Category Archives: gender norms
Feminist Files: If you aren’t outraged, you aren’t paying attention
Make it rain: Today is the fourth anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. But we still don’t have a Paycheck Fairness Act, which would give Ledbetter the teeth … Continue reading
Feminist Files: We are all Steubenville
Blame it on the red tape: City officials for Steubenville, Ohio have started a blog to “disseminate the most accurate information” regarding the (alleged) gang rape of a 16-year-old girl … Continue reading
The SCS Gift Guide for Bad-ass Girls (and Boys, too)
Perhaps it is the natural out-growth of keeping an eagle-eye out for Tired Marketing Fails or it is just the nature of being a feminist parent, but I find shopping … Continue reading
Feminist Files: The Twinkie defense
You want a Pepsi Blue with that? It was inevitable, I guess. Now that the First Lady’s socialist plot to get America’s kids to eat healthier foods and exercise more … Continue reading
Fear Factor: The cognitive dissonance of change and the Republicans who hate it
In the September issue of More Magazine, Hanna Rosin has a piece called “Why Testosterone is the New Estrogen.” (I can’t find a link on their site, drat!) In the … Continue reading
A look back at pre-Title IX days
Today’s post is part of the National Women’s Law Center blog carnival celebrating the 40th anniversary of Title IX, landmark legislation passed in 1972 that gender equity in every educational … Continue reading
Feminist Files: The eighth bad word
This day in feminist history: June 19 is the anniversary of the day in 1873 a court fined Susan B. Anthony $100 for attempting to vote, at which point she … Continue reading
Feminist Files: It’s not me, it’s you edition
Mama’s got the magic… of Prozac: New study finds the stay-at-home moms are more depressed than either their working-mom counterparts or working women without kids. They also are more likely … Continue reading
Man, I feel like a woman
HuffPost Women has a new campaign called “The Moment I Knew I Was a Woman, Not a Girl” in which users submit videos chronicling their exile from Girlville. It’s an … Continue reading
Pillow talk
As my regular readers know, when I get sick I allow myself to watch whatever bad TV I want. And holy crap, have I been sick! My entire family was … Continue reading
