The Elemental Issue
Rapped Up: Why Can’t the Mainstream Media Address Female MCs One at a Time?
As soon as the spotlight expands to allow another woman in, critics trip over themselves, cranking out long articles stuffed with several different female artists.
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Pinned Down: Is Pinterest as girly as the media paints it? And if so, who cares?
In February 2012, media outlets took quite an interest in the budding social network Pinterest, and female users were at the center of nearly every story. Mashable declared that “Pinterest's female audience is changing social marketing”; Time's Techland blog asserted that “Men Are from... Read more »
Annals of Junk Science: G-Spotting
On April 25, the online edition of the Journal of Sexual Medicine ran an article by cosmetic gynecologist Adam Ostrzenski, MD, who reported that he had teased a “blue grape-like” sac out of a dead woman's vagina. This was proof, he claimed, of the “anatomic existence” of the G-spot, the elusive... Read more »
Life on Mars (Hill): In the nation’s fastest-growing megachurch, faith and feminism don’t mix.
When Jess came to the University of Washington as a freshman, she was a feminist economics major whose postcollege goal was to land a position at an organization dedicated to social entrepreneurship. Now in her early 20s and just a few years out of college, she is married, looking forward to a life... Read more »
Sugar Rush : Speaking with author and advice columnist Cheryl Strayed
Two years ago, my mother died. She was 48, I was 25. I turned to Sugar in a voracious, all-consuming way. Not sweets—I devoured “Dear Sugar,” an online advice column at the literary website the Rumpus.
I had trouble describing “Dear Sugar” to others, explaining why it was more than an... Read more »
