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On Not Being Feminist Enough: An Open Letter to “Nancy”
By Nicole RodgersDecember 09, 2011
A few weeks ago, “Nancy” started commenting regularly on Role/Reboot. Every comment was basically some version the same mean-spirited critique: Your website is not feminist enough. When she wasn’t attacking the site in general terms, “Nancy” went for the jugular with individual writers. Soon I began to worry that the haters club was growing, as commenters by other...Posted in Feminism, Internet and Social Media, Life, nfti-home, Nicole | (2) Comments »
The Other "C" Word
By Michelle RabilDecember 09, 2011
Google the words “cougar sexist” and you’ll pull up enough opinions to keep you busy for quite a while. On one side are women like Kim Cattrall. She is so offended by the term that she refused to pose with a real cougar for a magazine targeting women over 40. The magazine responded by dropping her from the cover. Ouch. Cougar, some assert, is insulting because it implies a w...Posted in Current Events, Feminism, nfti-home, Pop Culture, Sex and Relationships, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
Mothers, Daughters, And The Joys Of Choco-Sparkle-Cake
By Kate Green TrippDecember 08, 2011
Acting as a proxy (it was a favor, really) for Sir Claus himself, I just bought my daughter an Easy Bake Oven. Did she ask for it? No. Does she know what it is? No. Have I thus far succeeded at keeping Amelia relatively shielded from the onslaught of virulent commercials such that she remains blissfully ignorant as to the unending plastic inventory within a standard issue Toys ‘R’ U...Posted in Family, Mothers, nfti-home, Womanhood, Working Mothers | (0) Comments »
The Role Roundtable: Fertility Anxiety And Relationships
By Nicole Rodgers and Hugo SchwyzerDecember 08, 2011
Nicole: Women have a relatively limited fertility window and men don’t. This seems to create a tricky imbalance for many men and women. Do you think men have any responsibility to work with the timeframe of their female peers? Hugo: To be fair, men have a fertility window too, though it’s less well-known and less obvious. The research connecting older fathers to everything from aut...Posted in Fathers, Gender Roles, Hugo, Marriage, Mothers, nfti-home, Nicole, Sex, Sex and Relationships, Womanhood | (1) Comments »
I Married A Lesbian
By Hugo SchwyzerDecember 07, 2011
I enjoyed reading last week’s A Girl Who Likes Boys Who Like Boys: The Joy of Dating Gay Men. I know from my colleagues, students, and friends that “Feminist Dating Blogger” is hardly the only heterosexual woman with a penchant for pursuing gay men. But there’s a male equivalent to this, and it’s one I know all too well. I’ve fallen for more than my share of ...Posted in Hugo, Husbands, LGBT, Marriage, nfti-home, Sex and Relationships | (0) Comments »
Dreams Of Our Fathers
By Michael KhooDecember 07, 2011
Last month, I became a new father to a beautiful boy. I've since thought a lot about my own father, who died 25 years ago and would have loved to see this moment. But a deeper loss than my own struck me the first time my baby boy fell asleep on my chest. All 10 pounds of him curled up, sleeping, snorting, crying, and pooping. It was something my father, and many of his generation, never experie...Posted in Caregiving Fathers, Family, Fathers, Husbands, Life, Manhood, nfti-home | (7) Comments »
Why Do Cain Adultery Allegations Stick More Than Harassment Charges?
By Barbara J. RismanDecember 06, 2011
Why is having an affair worse than being a sexual harasser? Why does a woman's claim that she had a 13-year extramarital romance with Herman Cain seem to be more deadly to his Republican presidential campaign than accusations by several other women that he aggressively pressured them for sex—behavior that would be not only sleazy but criminal? Related Links: Skirting The Issue Telecomm...Posted in Culture and Politics, Current Events, Feminism, Infidelity, Marriage, nfti-home, Politics, Sex, Sex and Relationships, Sexual Violence, Workplace | (1) Comments »
Skirting The Issue
By Maria M. PawlowskaDecember 06, 2011
I have to confess: I’m not a big boxing fan. My knowledge of the sport amounts to one full match I saw on TV and amazement over the fact that my Mom used to practice it as a kid. I was basically of the opinion that because I’m not a fan of huge gloves and broken noses, there isn’t anything in boxing for me. It turns out, I was wrong. There is something in it for me after all: ...Posted in Culture and Politics, Feminism, nfti-home, Pop Culture, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
Telecommuting And Productivity: Lost In Translation
By Michael ErardDecember 05, 2011
"Scientists prove telecommuting is awesome," went the headlines about a recently published study on the effect on telecommuting on Chinese workers, which was also discussed in Slate. Researchers from Stanford University tracked the productivity of 255 employees in a Chinese travel agency who had been randomly selected to work from home. Because the telecommuters took more calls and missed less ...Posted in Culture and Politics, nfti-home, Workplace | (0) Comments »
Stand By Your Man
By Owen MarcusDecember 02, 2011
Women, let’s get honest: Would you like men to change? Would you like them to be more emotionally sensitive and expressive? Would you love men to support your campaign to truly be equals and to champion your wins? In the last 50 years, women have made great strides in becoming the women they want to be. Women earn more graduate school degrees than men now. It is expected that employers a...Posted in Caregiving Fathers, Fathers, Husbands, Manhood, nfti-home, Sex and Relationships | (4) Comments »
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