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Iranian filmmaker Lila Ghobady speaks about resistance and Iranian underground cinema.
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It's Feminism's Fault!: Ross Douthat edition
I almost don't want to give the New York Times the pageviews it was obviously courting in publishing Ross Douthat's stunningly underthought and journalistically sloppy column "Liberated and Unhappy." But those of you who've read Beth Skwarecki's article "Mad Science: Deconstructing Bunk Reporting... Read more »
Hey Women Lawyers: Men Judges Think Your Outfits are Out of Order!
Last week, at a panel session during the Seventh Circuit Bar Association in Indianapolis, a couple of judges aired a grievance regarding women in the courtroom. Their complaint? ... Read more »
Rubble, Religion, Feminism, and Fashion: Art in the Islamic World
In keeping with the art theme from yesterday's post, here are a few artsy ladies who are creating a scene of their own in the Islamic world.
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Jock Bitch: All Up in Your Grill
Well, it’s the Friday of Memorial Day weekend, a three-dayspan rife with beer, outdoor cooking, and the type of conversation that oftenoccurs when large amounts of meat are burning on a grill: sports talk.
Usually, sports talk involves a male-dominated roundtablethat covers last night... Read more »
BitchTapes: Breaking Up is Hard to Do
Break ups can be a real bitch, can't they? Wouldn't it be nice if both parties could just go their separate ways, cordially, without rancor, and without, say, the desire to take a Louisville slugger to anyone's headlights, to make harassing phone calls at dinnertime, name-calling, jealousy,... Read more »
Tyra Asks: Is Gay the New Black?
I’ve heard this “gay is the new black” sentiment a few times in the very recent past, and I’m beginning to think it’s less of a coincidence and more of the current mood. After hearing it yesterday on the Tyra Show, I’m convinced that what we’ve got on our... Read more »
Jock Bitch Power Pack: Video Edition
So, I was tooling around the Interwebs the other day trying to find some old-school ladies’ sports footage for that last blog piece, and I stumbled upon some pretty sweet YouTubery—the site is loaded with tons of amazing bits of video that relates to women and sports. I ended up spending the last... Read more »
Offensive Commercials: Fast Food Showdown!
Americans love our fast food, and you know what we like most about it? It's not the trans fats, or the corporatization of farming, or even the ridiculous amount of waste the packaging generates (so if you guessed one of those, you're out of luck). Nope, our favorite thing about our favorite type of... Read more »
For The Narcicyst, Iraq is the Bomb
Calling himself an "ambassador for conscious Arab hip-hop," Narcy makes music with the purpose of blowing something up: your mind, sucka.
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