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2009-08-02T14:48:00.001-07:00

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Battleship! http://sage21801.blogspot.com

2009-06-06T06:07:00.000-07:00

There is a rumor out that they are making Battleship into a movie. Let's hope we get some female counterparts to represent the population of women in the Navy now.

Sexist Vintage ads

2009-05-18T16:35:00.000-07:00

15 Sexist Vintage Ads

Published on Today 5/18/2009 under Advertising

We've come a long way since advertising was so offensively sexist. Right?

via oddee.com

Sex-starved Kenyan sues over boycott

2009-05-09T12:08:00.001-07:00

From CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/09/kenya.sex.lawsuit/index.html?eref=rss_world

NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) -- A Kenyan man has sued activists who called on women to boycott sex to protest the growing divide in the nation's coalition government.

James Kimondo said the seven-day sex ban, which ended this week, resulted in stress, mental anguish, backaches and lack of sleep, his lawyer told the state-run Kenya Broadcasting Corp.

The lawsuit filed Friday claims lack of conjugal rights affected Kimondo's marriage and seeks undisclosed damages from the G-10, an umbrella group for women's activists, KBC said.

The women's caucus caused a national debate when it urged women to withhold sex to protest increasingly frosty relations between President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga.

Citizens of the east African nation are frustrated by a shaky coalition government, which was formed after post-election violence killed more than 1,000 people in 2008. The wrangling between Kibaki and Odinga has sparked fears of more violence.

Gender activists say they are not worried about the lawsuit.

"I have not been served with the papers, but I was told they are coming and I am eagerly waiting," said Ann Njogu, executive, director of Centers for Rights Education and Awareness. "It will be interesting to see the face of a man who is not willing to abstain for the sake of his country."

Despite the lawsuit, Njogu said, the boycott was successful.

"The principal leaders met as a result of the boycott, and I understand that they are setting up reforms to look into the country's internal security," she said.

Plans are under way for women activists to meet with Kibaki and Odinga, according to Njogu.

Blog of Champions perspective

2009-04-30T19:44:00.000-07:00

This is a blog entry from http://blogofchampions.livejournal.com/168029.html

Just an interesting take. Everybody, keep reading!

" From Shakespeare to Stumble Upon, the male gaze is everywhere
I think one of the most subtle but significant ways that male privilege plays out is the male-as-default/woman-as-other attitude. When you draw a stick figure without any specific characteristics, it's assumed to be a male; you need to add a bow or a skirt to make it into the subgenre of human/male known as female. Items of equal use to both sexes - cars, food, etc., etc., etc., - are sold using half-dressed women in order to appeal to men.

I was thinking about this recently when I was reading Stephen Orgel's book Impersonations for my Shakespeare class (I actually took a different Shakespeare class from Orgel two years ago and it remains one of my favorite classes ever, but I digress). The book is about gender and Elizabethan/Jacobean theater with its central question being basically, "Why did England develop a transvestite theater, when other European countries either let women act or banned acting altogether?"

In it, he discusses common Puritan anti-theatrical tracts of the time, and how one of their biggest arguments was that when you stage a play, women can just go and see it! They can stand in the audience with men! The men might be aroused by them! There might be flirtation or even...you know. Fornication.

I was really struck by the relatively coherent concept of the male gaze (though it obviously wasn't termed as such) hundreds of years before Laura Mulvey started writing about it. Even back in the day, people thought women shouldn't leave the house lest they provoke lust by being looked at. The idea of a woman looking at a man and becoming aroused didn't seem to enter the Puritans' minds, let alone the idea of a woman wanting to go see a play for her own entertainment without factoring men into the equation. The women were not really humans with desires or agency; they were just a sort of lesser version of real humans (i.e., men) whose worth could only be determined by how it affected those real humans.

