Is our sub-par family leave legislation supposed to be equally dismal for men and women? Is this the measure of equality? Today, August 26, is Women’s Equality Day. Hooray for one day! Forgive my cynicism. I’ve long been convinced that true equality requires evolution, and the existing generations are a lost cause. Sexism is far […]
The percentage of costs that go to childcare varies from state to state, with the national average measuring 30%. New York and Massachusetts came in at 80% of a minimum wage worker’s yearly income, and D.C. measured an impossible 102%. Surprise to no one, raising children is not cheap. Especially if you are making minimum […]
Serena is a tennis player. She is still arguably the greatest of all time. But for now, she is a great player who lost a match. By now, you’ve heard: Serena Williams will not make a calendar grand slam this year. Having lost to Italy’s Roberta Vinci in the U.S. Open women’s semi-final, Williams fell […]
Why is vulgarity traditionally masculine, and why should feminism have to capitulate to this historically masculine trope to gain equality and respect? I’m tired of raunch culture representing equality for women. With a recent surge in women directors, writers, and actors embracing raunchy, vulgar and “unladylike” behavior for film, critics and essayists are quick to […]
The President included transgender people in his address, but took a lackluster stance on abortion rights. The majority of last night’s State of the Union address was predictably refreshing. Who wouldn’t want free access to community college? And no one could argue with a middle-class economy. While some folks could, and do, argue with climate […]
Old Hollywood may be uncomfortable with appearing impolite or indelicate when one of its own is exposed publicly, but fewer young women are. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s unapologetic takedown of Bill Cosby at the Golden Globes exposed a raw nerve among the entertainment elite. Fey and Poehler’s halfhearted attempt to impersonate Cosby’s syntax and […]
Having no career, and no baby, am I arguably even a woman at all? Or am I a woman who has nothing at all? It seems not a day goes by when I’m not reading another headline arguing whether women can have it all, or, more accurately, why they can’t. In last week’s New York Times […]
