Feminism

My First Princess Party

Pamela Paul | Posted 03.31.2008 | Living

Read More: Peggy Orenstein, Parenting, Tweens, Million Dollar Babies, Princesses, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Inc., Parenthood, Girls, Princess Party, Toddlers, Girls and Princesses, Feminism, Living News
Pamela Paul

What gets me riled about the whole princess situation is less the feminist dilemma over iffy role models (though feminist I am), and more the concerted sales effort of the princess marketing machine.

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Miss Bimbo Off Her Diet Pills

Jessica Wakeman | Posted 03.29.2008 | Media

Read More: Miss Bimbo Game, Bimbo Game, Miss Bimbo, Feminism, Sexism, Bimbo, Media News
Jessica Wakeman

Did outrage over a video game promoting sexist stereotypes about women prompt a reaction from the game's founders?

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How To Get A Woman In The White House

Linda Hansen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Lies, Woman President, A Woman in the White House, Misspeaking, Women's Qualifications for Public Office, Hillary Clinton, Women and Public Policy, Women and War, Feminism, Tuzla, Home News
Linda Hansen

A smart woman, a real woman, does not take her child along on a trip "too dangerous for the president." To try selling the rest of us that fiction is appalling.

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A Gay Conservative Rabbi is Coming to a Synagogue Near You -- or Not

Leora Tanenbaum | Posted 03.27.2008 | Living

Read More: Homosexuality and Religion, Conservative Judaism, Judaism LGBT Rights, Jewish Law, Feminism, Sexuality, Gay Rabbi, Same-Sex Marriage, Lgbt, Homosexuality, Religion, Cantor, Gay Rights, Jewish, LGBT Rights, Religion and Politics, Faith, Rabbi, Living News
Leora Tanenbaum

Why are we instructed to embrace the ger, the stranger, yet we are told to distance ourselves from someone who loves Judaism and lives a Jewish life but happens to be gay?

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Is Unwed Motherhood Really the Problem?

Louise Sloan | Posted 03.27.2008 | Living

Read More: Single Moms, Knock Yourself Up, Unwed Motherhood, Peggy Drexler, Universal Healthcare, Single Mothers, Single Motherhood, fauxrealtho.com, Slate, Emily Yoffe, Sex Education, Marriage, Unwed Mothers, Single Fatherhood, Susan Golombok, Fatherhood, Public Education, Cambridge University, Louise Sloan, Single Mom, Motherhood, Parenting, Feminism, Cornell, Living News
Louise Sloan

Is lack of a marriage license so bad for kids that any kind of married parents are better than literally any kind of single one?

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My Pet Bimbo

Jessica Wakeman | Posted 03.26.2008 | Media

Read More: Miss Bimbo Game, Bimbo Game, Miss Bimbo, Feminism, Sexism, Bimbo, Media News
Jessica Wakeman

In addition to weight and attitude, the videogame missbimbo.com measures your avatar's IQ. My bimbo gloriasteinem's IQ is 70 -- the commonly accepted benchmark for mental retardation.

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V-day & Circle of Health International

Giulia Rozzi | Posted 03.26.2008 | Living

Read More: Peggy Cafferty, Periel Aschenbrand, Theatre, Alysia Reiner, Eve Ensler, Circle of Health International, Emily King, V-Day, New York, Events, Violence Against Women, Women's Health, Health, Feminism, Living News
Giulia Rozzi

Edited by V-day founder Eve Ensler, A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer features pieces from Until the Violence Stops, the international tour that brings the issue of violence against women and girls to the forefront of our consciousness.

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When Sex Is a Business, You Can't Forget About Demand

Sonia Ossorio | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Emperors Club Prostitution, Governor Spitzer Prostitution, Violence Against Women, Sex Workers, Sex Ring, Eliot Spitzer Prostitution, Sex Trade, Prostitution Men, Prostitution Ring, Spitzer Sex Ring, Sex Trafficking, Brothels, Sex Work, Call Girl, Feminism, Ashley Alexandra Dupre, Ashley Dupre, Ashley Youmans, Prostitution, Elliot Spitzer Prostitution, Pimp, Sexism, Johns, Prostitution Spitzer, Politics News
Sonia Ossorio

Our image of the jet-set call girl is an illusion. The undeniable truth is they aren't the empowered women characterized in movies, music and the American psyche.

