6 Sexy Icons I would Teh Tariked.

just a note for myself. and for you, who isn’t subscribed to PopIn, this awesome news feed site for young people (in 2 years time, i might not be eligible for that anymore. wow, how time flies.) i was their PM some time back. another word for free blogger of the week. but i had fun really.

first thing i wrote was ‘6 Sexy Icons that i would teh tarik with’.

(definitions of sexy and world and icons here are according to Mien at the time of writing this)
1.Toni Kasim
Zaitun Mohamed Kasim, better known as Toni Kasim, has been serving the community on a broad range of issues for more than 20 years, 15 of those years in Malaysia. She firmly believes in principles of justice and equality for all, regardless of differences in relation to gender, race, religion, sexualities, disabilities and access to wealth and resources. The rest of the bio could be found here: http://www.wci2.org/?p=96

Did I mention she also write, sing, dance and laugh a lot? She just oozes sexiness! she’s an icon to me because 2 minutes of conversation with her or just her ‘famous’ hug makes me feel so very loved and inspired that I can change the world. Toni Kasim passed away from cancer on June 4, 2008. Aku rindu kamu, Toni.

A tribute video of her by Malaysiakini:

2. Angelina jolie
if you don’t know who Angelina Jolie is, well then, I’d have to check your earth’s citizenship status. she’s a beautiful, intelligent, outrageous actress (famous also for marrying another beautiful person and adopting many beautiful children) and also the goodwill ambassador for United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), which for me, completely up her points on the sexy scale.

Here’s a video of her visiting refugees in Thailand:

Her bio could be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelina_Jolie

3. Che Guevara
What can be sexier than a revolutionary who is a doctor who is a poet who freed a nation, Cuba from oppression?  One person that my mother, my friends, artists and activists alike would all love (especially me)!! Well probably not my government but heck, you can’t please everyone. Unfortunately, he is no longer around. Che was executed by CIA-assisted Bolivian force on October 9, 1967 (aged 39).

Video of Che reciting a poem:

More of him:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara

4. Aung Sang Suu Kyi
Ok, sexy is probably not the right term to describe Daw Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize recipient of 1991 and elected Prime Mininister of Burma in 1990 whom were then put under house arrest by the Military Junta to this day. She is actually more regal than anything else, but damm, her courage and perseverance and revolution are amazingly inspiring loh!

Michael Stipe of R.E.M agrees:

Aung Sang Suu Kyi speak of ‘ Freedom’:

5. Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr ran around naked on screen back in 1933, escaped from a powerful possessive husband, became a movie star in Hollywood and invented frequency-hopping, a technology ahead of it’s time that serves as a basis for modern spread-spectrum communication technology, such as COFDM used in WiFi network connections and CDMA used in some cordless and wireless telephones. If you are reading this online right now using your wifi, huge thanks to this sexy mama! She passed away on January 19, 2000.

Article on Hedy’s wireless:
http://www.hedylamarr.org/hedystory5.html

A 5 mins video biography of Hedy:
http://www.5min.com/Video/Hedy-Lamarr-Biography-120003575

6. Voltaire
Evelyn Beatrice Hall described Voltaire best in her biography on him with the phrase: “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” Which is now popularly associated with freedom of expression. Ok fine, it is not easy to see if the philosopher was ever sexy from the paintings of him but the te tarik session will still be worth it just to hear him speak cos I so tak guna at reading non-fiction (hereby request past PM Fahmi Reza to make docu about him cos he is already history, 1694 – 1778).

Summarized ideas of Voltaire and famous quotes:
http://www.spaceandmotion.com/philosophy-voltaire-ideas-quotes.htm

2 of my favorite quotes:
‘All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.’

‘Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.’

Let’s end it with that shall we, let’s go out there and appreciate all the sexy, intelligent and wonderful people that are alive and around us tonight, see you tomorrow.

