Women are taught that being liked and respected are mutually exclusive, and it’s always better to be liked. The truth is: Being liked is overrated. Last week, I sent my mother an article announcing the new documentary Anita, about Anita Hill, a law professor who testified in 1991 that she had been sexually harassed by then-Supreme […]
Is analyzing and fighting racism only the responsibility of those directly impacted and disadvantaged by it? I hope not. I’m sitting around a table at a bar with one man and three women—three of my lesbian friends. They’re discussing the need for more lesbian meeting spaces and hangouts in our city—maybe a lesbian café, arranging […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Uber’s Biggest Problem Isn’t Surge Pricing. What If It’s Sexual Harassment By Drivers? by Olivia Nuzzi of The Daily Beast says private car services are popular among women who want to stay safe, but reports […]
The last thing most poor, single mothers need is more self-loathing. But the right continues to shame them, says Lynn Beisner. Calling single mothers trashy, sexually immoral, and lazy has become such a clichéd meme on the right, it’s hard to pick out just one of their denizen to criticize. What kills me when I […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. The LGBT Community Shows How To Take On The Haters by Mary Elizabeth Williams of Salon discusses two recent incidents that show that love is stronger than homophobia. 2. Middle-School Girls Picket For The Right […]
Feminism has grown, evolved, expanded, and it no longer fits behind the pretty, white, straight face of its early champions, says Emily Heist Moss. Gloria Steinem turned 80 today. She began her ninth decade with a trip to Botswana and a lionizing birthday card from the New York Times’ Gail Collins in which Collins referred […]
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. Last week I had my first run-in with rightwing radio. I was invited to talk with Jesse Lee Peterson during his “reviving manhood hour.” If you don’t know the name right off, Peterson is most famous […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Even In Babysitting, Men Make More Than Women by Olga Khazan of The Atlantic showcases the wage gaps in everything. 2. What To Answer: Your Phone Or Your Wife? by Abby Haglage of The Daily […]
