Jezebel: Feministe

Once And For All, It's Time To Stop Blaming Rape On Women's Drinking

Jaclyn Friedman — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:45:00 EST

What is it about December that inspires mass breakouts of victim-blaming? Is it the darkness encroaching on our days? Is it the way the holidays make us all want to drink? Whatever it is, it's happening again. And just like last year's Never-Ending Naomi Wolf Incident, this one involves women hating on women in ways that shouldn't shock me but still really, really do. More »

How I Learned To Set Boundaries In Bed

Clarisse Thorn — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 12:40:00 EST

I guess I've had a pretty good sense of my boundaries, historically, but there have been times when I have not set them well. More »

Some Thoughts On “Sex By Surprise”

Jill Filipovic — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:35:00 EST

Commentators are saying Julian Assange didn't rape anyone, and these are trumped-up charges of "sex by surprise," which means that Assange didn't wear a condom and days later the women he slept with are claiming rape. Totally unfair, right? More »

What I Learned At Summer Camp

Joy Engel — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:41:00 EDT

Whenever I think about summer, I think about camp — and as it turns out, camp was what made me a feminist. More »

The Foreign Celebrities You Must Know To Be Naturalized

Wheelchair Dancer — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:20:00 EDT

You'd think weapons scientists and surgically altered actresses had nothing in common, right? You'd be wrong about that. But perhaps the only way to discover the connection is, as I did, to become an American citizen. More »

When Friending Your Ex Works Out Just Fine

Jay — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:35:00 EDT

I found my ex-boyfriend on Facebook. Did you raise your eyebrows? Do you think this is a good idea? How do you imagine this story will end? Would it change your mind to learn that we broke up in 1978? More »

The Peculiar Case Of The Media’s Obsession With Unmarried Black Women

Diane Lucas — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:40:00 EDT

By now, everyone in the country with access to a television, the internet or a book store has gotten the memo that black women marry at a dismally low rate compared to women of other races. More »

The Racist Breeding Grounds Of Harvard Law School

Diane Lucas — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:20:00 EDT

Diane Lucas is a Harvard Law School graduate and an attorney in New York. After the jump, she discusses the Stephanie Grace scandal in the context of her own experiences of sexism and racism at Harvard. More »

—Jill Filipovic

Anna Holmes — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:40:00 EDT

on a certain highly and unnecessarily obnoxious post making the rounds today. More »

—Sady Doyle

Anna Holmes — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:40:00 EDT

on, among other things, Tina Fey's SNL stint, sluts, feminism and Bombshell McGee. More »

The Song Remains The Same

Anna Holmes — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 09:40:00 EDT

"Join us now, as we take a tour of (only some of) the glamorized, vilified, infantilized and weirdly sexually-fixated-upon Manic Pixie Songwriting Girls of years present and past!" Check it out here: [Feministe] More »

Lady Lists

Sadie Stein — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:20:00 EST

About.com just posted a list of the "Top 100 Women in History." Jill Zimon Miller thinks women deserve better; what say you? More to the point, how to limit a list to 100 icons? [Feministe] More »

Allegations Of Theft, Racism Rock The Feminist Blogosphere

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:00:00 EDT

There's a furor going on in the feminist blogsphere. The issue is complicated, but what follows is an attempt to give a general gist of what's gone down: On March 29 in Cambridge, the blogger known as Brownfemipower (BFP) spoke at WAM (Women, Action & the Media conference). Apparently, Brownfemipower (who has been called "one of the most important feminist bloggers in the history of the web") spoke about the racism and sexism faced by immigrant women in the US in our current "build a wall" climate. On April 2, writer Amanda Marcotte published an article on RH Reality Check called "Can A Person Be Illegal?" (It was republished a few days later on Alternet.) The jumping off point was a New York Times article about a 22-year-old immigrant from Colombia whose immigration agent used the threat of deportation to rape her. (The woman recorded the assault on her cell phone and the guy was busted.) Marcotte's article made many of the same points BFP made in her speech (the text of which she posted on her blog immediately after the conference.) BFP was not credited or linked to; Amanda Marcotte maintains that though she reads BFP's blog, she did not "steal" her ideas from BFP. In fact, Marcotte replied to a post on Feministe thusly: More »

Did Juno Make Jamie Lynn Spears Think Motherhood Would Be Easy?

Jessica — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:00:00 EST

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Considering the avalanche of praise heaped on screenwriter Diablo Cody's debut film, Juno, an equally intense backlash was predictable. In fact, a piece on Slate yesterday explored the potential culture wars on teen pregnancy the movie could inspire. Writer Ann Hulbert quotes NY Times critic A.O. Scott's review of Juno, in which he writes, "Not many [movies] are so daring in their treatment of teenage pregnancy, which this film flirts with presenting not just as bearable but attractive...Kids, please! Heed the cautionary whale." Feminist bloggers have accused Cody of glossing over Juno's deciding against abortion for the sake of moving the plot forward. Here's the thing, though. I don't really want to see a comedy about a normal, happy 16-year-old kid deciding to have an abortion. Because it would be boring, and probably not that funny. More »