2 Boys, 2 Girls and A Beat Up Car

Heng and David swop stories about how they meet their girlfriends- Katherine and Beth. Katherine and Beth explored a beat up car instead. Oh, the many ways of falling in love! Featuring the amazing casts- Davina Goh, Anrie Too, Alfred Loh and Michael Chen. Info and photos at 2boys2girlsandabeatupcar.blogspot.com

Tuliskan Dunia…

I’ve been writing, something other than scripts lately. here’s one on The Nut Graph, on my night out with Rela:

http://www.thenutgraph.com/a-night-out-with-rela

“BUKA pintu! Buka pintu!” shout the volunteers through the grill door, into the hallway of the shop lots in Pudu. They are from Rela, a civil volunteer corp formed by the Malaysian government in 1972 to help preserve “peace and national security”. They are conducting a raid on undocumented migrants here, in the middle of Ramadan, on 2 Sept 2009.

A man comes sleepily to the grill door. The three Rela volunteers, dressed in their green combat-like uniforms, demand that he opens the door fast or they will cut it. They speak in Bahasa Malaysia. The man seems to understand them — he slowly comes out of his daze and realises what is going on. He responds in English, “Wait, wait, I go get the keys.”

When he retreats, another Rela volunteer arrives on the scene with a cutter. The Rela volunteers cut the lock on the grill door. When the man returns with his keys, the Rela men say to him in Malay, “You’re slow, we had to cut.”

(you can read the rest of the article on the link above.)

Another thing i erm, have somehow been persuaded to do is PM (PopMuda) for Pop In, an info feed site for young people. everyday, i will be blogging something there. Last night was about 6 sexy world icons that I would teh tarik.

http://bit.ly/qEE1c

oh err apparently you get to twitterview me on 8 oct night at 930pm, haha, not sure how it works but it’ll be interesting. so TWIT me then!

My film is premiering at ‘Women In Love’ FA 11!

Filmmakers Anonymous and Central Market present
A Herstory Films Project

FA 11 special, free short films screening on 26 Sept, 6pm@ Annexe!

“Women In Love” FA 11
6pm at Arts for Grabs, Annexe Gallery
Saturday
26 September
FREE ENTRANCE!

Premiering Mien.ly’s film ‘2 Boys, 2 Girls and A Beat Up Car’
Also featuring films from Margaret Bong, Juliane Block, Nadira Ilana and more!

Desires. Sex. Love. What does it mean to women? These women filmmakers explore and showcase their stories for this special FA.

Herstory Films Project wishes to launch this space to share your love story, be it fairytale or forbidden, proudly or anonymously…as long as you identify as a women, we want to hear your story and possibly film it. Herstory wants to appreciate women’s sexuality the way they tell it.
http://herstoryfilmsproject.blogspot.com/

Due to the lack of women filmmakers in Malaysia in general and making films on desire more specifically, we whop up some previous FA films that fit this category. Still make for an interesting watch, so see you there!!

TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 60 MINUTES (discussion with filmmakers and Herstory organizers after)
All films have English subtitles. The screening is free. Central Market Annexe is located behind Central Market, near Pasar Seni Lrt station. For more info please contact Anonymous at 012-6969455.
ps. if you are an addict yourself, please feel free to bring dvd copy of your film to the screening and pass to Anonymous.

1. ‘It’s Not About Anything, It’s About Everything’ by Crystal Woo and Sidney Tan  (2006/ 14 mins)
Synopsis:
A short film about Yee May who finds herself caught between two men and turns to unconventional means to solve her dilemma.

Directors’ Profiles:
Crystal Woo and Sidney Tan have collaborated on various projects that include short experimental video works, comics, and films. Sidney Tan draws & designs for a living, and Crystal Woo art directs and writes for a living. Together, they are fascinated by pictures in the head…ideas in space…and stories floating everywhere.

