The Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women
Forbes has released its list of the 100 most powerful women in the world — and the top ten includes four women of color and at least one lesbian.
...read moreAnatomy of an Adoption Crisis
This article by EJ Graff is a fascinating look into international adoption practices. It pulls the cover back on the myth that there are thousands upon thousands of adoptable babies in the world, just waiting to be saved from poverty and abandonment. In fact, international adoption operates very much on the gray market, with babies [...]
...read moreTake Control Over Your Financial Life
No, sir, I have no experience but I’m a big fan of money. I like it, I use it, I have a little. I keep it in a jar on top of my refrigerator. I’d like to put more in that jar. That’s where you come in. If you’re in New York, there’s a great [...]
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Toeing the Line
The big new issue facing female lawyers today: Peep-toe shoes. Yes, the legal blogs are in a tizzy over the question of whether women should or should not wear peep-toe shoes to court, because said shoes may be “provocative.” (To which I say: Better provocative clothing items, please). As is the case whenever women’s work [...]
...read moreThe Master’s Publishing House
[UPDATE: I will not be submitting the anthology to Seal Press, so the question asked in this post has been answered. Read the comments for more details.] In working on the anthology I’m editing/contributing to, Occupied Bodies: Women of Color Speak on Self-Image, an issue has come up over whether or not I should include [...]
...read moreNew York Expected to Extend Protections to Domestic Workers
This is great news. The bill that New York is considering also protects workers who are undocumented, and requires a series of basic workplace protections: The State Senate this week passed a bill that would require paid holidays, sick days and vacation days for domestic workers, along with overtime wages. It would require 14 days’ [...]
...read moreBoycotting Arizona
This is not at terrible idea. A spreading call for an economic boycott of Arizona after its adoption of a tough immigration law that opponents consider racially discriminatory worried business leaders on Monday and angered the governor. Several immigrant advocates and civil rights groups, joined by members of the San Francisco government, said the state [...]
...read moreIceland bans strip clubs
While I like the idea of sending the message that women’s bodies aren’t for sale, I’m not sure this is the greatest way to do it. It seems less immediately problematic than outlawing paying for sex, primarily because prostitution bans drive sex work underground and put sex workers at risk. I don’t think there’s going [...]
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Lady Gaga’s Prison-Yard Make-Out
Sady basically said everything there is to say about the Lady Gaga and Beyonce Telephone video, but I wanted to direct Feministe readers to this interview with Heather Cassils, the Lady’s prison-yard make-out partner. She has some interesting things to say not just about Gaga, but about gender and queerness — and her interpretation of [...]
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What’s wrong with skinny?
That’s what Lisa Hilton asks in the Daily Beast this week — although she’s actually asking, “What’s wrong with living off of coffee and cigarettes? Better than being fat!” Katie Drummond over at Slant/Truth gives Hilton’s piece a great take-down, pointing out that while official eating disorder diagnosis rates may not be skyrocketing, a lot [...]
...read moreThe Super Bowl and Madison Avenue Misogyny
A guest post by Kate. Kate is a freelance writer and full-time law student. Follow her @itscompliKATEd on Twitter. Superbowl ads are sexist. This is well trod ground: Marketers objectify women and play up stereotypes in order to sell things to (heterosexual) men. But we knew this year was going to be special. This year [...]
...read moreShocker: “The Biggest Loser” promotes unhealthy weight loss practices
Apparently contestants on The Biggest Loser exercise for six hours a day, dehydrate themselves until they urinate blood, and push their bodies to extreme limits, sometimes causing them to pass out or be otherwise injured. Two contestants were taken to the emergency room on the first episode of the current season. Gawker summarizes the Times [...]
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