Category Archives: Feminism and Culture

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I decided not to comment on the Hooters trade dress case (Hooters v. Winghouse of Florida) when the district court decision came down because it didn’t seem like the legal issues were very interesting. It received substantial media coverage only … Continue reading →

Heart has some great observations up at Women’s Space/The Margins that defy easy synopsizing so I’ll just give the title of the post, and hope that it gets clicked on: “Carol Hanisch,”The Personal is Political”, Attacking Women, Carnival of Feminists … Continue reading →

Kira Cochane published this interview with Ariel Levy, author of Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture,” in the Guardian, below is an excerpt: … “When you talk to people about raunch culture in terms of a … Continue reading →

The NYT story is here. The Guardian story is here. And Dr. Violet Socks at Reclusive Leftist reports: Those wild and crazy homo-ordaining Episcopalians have broken yet another barrier by electing a woman to head up the entire U.S. church. … Continue reading →

It would be nice if more people would actually read MacKinnon as an ethical preface to criticizing her, so they would stop writing things like this : Anyway, in case there’s any doubt, I agree with R. that the Sex … Continue reading →

BusinessWeek (June 19, 2006) reports the results of a survey of 10 million internet users in the United States during one week last month.   “Adult entertainment” sites accounted for 13.7% of visited sites, while search engines (7.4%), “business & … Continue reading →

Author Sam Miller posted his list of the “top 10 books about the darker side of adolescence” in the Guardian. His number one choice was “Lord of The Flies,” by William Golding, which I would have to concur is a … Continue reading →

I don’t discuss or link to right wing blogs or websites much because it seems rather pointless, but I do appreciate some of the feminist deconstruction that others engage in, and I particularly liked this post at Reclusive Leftist. Here’s … Continue reading →

The blogger behind Moorewatch (“Watching Michael Moore’s every move”) has been asking readers for money to pay server costs to keep his blog going, so he can continue to vituperate Michael Moore. He is desperate for cash because his wife … Continue reading →

From the event website: For many of us, Josephine Baker will always be the reigning queen of Paris in the Jazz Age, the exotic face of French burlesque. But when we look beyond the kiss-curl and the banana skirt and … Continue reading →

Yes, there are “Feminist Porn Awards” and if you are interested you can read more about them here, at Feministing.

“Women Accused Of Stealing Yarn” A grandmotherly-looking woman is one of the two people accused of stealing thousands of dollars in yarn from stores in metro Atlanta. Skeins and skeins of yarn has become the target of thieves in Woodstock. … Continue reading →

“The Tribe: Barbie’s 5000 Year History” Per this site: It’s the unorthodox, unauthorized history of the Barbie doll! Here’s the synopsis: What can the most successful doll on the planet tell us about what it means to be Jewish? The … Continue reading →

From Jessica at Feministing: This weekend was the Bay to Breakers race in San Francisco, where folks do a footrace while dressing up and doing some outdoor partying. Apparently some guys thought this was a great opportunity to dress up … Continue reading →

First read this (excerpted from here): …Somewhere out there in America, a person who we will never meet gave part of their own body to save this little girl. Asking nothing in return, a person signed up for the bone … Continue reading →

Read Kameron Hurley’s post here. If you have any of the symptoms she describes, get medical attention.

Pink’s “Dear Mr. President” The Dixie Chick’s “Not Ready To Make Nice”

If you want to read another defense of Caitlin Flanagan and her dumbass book, at a website Peggy Noonan apparently calls “the best magazine in America” no less, click here. The essay is called “The Mommy-Wars Insurgency” and in it … Continue reading →

Over at Feministe, blogger and twenty-something NYU law student Jill has posted very interesting and compelling commentary about tensions related to feminism and heterosexual dating. Though her post has attracted a few clodlike comments, I’m happy to see she is … Continue reading →

Over at Common Dreams, Kevin Mattson posted an essay entitled “What The Jungle Tells Us Today.” Mattson asserts that Upton Sinclair’s goal in writing “The Jungle,” which exposed unsanitary conditions and unsafe practices (for bother workers and consumers) in the … Continue reading →

An event created by women and for women, the Heart & Sole Five Miler donates a portion of its proceeds to help fight heart disease, the number one killer of women. So I did an all-women five mile race this … Continue reading →

This BarbieCollector.com exclusive Lounge Kittiesâ„¢ Collection doll”slinks”through the urban jungle in a sleek leopard-print catsuit with faux-fur accents and tail. A black choker necklace adds to her hypnotic allure while she’s”out on the prowl”. And when she’s ready for a … Continue reading →

“Lara Croft: Feminist Icon or Cyberbimbo? On the Limits of Textual Analysis” by Helen W. Kennedy is a really interesting read. Lara Croft is a little passe these days, but the analysis remains quite trenchant. Here is the intro: As … Continue reading →