2. ‘Sub Rosa’ by Nadiah Hamzah (8.45mins/2009/color)
Synopsis:

Can true love prevail above all others? Ayesha, a Muslim African American struggles to balance her faith and liberal freedom. Kurt – yearning for a sense of belonging gets caught up in the bludgeoning Brooklyn hipster neo-subculture. A unexpected encounter brings the two together. Despite their worlds of differences, they not only find love, but also discover their selves.

Director’s profile:
Nadiah Hamzah is based in New York, and is constantly inspired by the many sights and sounds of the city. She enjoys everything and anything by Catherine Breillat, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Takashi Miike, Michel Gondry and Yasmin Ahmad. Nadiah is also an avid cinematographer (DP reel can be seen at www.youtube.com/nadiahhamzah) but wishes she had more chances and money (or any money at all) to shoot on 35mm film. She is currently writing her first feature screenplay.

3. ‘She’ By Idora Alhabshi 13mins/color/2006
Synopsis:
An art house short film featuring the talents of Bernice Chauly. A story placing moments before bitter separation. It explores her intuitions, past experience and emotional turmoil before making her first step of courage.

Director’s Profile:
I’m based in kl but im in melbourne studying fine arts: media arts and photography in RMIT. eeedowrah@yahoo.com

4. ‘Eyefinger’ By Margaret Bong      (10mins/ 2008)
Synopsis:
A woman suffers depression of the lost of her son. With or without the son the deaf couple have to face their daily life in silent.

Director statement:
What we can hear is that what we want to hear? I always want to know how is it like being a deaf and mute. At times, we thought they are different but we all just the same. Everyone has their sorrow path in life either we see it, hear it or not.

Director’s Profile:
Bong majored in Broadcasting and Cinematography at the University Malaysia Sarawak. She has been invited to participate the Asian Film Academy, organized by the Pusan Film Festival. She has written, produced and directed 6 short films. In 2005  “Lie Beneath” was shown in festivals in Bangkok, Hong Kong, Singapore, while her short documentary “Tudtu, The Salt Boy” has been shown in Malaysia, South Korea, Italy, Brazil and Lebanon. She has just finished her feature documentary “The Weight of Salt”.  Now she is writing another short film.

5. ‘Bare Hands’ by Nadira Ilana    (2mins30secs)

Synopsis:
Bare Hands is an original poem over stock images put together at the last minute for a classroom assignment (yes it happens to filmmakers too). It is the honest voice of a girl stricken by insecurity and the fear of loss, striking the question “does he love me for me or what I am?” Bare Hands is essentially about one’s discovery of the meaning of love; how young love always struggles to measure up to its ideals and forces us to reckon with who we are and what we have to offer anyone or ourselves. How hard do we need to try to keep love alive? Should we come bearing gifts? Or with bare hands? That is… if you have hands.

Director’s profile:
Nadira Ilana is a passionate Sabahan and filmmaker. Born and bred in beautiful Kota Kinabalu, this former film student, now humble filmmaker/video artist’s further education was spent in Brisbane, New Jersey and New York City. Keeping track of her can sometimes be a game of ‘Where’s Wally?’ but she is currently temporarily residing in Brisbane where she is editing her next project. Favourite past times are also: photography, diary writing, karaoke, making collages and cursing at the Sabah electricity board for making her start impossible jigsaw puzzles (like ones of Klimt or with lots of sky and padang) she cannot finish but starts anyway because there’s no internet or Astro during our perpetual power cuts. Visit http://feistgeist.wordpress.com to follow more of her readings and thinkings.

6. ‘Kow Loon Story’ by Juliane Block (5 mins/2009)
Synopsis:
A lonely woman leaves a trail of colorful origami in her struggle against the gray anonymity of a metropolis.

Bio:
Juliane started her filmmaking career in Germany, before she migrated in 2005 to Asia. Her directing credits include now several award winning shorts and a feature which have been screened at various festivals around the world. Juliane is a graduate of the University of Art Braunschweig, Germany and works as graphic artist when not busy making movies.

