CBS S&P has got you (adequately) covered.
CBS is will be airing the Grammy Awards this Sunday, and they are very concerned about your buttock crack and your female breast nipples. (Male breasts: You’re in the clear. As usual. Flash ‘em if you got ‘em.)
...read moreAlternative Business School Rankings
This is awesome: The Aspen Institute has released a survey of MBA programs, going beyond test scores and ranking them according to “how well schools are preparing their students for the environmental, social and ethical complexities of modern-day business.” [Full disclosure: A friend of mine worked on the report]. The rankings reward programs which are [...]
...read moreThe Hottest Heads of State
A few thoughts: 1. Sorry, Belarus, but you don’t deserve to be that high up on the list. I’d say same goes for Putin, but he’s wearing that awesome tank-top, so, even. 2. Xanana Gusmao, where have you been all my life? 3. Mohammed VI was robbed.
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Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Nice work, O! There are, of course, some skeptics on the right and on the left (and guess who I think has a bit more of a point). Yglesias rightly points out that Obama has a lot left to accomplish when it comes to promoting peace — brokering an Israel/Palestine peace deal, normalizing relations with [...]
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Feministe’s Next Top Troll, March Madness Edition: Vote now or forever hold your peace.
March Madness is winding down, so remember to vote for your favorite trolls in our eight brackets. Starting tomorrow (April 1) we’ll be doing run-offs between the winners. Vote now for: The SLUTS! Bracket The GET A SENSE OF HUMOR, BITCHEZ Bracket The GET A BRIAN, MORANS! Bracket The THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES Bracket The [...]
...read moreSomething to make you tear up
I didn’t watch the Oscars, but this moment is still pretty great the next day.
...read more2008 Weblog Awards
Note: This post has been moved up so that you don’t forget to vote (every 24 hours). Some new blogs have been listed, and most of the ones we’ve highlighted here are lagging behind in the vote — and I know that if the Feministe community pulls together with a few minutes of their time, [...]
...read moreThe Aussies have it right
They give out awards for incredible acts of sexism. An Australian outback mayor’s plea for lovelorn female “ugly ducklings” to move to a remote mining town to reverse a shortage of eligible women has won him the country’s yearly award for outrageous sexism. Mount Isa Mayor John Malony infuriated women in August with a suggestion [...]
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2007 Femmostroppo Awards
The long-awaited 2007 Femmostroppo Awards have been announced! Head on over to read some really great feminist writing. The Femmostroppo Awards honor (what this group of judges deems to be) the best 40 feminist or womanist blog posts of the year. Congratulations to everyone who made it in. I’m happy to see several of the [...]
...read moreTeen Wins State Track Title — By Herself
Bonnie Richardson was the only athlete from her high school to go to the state track competition — and she won the team title, alone. Richardson’s title march began with field events on Friday when she won the high jump (5 feet, 5 inches), placed second in the long jump (18-7) and was third in [...]
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Vote early, vote often
Feministe has been nominated in the Best International Feminist Blog category in the Canadian F-Word Blog Awards at A Creative Revolution! We, of course, are shamelessly appealing for your vote, but we certainly wouldn’t have a problem should you check out the many, many fine blogs listed in a plethora of categories. Just as long [...]
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Women win 50 percent of feature-length awards at Sundance
Image from The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo Great news from Women Make Movies: “Although only 25 percent of the films in the festival’s four feature-length Documentary and Dramatic competition categories were directed by women, they won 50 percent of the top prizes.” The full press release:
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