Modern advertising's use of women's bodies to sell products seems to me like much the same thing, only we're encouraging male arousal instead of discouraging it (a very slight step forward, I suppose). The imbalance between sexy, half-naked women and sexy, half-naked men in ads is obvious, as is the complete disconnect between sex and most of the products it is used to sell (really, I can think of very few things less sexy than a Carl's Jr. hamburger, I don't care how nudely Paris Hilton thrashes while eating one). And that's because, unless a product is specifically aimed toward women, advertisers don't think of women as real full humans that react to ads and buy things. People in general react to ads and buy things, and "people in general" means men. There's a reason it's the "everyman," not the "everyperson," or, heaven forfend!, the "everylady," even though women make up a bit more than half the world's population.

The cultural saturation of advertising-inspired male gaze really hit home to me when I Stumbled Upon this gallery of photos of kids in fanciful costumes doing fanciful things underwater. Most of the Stumble Upon comments thought it was real nifty, but a few said it "made me feel like a pedo," which was a bit odd seeing as how the little girls are not scantily clad or in any sexually suggestive positions. As a SU friend of mine pointed out, "The mere fact that some of you are feeling like pedos for looking at these means that you really need to realize that women≠sex. Seriously. You can look at pictures with little girls in them WITHOUT it being sexual. If this makes you feel like a pedo then maybe you might be :O"

How sad is it that some people can look at pictures of girls and just can't get past the idea that anything female exists only for the male gaze? These dudes look at pictures of girls and can't think of going swimming or having fun. Their minds jump directly to "women/girls are sexual objects rather than human beings."

It's not like I think it's a great injustice in and of itself that I don't get to see more good-looking men in ads. It's the underlying message that men are the ones who matter and women are the ones who accessorize men's thoughts and actions. I'm tired of seeing bodies like mine always used as bait and never as agents or characters. Women exist for ourselves, not for men. Men are not the only real people. "

Meeting tonight

2009-04-15T13:33:00.001-07:00

SAGE meeting tonight @ 8pm in TETC 219. Let's conclude this year's wondrous activities!

Afghanistan, Israel

2009-04-03T15:43:00.000-07:00

Check out this article describing appalling behavior. This is why women need to speak up and demand that change happen.

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/03/setbacks-for-women-in-israel-pakistan-and-afghanistan/

1st SAGE MEETING OF APRIL!

2009-03-31T16:31:00.001-07:00

Buenas a tod@s,

SAGERS we came. we conquered. Women's History Month was an amazing success thanks in large part to YOU! We WILL meet tomorrow evening (this Wednesday) at 8:00pm in TETC 219 as always!

Plan to:

-Spruce up tees! So we can sell 'em!
-Write a thank you email to our WHM Presenters/Lecturers/Speakers
-Talk about KOREN ZAILCKAS COMING ON APRIL 8TH!

Nos vemos,

Jeff

Koren Zailckas, author of Smashed, coming to campus!

2009-03-27T05:43:00.001-07:00

Everyone, and I mean everyone, keep April 8th open because Koren Zailckas is coming to speak at Salisbury University in Holloway Hall!

More info to come later. Look for a link to download a poster for you to put up around campus and/or in your place of residence.

Tonight's event

2009-03-24T15:19:00.000-07:00

What

Presentation by Dr. Diane Illig

When

Tue Mar 24 7pm – Tue Mar 24 8pm

Where

Nanticoke A in the GUC

about: Coming Full Circle- The Goddess, Mother Earth, Going Green and the Search for the Sacred Feminine.

Tonight, Wednesday's event

2009-03-11T11:53:00.001-07:00

Wednesday March 11th -7:30pm- TETC 179

"The Education of a Queen...Consort? The French Education of Mary, Queen of Scots."

by Dr. Walton

Events this week

2009-03-10T05:44:00.001-07:00

Check out the website's calendar for info as well as the facebook page.

