While they claim to speak for men, their rhetoric may be just as bad for men as it is for women. One of the weirder developments of the online publishing era is the way a loose confederation of embittered anti-feminists has formed, across social media and the blogging world, under the banner of “men’s rights […]
Tradition has a way of exalting pride, rituals, and historical precedent, but when taken out of its semantic context, it can be quite alienating and oppressive. I have always been fascinated with language and its intersection with our thoughts and emotions. And a perfect example of this is the word “tradition.” The tradition and ongoing […]
Really, all a girl has to do these days to be considered “offensive” is exist. Last week, Sophie Thomas, an eighth-grader at a the Clermont Northeastern Middle School in Batavia, Ohio, realized that her school photo had been altered to take out the word “FEMINIST” on her T-shirt. According to a local news report, the principal […]
From the workplace to relationships, simply by being male, men experience privilege that makes their lives easier—and that they (usually) don’t even notice. Morning: a man shuffles out of a cab in last night’s rumpled suit, holding a pair of dress shoes in his hands that have begun to pinch. The neighbors stare. This is the walk […]
Women are still fighting against gender discrimination, yet they’re using valuable energy and resources to also improve the lives of the people doing the discriminating. Right now there are at least three campaigns that were started by female-led, dare I say “feminist,” organizations to help men. Finally! Finally ladies have realized the error of their […]
Of course he’s thanking her. He has to. It’s the only way to be a man. Drake says he feels great about Madonna’s surprise kiss. Of course he says that. He has to. “Don’t misinterpret my shock!” begs Drake on Instagram. “I got to make out with the queen Madonna and I feel [100] about […]
While I’m in favor of encouraging women to feel confident and happy, I worry that today’s body positivity focuses too much on affirming beauty and not enough on deconstructing its necessity. In the early 2000s, when I was a burgeoning fashionable fat girl, I stumbled across the LiveJournal community Fatshionista. I loved seeing pictures of women […]
It wasn’t the celebration my 9-year-old daughter had in mind, but it was the one she needed. During my daughter’s birthday celebration in January, I took an unconventional approach and introduced another way to commemorate her special day. Turning 9 meant that my little girl had her own ideas for a birthday party. For a […]
