Faculty across the California State University system recently received two edicts for closing the massive state budget deficit. The word from Chancellor Charles Reed's office is to either accept furloughs or face layoffs. The first option is bad; the second choice is worse. What's more, these options pit members...

The question: Why is the media talking about Sonia Sotomayor's tongue or temperament?

In a recent New York Times article, "Sotomayor's Blunt Style Raises Issue of Temperament," journalists Jo Becker and Adam Liptak write that President Obama's Supreme Court nominee "has a blunt and even testy side." Evidence includes...

Alternet recently published a piece on sex and relationships titled "Should You Try Stripping?"

The "you" in question is specifically female and author Lily Blau's suggestion that parading in the buff empowers women has rightfully ruffled the feminist blogosphere.

These days, says Blau, "sex appeal has attained a status...