triathlons beans and i just got back from a 4 mile trail run it was terrific now that the weather is warming up here in ct and i have two training partners jenna and beans i don t have any more excuses for not completing a triathlon i m aiming for either july or sept depending on the tri we pick my first race of the season is this weekend jenna and i are running the o niantic 5k in honor of st patty s day sports exercise and staying active are incredibly important especially for women and girls sports have been shown to help girls develop self esteem and positive body image i think it s crucial for girls to learn at a young age that their body is an entity of power and strength rather than sexuality and aesthetics yes part of everyone s identity should absolutely be sexuality but girls and women are constantly hypersexualized in the media and when girls are bombarded with stereotypical images and nothing else it s difficult to establish a balance this is where staying active and participating in team sports comes in teaches girls collaboration competition strength in their bodies winning losing positive attitudes etc smirking cat posted about the benefits of sports for girls a while back referencing the women s sports foundation did you play sports as a kid if so how did they benefit you how does staying active benefit you now as an adult posted by radical reminders at 5 43 pm 8 comments labels advertising body image masculinity media power self esteem stereotypes triathlon vagina monologues thursday march 6 2008 blog awards paying it forward in the month of february i received three blog awards for which i am very grateful i was awarded the blogging with a purpose and excellent blog award by the smirking cat and the nice matters award by lindsay from country girl city li ving thank you so much for these ladies and i will pay it forward by bestowing these awards to a scattering of blogs i read regularly the blogging with a purpose award goes to a feminist response to pop culture written by a grad student in chicago this feminist blog challenges our notions of what s acceptable in pop culture and holds the media accountable for the messages they send another reason i love this blog is because she is always examining her own beliefs and asking herself as well as the readers important questions to consider hello confrontation jenna is one of the few blog friends that i know in real life from the day i met her jenna has been teaching inspiring and challenging me in the first conversation we had she explained about the sustainable food movement and i have been eating sustainably ever since jenna s blog is a laid back mixture of environmental issues food crafts and personal goals jenna is also my new triathlon training buddy and now that i ve written that up here i can t back out lots of thinking i ve only started reading kandee s blog recently but absolutely love all the topics she brings to light kandee is a mom living in canada who blogs about race issues she explores racism in the context of our current social and political climate kandee also addresses pop culture and examines discrimination from a feminist perspective good as you this gay and lesbian activism blog uses humor rather than anger and protest to disarm and educate others about the discrimination surrounding us everyday they put it best by saying our tone is light but our message is firm we will not sit back and be led to a society that favors discrimination over diversity what i think gottabeme writes lots of wonderful posts about reproductive rights women s access to birth control and her right to be happily and voluntarily child free she also absolutely hates huckabee and loves colbert stuart which are all pluses in my book smirking cat this fun sarcastic and witty blog uses a cast of characters to write about her own life as well as social issues smirking cat often discusses the struggles and the importance in the relationships that exist between parents and their kids i have yet to read something on her blog that i don t agree with and enjoy learning more about a variety of topics ranging from divorce to feminism to cyber stalking the excellent blog award goes to everyone needs therapy this social work blog is written by a jewish professional counselor who discusses what she s learned from experiences and interactions with clients her examples are made up never disclosing actual client counselor sessions but ring true and are beautifully written her posts are a great resource on anything mental health related especially relationships depression seeking therapy addiction and the media check out therapydoc for a dose of self help as she says or just some great resources and links on her site country girl city living lindsay is a graduate student a wonderful wife a terrific sister in law a teacher a mommy to be a really really good cook and an excellent writer her food comes alive in the words she uses to express tastes colors and textures on her delicious food blog she teaches us how to cook seasonally and shop locally for the best flavors oh and the pictures she puts up of her food creations will make you drool crucial minutiae this blog is written by a group of friends who attempt to make sense of the world by putting together the pieces of everything that takes place around us they look at culture and society as a large puzzle and the experiences we have pieces to that puzzle waiting to be placed in their appropriate homes these experiences are translated into beautiful posts i must admit i read crucial minutiae because of courtney martin one of the authors who i have a t...