This is Wrong. Breastfeeding Support Groups Should Not Exclude Transgendered Breastfeeding Dads
As someone who has pretty much worked in bureaucracies her whole career I’m fairly patient with protocols and administrative processes, but every now and then I see people stumbling around in ‘red tape’ that has ceased to fulfill a purpose and which is now actively working against the original ideas behind the system, and it [...]
...read moreThe Problem With Purity
Better feminists than I have written entire books on this topic (see The Purity Myth: How America’s Obsession with Virginity Is Hurting Young Women
Finally, open misogyny is cool (again)!
Ten years ago the opposition used to speak in coded language about how their attacks on women’s sexual equality were about “protecting women” from themselves, promoting “a culture of life” – because everyone knows that without guidance from wise, misogynist politicians, women just aren’t smart enough to make personal decisions about their own sexuality. Today the opposition has dispensed with its dog whistles entirely, and taken to openly smearing women who dare to exercise control over their health and reproductive rights as sluts and threats to the moral foundation of America. (They’ve also said pretty rude things about the LGBT community, but… one thing at a time.)
...read moreHow Storytelling Saved My Memories
(Trigger warning: shame, drug/alcohol use.) There are so many things in my life that I used to be ashamed of. I have made mistakes bigger than I ever imagined I would or even could, and I have been through unforeseeable experiences that I wouldn’t wish upon anybody. I am very proud of the person I [...]
...read moreThe Uncanny Valley of Media Masculinity
Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to see people I’m attracted to — really attracted to, people who I’d be attracted to in real life — on my television. Regularly. The screen is a step away from reality for all of us; TV and movies are vehicles for our fantasies. But my guess [...]
...read moreA Reminder on Guest Bloggers
Just a reminder about the Feministe comment policy, and specifically our policy on guest bloggers:
...read moreActually a good article on the health of working moms vs. stay-at-home moms
As much as we link to Motherlode at the Times, I don’t say often enough how much I enjoy K.J. Dell’Antonia’s contributions. So I’ll do it here: K.J., you are great, and I appreciate how you try to write nuanced and fair pieces instead of just going for the sensational headline. This article about how working moms tend to be healthier than stay-at-home moms is no exception:
Quick things
I am writing a rather complicated post at the moment for Feministe, so in the meantime.. Quick things to look at – some pretty, pretty pictures in “Yes These Bones Shall Live” over at the International Museum of Women, which is an exhibition of photos of Roller Derby mothers in Canada. (My HTML is not [...]
...read moreBetter that children are hungry than fat
New York City Council looks like it’s going to approve a resolution in that will provide for breakfast in NYC classrooms. NYC currently ranks last among cities that provide for free breakfast programs, with only 34% of kids who qualify for free/reduced lunch getting breakfast at school. Bloomberg, obesity-fighter extraordinaire, is opposed. He’s worried that [...]
...read moreOn Simone Weil
In 2004, I read this line: “Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.” It so intrigued me that I decided to learn more about the woman who wrote it. Her name was Simone Weil and she was a French philosopher, activist, and mystic, from the 1930s. I was amazed by what I discovered.
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And about Tattoos…
(I casually mentioned in my previous post that I might be concerned if my daughter got chest tattoos. I thought it might be interesting to look into that concern a little more.Take what you like and leave the rest.) In college I was a proud “dread-head,” going to a salon every 8 weeks to have [...]
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