The High Cost of Poverty
This won’t surprise people who have ever been poor, but poor people pay more for things that middle-class people take for granted. Poverty 101: We’ll start with the basics. Like food: You don’t have a car to get to a supermarket, much less to Costco or Trader Joe’s, where the middle class goes to save [...]
...read moreFeministe Feedback: Navigating Race in My New Neighborhood
A reader writes in about getting involved in her new neighborhood. She prefaced this email with a note saying that it might sound stupid and borderline “please educate the white girl,” but she wants to emphasize that she’s asking the question in good faith and is sincerely looking to have a discussion about gentrification, race [...]
...read moreHow States Can Use Economic Recovery Funds to Help Child Care
Yes, my bias here is clear – I take a particular and personal interest these days in all things related to parental leave and child care. Do you? Then this call is for you. The National Women’s Law Center and the Center for Law & Social Policy are hosting a call tomorrow to discuss how [...]
...read moreNew York Statewide GENDA Call-In Day
CALLING ALL NEW YORK STATE RESIDENTS! You may have heard a whole lot about the marriage equality bill currently awaiting a vote by the state Senate. What you have likely heard significantly less about is GENDA, the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (pdf). GENDA would provide anti-discrimination protections on the basis of gender identity and expression [...]
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“Do our students become tramps to more effectively enjoy the weather, or do they use the weather as an excuse to more effectively become tramps?” and other deep philosophical questions from the University of Chicago
Trampy indeed. Fuckwit college columnist of the day: Luke Dumas. Mr. Dumas, a University of Chicago student, is very, very offended that in warm weather, women decide to wear — wait for it — shorts. He penned an op/ed calling his fellow students “tramps” for switching from their winter uniform of sweats into shorts and [...]
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