Is murdered anti-choice activist a martyr?
by Thúy-Lan Võ Lite I have a few updates on the case of slain anti-abortion activist James Pouillon, who was killed in front of a school on September 11 in Owassa, Michigan. A brief post on Jezebel informed me that two Congressmen – Reps. Dave Camp and Dale Kildee – from Pouillon’s home state introduced [...]
...read moreHey baby
by Jordan Kisner I’ve been living in New York City for two months now, and I think I’m about to break down and join a gym. Not because I want to lose weight (though the availability and affordability of New York pizza hasn’t done me any favors there) but because I need an outlet for [...]
...read moreMore on women and (un)happiness
by Jillian Hewitt I’m not the first to talk about it this week (see Gracie’s post from Monday), but I also want to address the issue of women’s happiness in light of recent media attention. Marcus Buckingham, who himself has written a book titled Find Your Strongest Life: What the Happiest and Most Successful Women [...]
...read moreGossip Girl: New Jersey edition
by Kelly Roache This week, it was reported that Millburn High School, well known in New Jersey for its academic and extracurricular excellence, was the center of a particularly ugly hazing of incoming freshmen – that is, ugly enough to cause such a small town to make New York Times headlines. Allegedly, a group of [...]
...read moreIn memory of Patrick Swayze, some thoughts on “Dirty Dancing”
by Laura Smith-Gary Dear Feministe community: this was written with two audiences in mind — you (a diverse group, generally well-informed about the issues facing American women), and college students who are largely upper- or upper-middle class, white, well-educated, and cover a spectrum of political perspectives and having widely varying degrees of knowledge about feminism [...]
...read more“Gendered” differences in the brain aren’t so clear-cut
by Brenda Jin Have you ever heard the theory that men and women behave differently, because they simply think differently? Their biology is different, their brains are different, and their neurological hard-wiring can explain gendered behavioral differences. However, in a recent article in Scientific American, Lise Eliot explores the surprising recent findings on social cognition [...]
...read moreMaureen Dowd on happiness discrepancies
by Gracie Remington I am not ordinarily a fan of Maureen Dowd, the New York Times’ opinion columnist most known for her flippant overviews of political developments, and her column this Sunday did little to change my mind, although it certainly made me think more than her previous pieces have succeeded in doing. Discussing the [...]
...read moreA woman? In football?!?
by Jordan Kisner Sarah Thomas’ career is headed right for the top. At thirty-five, she is one of the most successful referees for big-time college football, and is on the short list of referees waiting to be tapped for the N.F.L. Fellow referees and N.F.L officials commend her as an “excellent official” who can be [...]
...read moreStruggling with the “freshmen fifteen”
by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux Earlier this week, in the midst of the chaos of back-to-school obligations, I arrived at dinner and realized that I had literally forgotten to eat all day. Sitting at a table full of friends, I looked down at my plate full of salad and vegetarian lasagna and almost cried with joy at [...]
...read moreWomen on the road
by Emily Sullivan Months ago I wrote a piece about hitchhiking for women. I mentioned that it is not as scary as everyone thinks, and that female hitchers have some pretty great advantages. This summer I put my money where my mouth is, and any expectations I had were overwhelmingly exceeded. I rode my bike [...]
...read moreJust one word: “skank”
by Chloe Angyal If you’ve never seen an episode of the TV show Neighbours, I’m not at all surprised. As its spelling suggests, Neighbours is an Australian show that, as far as I know, is only popular, in Australia, New Zealand and the UK. That’s the extent of its market. An extra vowel can kill [...]
...read moreMore from Britain: Harriet Harman
by Kaite Welsh She’s an inspirational politician and a personal role model. And yet, as rumours swirl that Harriet Harman is considering challenging Gordon Brown to become the leader of the Labour party and therefore the next British Prime Minister, I can’t help but feel a flutter of anxiety at what her campaign will entail, [...]
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