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ENTERTAINMENT
Alexis Ohanian Calls Out Double Standard Between Serena Williams And Brett Kavanaugh
By Jenna Amatulli
The Reddit co-founder said it was "bulls**t" that Williams was "held to a higher standard to keep her emotions in check than a Supreme Court nominee."
Jimmy Kimmel speaks on stage at the 46th AFI Life Achievement Award in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 7, 2018. Picture taken June 7, 2018. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
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COMEDY
Jimmy Kimmel Shreds Donald Trump's Double Standard On Russia And Iran
By Lee Moran
"People are wondering why the president would threaten them with nuclear war, when he let Vladimir Putin practically run his fingers through his hair?"
Fox News
Fox News
MEDIA
Watch Fox News Personalities Slam Obama And Praise Trump Over The Same Thing
By Ed Mazza
Now that's a double standard.
POLITICS
Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump: Unlikable vs. Unpredictable
By John Tsilimparis, MFT, Contributor
Psychotherapist, Professor, Author
What makes people want to run for president anyway? It's a thankless job that entails relentless pressure, criticism, slander and hatred from large numbers of fellow Americans including political colleagues from both parties.
POLITICS
How to Tell a Male Political Candidate from a Female Political Candidate
By BJ Gallagher, Contributor
Author of 30+ books, including an international best-seller, "...
NEW YORK
Immigrant Small Businesses Victims to Double Standards
By Ron Kim, Contributor
Husband, father, and lawmaker.
Almost 1,000 small business owners and workers, mostly of Chinese and Korean descent, are traveling to Albany for the first
ATLANTA, GA - DECEMBER 27: Cam Newton #1 of the Carolina Panthers throws a pass during the second half against the Atlanta Falconss at the Georgia Dome on December 27, 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images)
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SPORTS
Charlotte Observer Publishes Another Garbage Letter About Cam Newton
By Erick Fernandez
No major newspaper would ever print a letter like this about Tom Brady.
RELIGION
The Tragedy of Shootings and the Double Standards that Follow
By Dalia Mogahed, Contributor
Chairman and CEO, Mogahed Consulting
In the same week we had an attack on Planned Parenthood and one on a centered for disabled people. The first with a clear ideological motive or so it would appear, yet no pro-life leader was asked to condemn these actions.
WOMEN
The Offensive, Sexist Joke That Is Candy Carson vs. Michelle Obama
By Ashley Mae Hunt, Contributor
| iowan | grammar nerd | listener of audio books | feminist | ...
Obama has "DirectTV," Carson has "cable," and apparently, the American people have no class. Just because these women have husbands that have chosen a life in the public eye, serving the public, does not make them fair game for sexist jokes and offensive comparison.
WOMEN
What My Onstage Nip Slip Taught Me About Nipple Shaming
By Ali Owens, Contributor
Writer, activist, optimist
I pretended not to even notice the fact that my shirt was literally falling off my body in front of a group of people. I could feel my anxiety level skyrocket. Oh my god. There's a legitimate chance that my naked breast will be exposed to everyone in this room if I don't stop playing right now.
WOMEN
The Purity Standard Is Outdated and Unfair. And It's Time for It to Go
By Ali Owens, Contributor
Writer, activist, optimist
If I could sum up the era of my life in which I was discovering my sexuality in one word, that word would be: shame. Despite the personal nature of this story, I feel compelled to share it, because I fully believe that no young woman should have to experience such intense shame -- yet the sad truth is, most do.
WEDDINGS
I Didn't Keep My Maiden Name
By Brita Long, Contributor
Founder of Christian feminist blog Belle Brita
I'm a feminist. I didn't keep my maiden name. But I didn't change my last name either. If a woman doesn't change her last name upon marriage, she does not keep her maiden name. She keeps her last name.
PARENTING
Should We Teach Girls to Push?
