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Lady Business: Are the Mancession, He-Covery, and Stay-At-Home Dads Good for Feminism?
The shadow argument for the old “Having it All” conversation, which should probably be retired along with cutesy words like Mancession and He-Covery, is the idea that men who are not breadwinners are undermining patriarchy and male power. I’ve wondered for a long time if the so-called... Read more »
Adventures in Feministory: Georgia O'Keeffe
Many feminists have praised praised Georgia O’Keeffe for her use of “female iconography” in her art (a.k.a. her vagtastic flower paintings). But O’Keeffe always denied this association as a conscious choice and instead claimed her art revealed the sensuality of nature… which... Read more »
Thinking Kink: The Female Dominant in Pop Culture
The female dominant (domme, dominatrix, domina, mistress, etc.) may appear to be a more defendable BDSM stereotype than that of the female submissive. On the surface, fem-doms invert negative stereotypes about female sexuality and the “female” personality. They are women who take control, who... Read more »
Thinking Kink: Did Sex and the City Get BDSM Right?
Sex and the City broke serious ground in the late ’90s when it was lauded for its frank and open discussions of sex—by women, no less!—without taking itself too seriously. But did it ever manage to move beyond the media’s often cartoonish portrayals of BDSM?
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Lady Business: The Three Types of Businesswomen in Pop Culture
It’s only been a little while and I’m already missing Joan and Peggy from Mad Men. I can tell because their roles this season made me think about the... Read more »
Anne-Marie Slaughter in the Atlantic: "Women Still Can't Have It All." Can Anyone?
Anne-Marie Slaughter’s new cover story for the Atlantic is out today. In it, she discusses how “women still can’t have it all” and... Read more »
Douchebag Decree: Adam Carolla & His Broken Record Routine
Let’s make this Decree short and sweet. Adam Carolla, a washed-up douche with some seriously skewed views of gender and sexuality, decided to squawk about unfunny women in a... Read more »
Lady Business: Paid Parental Leave in the U.S. Sucks
I don’t have a child, but on behalf of my parent friends who are working and have to make special arrangements, I was outraged to read this Think Progress story about how the U.S.... Read more »
Thinking Kink: Debunking BDSM Myths
“Like most things that are depicted in a problematic way, BDSM is subject to uninformed sweeping generalizations about what it looks, acts and feels like,”says writer Stacey May Fowles. Indeed any subculture can find itself badly misrepresented, especially when the media gets involved. So before we... Read more »
Thinking Kink: Welcome to a Blog on BDSM, Feminism and Pop Culture
In 1957, Elvis asked us to “Put a chain around my neck and lead me anywhere” in the song “Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear.” Fifty-five years and a whole lotta writhing, panting, and spanking later, pop culture’s fascination with BDSM still knows no bounds. So why, in the jaded, post–50 Shades... Read more »
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