Culture
Revenge of the Feminerd: For Girls Who Wear Glasses
This goes out to all those girls who’ve heard the message that intelligence and geekiness is antithetical to attractiveness.
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Political InQueery: Messages & Omissions in the Early Campaign
Information on the power of American workers’ wages show stark losses in their portion of the money pie, unemployment figures took a hit in May that required explanation, and for all of the “recession is over” talk in Washington, people don’t feel optimistic about their own economic outlook.... Read more »
Revenge of the Feminerd: Barriers to Women in Science
It seems like recently women’s underrepresentation in science and technology is finally being seen as a serious issue. It’s a more and more frequent topic of conversation in the feminist blogosphere, and in last week... Read more »
Adventures in Feministory: Valentina Tereshkova, Outer Space's First Lady
Space may be the final frontier for many of us, but it’s familiar territory for Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova. In June of 1963, Tereshkova was chosen—out of more than 400 applicants—to be the first woman to fly... Read more »
Political InQueery: Lying Liars and the Lies They Think They Can Get Away With
If aliens are evaluating whether to visit Earth and reveal their secrets of the universe, they had better not be looking at TMZ.com in their analysis, or they’d certainly reject the idea. Once again, two scandals about men who misappropriated technology and then lied about it have made... Read more »
Revenge of the Feminerd: The Queeriodic Table
Vancouver artists Jen Crothers and Kona have created a delightfully nerdy project to raise awareness of queer language and its evolution, and to raise money for the local organization ... Read more »
Political InQueery: The Danger of Conscientiousness
Last January a certain bill in the House of Representatives caught the attention of the media. At the very start of the 112th Congress, House Republicans made moves to “redefine rape” and shift how publicly funded insurance covers (or doesn’t cover) abortions. Speaker of the House John... Read more »
Revenge of the Feminerd: X-Men Goes Retro
I enjoyed most of X-Men: First Class. The acting, special effects, and writing were excellent, except possibly the two times Xavier tries to hit on women in bars by saying they have “groovy mutation[s]”.
But then again, the whole movie had a cheesy retro vibe to it, with its Cold War... Read more »
Political InQueery: Yes We Might
It has only been a few years since the “yes we can” wave made landfall in Washington, DC, ushering in Barack Obama and a broad sense of hope, after two long Bush administrations, during which progressives were increasingly alienated and frustrated. While President Obama was marketed, during the... Read more »
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