By Zanthe Taylor, Contributor
Writer, lapsed dramaturg and fiercely opinionated citizen
From now on, in addition to zipping my lip on the sidelines, I am going to seek out opportunities to encourage my two daughters to push more--legally, of course. Life, after all, can be a contact sport.
POLITICS
Yes, She's a Real Person: Can We Please Stop Hill Bashing and Move On to Real Issues?
By Judith Barnett, Contributor
Lawyer/international trade consultant specializing in the Midd...
In campaign 2016, some things have changed, many have not. Hillary has served as a U.S. Senator and the U.S. Secretary of State, helping thousands, maybe millions, of people to create, reconstruct, and resurrect their lives. And yet people keep asking, who is this woman?
WOMEN
Feminism and Its PR Problem
By Annie Grayer, Contributor
Middlebury College Senior. Twitter: @AnnieGrayer1
My mother's generation, propelled by the scars of my grandmother's generation, raised their daughters to feel like they could do anything. I'm starting to believe that girls my age misconstrued anything to mean everything.
POST 50
Helen Mirren Drops F-Bomb When Calling Out Hollywood's Ageism
By Yagana Shah
We've come to know that Dame Helen Mirren is not afraid to speak her mind ... and one surefire way to get her riled up is
WOMEN
Tough Cookie
By Small Answers, Contributor
The backstory behind big life choices that you don't normally ...
I wish knowing women and men are perceived very differently for the same behavior in the workplace didn't leave me questioning whether that is what had happened to me. Being forced to contend with my own ambivalence about having "unfeminine" qualities has, however, allowed me to find some new perspective.
POLITICS
Double Standards in Our Foreign Policy -- and That's Just the Way It Is
By András Simonyi and Richard L. Morningstar, Contributors
Pragmatism however should not be an easy way out of the responsibility for human rights and dignity that we, as democracies, share in the world. We should not suggest that we do not have an influence, when we actually do.
MEDIA
The New Yorker's Dreck Problem
By Lynn Messina, Contributor
Author, Prejudice & Pride
The New Yorker called my writing dreck. It did not level the slight directly at me but lobbed it wholesale at the self-publishing community of which I'm a member.
PARENTING
Dear Working Father
By Reem Kassis, Contributor
Former business consultant turned mama, writer, and cookbook a...
Your identity changed, your responsibilities increased, you were no longer the most important person to your partner and your needs and feelings took a back seat. You and your life were entirely changed, yet all this was overlooked.
TEEN
It's Okay to Know (or Not Know) How You Want to Shape Your Life
By Isabel Song, Contributor
Freshman at UC Berkeley
Even with all those unknowns, I'm not letting them -- or anyone else -- keep me from chasing after my dreams, my wants. Just because there's a possibility I'll change my mind one day isn't justification for not pursuing my current dreams at all.
PARENTING
Sexually Active Teen Girls More Likely To Be Bullied Than Similar Boys, Study Finds
By Alexandra Svokos
In addition, both girls and boys were more likely to report bullying if they also reported being sexually active without
WOMEN
'The List Of Rules For Women' By Jay Smooth Gets Everything Right
By Nina Bahadur
We particularly love his idea for a list of rules for men, featuring just one: In under three minutes, Smooth covers common
COLLEGE
Wait! A Former College President Who Implies It's 'Her' Fault?
By Elaine Williams, Contributor
Author, Speaker, Comedian, Coach
How many more girls and boys are going to get eating disorders because of the pressure they feel to look a certain way? I don't know what is in a young man's heart and mind. I can't imagine what it is like to have testosterone pulsing through my body. But if we keep talking about ALL of this, maybe, together we can find a solution.
PARENTING
#FreeTheNipple: Facebook Changes Breastfeeding Mothers Photo Policy
By Soraya Chemaly, Contributor
Writer
The idea that women should be able to share non-sexually objectifying images of their bodies, a form of counter-speech to our pervasive sexual objectification, eludes many people, who seem to skim the surface of what the core issues are.
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