Lynn Beisner got pregnant when she was very young after a fling with a guy she didn’t love. She planned an abortion, but miscarried instead. You can call her lucky, but because she chose abortion, you should still call her a slut and a murderer, she says. Recently a group of pro-choice women decided to […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. In Defense of Single People by Thomas Rogers of Salon.com says single people are pitied. They’re judged. But it’s time to give them more respect. 2. Are Modern Men Manly Enough? on the Room For […]
Lynn Beisner wonders if Daniel Tosh’s recent rape joke—directed at a female audience member at The Laugh Factory—is simply a product of a generation desensitized to insults about sexual violence. Like most feminists I know, I am appalled by comedian Daniel Tosh’s crude rape joke. And just to be clear, the remarks I am about […]
Hugo Schwyzer compares the attacks made on him because of his controversial past and those recently made on Anita Sarkeesian, a feminist blogger, and asserts that women have it worse online. Lest there be any doubt that the Internet remains a much more hostile place for women than men, consider what’s been happening lately to […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. The Three-Parent Family by Tracy Clark-Flory of Salon.com says a new bill allows children to have more than two legally recognized parents. Cue: Conservative freakout. 2. Dusting Off the Sewing Machine by Laura M. Holson […]
This originally ran on the Good Men Project. Republished here with permission. Telling your daughter she can be strong and capable will never be the same as letting her find it out for herself. What is your body for? Ask a little boy and he will tell you it is for running and jumping and […]
The fact that Rachel Maddow recently admitted to suffering from depression makes her an even more likeable and better-suited cheerleader for today’s feminist cause, says Lynn Beisner. I know that this makes me a bad person, but the best news of my week was that Rachel Maddow suffers from depression. Don’t get me wrong, I […]
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 […]
