How a woman reacts or feels when she is harassed does not change the fact that she should not have to work in a place where such behavior is not only tolerated, but openly permitted. The other day, my boss commented on my boobs. What’s surprising is how unsurprising it was. The comment wasn’t particularly […]
Why is feminism as a movement microscopically fine-tuning its lens on hashtags when the problems faced by most women globally are visible to the naked eye? In last week’s issue of The Nation, Michelle Goldberg called attention to a trend that will certainly resonate with anybody who’s ever been involved in the feminist blogosphere/Twitterverse: “Feminism’s […]
I am not man-hating or anti-beauty product, but I am trying to make the outside of me better reflect the inside of me. Last week Laurie Penney’s New Statesman essay about the “political statement” of short hair on women went batshit viral thanks to its catchy title, “Why Patriarchy Fears The Scissors,” and its straightforward […]
Given the statistics surrounding sexual abuse and the persistence of false rape accusation myths, maybe we should teach our children how to gather evidence of their assaults, says Soraya Chemaly. Dylan Farrow published an open letter on Saturday in which she publicly addressed, for the first time, her accusations that Woody Allen sexually abused her when […]
Viewing any variety of crap television is about the confirmation that the day I just untied myself from doesn’t suck nearly as bad as what’s going down on some of these shows. On January 22, The Onion posted a pretty funny spoof article titled “Woman Takes Short Half-Hour Break From Being Feminist To Enjoy TV […]
It’s too hard to celebrate black history when I still feel like I’m living it. This is not a love song or a testimony or a memorial or a f***ing poem. Two weeks ago, an Oakland mother lost her second son in less than a month to gun violence. A month into the year and […]
Considering the platform Lena Dunham has to make positive statements about women, couldn’t she, at the very least, write one female character we might actually like? (Spoiler alert! This discusses details from the most recent episode.) I’ll admit that when the show Girls premiered on HBO, I wasn’t a huge fan. All the awkward, grunting […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. 4 Reasons America Is Afraid Of Women With Friends by Soraya Chemaly of Salon says Wendy Davis is just the beginning—women who band together with other women threaten the status quo. 2. Obama Warms Up […]
