The last edition of Feminism at its Finest was put on hold for this month on purpose and what’s even more important, is that it was held for today, specifically.

I don’t celebrate the 4th of July; in fact, I don’t celebrate any holiday that is meant to celebrate a country who won’t fight for its people, but expect its people to fight for it so instead of celebrating the independence of a country consistently screwing over its citizens, I am going to celebrate feminism and intelligent feminist writing.

Amber Yoder presents Shove It: Part 2 - Don’t write a poem about rape posted at The Buffaloe Pen.

Amber Yoder submitted her mother’s blog post of a personal story about writing a poem about the rape of someone very close to her. Upon submitting it to a literary journal, she received a six-page, single-spaced letter in return from the editor that was a frightening rant against women. The letter said that he would never, ever publish a poem about rape because most women who are raped have it coming just by the way they dress and act around men. He said, in exact words, that he was “sick of wenchy women poets who are always bashing men.” He said that he was sick of hearing women whine and moan about the subject and that the subject of rape is “too baggy” and long and said that no poem should ever be longer than 15 to 20 lines. I urge you to go read the poem posted, it’s amazing and was also published in the summer 1992 issue of Calyx: A Journal of Art and Literature by Women.

Andrew Heath presents Abortion - Why It’s Important to Serve Everyone’s Rights posted at Rants of a Gay Lunatic.

A “semi-objective” view on abortion and why it is necessary to keep the option of abortion open for those cases that it is needed.

First Lady Of Poker presents Don’t Listen to the Fashion Police posted at Shopping Blog, saying:

“One of the most important things to remember about fashion is that it’s not meant to be the center of anyone’s world, but rather a tool for expressing your individuality and uniqueness “

Ian Welsh presents Clinton’s Legacy: Never Say Die posted at Firedoglake.

This is a fabulous post on the legacy Hillary Clinton has built for herself through the Democratic primary to the presidency. Even if she lost the candidacy, she did not give up until there was absolutely nothing else that could be done. While a great deal of Americans bashed her through the primary and are continuing to do so after, Hillary Clinton was the fighter in this primary election and as Ian Welsh explains, her second wind simply came too late and even though the Oval Office will not be hers in November, she built a legacy not only as the possibility of a woman president, but simply as a person who never gave up.

Jason presents 1950: Milada Horáková, democrat and feminist posted at Executed Today.

A look at the life of Milada Horáková as well as her death and last words. The letter written to her daughter and a few words written to her loved ones just before her hanging still hold more truth than most of what I have ever read in my life. She was a firm, fighting woman and while she died, she did not once ever go back on what she had believed was true.

Jenny presents The Media Makes Mom’s Look Unrealistic posted at the so called me.

How many moms out there dress like they’re going out on a hot date when they go to the grocery store with their kids? The media makes moms look like they have it all under control–The house, the husband, the kids, the dog and themselves. The media portrays moms as more as Stepford Wives than as real people, struggling along with the rest of us.

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Is Olbermann Turning Into O’Reilly? posted at Mad Kane’s Political Madness.

A limerick on Olbermann’s narcissism and misogynist commentary.

Sarah McClellan-Brandt presents Wise words from former boy band member? posted at Fort Worth Feminism.

A fabulous post about former NSync boy band member turned judge on America’s Best Dance Crew, JC Chasez voicing his disappointment about Distorted X, a group comprised mostly of beautiful women, was named one of the bottom two teams as a result of “America’s” vote and in turn said that “society hates seeing a beautiful woman succeed.” I also agree with Sarah when she says that she would expand that sentence to “Society hates to see women succeed.”

Sarah McClellan-Brandt also presents Tracy Roberson posted at Fort Worth Feminism.

Interesting post on Tracy Roberson, a woman from Fort Worth, who was released on bond after being sentenced to five years in prison for a murder her husband committed.

Shaheen Lakhan presents Woman Comparable to Men in Domestic Violence: Stereotypes and their Consequences posted at GNIF Brain Blogger.

An in depth look at violence against men and studies done on how violence against men is not taken as seriously by the media, legislators, and even some women crisis centers.

Tali presents Contemporary Pinup Dilemma: Classic Sweetness Vs Modern posted at The Pinup Blog.

Tali’s post asks the question is contemporary pinup considered porn after receiving comments on her blog, which speaks a lot about classic and modern pinup art, asking where all the “real women” were, as they obviously weren’t being granted material to stroke to by visiting her blog.

Tali presents 10 Reasons Why We Love Pinups posted at The Pinup Blog.

10 reasons why people not only love pinups, but why pinups are especially important when it comes to art and peaking into a time capsule of what the world looked like then and what it is now, as pinups have progressed with society and the times.

And that’s it for this edition, please submit your posts for the next Feminism at its Finest carnival, to be up on July 31.

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