It all started with my son, Will, stamping his feet and saying he didn't want any girls invited to his sixth birthday party. Girls, he declared, are b...
Chauncey Zalkin | Posted 11.30.2009 | Style
The week surpassed all expectations. London surprised me. The design energy there is unmistakably moving forward in creative, thoughtful and innovative ways.
Andrea Learned | Posted 09.08.2009 | Business
We don't need a fight to the death between men and women to see who is "better." Rather we need to be identifying those qualities women tend to have that make them transformational leaders.
Amy Siskind | Posted 07.29.2009 | Politics
In 2008 we reached a nadir. For Wall Street it was the collapse of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers. For the women's movement, it was the sexist treatment of Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin.
Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 07.25.2009 | Living
Writing my doctoral dissertation on "The Future of Feminism: Where Do We Go From Here?" in 1995, I never imagined the answer to that question would be found in the streets of Tehran.
Amy Siskind | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics
By insulting, belittling, objectifying and jeopardizing our daughters, Letterman gave the final poke to our country's sexism slumber.
Amy Siskind | Posted 07.16.2009 | Media
This wave of feminism is about reaching down beneath the surface to eradicate the roots of sexism that lie deeply buried in darkness, ignorance and bias.
Andrea Learned | Posted 05.29.2009 | Living
Rather than spend energy touting or striving toward a woman's nation, let's focus on bringing genders together.
Anastasia Kousakis | Posted 05.08.2009 | Style
As a concept, virginity is more dangerous than not, because it puts us into these virgin or not categories, which doesn't really give us a very nuanced perspective or understanding of sexuality.
Nina Hartley | Posted 04.06.2009 | Style
Who could have known we would both end up as Rorschach tests for changing notions of femininity, alternately blamed for everything from anorexia to promiscuity and hailed as icons of sexual liberation.
Martha Burk | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics
It's not too late for President Obama to change his mind and give the majority - women - a place at the table by re-opening the White House Office on Women's Issues.
Jenna Henry Hansen | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics
Although "feminist" and "pro-choice" are not interchangeable, I know many women that are "accused" of being a feminist and/or pro-abortion just for speaking up.
Kelli Conlin | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics
Senator Clinton brings not only a strong military background to this role but also a dedication to, and humanitarian understanding of, the rights of women.
Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 01.11.2009 | Entertainment
It's Hollywood's loss. To keep women out of the nominations and awards for the Oscars. To ignore female film critics. To pretend women directors of photography do not exist.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 01.03.2009 | Green
Apt to chat on stage about organic farming, herbs and feminist chickens, the Smith sisters are part of a new generation of genre-bending eco-wise musicians who travel the world.
Beverly Wettenstein | Posted 12.05.2008 | Media
When Obama mentioned Ledbetter in a debate, McCain muttered that it would create "a trial lawyers dream." He claims lawyers could take advantage of women who allege discrimination.
Beverly Wettenstein | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics
I've coined the term "Double Dutch Feminist" to identify women who are jumping between the Feminist and Conservative rope lines, to their own benefit.
Lindsey Horvath | Posted 11.29.2008 | Living
If your agenda does not include reproductive freedom, you do not value it. If those with whom you create your solidarity do not value reproductive freedom, neither does your movement.
Brett Ashley McKenzie | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics
Some women invoke their gender to conceal their personality flaws, excuse factually inaccurate or downright dishonest statements, and play the victim card when the need be.
Jeannie Ralston | Posted 10.24.2008 | Living
Many times in my 16-year marriage, I've wondered where the line is between settling and accepting.
Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 10.18.2008 | Home
My nine year-old daughter asked why I am afraid of Sarah Palin. I answered, "Because she doesn't stand for anything that's good for women, for little girls or for any Americans." "But what does she stand for?" my wide-eyed daughter asked.
Justin Frank | Posted 10.12.2008 | Home
The Republican Party is still crazy after all these years. They brought in Alan Keyes to run against Obama in 2004; and now they've chosen Sarah Pal...
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics
Hillary and Palin occupy the same social caste -- white, professional women of faith, with families and they, in this way, are 'allowed' to attack each other, without the danger of it being too unseemly.
M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 06.22.2008 | Home
This weekend McCain tried to project a moderate image but wound up doing the opposite, extolling military diplomacy, supporting Bush court appointments, and assailing reproductive and gay rights.
Shireen Mitchell and Adele M. Stan | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics
According to Linda Hirshman, we feminists are just too darned concerned about things like civil rights, war and peace, and the fate of the planet. Her evidence that feminism is a failure: Hillary didn't win.
The Guardian | Viv Groskrop | Posted 12.04.2009 | Books