I’m starting to wonder if this presidential election might hinge on apron strings. In the wake of the last debate, we’ve all been caught up in binders and trapper-keepers and funny Facebook memes – along with some hijinks on Amazon, where a bunch of smartypants hijacked several binder pages. I think we’re missing the point. […]
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The War Against Women is a War Against Everyone
Posted in culture, economy, feminism, gender roles, why women?, workplace, tagged " New York Times Magazine, "the End of Men", Ann Romney, economy, gender gap, gender roles, Hanna Rosin, health care reform, M.I.T., Michael Greenstone, reproductive rights, The Atlantic, The Hamilton Project, traditional worldview, war on women on September 4, 2012| 2 Comments »
That gagging sound you heard last week, when Ann Romney bellowed in her best Oprah voice, “I love you, womennnnnn!”? That was me. And not because I don’t love women; I do. And not because I don’t believe that Ann Romney loves women; I’m sure she does. It’s because, at best, this sentiment is utterly […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ideology vs. Identity: Of Burning Bras, Sarah Palin, and Health Care Reform
Posted in culture, feminism, why women?, workplace, tagged Ariel Levy, bra-burning, Broadsheet, Comprehensive Child Development Act, Gail Collins, Gloria steinem, health care reform, Kate Harding, Leslie Sanchez, Sarah Palin, Stupak-Pitts, The New Yorker, us vs. them on November 11, 2009| 3 Comments »
Given the –well, the shitstorm that’s erupted over the attempt to saddle health care reform with the cynical, sabotaging, decidedly anti-choice Stupak-Pitts amendment, it’s fitting to revisit an issue that simply will not go away. Us versus Them. But first. There’s some awesome, mandatory reading currently waiting for you over at the New Yorker‘s website, […]
Baby Bumps and the Beauty Myth, Plastic Surgery and Politics: Or, What Jessica Simpson Has To Do With You.
Posted in being judged, culture, feminism, why women?, tagged "the End of Men", abortion, birth control, bump alert, Entertainment Tonight, Extraordinary Acts and Everyday Rebellions, Gloria steinem, Good Morning America, independence, Jessica Simpson, Katie Couric, patriarchy, perfection, plastic surgery, politics, post-baby body, power structure, pressure, reproductive rights, Roe V. Wade, Sandra Fluke, spanx, The Bachelorette, The Beauty Myth, the female vote, Trista Sutter on September 11, 2012| 2 Comments »
Isn’t it funny, at a time that’s been described as The End of Men And The Rise of Women, during an election season that’s been touted as hinging on the “female vote,” during an era in which young adult humans of the female persuasion have never known a world in which Gloria Steinem wasn’t an […]
Let’s Talk About Sex
Posted in culture, feminism, gender roles, Millenials, why women?, tagged "Girls", backlash, erica jong, feminism, Frank Bruni, gender differences, Gloria steinem, Hanna Rosin, HBO, Lena Dunham, New York Times, Rick Santorum, sex, sexual revolution, The Daily Beast, uncharted territory, Wall street Journal on April 3, 2012| 1 Comment »
Everyone else seems to be. They’re talking about women and sex and “Girls” and sex and feminism and sex and HBO and sex and the sexual revolution as failure and the sexual revolution as success. It feels a little weird to be writing this, honestly, being that it’s 2012 and all. But with whom and […]
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 […]