7. ‘2 Boys, 2 Girls and A Beat Up Car’ by Mien.ly (11 mins/color/2009)
Synopsis:
Heng and David swop stories about how they meet their girlfriends- Katherine and Beth. Katherine and Beth explored a beat up car instead. Oh, the many ways of falling in love! Featuring the amazing casts- Davina Goh, Anrie Too, Alfred Loh and Michael Chen. Info and photos at 2boys2girlsandabeatupcar.blogspot.com

Director’s Profile:
Through films, Mien.ly searches for love, for justice, for equality, for diversity, for humanity, for herself. As a profession, she is between a trainer and a filmmaker. She sees in a spectrum of lights and thinks that the world is more beautiful for the rainbow. She attempts to wield a blog at mienly.wordpress.com.

Poem: I was a super cool girl.

Before you came along, I was a super cool girl.
There’s a swagger in my walk.
The only way not to drop the video camera when shooting charging FRUs.
There’s loud arrogance in my laugh.
To drown out a heart that is breaking from the world’s cruelty.
I have plenty to say about anything and everything.
You can’t really be an activist-feminist-filmmaker otherwise.
For fear that silence would shut me up
like many others who have been shut up
and my existence, erased.

And then you came along,
Suddenly, I have nothing to say and
‘revolution is a stage of any growing civilization’ becomes
‘err, change is good.’
My laughs turn into childish giggles, shrieking high, annoying, even to myself.
All I could think of is where to place my next foot
and hope I don’t fall over
even though the world is spinning gasing right now.
Or is the spinning gasing the world?
Anyway, I’m not quire sure
Everything seems like a blur.

What I do know is that
I’m very very far from cool.
‘cool’ is a million light years away
and here I am, rowing in my sampan.
and I don’t even know how to row.

I was a cool girl, really.
But you would never believe me.
Because whenever you are around,
Nothing exists below 100 Fahrenheit.

What I am trying to say here I guess, is
Gosh, You are hot!

Merdeka? Go fly kite la.

I count down to Merdeka with friends as a celebration of the success of Seksualiti Merdeka, a multi art fest at annexe to discuss, touch, hold hands, sing,kiss, paint, make love, think, move, act or just ponder what it means to be merdeka about our sexuality.

I discovered 10 myths about Merdeka on PopIn, written by Fahmi Reza, quite funny, do check it  out at

http://bit.ly/YvIg8

i spent the evening flying kite in dataran merdeka, dressed in black. flying kite is definitely a more patriotic (and not to mention good exercise) way to celebrate our psedo-independence than shopping (whatever the cause) or cutting off animal’s head.

On that note, i agree with the statement below:

Civil Society Joint Merdeka Message
2009-08-30

The Cow-Head Lesson for Merdeka: Deligitimize Violence and Hatred

We, the undersigned civil society organizations are shocked, angered
and saddened by the “Cow-Head protest” in Shah Alam last Friday, 28
August 09, against a proposed Hindu temple in Section 23 of the city.
The carrying of the head of a freshly slaughtered cow, a sacred animal to
the Hindus, and the unveiled threat of blood shed on the eve of
Merdeka celebration suggest that all Malaysians need to reflect deeply
about our 52 years of nationhood, and the clarion call of 1Malaysia

From the outset, these heinous acts of crime perpetrated by the irresponsible
few must NEVER be seen as a conflict between the two faiths or the
two faith communities. All major spiritual traditions, Islam and
Hinduism included, uphold peace and human dignity as their common and
core values. Our spirituality and love for humanity mandates us for
the perpetual quest for peace and abhorrence of all forms of hatred
and civil disorder.

The Shah Alam incident sadly reveals that violence and hatred are
still inadequately delegitimized in our society. We exhort all
Malaysians to unite in our joint efforts to decry and delegitimize
violence and hatred to prevent any individual or grouping from
resorting to intimidation or provocation when faced with any
town-planning disputes or rows of similar nature.

