In response to a recent article in the Pacific Standard, Ozy Frantz offers suggestions on how to get more men the help they need from therapy. The recent “Aversion to Therapy: Why Won’t Men Get Help” article by Betsy Bates Freed and David Freed in the Pacific Standard outlines fairly well the core problem of […]
When will more men step up to claim more responsibility at home? When the men who have already done so lead the way, says Hugo Schwyzer. After several weeks of discussion of Anne-Marie Slaughter’s Why Women Still Can’t Have it All, the focus has—belatedly—shifted to men. As Jessica Valenti wrote in The Nation, the “not […]
In response to Anne-Marie Slaughter’s Atlantic piece, Suzanne Turner asks: Does anyone else find the resounding silence from the guys in our lives deafening? I’ve been looking and looking for the dad’s voice—even, for goodness sakes, Anne-Marie Slaughter’s husband’s voice—in the epic dust up over the Atlantic Monthly cover story. It’s no surprise that bloggers […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Where Are the Women in Political Fundraising Battles? by Amy Schiller of Alternet.org says women dominate do-gooder nonprofit fundraising jobs, but without a corresponding presence in the field of political fundraising, they’re forfeiting an avenue […]
Kate McGuinness breaks down how the Affordable Care Act affects American women. Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court upheld the key provisions of the Affordable Care Act. The court’s narrow vote of 5 to 4 means millions of American women will have dramatically better health care. ObamaCare phases in over time. Under its provisions: ● […]
Clarisse Thorn discusses her own privilege, her dad, and The Little Mermaid in response to Anne-Marie Slaughter’s “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All” Atlantic article. When I read the recent, much-discussed piece by Anne-Marie Slaughter on “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All,” my reaction dovetailed with a lot of feelings I’ve been having about my […]
This originally appeared on Fem2.0. Republished here with permission. Feminists have no sense of humor. We flip out at every tiny thing. We make a big fuss about inconsequential, totally minor things that absolutely aren’t a big deal instead of focusing on the big and important issues. Lipstick feminism, it’s called. So why are jokes […]
Hugo Schwyzer responds to Anne-Marie Slaughter’s recent Atlantic piece, “Why Women Still Can’t Have it All.” Like everyone else this month, I’ve been reading one of the great viral articles of the first half of 2012: Anne-Marie Slaughter’s Why Women Still Can’t Have it All. Loosely defined as a satisfying, lucrative career, a stable romantic […]
