Politics
Who is Bula-Di?
Who knew a puppet could be so effective in spreading HIV awareness in India?
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Women, Whiteness, and Indian Cricket
Women are making their entrance into cricket as players, team owners, and purveyors of sexism and White privilege?
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Adventures in Feministory: Claudette Colvin
It’s time to remember Claudette Colvin’s “forgotten contribution.”
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Trippin' Out: Bristol Palin's less-than-successful campaigning
Bristol Palin went on several talk shows recently as a spokeswoman advocating against teen pregnancy, and reactions seem to be split between finding the whole thing deliciously ironic or... Read more »
Come What May: WTF, Is This Real?
I have watched this video (posted today on videogum) a few times now, and I still can’t quite figure out what’s going on:
My best guess is that a student on the mock trial team at his... Read more »
Bollywood Barbie
Barbie was all over the Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai this year. The doll celebrated its 50th Anniversary by sponsoring the event. At first I thought it was the company's obliviousness to irony that prompted the fashion show... Read more »
Jock Talk
You know what kills me? As a woman writing about sports to other women, I often feel like I need to explain things.
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No Hateration: House Approves Hate Crimes Bill
Hooray! It's Friday, the sun is shining (somewhere), and the US House of Representatives has passed the Hate Crimes bill! Says Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay (D) of Missouri:
"This bill is a powerful statement that hate has no place in America. It brings existing Federal hate crimes law into the 21st... Read more »
Sojourner Truth, Unveiled
The leaders of the [women's suffrage] movement trembled on seeing a tall, gaunt black woman in a gray dress and white turban, surmounted with an uncouth sunbonnet, march deliberately into the church, walk with the air of a queen up the aisle, and take her seat upon the pulpit steps. A buzz of... Read more »
Bill O'Reilly's Fair-weathered 'Concern' For Women
Almost invariably, Bill O’Reilly yells from the confines of the television in my Nana’s living room. Nana likes to keep the TV on for background noise and she loves Fox News. I typically do my best to ignore Bill’s rants, but once in a while, I just can’t look away... Read more »
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