Event tonight

2009-03-05T08:32:00.001-08:00

Screening of XXY

WhenThu, March 5, 7pm – 10pm

WhereHenson 103

DescriptionThis Argentine/Argentinean film is about a 15 year-old hermaphrodite who finds her identity after a young man comes to visit her small Uruguayan fishing village.

Check out the event tonight! Vagina Monologues start tonight as well and continue until Saturday Night. 6 dollar donation as an entrance fee and it starts at 7pm as well. Look for SAGE there on Friday night!

Tonight 3/4

2009-03-04T05:06:00.001-08:00

Events! Tonight be sure to come out to Dr. Detwiler's presentation!

Presentation by Dr. Louise Detwiler

WhenWed, March 4, 7:00pm

WhereNanticoke A Rm 236 ()

DescriptionThe mythical figure of mother in "Blue Moon." Expect to listen to the amazing Native American folk music of Terri Rivera Platt!

Tomorrow:

Screening of XXY

WhenThu, March 5, 7pm – 10pm

WhereHenson 103 ()

DescriptionThis Argentine/Argentinean film is about a 15 year-old hermaphrodite who finds her identity after a young man comes to visit her small Uruguayan fishing village.

Chalking Tomorrow

2009-02-28T13:59:00.001-08:00

Tomorrow we are meeting in front of Holloway Hall at 6pm to chalk and talk about Women's History Month.

Bring your enthusiasm and some chalk, if you have some. We are very excited about WHM and you should be too!

Also, follow SAGE on Twitter and get the texts delivered to your phone about events and reminders!

http://www.twitter.com/sage21801

Do it.

WHM begins next week!

2009-02-23T13:54:00.001-08:00

The countdown begins to Women's History Month!

March 1st at 6pm we will meet in front of Holloway, for all of those interested, to begin chalking for WHM. Bring chalk, ideas, quotes, and anything else you want to shout out to the campus!

The kickoff event for WHM will be on Tuesday from 1pm in the Wicomico Rm presented by none other than our president, Janet Dudley-Eshbach. Elvis Who? (featuring Dr. Carlander) will be playing from 2pm. We are trying to go green so join in!

Check out the website for more calendar events and how you can help!

http://orgs.salisbury.edu/sage

Open Mic Night

2009-02-18T05:36:00.001-08:00

Open Mic Night tonight @ 7:30pm

join in on the fun and enjoy a bit of time in the spotlight

SAGE will be selling t-shirts and buttons to fundraise for Women's History Month

Check out the schedule of events for Women's History Month on our website!

Koren Zailckas is scheduled to appear on March 31st!

http://orgs.salisbury.edu/sage

Meeting Tonight

2009-02-11T13:22:00.001-08:00

Tonight is the second meeting of SAGE. We have much to discuss which may or may not include the fact that everyone should start reading Smashed by Koren Zailckas. Other things that may be talked about are an open mic night at the gull's nest and increased visibility on campus so that we may have more group members and thus do even more!

Buttons are in!

2009-02-07T10:02:00.001-08:00

Only $1 a piece!

board so far

2009-02-07T07:59:00.001-08:00

Bulletin Board M before and afters

2009-02-07T06:56:00.001-08:00

On Friday, attempts to make the bulletin board incredible were made. And very nearly succeeded as it is not completely finished being put up.

Above are the pictures from before and after (but we are not really done yet so it is sort of middle). There is definitely a lot of improvement and the gold makes it just that much better.

Welcome back!

2009-02-06T05:21:00.001-08:00

SAGE is gearing up for Women's History Month and that includes many diverse lectures that have been scheduled for March. Please check our calendar on the SAGE website for upcoming events. Of course, once they are scheduled, they will be put up but not a moment before!

Check out one particular women in the Victorian age who was trampled to death by a horse, Emily Davison .

Women are...

2008-12-21T20:23:00.000-08:00

Smash the system

2008-12-16T13:50:00.001-08:00

Found this online.

