There’s a softly trolling mess of a trend piece in the New York Times today that leads with the news that “a young generation of women is discovering a new brand of sexy in the most unlikely of places,” and then drops the bomb—that place is underwear. So very unlikely, dang!
Nicki Minaj might be a feminist and she might not but one thing is sure, the Queens-by-way-of-Trinidad woman is rejecting all those who try to squeeze her into a singular definition of herself and career.
Last week, Time magazine held their fourth annual word banishment poll, in which readers can vote for the word they would like to remove from our modern lexicon. They decided to include the word "feminist" possibly as a critique of how ubiquitous and relevant the word has become (as if that's a bad thing?), a move…
Oh for God's sake: Time magazine is doing its annual reader poll of words and phrases that should be "banned" from the English language, and alongside worthy contenders like "disrupt" and "said no one ever," they've included the word "feminist." And because this is the Internet, guess which word is winning?
Amy Adams and Claire Danes are both on the covers of the January issues of Vanity Fair and Glamour, respectively, and though Danes looks like she's been caught picnicking in Central Park while Adams could be drunk off of too much egg nog, their interviews reveal similar takes on being women in Hollywood.
{Clarifications (including the acknowledgement of a lack of Indian representation and other major movies) can be found here.}
"I hate feminist. Is this a good time to bring that up? Is this the right forum for that?" Joss Whedon said at the beginning of his speech at an Equality Now dinner Monday where he'd been asked to speak because of his work on gender equality. "I hope I'm being clear," he added. "I didn't say I hate feminists; I said…
The year was 1988. Margaret Thatcher became the longest-serving Prime Minister of the century, Canada struck down its anti-abortion laws and Joan Jett topped the Billboard charts. Women’s full-time employment had skyrocketed to 52%, university grads were increasingly female, and the wage gap was quickly closing.…
Teen Mom star Farrah Abraham is doing some press right now promoting god knows what and during one interview with the Miami NewTimes, she was asked about whether or not she was a feminist. Abraham's response revealed a rare moment of true vulnerability and enlightenment not usually documented through the mass media.
The short answer is: no. The long answer is: noooooooooooooooo. Kim Kardashian is not the "overlooked face of feminism," but that isn't stopping some from trying to make that argument.
Yay for our foremothers (is that a word?) Alice Duer Miller! This baller piece of old-school Americana comes via @iRevolt. My favorite: "Because if men should adopt peaceable methods women will no longer look up to them." Zing.
In case you were wondering how Elizabeth Wurtzel felt about wealthy stay-at-home mothers, she just wrote a piece for The Atlantic called, "1 Percent Wives Are Helping to Kill Feminism and Make the War on Women Possible"
When we asked for a new word for feminism — hoping we could do better than Beyoncé, who suggested something "catchy like 'bootylicious'" — we were, obviously, being tongue-in-cheek. There's nothing wrong with the word feminism, and if you believe in equality, you really should embrace the word — there's strength in…
The Westboro Baptist Church is one of America's most infamous hate-mongers, using the bible and Christianity (at least, their brand of Christianity) to justify savage and hateful messages targeted at almost every group imaginable: homosexuals, abortionists, Muslims, Jews, Roman Catholics, even the United States…
Her song "Pretty Girl Rock" — with lyrics like "Get yourself together don't hate (never do it)/ jealousy is the ugliest trait (don't ever do it)/ I can talk about it cause I know that I'm pretty /And if you know it too then ladies sing it with me" — is sort of an anthem for confidence (or, um, lookism?), and Keri…
Among the dead in yesterday's plane crash in Russia that claimed the lives of 96 Poles was outspoken feminist and LGBT rights advocate Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka, a former deputy prime minister who remained a member of the Sejm, the Polish Parliament.
Someone named Hermione Hoby is "heartbroken" about Lady Gaga's photo shoot for Q magazine. Hoby had previously been won over by Gaga's pro-woman comments. For instance:
2008 was a big year for Katie Couric: she was almost fired, conducted an infamous interview with Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, and confronted widespread sexism. And she's not going away anytime soon.
