This originally appeared on Everyday Feminism. Republished here with permission. It’s that time of year again! The weather’s getting warmer, the days are getting longer, and most of us can’t wait to get a little sunshine on our skin. People are breaking out the shorts, skirts, sundresses, tank tops, sandals, and bathing suits. We’re hitting […]
Russell O’Connor has never neatly fit into the traditional “masculine” box, and because of that, he’s been ridiculed his whole life. When we speak about gender, we are speaking about the masculine and the feminine. What on earth do we mean by the “masculine” and the “feminine”? Those of us who live unhappily in a […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Horror In Cleveland: Why The Warning Signs Went Ignored by Katie J.M. Baker of Jezebel says the willful ignorance of police and neighbors is a not-so-hyperbolic metaphor for what millions of domestic abuse survivors experience […]
When will women stop judging their lady parts? (Some parts of this article, and individual hyperlinks, are explicit, and may be considered NSFW.) There’s a lot of pressure to have a good vagina. Rapper Missy Elliott’s mysterious “Pussycat” is a ballad from a woman to her genitals. She pleads that they not “fail her now” […]
Jenn Leyva is not a fan of marriage, but that doesn’t mean she can’t support her friend who’s getting married this summer. A close friend of mine is getting married this summer. I’ve imagined myself attending this lavish affair for years, but I’m missing all of it. I’ll be in Korea teaching English for a […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Yahoo Blows It Again by Mary Elizabeth Williams of Salon.com says a new expanded leave policy doesn’t cover real life—especially for a company that has banned working from home. 2. Why NBA Center Jason Collins […]
How can “boys’ club” industries, like tech, begin to create more space for the influx of women? In 2004, pregnant and waddling across the expanses of Google’s parking lot, Sheryl Sandberg realized something obvious: There should be parking spaces reserved for expectant mothers. She made the case to the CEOs and they promptly agreed and […]
By deeming Jason Collins the first openly gay athlete in a major American team sport, what is Sports Illustrated really saying? Twitter was an irksome site to visit on Monday. It wasn’t for anything that was specific to Twitter’s function as a site, but rather something that hung amid the top trending topics that was […]