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Me and Anonymous: A Conversation

Rebecca Walker | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Feminist, 2008 Election and Race, Gloria Steinem, 2008 Election and Sexism, Third Wave Feminism, Barack Obama Race, Race, Hillary Gender Election, Feminism, 2008 Election, Patriarchy, 2008 Election and Gender, Gender, Second Wave Feminism, Sexism, Hillary Clinton, Tina Fey, Politics News
Rebecca Walker

The suggestion that women are monolithic and asleep and need to "wake up" is part of the problem endemic to Second Wave Feminism.

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Ma'am I Am...So Not

Sharon Glassman | Posted 03.25.2008 | Living

Read More: Women's Consciousness, Madam, Women's History Month, Neo-Feminism, Feminism, M'am, How to Address a Woman, Living News
Sharon Glassman

Another year. Another's Women's History Month. And still no alternative for "Ma'am" - three letters and a squiggle that I loathe beyond measure.

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Punished for Being Pregnant

Pamela Paul | Posted 03.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Women in the Workplace, Motherhood and Work, Gender Discrimination, Working Mothers, Pregnancy, Motherhood, Work-Life Balance, Discrimination Against Mothers, Parenting, Feminism, Momsrising, Parenthood, Maternal Profiling, Single Mothers, Work, Moms Rising, Sexism, Discrimination, Living News
Pamela Paul

There's a lot governments and corporations and individual bosses need to do to fix this maternal profiling mess. But it's time women (and come on, men, too) started getting angry, loudly, about it.

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Mars, Venus and the Election

Bob Franken | Posted 03.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Speech Race, Hillary Clinton, Obama Spech, Feminism, Barack Obama, Sexism, Hillary Clinton Misogyny, Misogyny, 2008 Election and Sexism, 2008 Election and Gender, Politics News
Bob Franken

Now that we've heard Obama's speech on racial antagonism in America, it's time for the address from Hillary on the division that is even deeper in our country -- the divide over gender.

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Peaceful Revolution: Motherhood Awakens 'Naptime Activists'

Amy Tiemann | Posted 03.18.2008 | Living

Read More: Maternity Leave, Equal Opportunity, Feminism, Momsrising, Living News
Amy Tiemann

Motherhood can feel very isolating on an individual level. MomsRising.org allows us to harness the collective power of mothers, along with our allies, to work on unifying issues.

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Silda and Feminism

Caryl Rivers | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Eliot Spitzer Resignation, Silda Spitzer, Silda Wall, Silda Wall Spitzer, Feminist, Eliot Spitzer Prostitution, Bill Clinton Infidelity, Eliot Spitzer Wife, Feminism, Ashley Alexandra Dupre, Marriage Infidelity, Choice, Eliot Spitzer, Ashley Dupre, Eliot Spitzer Silda, Infidelity, Prostitution, Silda, Powerful Men, Eliot Spitzer Resigns, Silda Spitzer Book, Silda W. Spitzer, Eliot Spitzer Hookers, Cheating, Politics News
Caryl Rivers

Whether it's the wife or the other woman, it's the female sex that suffers most in public sex scandals.

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A Victory for Peeping Toms

Jessica Wakeman | Posted 03.15.2008 | Living

Read More: Peeping Toms, Oklahoma, Perverts, Oklaholma Peeping Toms, Feminism, Sexism, Living News
Jessica Wakeman

It's "open season for peeping Toms," says an Oklaholma judge. Ew. And I thought these things only happened on the New York City subway system.

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The Rent-a-Girl

Nina Burleigh | Posted 03.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hollywood Studios, Feminism, Eliot Spitzer Prostitution, Politics News
Nina Burleigh

She chose to rent her own flesh, and for that, she has been amply and now publicly rewarded.

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Women of My Generation Have Clearly Lost Their Minds

Lynda Obst | Posted 03.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Baby Boomers, Tina Brown, Sexist, Baby Boomer Women, Sexism, Hillary Clinton Gender, Hillary Gender Election, Claire McCaskill, Feminism, 2008 Election and Gender, Geraldine Ferraro, Gender, Tina Brown Hillary Clinton, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Tina Brown Clintons, Hillary Clinton, Politics News
Lynda Obst

Hillary, as strong as she is, wins as a victim. That is the trajectory of her career: I am a victim. Punch. So why are women whining and identifying with being the victim again?

