This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. When Street Harassment Is More Deadly Than Catcalls by Holly Kearl of Ms. Magazine says: While people may think it is a stretch to connect catcalls with assault and attempted murder, sometimes catcalls escalate into […]
This originally appeared on Everyday Feminism. Republished here with permission. Three million Americans read Cosmopolitan, a popular women’s magazine that features articles on fashion, beauty, and—most famously—sex. It’s become somewhat of a cultural icon—the place where women go to seek information and advice about sexuality and relationships. And while women feeling empowered to take their […]
Sure, girls are told, be a ghost, firefighter, or mummy. But be a sexy one. As a child, I remember time and again imagining myself as being someone or something else. During those seemingly endless hours of pretend play, I became lost in the reality of who or what I was depicting, and those times […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. College Women: Stop Getting Drunk by Emily Yoffe of Slate.com says it’s closely related with sexual assault. And yet we’re reluctant to tell women to stop doing it. (We do not agree with her stance, […]
If the NFL really wants to find a way to monetize their female fan base, it will take more than a few stadium rule changes, says Kelly Siegel-Stechler. I’m a woman. A skirt-wearing, home-cooking woman. And I really, really love American football. Not in a pink jersey sort of way, either. I love the combination […]
Facebook contributes very little outside of socializing, where the same old social ineptitudes that haven’t evolved past high school are played out, says Jocelyn Hoppa. The final nail in the coffin for me quitting Facebook came on the heels of news that the social media site’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg’s, net worth weighs in at approximately […]
This originally appeared on The Daily Life. Republished here with permission. Sometimes the best advice about body image, exercise, and diet comes from people who are complete amateurs. Forget doctors, diet book authors, and body image gurus. If you want pure, unencumbered joy and pride in your body, then just watch a 4-year-old child. While body hatred has become widespread for adult […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Yes! Janet Yellen Will Be First Female Fed Chair. How Long Until We Can Stop Talking About Her Gender? by Hanna Rosin of Slate.com says President Obama nominated Janet Yellen to be the head of […]
Is it fair to our children to begin to create their online presence before they even have the wherewithal to ponder what that means? I was in college before social media culture took hold. I’m grateful for that because it meant that not only were my peers and I of an age to approach online […]
Empowering as these campaigns may be for some women, have we taken the focus off of the cancer itself? A physically fit, presumably young woman sits perched on the edge of a wooden chair, her back to us, naked save for a pair of black underwear. Her arms reach for the sky; strung between her […]
This originally appeared on YourFairyAngel.com. Republished here with permission. I worked at a popular weight loss company for three years. I loved my job there. I loved my clients. I loved making a connection and sharing my knowledge. And I learned a lot about nutrition, about dieting and weight loss and what works and what […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. You Might Not Be Beautiful The Way You Are by Katy Waldman of Slate.com reports on a New York City girls project, saying that Bloomberg’s worthwhile self-esteem campaign needs a new slogan. 2. First Comes […]
