Feminism

Allen's Argument Isn't "Vintage," It's Just Old

Megan Pillow | Posted 03.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Elizabeth Gilbert, Misogyny, Charlotte Allen, Oprah Winfrey, Feminist, Charlotte Allen Washington Post, Feminists, Feminism, Barack Obama, Media News
Megan Pillow

Unfortunately, the backlash against WaPo's Charlotte Allen was probably just the reaction she desired, one that she sees as somehow proving her point: a chorus of voices inflated in hysterical outrage.

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Walking the Walk of Feminism

Susan Kaiser Greenland | Posted 03.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Feminists, Feminist Vote, Feminism, Barack Obama, Politics News
Susan Kaiser Greenland

A feminist candidate is by definition the candidate that walks the walk of change. We are down to one feminist candidate in this presidential election and his name is Barack Obama.

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The Self-Hating Shrew

Jacqueline Leo | Posted 03.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Charlotte Allen, Charlotte Allen Washington Post, Feminism, Sexism, Media News
Jacqueline Leo

Charlotte Allen finally gets to the real subject of her attack -- Hillary Clinton. Ah. It all makes sense now. Attack women in general in order to undermine the one you really want to dislodge.

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Charlotte Allen Is a Bigot

Alex Leo | Posted 03.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Misogyny, Charlotte Allen, Charlotte Allen Washington Post, Washington Post, Feminism, Sexism, Media News
Alex Leo

The Washington Post didn't lose me because "print is dead." They lost me because they gave a bigot a platform, defended her, and tried to make it seem like she was kidding.

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Maureen Dowd and Her Pearls

Taylor Marsh | Posted 03.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Sexism, Racism, Media, Republicans, Democrats, Feminism, Hillary Clinton, 1950s, Culture, Media News
Taylor Marsh

Women who stand above the firing line while drawing it obviously don't get that it's not about being "victimized." It's about being treated differently than men, especially in the traditional media.

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Who Wears the Pants in This Media Outlet?

Jessica Wakeman | Posted 03.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Women and Media, Feminist, Fox News Pantsuits, Fox News Wear the Pants, Fox News, Fox, Pants, Media, Feminism, Journalism, Ainsley Earhardt, Media News
Jessica Wakeman

Is a FoxNews anchor's implication that being feminine -- being a female -- means not wearing "the pants"?

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This Opportunity Has Been Brought to You by Feminism

Marie Wilson | Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Obama, Media, Presidential Primary, Feminism, Hillary Clinton, Gender, Politics News
Marie Wilson

Feminism has made it possible for Obama to do what Clinton, and many other women leaders, feel that they can't: actually own those leadership traits that are seen as feminine.

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Sexistentialist, Genderista or Thoughtful Voter?

Paula Gordon | Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sexistentialist, Genderista, Hillary Clinton, U.S. Constitution, Stephen Zunes, Treaty Obligations, Sexism, Feminism, 2008 Election, 2008 Election and Gender, Gender, Politics News
Paula Gordon

Clinton's gender neither gives her a pass nor does it distract me, any more than it excuses the ugliness Ann Coulter and other wrong-wing women smear across the nation.

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Picking a President: A Feminist's Right to Choose

Nina Darnton | Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women's Movement, Hillary Clinton, Feminist, Feminism, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News
Nina Darnton

What happened to supporting your sister's freedom of choice? It turned out it was often only evident when she chose what you chose.

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Boleyn for Concubine

Shana Ting Lipton | Posted 03.02.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Natalie Portman, The Other Boleyn Girl, Feminism, Scarlett Johansson, The Other Boleyn Girl Review, Entertainment News
Shana Ting Lipton

The Other Boleyn Girl serves the same purpose as Cliffs Notes do to high school students. It gives borderline illiterate dummies an easy -- albeit often erroneous -- way to remember the facts.

