Category Archives: Feminism and Culture

Hi folks, As some of you may have heard, Heather Corinna of Scarleteen.com and I are spearheading a young feminist project, the All Girl Army (http://allgirlarmy.org). Right now, we are looking for feminists between the ages of 10 and 23 … Continue reading →

Cartoon (as it appeared in my local paper today) copied from this link.

The Vegankid blog annointed today “Blog Against Sexism Day.” Looks like 170 blogs are participating, which is a terrific response and promises a lot of great reading (see also the Tenth Carnival of the Feminists). Now, here is a personal … Continue reading →

Here, at Indian Writing!

Lots of great links and commentary!

At Avast! Feminist Conspiracy! Echidne writes: “The Internet has had one consequence for my life which I didn’t anticipate: it has brought misogyny home. I have met misogynists before, sure. I have even shared a family background with some and … Continue reading →

From the Executive Summary: …”Collectively, unmarried women have the power to change our country. They are part of an emerging American majority as family structure has changed dramatically over the past 50 years, and the number of unmarried Americans has … Continue reading →

At Brutal Women, Kameron Hurley writes movingly about why she is a feminist.

“Media Girl” remarks on the newspaper cover here. The article it advertises can be read here. See also Rox Populi’s post and associated commentary,

This NYT article got this reaction at the Workplace Prof Blog and also this reaction at Bitch Ph.D. All are worthy reads, if you have the time! Update: See also Law and Letters.

In my pre-law-professor life I often worked odd jobs to make extra money. For a while I was part of a team that traveled to a series of churches and community centers to interview people about health and beauty aids … Continue reading →

This is a fairly creative approach to discouraging drunk driving: But why is the ad agency that came up with it called The Wexley School For Girls, and why this weird website (make sure sound is on for the full … Continue reading →

Since 1993 thousands of Mexican women have been systematically abducted, raped, tortured and killed, and those responsible for the crimes have largely remained free. Carlos Reyes-Manzo documents in images and words a terrible and touching situation that shows no sign … Continue reading →

Why else would they run this doofy “news” story: “How to Stuff a Wild Bikini Bottom” by Natasha Singer? Below is the charming illustration that accompanies it. If your behind doesn’t look like the one on the far left, according … Continue reading →

North Country tops list of most-important 2005 films for women: “North Country was the most-important film for women to see in 2005, according to a survey released by New York Women in Film & Television. The film, in which Charlize … Continue reading →

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Or at least, so says this article in the Economist, which notes: …”Analysts at Goldman Sachs estimate that the global beauty industry:consisting of skin care worth $24 billion; make-up, $18 billion; $38 billion of hair-care products; and $15 billion of … Continue reading →

Below is an excerpt from an op-ed by Robert Jensen, a journalism professor at the University of Texas. You can read the entire piece here: “Pornography’s business has always been the exposure of women’s bodies for the pleasure of men, … Continue reading →

Woman Among 17 Elected to Hall of Fame “Effa Manley, a savvy businesswoman whose gravestone reads “She Loved Baseball,” became the first woman elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame yesterday. She was among 17 people from the Negro … Continue reading →

From the BBC News: “The Caribbean island of Jamaica is to have a female prime minister for the first time. Portia Simpson Miller, 60, was elected president of the governing People’s National Party in an internal vote. She will automatically … Continue reading →

“The Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) 2005 is a grassroots media monitoring, research and advocacy project which aims to promote the fair and balanced representation of women and men in news media worldwide.” It’s full report, entitled “Who Makes the … Continue reading →

“Amber’s Story” is a very culturally subversive account of weight and body acceptance. Below is an excerpt: … “People who have known me for years always knew me as the girl who goes to the gym or the girl who … Continue reading →

The book “Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters” by Joan Ryan (Amazon.com link) put many people off figure skating almost a decade ago. Here’s a post from Dr. Violet Socks entitled, … Continue reading →

“Inspired by the Blog Against Racism Day in December, it was decided that for at least one day we would try to focus the blogosphere on another evil: sexism. While those that write about sexism on a regular basis are … Continue reading →

Lakshmi Chaudhry published an article in In These Times called “Can Blogs Revolutionize Progressive Politics?” In it she asked whether blogging can become a legitimate grassroots movement if it’s primarily a white male enterprise. In reference to Daily Kos proprietor … Continue reading →

At least $363.8 million dollars between 1994 and 2003, according to this study.

From The Greenville (SC) News: “As of Tuesday, Starbucks coffee will no longer be served as wake-up juice at Greenville’s Bob Jones University. “BJU spokesman Jonathan Pait said the school’s constituency began to object to Starbucks’ stance on gays several … Continue reading →

Laurelin in the Rain offers a “dictionary of Commonly Used Phrases of Patriarchal Lackeys.”

From Shark-Fu at “Angry Black Bitch,” who notes: “In my few years as a volunteer my ass has seen the good, the bad and the ugly. For every success story there is one of a continued struggle, and for every … Continue reading →

At Reclusive Leftist, Dr. Violet Socks has an amusing post about Olympic figure skating here, below is an excerpt: “This is the first Winter Olympics since the skating poobahs dropped the rule that women had to wear skirts. That’s right, … Continue reading →

Arse Poetica draws attention to this NYT article: “VW’s Quirky Campaign to Revive U.S. Sales” which states in pertinent part: “…The Volkswagen campaign…introduces a new slogan, “Make friends with your fast,” along with a brand icon called the “fast,” a … Continue reading →

“Grbavica” is a neighborhood of Sarajevo, and also a film about the aftemath of the Balkans conflict by Jasmila Zbanic that just won an award at the Berlin Film Festival. Below is the synopsis from the movie’s website: “Single mother … Continue reading →

Ariel Levy in the 2/17/06 Guardian: “A few years ago I noticed something strange was happening in my native US. I would turn on the television and find strippers in nipple-tassels explaining how best to lap-dance a man to orgasm. … Continue reading →

“Men, Women, and Ghosts in Science” is an essay written by Peter A. Lawrence, and published in the January 2006 issue of PLoS Biology. Below is an excerpt taken from a section near the end subtitled: “Job Searches in Academia.” … Continue reading →

Below is an excerpt from a provocative post by Mandos at Politblogo: “…Someone pointed out earlier that women’s rights are a point of conflict between the West and the Muslim world. I’d like to emphasize that this is very much … Continue reading →