Dear (anti-Equal Rights Amendment crusader and Eagle Forum founder) Phyllis Schlafly and (“No Bull Mom”) Suzanne Venker, co-authors of “The Flipside of Feminism: What Conservative Women Know–and Men Can’t Say”, When you write “If there’s one thing feminists love, it’s divorce,” it makes me wonder. When you say that “Their own writings reveal that feminists […]
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Feminists Love Divorce And Other Outdated Nonsense
Posted in culture, feminism, why women?, tagged Betty Friedan, divorce, ERA, feminism, marriage, Phyllis Schlafly, Suzanne Venker on February 24, 2011| 4 Comments »
The Zeitgest: Apparently, You’re Feminists
Posted in Uncategorized on August 17, 2009| Leave a Comment »
A flurry of interesting comments blew in over the last couple weeks. Many of them in answer to Shannon’s loaded question: Are You A Feminist: This reminds me of something I studied in a sociology class in college–it was the idea that the majority of gay men were beer-drinking, sports-watching, suit-wearing so called “normal” guys, […]
One More Reason Women Are Undecided?
Posted in "What should I do with my life?", culture, economy, feminism, grass-is-greener, why women?, workplace, tagged expectations, feminism, gender discrimination, grass-is-greener, having it all, Hillary Clinton, New York Times, Undecided: How to ditch the endless quest for perfect and find a career -- and life -- that works for you, Women News, workplace on November 13, 2012| 2 Comments »
I frequently hear from former students – usually bright, idealistic twentysomethings — long after they’ve exchanged their college dreams for, you know, reality. Often, these women are more than a little shell-shocked when they come face to face with the disconnect between their high expectations and life out there in the real world of work. […]
The Glorious Gloria Explains It All
Posted in feminism, gender roles, life choices, worklife balance, workplace, tagged feminism, Gloria steinem, having it all, Ms Magazine, Naitonal Press Club on October 12, 2012| 1 Comment »
It happened again the other day: I was being interviewed by my introductory journalism class when I got The Question: Are you a feminist? Of course, I shot back. Beat. Are you? The young woman was the tiniest bit flummoxed at being put on the spot. Well, she said. I guess it depends on how […]
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 […]
Feminist in High Heels
Posted in being judged, culture, feminism, identity, tagged Charlotta Kratz, fashion, Fashion Talks: Undressing the Power of Style", feminism, New York Times, self-expression, Shira Tarrant, Silicon Valley, Women in tech on August 10, 2012| 45 Comments »
I confess: I love shoes. Especially when they’re high. Until they wore out, my go-to faves were a pair of black leather ankle boots with dangerously high heels. They were actually pretty comfortable, but I would have worn them anyway because they looked damn good. I’m also a feminist. I bring this up because I […]
Olympics 2012: You go, girls!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Alex Morgan, Australian women's basketball, Bitch Media, feminists, Go Daddy, Hope Solo, Japan women's soccer, LOCOPG, Mark Purdy, Olympics 2012, Salon, U.S. Women's soccer team, U.S. Women's Team, Women's Media Center, Yahoo! Sports on July 27, 2012| 2 Comments »
Not gonna lie, I will be glued to the tube like most of you for the next two weeks: swimming and soccer and sprinting, oh my! Really, I can’t wait. And like you, I am reveling in the fact that this has been dubbed the “year of the woman”. As NPR reported, via the Associated […]
The Real Lessons We Can Learn From Mad Men
Posted in culture, feminism, gender roles, worklife balance, workplace, tagged David Weigand, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Facebook, feminism, Mad Men, new male mystique, sexism, Stephanie Coontz, The Great Gatsby, Undecided: How to ditch the endless quest for perfect and find a career -- and life -- that works for you, work-life balance on March 22, 2012| 5 Comments »
Sure, there’s been a lot of chat about everything that’s wrong with Mad Men and why women in general and feminists in particular should hate its unrepentant misogynystic guts. And let’s face it: this is a show that glorifies gin, Lucky Strikes and getting laid (by anyone but one’s spouse). What’s not to hate, right? […]