Goodbye
So that’s it for me. Today I wrote my last guest post for Feministe. It’s been really great to have a chance to write on feminist issues in this space. Thanks to all of you for having me. Have a good and safe Labor Day weekend.
...read moreComprehensive Sexual Health
A new article in the Journal of the American Medical Association, authored by Andrea Swartzendruber, who has a master’s in public health and Dr. Jonathan M. Zenilman, calls for a national strategy for improving sexual health. The authors write: … [T]he United States lacks an integrated approach to sexual health. Public health programs such as [...]
...read moreWhy a Trend Piece on Small Breasts Is Problematic
The New York Times had a piece yesterday in their Style section talking about A-cup (or smaller) women. The article was written by Catherine Saint Louis who wrote about teen botox not that long ago. I know body image issues (of which breast size is just a small part) are extremely personal, but I find [...]
...read moreRestrictions on Choice in States
Yesterday the Center for Reproductive Rights released a report that gave a deeply depressing rundown of all the ways states have worked to restrict reproductive rights this year. Reading the whole report is worthwhile, but here are the highlights. There are some major trends in states this last year: Ultrasound requirements or restricting doctors to [...]
...read moreWatching Buffy for the First Time
So I’ve finally been getting around to watching Buffy — the original vampire obsession. Well, maybe not quite the original. I think that would be Dracula. All the feminists (and feminist dudes) I know have been telling me I’ll love it. So far, I’m only up to season two, but I’m really enjoying it. I’m [...]
...read moreGetting More Women to Tech
On Friday, the Wall Street Journal published a piece by Shira Ovide, one of its media reporters, about the lack of women in the leadership among tech companies and talked about the protests over the separately branded TEDWomen conference that was announced last month. Short version: There are too few women in tech. Only about [...]
...read moreAlaska’s Parental Notification Law
Yesterday, in addition to a weird and unexpected primary upset (probably) in Alaska, the state also became the 35th state to require some kind of parental notification or consent for a minor to obtain an abortion. As Alex Gutierrez reported from the state itself, this measure was controversial. The total expenditures to fight and promote [...]
...read moreAnother Defense of Hooking Up — This Time, With Science!
Via Tracy Clark-Flory at Salon’s Broadsheet, a recent study from the University of Iowa suggests that “hooking up” can actually lead to meaningful relationships sometimes! Honestly I find nothing more tiresome than oldsters (not to over-stereotype, but it does seem to be a certain brand of baby boomer — ahem, Laura Sessions Stepp), who warn [...]
...read moreGreetings
Hello lovely Feministe readers. I’m a longtime reader but first time blogger here so many thanks to Jill for letting me post here. My name is Kay Steiger, and my day job is editing Campus Progress, part of the Center for American Progress. (My brand-new colleague Shani did some guest blogging for the site a [...]
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