“A Mere Male”: Mansplaining Women’s Art
Consider the status of women in the art world: often considered the “muse,” rarely the artist; lauded as the pinnacle of beauty but having no worth otherwise: the Venus forever looking in her mirror, the object of the (male) gaze, not the subject of her own agency. Should a gallery or museum try to strive for the inclusion of women artists (and artists of color, queer artists, and so on), there may be criticism of ignoring the masters, so-called “female privilege,” and the desire for a gender-blind meritocracy that simply does not exist at present. If you were wondering what such an article might look like, look no further than C.B. Liddell’s “The diverse works of Asian women artists,” a special to The Japan Times.
...read moreYour Weekly Lachenweinen: College student fights for men’s equality
Here’s something that should make you smile-cry of a Monday morning: Feminism has met its goals and achieved what it set out to do, and we’ve become equal both in education and in the job market. We’re on top, and that’s why men can slack off and make C’s. It’s time, says University of Nebraska senior Zach Nold, for men to jump up on that pedestal next to women as equals.
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It truly pains me to defend Ann Coulter, but
Liss is right. The story: Maxim — always a beacon of gender equality — has posted a picture of Ann Coulter with suggestions for how to “perfect” her (get it?). Which would be funny, because there’s a whole lot that’s fucked up about Ann Coulter — her misogyny, her racism, her death wishes to liberals, [...]
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Gloria Steinem: Still Hot.
And, uh, she does some other cool stuff too. Gloria Steinem is 73. Fans of the writer and feminist organizer will be glad to know she’s still a fierce advocate of gender equality. She’s still outrageous. And though it shouldn’t matter, she’s still as thin, elegant and beautiful as she was at the height of [...]
...read moreShouldn’t Phyllis Schlafly be using her tiny lady-brain to think about baking cookies for her husband?
Gotta love the women who have made long, lucrative careers for themselves by telling other women to stay home and accept their secondary social status. Not to mention that, in Schlafly-land, women would know their place (the home) and wouldn’t have access to traditionally male spheres — like, say, the op/ed pages of the Los [...]
...read moreWarning: Patriarchy is Bad for Your Health
My parents used to always warn me that if I kept rolling my eyes so dramatically, they’d get stuck in the back of my head. But if this article didn’t do the trick, I think I’ll be ok. The title — Warning: Feminism is bad for your health — is bad enough. Here’s the thesis: [...]
...read moreThank Feminism
Rape has significantly decreased over the past 40 years. You know who to thank. The most likely explanation involves impressive generational developments. In 1970, women made up one-third of all college students (versus 57% today), earned about one-fourth of all young-adult income (versus nearly half today) and made up small fractions of doctors and lawyers [...]
...read moreGender Equality in the Arab World
Foreign Policy Blog has a great post up about it. A new report is out which cites gender inequality as one of the major issues crippling the Arab world right now. But there is good news: “Most Arab countries now have a parliament, a cabinet or a local council, where at least one woman participates [...]
...read morePro-Choice Organizations Endorse Lieberman
I have a lot of respect for Planned Parenthood and NARAL Pro-Choice America, but I have to ask: What the hell are you thinking? Both groups have endorsed Joe Lieberman in Connecticut, before the Democratic primary. Both groups are apparently willing to ignore the fact that Joe isn’t exactly the most pro-choice candidate in the [...]
...read moreThe Trouble With (Western Feminism and) Islam
When it comes to addressing international feminist issues, I’ve often been criticized for arguing that progressive change must come from within oppressive societies themselves, and for saying that while it’s crucial to discuss the problems that women face world-wide, we must clean our own house before we go around lamenting the plight of “those poor [...]
...read moreGlobal Sex Survey
The Good News: Sexual satisfaction correlates with gender equality. Take that, anti-feminists. The Bad News*: Men are generally more sexually satisfied than women. This is not surprising. “Pleasure is not part of the story” in sexually conservative cultures in the Far East — China, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand, Laumann said. “Procreation is the rationale [...]
...read moreThe Vacuum Myth
Via Alas, Emma at gendergeek discusses the myth of the liberating vacuum cleaner in response to a commenter’s contention that technology had a greater impact on gender equality than did feminism, because technology set women free from domestic drudgery. Except, erm, it didn’t:
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