The UN Women Google auto-complete campaign showed that people searched for some pretty back asswards things in relation to feminists. I'm surprised the computer keyboards of the world haven't short circuited under the strain of typing "feminists EAT MEN FOR BREAKFAST" and "Do feminists get THEIR PERIODS FOR YEARS AT A… Read… 11/15/13 10:00am 11/15/13 10:00am

Joss Whedon is currently being hailed as a great feminist theorist,* because he said that “feminist” implies that equality is not our natural state, and we should instead simply call not-equal things “genderist.” This is somehow an improvement upon “sexist”, “anti-feminist”, and “misogynistic”, because, well, he said… Read on Groupthink 11/09/13 5:58pm 11/09/13 5:58pm

Now that women are living alone and/or taking care of themselves (thanks, Spice Girls and Have It All Barbie!), we've got a new problem on our hands: stereotypically female chores that need completing. Fraught gender history or not, your house isn't going to clean itself. So here's your indispensable guide to how to… Read… 10/23/13 7:15pm 10/23/13 7:15pm

If you didn't catch CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story—a dramatization of the meteoric rise of the feminist-slanted girl group that aired on VH1 last night—than you missed out on an orgy of '90s nostalgia. The movie didn't really tell fans anything they didn't already know, with one exception: Chilli's unplanned pregnancy… Discuss… 10/22/13 11:00am 10/22/13 11:00am

In this vintage clip, a young feminist audience member of Donahue tries to confront Playboy's Playmate of the Year Anna Nicole Smith about the exploitation of women, and during Smith's answer, somebody on stage farts—really loudly—and everyone starts laughing. Read… 10/14/13 5:30pm 10/14/13 5:30pm

Over the past weekend, I fell into the booby-trap of the internet, and it saved my life. After hanging out with some rad, critical, hilarious, and fun friends over the weekend, I got tricked into thinking that Facebook is, in general, a great place to engage others in critical and meaningful conversations about how… Read on jamieleeawesome 10/14/13 3:55pm 10/14/13 3:55pm

When we meet Charlie Lamonte, the protagonist of Melanie Gillman's webcomic As the Crow Flies, she's starting her week on a Christian girls' backpacking retreat. She's afraid that she might not fit in — and not just because all the other campers are white. But as she focuses on her outsider status and her burgeoning… Read… 10/12/13 4:30pm 10/12/13 4:30pm

Elle U.K. has paired three feminist groups with three award-winning advertising agency to rebrand feminism, a term that "many feel has become burdened with complications and negativity," as the magazine puts it. While it's admirable that the publication is publicly embracing the feminist movement, it's more than a bit… Read… 10/01/13 5:00pm 10/01/13 5:00pm

According to new research, some people don't recycle and treat women like equals because environmental and feminist activists are so annoying. Read… 9/27/13 1:20pm 9/27/13 1:20pm

In case you needed a reason to celebrate on this last Monday of August that wasn't Miley Cyrus making your most embarrassing moment look like Beyonce's Super Bowl halftime performance, today is National Women's Equality Day. Yay! Yay for being human just like a man! Read… 8/26/13 11:30am 8/26/13 11:30am

A few years ago, Neko Case's parents and grandmother died, and her grief turned into depression. As she explained to The Guardian: Read… 8/24/13 5:00pm 8/24/13 5:00pm

Archaeologists in Peru have discovered a tomb belonging to a pre-Hispanic priestess, the eighth in over two decades — which they say confirms their belief that powerful women ruled the region 1,200 years ago. WHO RUN THE PRE-HISPANIC REGION OF PERU? PRIESTESSES. Read… 8/23/13 12:00pm 8/23/13 12:00pm