Culture
Lady Business: When Men Are Condescending at Work
Do you encounter male condescension at work? Does it come from men in traditional marriages—which I assume means partnerships in which women don’t work? Was it verbal or in the form of failing to promote you? I was trying to figure out if I ever had this experience with women being... Read more »
On Our Radar: Radical Nuns, Misogynist Backlash, and Deconstructing Femininity
Well, this has been another week.
Misogyny is still kickin’, but Anita Sarkeesian of Feminist Frequency is kickin’ right back. With ... Read more »
Douchebag Decree: American Apparel and Target: Hypocrite Corporations Using LGBTQ Pride to Make Money
American Apparel and Target you have earned our Douchebag Decree for trying to coporatize LGBTQ Pride although you have been anti-inclusive and homophobic. While Pride might only happen every June, it takes more than a recognition one month out of the year to truly be a company that cares about... Read more »
Lady Business: On Confidence and Self-Advocacy
For a long time I was overly modest about my work and sometimes I still am. But I have male colleagues and peers who go overboard talking about themselves and their work. At the end of the day, they get better-paying and more frequent gigs because they know how to advocate for themselves. Nobody... Read more »
The Dear White People Trailer is Great! The Comments Section is Depressingly Racist Though.
Dear White People, of Twitter and Tumblr fame, is making a movie! And it looks hilarious!
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Effective or Just Plain Creepy? Snake and Rat Posters Aim to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
You might recall BabyCanWait’s guerrilla teen-pregnancy prevention tactics from that “elaborate hoax” of a movie... Read more »
Bridal Party: Let's Get Married
I’d like to spend the next eight weeks with you looking at the history of weddings and marriage in Western culture, talking about how marriage is used as a tool of civil and economic inequality, and how the gender binary plays a role in how we think about weddings and helps to fuel the... Read more »
Lady Business: Equal Pay for Women
As if I needed another reason to want to yell at Republicans everywhere, this news about the vote to close loopholes in... Read more »
Adventures in Feministory: Audre Lorde
Excuse me while I gather my bearings. Where do I even begin? Who is more badass than Audre Lorde? No, really. This is a question I want you to answer. Can’t think of anyone? Good. Did you think of someone? Don’t tell me yet. You’ll ruin this moment. Born in New York City on... Read more »
Douchebag Decree: The U.S. Senate Federal Credit Union LOLz at Boobs
I get a lot of mail from my credit union, and most of the time it’s pretty uninteresting. Account balances, promotional materials, and brochures about “community” usually end up in my recycling bin, but except for the tree damage they’re basically harmless. Not so for the members of D.... Read more »
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