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Women-Run Comedy Nights Aren’t Killing Comedy. They’re Making it Better.
Comedian Bri Pruett performs at the All Jane, No Dick comedy festival last year. Photo by Jason Traeger.
On Saturday night in Portland, comedians packed a large cafe, one by one climbing onto a corner stage to take the mic-and destroy. The thing that was different about this comedy... Read more »
On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup
Here’s what we’re reading today:
• A major Supreme Court decision on Tuesday allows more than a dozen abortion clinics in Texas to reopen, though over the past year ... Read more »
Instead of Banning Yoga Pants, Schools Should Crack Down on Harassment
Yoga pants and leggings are increasingly being banned by school dress codes. Photo by Matt Madd.
I was driving by one of the high schools here in Portland the other day and the... Read more »
As Anita Sarkeesian Shows, Online Harassment Can Be a Life and Death Issue
There was a time when people had one answer to online harassment: “Don’t read the comments.” This week, it’s become painfully clear how harassment women endure online is not something we can fix by just ignoring it. Instead, in this era, online harassment can become a life... Read more »
On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup
Here’s what we’re reading today:
• Feminist cultural critic ... Read more »
Female Soccer Players Team Up to Fight FIFA's "Second-Class" Treatment
The US and Canadian national soccer teams face off in 2011. Photo by Brent Flanders.
Back in April, US national soccer team forward Sydney Leroux ... Read more »
An Ode to Lady, My Favorite Brazenly Sexual Rapper
In her 2011 music video for “Yankin,” the rapper Lady does whatever she pleases.
On September 29, the U.S. metal band Mastodon unleashed their video for “The Motherload,” a gratuitously twerk-tastic romp featuring... Read more »
On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup
• Happy Ada Lovelace Day! Today is a special recognition of the woman who wrote the first-ever computer program. Here’s a brief history of Ada’s extreme radness. [The Mary Sue]
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The Problems with Pinktober
The annual pink ribbon extravaganza has millions of Americans walking, running, racing and selling merchandise “for the cure.”
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"Pride" is a Joyful Film About the Need for Unlikely Allies
The premise of Pride sounds like a slog: the film by British director Matthew Warchus follows a London gay and lesbian group’s fundraising campaign for mine workers who are in the midst of the nation’s longest-running strike. But instead of being a gray grind, the movie is a... Read more »
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