A reporter’s dismissal of serious questions is a reminder that many who are looking at Eugenie Bouchard don’t see a winner first—they just see a girl. Last month, to help us better navigate the holiday socials and family gatherings of the season, Kasey Edwards gave us a list of things to talk to young girls […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. 6 Reasons Female Nudity Can Be Powerful by Soraya Chemaly of Salon says: A reporter’s question about Lena Dunham’s nudity pointed to a bigger issue: Naked women can threaten the status quo. 2. 2014: The […]
Feminism brought freedom to women, but with that came certain vulnerabilities. It’s time for feminists to address those, says Samantha Eyler. Last week in the Atlantic’s latest installment of its Women in Poverty: An American Crisis series, Emma Green drew attention to a Wall Street Journal editorial where yet another neoconservative attempted to get the […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. How Can We Help Men? By Helping Women by Stephanie Coontz of The New York Times says the most urgent issue facing working Americans today is not the glass ceiling. It is the sinking floor. […]
Until women have freedom and equal access to resources and opportunities for self-sufficiency, the currency of our worth will remain how we look. Mothers and daughters alike, says Soraya Chemaly. On Tuesday, after a twitterstorm of protest by anti-sexism activists, iTunes and GooglePlay removed a game from their app stores. It was called “Plastic Surgery […]
I see labor and breastfeeding as tiring, painful, sacrificial, tedious, and gross. But that doesn’t mean it’s not also beautiful, miraculous, incredible, life-changing, joyous, and sacred. It can be all of these things, says Khadijah Costley White. Recently on Facebook, I shared an old article about the tax breaks the IRS gives to women who […]
If American professional sports are built on hero-worship, then we need heroes who represent a more authentic America. During a typical playoff season, the NFL is a whirlpool of chaos, cuts, and reorganization. Coaches are fired, salaries are renegotiated, and the 20 teams not in the running for this year’s championship spring headfirst into the […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Why Women Aren’t Welcome On The Internet by Amanda Hess of Pacific Standard Magazine says: “Ignore the barrage of violent threats and harassing messages that confront you online every day.” That’s what women are told. […]
