Feminism Killed Natalee Holloway
Is there anything these people can’t blame feminism for? Because of politically-correct feminist imperatives, girls now know more about sex but less about the opposite sex. There was a time when girls were told that boys were vastly different from them, possessing stronger libidos and bodies. Girls were taught to avoid placing themselves in compromising [...]
...read moreBroads Who Blog
SadieMAG has an article about that female blogger thing, which includes a nice little Feministe shout-out, as well as links to some of my favorite blogs (Shakespeare’s Sister, Rox Populi, Suburban Guerrilla, Pandagon, Bitch PhD, Majikthise, Culture Cat, Wonkette). The article is interesting, although I take issue with parts of it. Right-wing blogger Kathy is [...]
...read moreThe Chick Flick
A must-read LA Times article about how the “chick flick” title ghettoizes and marginalizes women’s experiences. Any movie that shows women’s experiences, or that caters to a female audience, is immediately labelled a “chick flick,” implying that it’s less serious, less important, and unappealing to male audiences. And it’s a blanket category at that, the [...]
...read moreNewsflash: Fox News Biased
Only this time it’s not in their coverage, it’s in the workplace. The commission claims that a Fox vice president, Joe Chillemi, “routinely used gross obscenities and vulgarities when describing women or their body parts,” language that it says Mr. Chillemi “did not use with male employees.” The suit contends that Mr. Chillemi “routinely cursed [...]
...read moreWomen in Law
Ruth Bader Ginsburg reminds all of us how far women in the law have come. It’s good to take a look back and see how much things have improved in just a few decades; it also serves as inspiration to keep pushing forward, and to refuse to accept the status quo as “good enough.” Ginsburg [...]
...read moreElecting Women in Africa
An interesting article in the Times about women voting and running for office in Liberia. Women were victims and commodities in the long civil war – some combatants were effectively paid by being given the right to rape, to brutalize women and girls in captured towns and villages. But as the nation emerges from war [...]
...read moreWhy Not Gender-Neutral Marriage?
I think it was Amp who I first heard the term “gender-neutral marriage” from, and it makes a lot of sense — particularly when put in the framework that Amanda presents in this fantastic post. After reading Dan Savage’s latest book about marriage equality, Amanda gets straight to the heart of the marriage issue, and [...]
...read more“To see her in sunlight was to see Marxism die”
Long-established European cultures (like the French) seem to do the finer things better than Americans — lingerie, wine, etc. But do they also do beauty better?
...read moreBike Seats May Have Sexual Side Effects
I’m tempted to make a “banana seat” pun right now, but I’ll refrain. A raft of new studies suggest that cyclists, particularly men, should be careful which bicycle seats they choose. The studies add to earlier evidence that traditional bicycle saddles, the kind with a narrow rear and pointy nose, play a role in sexual [...]
...read moreWomen’s Contribution to Society
Is apparently close to nothing if they choose to be stay-at-home moms. You had to know it was only a matter of time before someone used the faulty New York Times article about college women predicting an eventual return to the dometic to argue that more men should be admitted, as they will likely be [...]
...read moreAny Woman Will Not Do
Ruth Bader Ginsberg does not want to be the only female justice on the Supreme Court. But, she says, “Any woman will not do.” There are “some women who might be appointed who would not advance human rights or women’s rights,” Ginsburg told those gathered at the New York City Bar Association…Ginsburg stressed that the [...]
...read moreListless Lads
Rebecca Traister has clearly been hanging with my ex-boyfriends: I have observed the birth of a new breed of man: a man of few interests and no passions; a man whose libido is reduced and whose sense of responsibility nonexistent. These men are commitment-phobic not just about love, but about life. They drink and take [...]
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