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Douchebag Decree: Jim Foley, Vice President of Victim Blaming, the University of Montana
When a rape victim went public with her story earlier this year, Jim Foley, Vice President of the University of Montana, sent an email asking if she could be punished under the Student Code of Conduct.
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The Baz Luhrmann Index: Rating The Great Gatsby Trailer, Among Others
If your your dreams were filled with anachronistic pop songs and gold glitter last night, blame it on Baz Luhrmann. The trailer for his latest film, The Great Gatsby,... Read more »
Lady Business: How Do You Navigate Boys Club Culture?
Be friends with the other women (unless they really suck), learn some sports, avoid businesses that promote boys clubby tendencies, and other ways to deal if you can’t play golf (I am awful at it, not that I was invited) and you don’t smoke cigars.
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BiblioBitch: Three New Otherworldly Indie Comics
Need some new reading material? These three new indie comics by Kate Skelly, Angie Wang, and Julia Gfrörer will take you from an outer galaxy to a zombiefied forest, and will keep you occupied (and perhaps up all night with every light turned on). Click through for more!
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End of Gender: Buck Angel Wants to See Your Cervix
If the Supreme Court signs off on Obamacare next month, queer and transgender people will take another step towards affordably and comfortably getting the plumbing checked.
But in order to reap the benefits of healthcare reform, we have to buck up and go to the doctor first.
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Lady Business: Motherhood and Debt
At the height of attending my friends’ baby showers, more than one feminist writer urged me to forego having children. Remaining childless is tempting in a world where the costs of raising kids and taking time off to help raise them are getting higher and higher.
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End of Gender: Not "Just A Tomboy"
When the Washington Post featured a story about a transgender five-year-old last week, online commenters accused the parents of overreacting to harmless “tomboyishness.” But parents who listen to their kids, allow their kids to live as their preferred gender, and guide them through... Read more »
Fertile Ground: Looking at Photos of Organic Food Makes You Jerk-y, Pointless Study Says
A study published last week by Loyola professor Kendall J. Eskine in Social Psychological and Personality Science reports that people who eat organic food are self-righteous assholes. My... Read more »
"We're Making Music Because We Have To": A Q&A with Grass Widow
Recently, I had the chance to talk with the three amazing women of Grass Widow about their spacey new album (“Spock on Muni” isn’t a Star Trek IV reference), Girls Rock Camp (... Read more »
10 Things to Expect From What to Expect When You're Expecting
Andi and I saw this movie on Friday so that you wouldn’t have to, but if you do decide to go, besides the obvious product placement—copies of the book pop up nearly everywhere but in sonograms—here’s our list of 10 things you can expect from What to Expect When You’re... Read more »
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