End of the semester

2008-12-11T13:36:00.001-08:00

Jeffrey has proposed to the appropriations board that we bring over Koren Z., author of Smashed, to come and talk to our campus about gender equality and the many other elements of her life that are written in her book. We are still waiting for a yay or nay.

There will be an information shock when the people on campus move in at the beginning of next semester when we hand out information and try to recruit more members. There will be open mic nights, chalkings, button and t-shirt sales as well as some other tricks up our sleeves.

Next semester, we hope to enter with a bang.

Is it more difficult?

2008-11-23T17:37:00.001-08:00

"Is it harder for women in the industry in general? Definitely. I was trying to make a case for Madonna the other day, saying that she's to be admired for her longevity in a genre that has mostly been for younger acts. Men are able to sustain a career into their 50s and 60s and still present themselves as sex symbols. With women on the other hand, people say, 'Why doesn't she retire?' It's just so unfair. So I have to give props to Madonna."

- Tracy Chapman tells The Guardian

Thoughts?

Upcoming Events!

2008-11-14T08:26:00.000-08:00

We have been doing pretty darn well this semester, what with the abundant t-shirts and buttons that have been sold and new ideas swirling around. Well, add another event to your list of things to do this semester (which should also include reading the book Smashed and Manifesta).

Also, keep March open and come out the Women's History Month speakers that SAGE will be hosting! Events are in our SAGE calendar. Add it to your own google calendar.
We are currently working on more buttons and hope to sell them at the upcoming events.

If you are into "classic" movies at all, check this blog entry about sexism in the film "Spellbound".

Sage shirt sale!

2008-10-30T09:39:00.000-07:00

Sage shirt sale!

Buttons and T-shirts!

2008-10-27T17:07:00.001-07:00

SAGE will be selling t-shirts AND buttons which is really exciting!

Red Square

1pm

Tuesday, Oct. 28th

Buttons $1

T's 1 for $6, 2 for $10

Plus, read this editorial about Obama .

t-shirt sale!

2008-10-23T18:17:00.001-07:00

SAGE is having a t-shirt sale on Tuesday!

It's going to be in Red Square at 1pm.

Come on by and tell your friends.

DSC00738

2008-10-23T15:30:00.000-07:00

Sage bulletin board minus the leash on l

2008-10-20T09:41:00.000-07:00

Sage bulletin board minus the leash on life

Block party

2008-10-18T09:32:00.000-07:00

Block party

Sage banner

2008-10-14T11:11:00.000-07:00

Sage banner

Banner

2008-10-13T11:44:00.001-07:00

So Oktoberfest was alright and we just thank the powers that be that it is over.

In better and more exciting news, everyone should go to the commons and check out our awesome banner that is surrounded by significantly less cool banners.

We need to keep riding this creative bandwagon and come up with ideas for t-shirts to sell.

Thought for the week/day/blog:

Are robots ambi-gender-ous? Or is it that the majority of people who make them just happen to be men so it takees on male characteristics?

Comment!

DSC00727

2008-10-12T17:56:00.000-07:00

Paper hat

Jaime

2008-10-08T11:29:00.000-07:00

Jaime

DSC00731

2008-10-08T11:01:00.000-07:00

DSC00728

2008-10-08T10:59:00.000-07:00

DSC00734

2008-10-08T09:43:00.000-07:00

DSC00736

2008-10-08T09:41:00.000-07:00

Oktoberfest

2008-10-03T04:40:00.001-07:00

Just a few updates. Oktoberfest is Wednesday, Oktober 8 from 11-3 on the not Sammy side of Henson. We are planning on having a game and having lots of fun.

If you want to start early and help out, grab the Flyer newspaper or any other newspaper (to use) and look at this for a sort of pirate hat to make.

If you want to make some crowns (which are cooler) look at this for a reference.

If you watched the Palin/Biden debate, feel free to share your thoughts on what went on. If you missed it (which I should mention, shame on you. This was the only debate for the vice presidents and it was historic) here is the transcript from CNN.

