Culture
Bitch in a Box: Holiday Gift Guide, Jet-Set Sex Edition!
Holidays are a time of giving, food, and family. And travel. And stress. Some of us are going to want to relieve some of that stress. And those of us who do don’t need to be reminded by a certain airline-employed stranger to “... Read more »
Adventures in Feministory: Ella Baker
Ella Baker is best known for her involvement in the civil rights movement during the late 1950s and 1960s, when she helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the Student Nonviolent... Read more »
The H-Word: Was it Good for You?
This is my final post for The H-Word, where I say thanks and you tell me what you loved and hated.
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In the Frame: I'm As Free As My Hair
Lady Gaga sang that she was as free as her hair, and she has been spotted in a dress that appears to have been made from her leftover wigs. It’s certainly a talking point, especially in light of her song lyrics which associate freedom with the choice of how you wear your locks. She’s... Read more »
Mom & Pop Culture: An Interview With Peggy Orenstein
“There is still pressure to do everything, do everything well, and look hot while doing it. And I think that ‘and look hot while doing it’ part, that’s the new piece. It used to be that having it all did not include looking hot… But now it does and it includes it at a really young age.... Read more »
The H-Word: Big Money, No Whammies
I wanted to be beautiful. I wanted to be taken care of. I wanted to be rescued. I was sexualized long before I sexualized myself. Even as a child, I knew the way men looked at me. I knew what it meant. In Mexico, men called out in the street and hissed when I walked past. Even older men—friend... Read more »
Douchebag Decree: Rick's Topless Basketball Association (and Spud Webb)
Sports fans everywhere breathed a sigh of relief last week when news broke that the NBA lockout will end on December 25. Yay basketball (go Blazers)! If the lockout were to have to continued, though, some douche-y spectators would’ve been satisfied anyway, thanks to... Read more »
Mom & Pop Culture: The Princess Paradox
It’s hard to overlook all of the negative aspects that pop up along the princess path, and I knew that I would be very particular regarding exposure and access to princesses if I had a girl. Never in a million years did it cross my mind that I would be trying to navigate the same murky waters... Read more »
Adventures in Feministory: Elizabeth Blackwell
The first time I heard of Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) was during my American History class in high school. It was a brief, albeit important introduction to the first woman to receive an M.D. and become the first woman physician in the United States. A pioneer in educating women in medicine... Read more »
Bringing Up Baby: Reagan's Cesarean on Up All Night and the Issue of Control in Childbirth
Today, new methods have replaced DeLee’s, and yet popular obstetric interventions (cesareans, amniotomies, labor-inducing drugs, episiotomies, epidurals) are still designed to transfer control from the woman to her labor assistant. 33% of births in the United States are by cesarean, a rate... Read more »
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