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Will Jezebel James Follow in the Footsteps of Gilmore Girls?

Alyssa Best | Posted 03.13.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Abortion, Women's History Month, Abortion Rights, Feminist Characters on TV, Women on TV, Feminism, Surrogracy, Choice, Gilmore Girls, Sitcoms, Television, Amy Sherman-Palladino, The Return of Jezebel James, Anti-Choice, Females on TV, Parker Posey, Pro-Choice, Lauren Ambrose, Entertainment News
Alyssa Best

On The Return of Jezebel James, I expect that the cultural politics of pregnancy, surrogacy, and motherhood will intersect with witty dialogue, humorous situations, and great entertainment.

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Geraldine Ferraro and Samantha Power -- Ugghh!!

Hilary Rosen | Posted 03.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: African Americans, Obama, Ferraro, Clinton, Race, Feminist, Robin Morgan, Samantha Power, 2008 Election, Feminism, Geraldine Ferraro, Politics News
Hilary Rosen

Samantha, thanks for stepping back. Gerry, thanks for nothing. She is bewilderingly insistent on staying in this fight.

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Despite Feminism, Women Remain a Form of Currency

Abigail Jones | Posted 03.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Eliot Spitzer Resignation, Governor Spitzer Prostitution, Bill Clinton, Ted Haggard, Kristen Spitzer, Eliot Spitzer Prostitution, Prostitution Ring Spitzer, Eliot Spitzer Kristen, Eliott Spitzer Prostitution, Prostitution Ring, Prostitutes, Feminism, Eliot Spitzer, Emperors Club Kristen, Spitzer Emperor's Club, Hookers, Powerful Men, Eliot Spitzer Resigns, Rev. Ted Haggard, Elliot Spitzer, Elliot Spitzer Hookers, Eliot Spitzer Hookers, Feminists, David Vitter, Politics News
Abigail Jones

Our society is so consumed by sex that women remain a form of currency, commodities to be used, bought, and traded by men of power.

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Modern Feminism

Susan Kaiser Greenland | Posted 03.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ferraro Obama Lucky Black, Hillary Clinton, Ferraro Obama Remarks, Ferraro Black Obama, Modern Feminism, Feminism, Barack Obama, Geraldine Ferraro, Ferraro Obama Comments, Politics News
Susan Kaiser Greenland

If the Clinton campaign isn't careful, it will set the women's movement back a generation or so. As women, it is not in our best interests to be viewed as victims.

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Coming Soon: The Fox News Hot Feminine Centerfold

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 03.11.2008 | Media

Read More: Women, Fox News, Fox, Beauty, Feminism, Ainsley Earhardt, Media News
Robert J. Elisberg

Appearances will always be a factor in TV news, but picture the most beautiful woman reporter you can -- now, picture her in pants. I'm guessing she still looks beautiful.

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The Life Of A 1950s Housewife

The Times | Rosie Millard | Posted 03.10.2008 | Living

Read More: Life as a Housewife, Feminism, 1950s Housewife, Living News

After 14 years of matrimony it is beginning to dawn on me that I'm a bad wife. I've done the childbirth thing - very enthusiastically, four times - an...

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Roseanne Barr Can Suck It

Erin Kotecki Vest | Posted 03.08.2008 | Media

Read More: Queen of Spain, Feminism, Hillary Clinton, Race, Momocrats, Gender, Barack Obama, Roseanne Barr, Media News
Erin Kotecki Vest

I don't want the woman who can play the game with the boys, I want the woman who refuses to play the game and blazes her own path.

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International Human Rights Bodies Condemn Violations of Native, Minority, and Immigrant Women's Rights in the U.S.

Lenora M. Lapidus | Posted 03.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sexual Violence, Native Americans, Immigrant Women, International Women's Rights, Human Rights, International Women's Day, Feminism, Sexism, Politics News
Lenora M. Lapidus

Of particular concern is the extraordinary rate of sexual violence against Native American women and female migrant workers, especially domestic workers, and the U.S.'s denial of justice to these women.

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