We the undersigned, taking cognizance of the above, do hereby :

1. URGE that all disputes in civil society must be resolved through
peaceful means such as peaceful demonstrations, rational dialogues,
extensive consultations and legal suits. The Selangor State
Government’s plan to hold a town hall meeting to facilitate
communication and engagement with all stakeholders is highly
commendable.

2. CONDEMN in the strongest possible language any act to humiliate and
intimidate any ethno-religious community, in this case the irreligious
and irresponsible display of a cow head. In the Shah Alam incident,
not only the Hindus are humiliated and hurt but also all thinking
Malaysians – Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh, those of other
spiritual traditions and atheist. We particularly share the pain and
anguish of the Shah Alam Hindu community.

3. URGE all religious authorities, community leaders and political
parties to unreservedly condemn the perpetrators of the reprehensible
“Cow-Head” act. Every racial and religious bigot should be shamed
and distanced by the general public especially by their
ethno-religious community which they seek to represent. Political
parties must also take disciplinary action against members involved in
inciting hatred. This would deprive them the pleasure and
gratification of self-righteousness and
heroism. Legal punishment alone may prove inadequate because it may
instead grant the offenders the self-perceived honour of martyrdom

4. SUPPORT a thorough investigation of those responsible for the
“Cow-Head” protest for threatening violence (not sedition) on both the
local Hindu community and the elected State Government of Selangor.
Threats of violence, for whatever reason, has no place in a civilized
society. Violence must be condemned and can only be completely
delegitimized when society has zero tolerance for it and every
offender is appropriately punished.

5. EXPRESS shock and dismay at the failure of the police force to
stop the protestors from issuing their threats of bloodshed. An
independent investigation on professional negligence should be
immediately initiated to examine these policing failures of a
potentially fulminating racial and religious crisis. This incident
among others further highlights the dire importance and urgent need
for an Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission
(IPCMC). The IPCMC is a must if the Najib Administration is genuinely
committed to peace in Malaysia.

6. CALL on all Malaysians to heed our plea to completely delegitimize
violence and hatred and to strive towards its elimination from our
public life. Let this be our joint resolution for our nation’s
forthcoming Merdeka anniversary. Let us usher in a Malaysia which
cherishes the values of peace, reason, justice, freedom, equity and
inclusion for all Malaysians.

Malaysia yang kian tidak tahu menyayang….

i pick up this article from the nutgraph, jotting it down here, mainly for myself, for future references, hopefully a future that is much much loving than what it is today and so i can tell myself, we finally progressed. i ended the article with the late Yasmin Ahmad’s short film for 15 Malaysia that poignantly shows that these ridiculous policies, laws and society’s sets of norms are actually keeping us away from our humanity. where is the love?

Islam kejam atau Islam rahmah?

SEBAGAI seorang Islam, saya tertanya-tanya wajah Islam bagaimanakah yang Malaysia mahukan? Negara Islam, Islam madani, Islam hadari, atau Islam  “hududi”?

Apa pun jenamanya, tentu yang kita mahukan adalah Islam yang adil, rahmah, berihsan, penyayang, mesra kepada orang perempuan, prihatin terhadap orang yang kurang bernasib baik, dan Islam yang sentiasa bersangka baik pada manusia.

Akan tetapi, cara mahkamah syariah di Malaysia menangani kes Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarnor tidak mencerminkan Islam yang kita impikan itu.

Bertambah malang lagi apabila ada orang Islam dan pemimpin-pemimpin yang mengaku memperjuangkan Islam, bersorak gembira dengan hukuman keras yang dijatuhkan terhadap Kartika.

Selama ini, ulama dan pemimpin Islam begitu petah dan rancak sekali bila berbicara tentang keadilan dalam Islam. Namun, apabila timbul masalah sebenar di dalam masyarakat, nampaknya ramai yang kelam kabut dan teraba-raba mencari sinar keadilan itu. Kelihatan sukar sekali mereka menterjemahkan konsep adil itu dalam menangani realiti kehidupan masyarakat.