Sarah Palin may be a woman but she is not what we need as a leader and anyone that was swayed during this debate or this political season should take a hard look at the facts of her background and not just listen to her ramblings about John McCain. Other than cramming for that test (the debate), she has yet to prove that she is worthy of the position that she has been placed in. This is not to say she doesn't think she can do that job but can we let one woman's fantasy about the presidency run the United States into the ground?

"People aren't looking for more of the same. They are looking for change. And John McCain has been the consummate maverick in the Senate over all these years."

-Sarah Palin

Change is not with another polarizing leader. I think dear old Sarah should look at the another definition of maverick (below).

an unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf); belongs to the first person who puts a brand on it

-Princeton Wordnet

Crafts for SAGE?

2008-09-30T11:05:00.001-07:00

While on my merry way along the yellow brick road of the internet, I came upon a site that taught me how to make paper wallets. That was cool and I was obsessed with making them for a while but that phase of my life is over, alas.

Well, the site http://www.instructables.com/ is not just for making paper wallets। They also have things that I thought SAGE might be into. For instance, if you check out the links below, you will see that there are a variety of recycled materials that we could use for pencil cases or little bags for various things. The thing about these pencil cases is that they don't have to be made out of juice cartons or potato chip bags but basically anything that would hold some weight and would be kind of waterproof. Examples would be things like the rice bags or other recycled materials (personally I don't like the idea of having a potato chip pencil bag but we can use this as a sample to get other things going).

http://www.instructables.com/id/How_to_make_a_juice_carton_coin_purse/
http://www.instructables.com/id/Potato-chip-bag-pencil-case/

Our buttons will be mailed to our button making woman as soon as I can lay my hands on a stamp or two. Do the "forever" stamps ship any weight anywhere? I doubt it somehow. So those will be in soon, hopefully in time for Oktoberfest.

Don't forget the meeting on Wednesday @ 8pm in TETC 219! Hope to see all the shining faces of yore there.

If anyone has any other ideas for things to sell for SAGE so that we can fundraise to bring a speaker here, please submit them below.

New SAGE blog!

2008-09-26T13:20:00.001-07:00

SAGE has started a blog in order to stay in tune with you "hip" youngsters who use your blackberries and do not even know what a real blackberry is. This blog will be featuring different collaborators about different subjects. Mostly, they will have to do with SAGE events and getting people hyped up for those. Other subjects may include political rants against what our government, or SU for that matter, is doing to us, men and women alike.

This is a more informal way to get the message across and to relate to people in general. If you wish to contribute, please email sage21801@gmail.com your message. If it is chockablock full of spelling and/or grammar errors, it will not be posted. Come on people, we are in college now! Stop typing "then" when you mean "than"!

See how it starts already?

SAGE

The Seahorse

Battleship! http://sage21801.blogspot.com

Sexist Vintage ads

15 Sexist Vintage Ads

Sex-starved Kenyan sues over boycott

Blog of Champions perspective

Meeting tonight

Afghanistan, Israel

***1st SAGE MEETING OF APRIL!***

Koren Zailckas, author of Smashed, coming to campus!

Tonight's event

What

When

Where

Tonight, Wednesday's event

Events this week

Event tonight

Tonight 3/4

Chalking Tomorrow

WHM begins next week!

Open Mic Night

Meeting Tonight

Buttons are in!

board so far

Bulletin Board M before and afters

Welcome back!

Women are...

Smash the system

End of the semester

Is it more difficult?

Upcoming Events!

Sage shirt sale!

Buttons and T-shirts!

t-shirt sale!

DSC00738

Sage bulletin board minus the leash on l

Block party

Sage banner

Banner

DSC00727

Jaime

DSC00731

DSC00728

DSC00734

DSC00736

Oktoberfest

Crafts for SAGE?

New SAGE blog!

1st SAGE MEETING OF APRIL!