Fuck Yeah! Ryan Gosling grows up and discovers his feminist side. Hey Girl, if I told you that you had a hot body, would you hold it against me? Now what if I was Ryan Gosling, and asked you the same question? Maybe I could throw in some feminist theory and assure you that all […]
This piece originally appeared on momaha.com. Republished with permission. Last year, I wrote about Dad Discrimination. I wrote about how it felt to be treated as an insignificant side-kick to my wife, the presumed headliner parent. I bemoaned how commercials by AT&T and TV shows like “Everybody Loves Raymond” show dads as bumbling fools when it comes to […]
The men who covered up Jerry Sandusky’s crimes aren’t necessarily evil; they’re part of a powerful network that values conformity. A child rapist and those who knowingly let his offenses go unpunished may not be moral equivalents, but as we’re learning this week from Penn State, inaction can have dire consequences. I’m sickened by the abuse […]
This week as part of Nicole Rodgers’ role as contributing correspondent on the Deb Colitti Show she discussed the 40th anniversary of Ms. Magazine, Free To Be…You And Me, and more. Click here to listen. Nicole’s interview starts at the 31:38 mark. Photo credit Scorch 07/Flickr Related Links: Nicole Rodgers on the Deb Colitti Show […]
This piece originally appeared on the Good Men Project. Republished with permission. Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze opens today* at the SOMArts Cultural Center in San Francisco. A remarkable art exhibit, Man as Object deliberately centers the female gaze—and puts men’s bodies on display in a way that we rarely see. (See the exhibition’s Youtube video here. Warning: […]
This piece originally appeared on the Good Men Project. Republished with permission. In his post “Is Male Lust Turning Us Inside Out?” Tom Matlack explores the possibilities of what would happen if men were truly open about the nature of their lust. But is male lust really such a monster-in-the-closet? Let’s face it; even though not all […]
This post was originally published on MomsRising.org. Republished with permission. I used to babysit a house full of smart, awesome girls. They played pirates, staged elaborate kitchen science experiments, and read books by the case-full. For half an hour every evening, we sprawled out on the couch and tuned in to the ongoing exploits of […]
Many opponents of the Occupy Wall Street movement who wish to protect the outsized power and wealth of the 1% complain that the protesters in New York and around the globe are against capitalism. Sure, some are. But for the vast majority, nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, most of the Americans — left, right […]