Sesungguhnya, ini adalah kesalahan pertama Kartika dan beliau telah pun mengaku bersalah. Maka, mengapa dia dikenakan hukuman maksima?

Adakah lebih berat sesuatu hukuman itu, maka semakin Islamlah ia?

Perbandingan dan persoalan

Bandingkan kesalahan Kartika yang tidak memudaratkan sesiapa pun dengan kesalahan mat-mat rempit dan peragut beg yang menjejaskan keselamatan orang ramai dan telah menyebabkan kematian. Dan juga dosa Kartika dengan dosa bapa-bapa tidak bertanggungjawab yang tidak membayar nafkah sara hidup anak-anaknya.

Selepas hukuman dijatuhkan, Kartika terus membayar denda RM5,000 yang dikenakan tanpa banyak soal. Justeru, adakah adil, berhikmah dan berihsan apabila mahkamah kemudiannya menambah lagi hukuman penjara tujuh hari di penjara Kajang?

Adakah orang yang selama ini mengaku memperjuangkan agama Allah dan menegakkan negara Islam mahukan Islam yang sadis, keras dan tidak berihsan?

Lupakah mereka tentang Khalifah Umar Al-Khattab yang berihsan sekali dan tidak menghukum pencuri yang mencuri akibat kemiskinan? Lupakah mereka tentang nasihat Allah: “Maka barangsiapa yang bertaubat sesudah melakukan kejahatan itu, dan memperbaiki diri, maka sesungguhnya Allah menerima taubatnya. Sesungguhnya Allah Maha pengampun lagi Maha Penyayang.” (Al-Quran, Surah Al-Maidah: 39)

Malah, banyak lagi ayat Al-Quran yang memberikan peringatan yang sama seperti Surah An-Nahl: 119 dan 125, dan Surah Al-An’am: 54.

Patutkah Jabatan Agama Islam Pahang yang telah memasukkan Kartika ke dalam van untuk dibawa ke penjara Kajang, tiba-tiba menukar fikiran dan memulangkannya semula ke rumahnya? Kemudian, ahli majlis mesyuarat kerajaan Pahang Datuk Mohd Sahfri Abdul Aziz mengeluarkan kenyataan bahawa Kartika akan disebat selepas bulan Ramadan pula. Apakah pantas Kartika dilayan seperti haiwan sarkas yang dimasukkan ke dalam sangkar, dilepaskan dan ditangkap semula sesuka hati?

Umat Islam harus jujur bertanya pada sanubari diri di bulan Ramadan yang mulia dan penuh rahmah ini — adilkah hukuman dan layanan ke atas Kartika?

Norhayati Kaprawi
Aktivis wanita Muslim
Petaling Jaya
24 Ogos 2008

Muzik itu haram…bahaya!

this is the case in America, the birth of all satanic music of course, who can resist jumping someone when Akon croon or emptying the wine bottle to Britney?

check out the full article here:

http://www.edenfantasys.com/sexis/sex-and-society/music-censorship-61692/

it even list out and link videos to the top 15 most filthy music content according to PMRC (Parents Music Resource Center).

here are just some of the ‘dangerous’ quotes from there:

Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.
–Confucius (551–479 BC)

Wherever there is pleasure, someone will be against it.

Were the censors right? Are lyrics harmful to kids? The debate rages on. Ideas, sung or stated, and products like music, books, and video games are continually held up as responsible for the ills of our age. Death Metal is no more likely to cause murderous behavior than Twinkies, but both have been held as co-conspirators at trial.

Every so often someone will come out with studies that are the scientific equivalent of Monkey See, Monkey Do. Does your teenager’s iPod dictate when she has sex? It’s a chicken or egg argument—which came first: the desire for sex or the sexy playlist?