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Feminist Infighting

Rebecca Walker | Posted 03.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: To Be Real, The Nation, Feminist Infighting, Women of Color, Feminist, Motherhood, Third Wave Feminism, Race, Alice Walker, Womanist, 2008 Election, Feminism, Barack Obama, Patriarchy, Marriage, Feministing.com, Second Wave Feminism, Women for Obama, Sexism, Jessica Valenti, Racism, Feminists, Politics News
Rebecca Walker

Perhaps a feminism that has not responded to the needs of its constituents needs to die. Perhaps Obama is unintentionally killing feminism and facilitating the rise of "feminisms."

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Koolth: What Barack Has

Erica Jong | Posted 03.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Koolth, Bitches, Gutter Press, Patience, Hillary Clinton, Style, Barack Obama, Brian Williams, Feminist, Hillary Clinton Scold, Scold, Tina Fey SNL, Bitches Get Stuff Done, Feminism, 2008 Election, Tina Fey, Politics News
Erica Jong

Either Obama or Clinton would be far better than Bomb Bomb McCain and his party of snaggle-toothed dinosaurs. But when substance is similar, style matters.

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Dear Anchor Woman in the Bikini

Leslie Griffith | Posted 02.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Anchor Woman, Sexism, Sexy News Anchors, Objectification of Women, Feminism, Objectification, Journalism, Anchor Woman Bikini, Courtney Friel Website, Courtney Friel Bikini Pics, Courtney Friel Bikini Photos, Courtney Friel Bikini, Courtney Friel Bikini Shots, Courtney Friel Bikini Pictures, Courtney Friel, Fox News, Courtney Friel Fox News, Fox News Channel, Media News
Leslie Griffith

Objectification is not the same as admiration. It is just a sad attempt for anatomical standing ovations. You are an anchor woman for goodness sake.

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Remembering Barbara Seaman

Jennifer Baumgardner | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Birth Control Pill, Women's Health, Feminist, Barbara Seaman, Birth Control, Lovely Me, Jacqueline Susann, Feminism, The Doctor's Case Against the Pill, Politics News
Jennifer Baumgardner

At Ms. magazine, I was asked to fact-check a profile of Barbara Seaman, a pioneer in the women's health movement. I called her and three hours later got off the phone a changed person.

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To the Author of "Marry Him!": An Apology and an Offer

Bella DePaulo | Posted 02.27.2008 | Living

Read More: Friendship, Marriage, Loneliness, Singled Out, Singlism, Backlash, Atlantic, Singles, Lori Gottlieb, Myths, Feminism, Advice, Single Women, Marry Him, Living News
Bella DePaulo

To Lori Gottlieb, author of "Marry Him!": Clearly, you were upset by my reaction to your Atlantic piece. I apologize for the distress I caused you. ...

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Modest is the New Sexy

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 02.26.2008 | Living

Read More: Pornography, Sex Magazines, Alecia Oleyourryk, Judaism, Modesty, Campus Sex Magazines, H Bomb, Eroticism, Feminism, Sexuality, SWAY, Boink, Living News
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

A time to take women seriously had finally arrived. But what are we to make of wildly popular student-run sex magazines like H Bomb, Boink, and SWAY?

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Who Says It's Settling?

Stephanie Losee and Helaine Olen | Posted 02.26.2008 | Living

Read More: The Atlantic Monthly, Office Romance, Office Mate, Lori Gottlieb, Marriage and Settling, Marriage, Relationships, Feminist, Singles, Feminism, Single Women, Living News
Stephanie Losee and Helaine Olen

Most people who end up married to non-stars don't view themselves as settling, even if that is what it looks like to Atlantic writer Lori Gottlieb.

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Jason Linkins

Kooky Editorial In Concord Monitor Asserts That Women Cannot Be President

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women's Suffrage, Concord Monitor, Editorials, Women President, 19th Amendment, 2008 Election and Feminism, Feminists, Dick Marple, Right to Vote, 2008 Election, Feminism, Politics News

Burn, ladies. Some local crank, passing himself off as a Constitutional authority, insists that this matter will soon go before the Supreme Court, where they will rule against ovaries.

