See, here’s the thing. This health care debate? It’s really important. And even more so for women. Consider these words from the press release summarizing Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s speech at a press conference yesterday: Women will continue to face discrimination in both coverage and costs if health reform fails. How are women discriminated against? Allow […]
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Health Care a Women’s Issue? You’re *@#!%@$ Right It Is.
Posted in feminism, why women?, tagged follow your passion, health care reform, health insurance, nancy Pelosi, opt-in, opt-out on October 7, 2009| 4 Comments »
Making the Personal Political
Posted in culture, decision-making, why women?, worklife balance, workplace, tagged "lean in", "Why Gender Equality Stalled", Affordable Care Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, flexible hours, leaning out, New York Times, Pamela Stone, part-time work, Sheryl Sandberg, Stephanie Coontz, The Feminine Mystique, work-family reconciliation on February 19, 2013| 3 Comments »
The Feminine Mystique is 50 years old; do you know where your equality is? Here’s a hint: if you’re a woman living in America, it’s still pretty far out of reach. Because for as far as women have come in the ol’ US of A, the fact is that the state of affairs here–compared to […]
Squawking Points: The War on Women Goes Stupid.
Posted in culture, feminism, gender roles, worklife balance, workplace, tagged Affordable Care Act, Canadian Lawyer and Law Times, equal pay, family values, feminism, forbes.com, Gay Marriage, gender wage gap, health care reform, jezebel, Katie J.M. Baker, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act, Ramesh Ponnuru, Rep. Paul Ryan, reproductive rights, Sabrina Shaeffer, safety net, war on women on August 16, 2012| 1 Comment »
It’s not so much the right-wingers’ war on women that pisses me off — it’s the fact that they think we’re dumb enough to buy their talking points. Case in point, a Bloomberg op-ed by Ramesh Ponnuru that attempts to make the case that the gender wage gap is nothing but nonsense: we make less […]
Whose Family? Whose Values?
Posted in culture, economy, feminism, gender roles, tagged 99 percent, Affordable Care Act, Caffeinated Thoughts, Dan Bimrose, family values, Guttmacher Institute, Planned Parenthood, reproductive rights, Rick Santorum, Shane Vander Hart, ThinkProgress on January 5, 2012| 4 Comments »
With the recent rise of Republican Rick Santorum in the Iowa caucuses, we’re sure to hear a couple of words again and again as the right-wing’s quest to rebuild America continues: Family. Values. I can’t help but cringe every time I hear that catchphrase. Not because I dislike families – I have a terrific one […]
Gag Me: The War on Women Goes Global
Posted in feminism, tagged center for american progress, global gag rule, Guttmacher Institute, Michele Bachmann, Planned Parenthood, Rep. Lois Capps, war on women on July 28, 2011| 1 Comment »
Surely you have heard that the Republican-controlled House of Representatives has voted to reinstate the Global Gag Rule that prevents any family planning agencies that provide information about abortion service from receiving any U.S. foreign aid. Who gets hurt? Women, children and anyone who believes the conversation about women’s issues needs to move forward. But […]
Michele Bachmann: A Woman Does Not A Women’s Candidate Make
Posted in Uncategorized on June 30, 2011| 1 Comment »
The fight for the women’s vote ramped up this week when Michele Bachmann officially declared her run for the presidency. The Tea Party founder is pro-family, anti-government, and has proclaimed herself the champion of women everywhere. We beg to differ. She’s just one of the guys, she told Daily Beast writer Kirsten Powers: “I’m a […]
Us Vs. Them: Why Is Our First Instinct To Rip Other Women Apart?
Posted in being judged, culture, why women?, tagged Mommy Wars, Slut Walks, us vs. them on June 14, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Monday morning, I awoke to a dastardly email: there lurked, it seemed, a nasty post about Undecided on the other side o’ the blogosphere. Now, I’ve been a writer for years–I’m not unfamiliar with hate mail or criticism. You do this long enough, and you develop a pretty thick skin. People can be mean. To […]
The Year of the Woman. Not.
Posted in feminism, tagged Carly Fiorina, feminists, health care reform, Mama Grizzlies, Meg Whitman, Newt Gingrich, right wing women, Sarah Palin on September 23, 2010| 4 Comments »
And so we have all these women running for office in November. Many of them are right-wingers. Those are the ones I want to talk about. (California has two: Carly Fiorina, former CEO of HP, running for the Senate, and Meg Whitman, former CEO of EBay, running for governor. Neither one has ever held public […]
Feminism Needs Sarah Palin Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle
Posted in culture, feminism, tagged feminism, health care reform, jessica valenti, jezebel, Kate Harding, Meghan Daum, Sarah Palin on June 1, 2010| 2 Comments »
Guess who’s calling herself a feminist? I’ll give you a hint: she doesn’t read much but cooks a mean moose chili, and while she isn’t a big fan of hopey changey stuff, she has been known to engage in such enlightened chants as “Drill, baby, drill.” (Though she’s been conspicuously quiet on that subject as […]