“The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.”
—Henry Steele Commager, American Historian (1902—1998)

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here’s one of the video from the list, Cyndi Lauper encourages masturbating toposters of cute boys, well, we wouldn’t have done it if we never heard her…no…(disclaimer, your wanking to anything after listening to this is none of my  perversion.)

The Era of Yasmin Ahmad.

In the world of Malaysian films
through my own observation lens
first there was P. Ramlee
then there was Yasmin Ahmad

Yasmin talks about us being nothing, nobody, just mere observers:

Daily Kos’s Feminist Wish List

Daily Kos’s Feminist Wish List — What Do You Think?
DigiBitch blog post by Kelsey Wallace, July 23, 2009 – 6:29pm; tagged Daily Kos, feminism, gender equity, third wave, transsexuality, wish list.

What do you think needs to happen to the feminist movement in order for it to remain viable (and fun)? Blogger fgbm27 at The Daily Kos attempted to answer that question yesterday with the post 15 Aspects The Must Be Recognized in Third-Wave Feminism.

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What do you think this feminist is putting on her list?

The list covers topics ranging from transsexual rights to cosmetic use, but is it enough? Is this what your list for the future of feminism looks like?

Here is an abbreviated version (meaning I shortened the explanations) of the list posted at Daily Kos, the entirety of which can be read here:

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1. There must be a widespread understanding that feminism does apply to men.

2. While transsexual acceptance and rights are an important aspect of third wave feminism, it must understood that not every person is as educated on the topic as some are.

3. Fox “News”, World Net Daily, CNS News, Drudge Report, and The Fox Nation are all unreliable, far-right, anti-feminist sources.

4. Applying make-up, nail polish, shaving legs, and most other sexist, cosmetic double standards are NOT antitheses to being a feminist – the motivation behind the products are.

5. Feminists can be from any religion, race, creed, gender, socioeconomic class, country of origin, sexual orientation, relationship status, height, status of ability, experience or lifestyle.

6. As feminists, we cannot allow sexism or objectification to happen to males, like it has to females.

7. All women who are politicians, actresses, singers, CEO’s, or in any position of power are NOT necessarily feminists.

8. Despite the Republican party’s strong anti-feminist stances, being a member of the Republican party does not mean that one is inherently anti-feminist.

9. Feminists must remember that men are sometimes the victims of sexual assault; not just women. Also, men are not always the assailant. While, statistically, women are usually raped by men at a much greater level, one must never forget that unconventional sexual assault is still sexual assault.

10. While one can be a feminist and personally oppose abortion, taking away a woman’s right to choose is an inherently anti-feminist position.

11. In cases of rape, victim blaming is always unacceptable. However, over time, there multiple cases have occurred in which the “victim” has lied about being raped for personal gain. While these attacks are very, very infrequent, feminism must not be blind to their existence.

12. Feminism must be unafraid to call “fakers” out. Every time that Sarah Palin would call herself a feminist (before promptly contradicting herself), every time Tammy Bruce agrees with Bill O’Reilly, and every time plastic surgery is marketed as a “liberating” thing to do, real feminists must speak up!

13. Making sexist comments against men, in favor of women, is a directly un-feminist action. Whether it be a joke from a progressive, Dana Perino discussing the Mark Sanford affair, or anything else, these comments enforce gender stereotypes and are still sexist.

14. There is nothing wrong with choosing to live in a traditional lifestyle (being a stay-at-home mom, wearing a burqa, having the male in a heterosexual relationship be the breadwinner, etc.), but there are major problems with expecting it and castigating those who do not fit into it. This being said, people who choose to live in traditional lifestyles must respect others choices as well.

15. Reaching out to younger people is one of the most important actions that third-wave feminists need to accomplish.

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So what do you think of The Daily Kos’s list? Did they leave anything out that you would add? Did they include anything on this list that you think shouldn’t have been? Do you think there is a future for third-wave feminism, or should we move on to another wave (or stop with the wave-speak altogether)? Leave your thoughts in the comments section!

Image courtesy of Getty Images.