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The Latest Insult to Women: "Settle for Mr. Good-Enough"

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 02.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Arranged Marriage, Mr. Right, Marriage, Lori Gottlieb, The Atlantic, The Atlantic Lori Lottlieb, Mr. Good Enough, Marriage and Settling, Sex, Devil Wears Prada, Wife, Mommy Wars, Husband, Personal Ad, Feminism, Living News
Lesley M. M. Blume

It irritates me that such a prestigious publication as the Atlantic made the decision to perpetuate the stereotype that the American woman is really just a brain stem attached to a ticking womb.

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Why Women Need to Learn History's Election Power Lesson

Gloria Feldt | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Kathleen Turner, Women's Vote, Feminist Vote, Feminist, Feminism, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Send Yourself Roses, Politics News
Gloria Feldt

Will women give this moment away freely once again? Will we sacrifice our potential power as voters to another certainly worthy cause of electing the first African American president?

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Jane Fonda, the Today Show and the "C-word"

Marianne Schnall | Posted 02.18.2008 | Living

Read More: Sexual Violence, V-Day, Violence Against Women, Feminist, The Vagina Monologues, Femicide, Jane Fonda, Eve Ensler, V to the Tenth, Jane Fonda Vagina Monologues, Vajayjay, Jane Fonda Today Show, Jane Fonda and Cunt, Feminism, Living News
Marianne Schnall

It feels strangely ironic and weirdly coincidental that the 10-year anniversary of Eve Ensler's V-Day would be marked with an outcry over a word used for 'vagina.'

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You Can't Say That on Television: Jane Fonda and the C-Word

Jessica Wakeman | Posted 02.17.2008 | Living

Read More: Misogyny, Texas Obscene Devices, Feminist, The Vagina Monologues, Mark Halperin Pussy, Jane Fonda, Jane Fonda Vagina Monologues, Jane Fonda and Cunt, Bitch Magazine, Feminism, Sexuality, Double Standard, Mark Halperin, Women's Sexuality, Bad Words, Texas Sex Toys, Sexual Double Standard, Bitch, Sexism, Eve Ensler, Today Show, Hillary Clinton, Jane Fonda Today Show, Living News
Jessica Wakeman

I don't want the only people who are "allowed" to say "dirty" words about women to be the people who are trying to hurt us.

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"Marry Him!": Atlantic Magazine Back-of-the-Book Backlash Porn

Bella DePaulo | Posted 02.17.2008 | Living

Read More: Caitlin Flanagan, Singled Out, Aging, Atlantic, Backlash, Single Mothers, Singles, Myths, Feminism, Advice, Happiness, Friendship, History, Marriage, Cnn, Loneliness, Dan Quayle, Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, Jon Stewart, Bridget Jones, Sex, Lori Gottlieb, Love, Single Women, Living News
Bella DePaulo

Lori Gottlieb, writing in the Atlantic magazine, has one word for single women of any age: Settle! Settle, she exhorts us, even for the guy who smell...

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Silence Is Assent: What the Democratic Party Apparently Thinks of Women

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Betty Friedan, Hillary Clinton, Women's Movement, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, Media Bias, Hillary Hatred, Political Incivility, 2008 Election and Sexism, Feminism, 2008 Election, Ted Kennedy, 2008 Election and Gender, Gender, Ted Kennedy Endorses Obama, Sexism, Politics News
Kathleen Reardon

Barack isn't to blame for the nastiness against Hillary and demeaning women so men might advance. But he's hardly denounced it. Many of his supporters revel in it.

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The Best Candidate for Choice

Frances Kissling | Posted 02.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Abortion, Abortion, Feminist, Reproductive Rights, Abortion Rights, Hyde Amendment, Hillary Clinton Abortion, Pro-Life, Roe vs Wade, 2008 Election Reproductive Rights, Barack Obama Endorsements, Feminism, 2008 Election, Sex Education, Abortion and Religion, Barack Obama, Emergency Contraception, 2008 Election and Abortion, Religion, Unfpa, Morning After Pill, Religion and Politics, Hillary Clinton, Anti-Choice, Global Gag Rule, Pro-Choice, Politics News
Frances Kissling

I fully expect that whichever of the two, Obama or Clinton, become president, I will be fighting with them for more on reproductive rights than either is ready to give.

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