Much to the chagrin of a certain old-timey subset, traditional American masculinity is on its way out. Gone are days of the breadwinning hard hat wearers earning enough to support a wife that stays at home with 2.5 children; in 2014, the Haves wear bowties with short sleeved button down shirts and post pictures of…
Award-nominated actors, you might as well give up telling self-deprecating jokes in the mirror and put down the quote books you're mining for award speech inspiration; you're never going to top the speech Emma Thompson gave at last night's National Board of Review Gala, or the bomb-ass intro Meryl Streep gave for her.…
Earlier this year, feminist boners across the country deflated when the filibuster-happy Senate Republicans blocked the nomination of Ginsburg-in-waiting Judge Nina Pillard to the federal bench. But now, thanks to the death of the filibuster, the Senate was able to go ahead and confirm her. Radical!
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…
Meghan McCain has a talk show now. But before you dismiss the notion of a daughter of extreme privilege who lacks both originality and the self-awareness necessary to recognize her own lack of originality having a platform from which to spout beige banality under the guise of EDGINESS, listen up! According to Raising…
Welcome to Girl Dicks, a new Jezebel series in which amateur gumshoes Madeleine Davies and I investigate a variety of pressing women's issues. We're here to solve sexism, no matter how much work it takes. For our first case, we find out what happens when a couple of feminists burn their bras.
Meet Georgetown Law Professor and aspirant federal judge Nina Pillard. If you don't know who she is, here's the short version: she's a brilliant, kickass law scholar (and feminist) in the tradition of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. And naturally, conservatives are flipping out about her nomination to the federal bench.
Ex-New York Governor Eliot Spitzer who paid to have sex with women and then paid the price by resigning from his job because this is America, is back in the spotlight, this time running for New York City Comptroller, which is basically a glorified (?) accountant. Of course, because of this, he will be asked to — and…
Just in time to celebrate Mother's Day (if you do celebrate Mother's Day!), this new documentary short Tidal Wave Girls, shows young women and men discussing the women who inspire them and the future of feminism.
Speaking at a press conference for a fundraising event for Chime for Change, a charity that seeks to improve the lives of women worldwide, handsome musical wunderkind John Legend said: "All men should be feminists. If men care about women's rights, the world will be a better place." Thoughtful, succinct, and lovely.
If you believe the children are our future, here's a reason to hope the earth doesn't get melancholia'ed anytime soon.
You may remember the delightful Generations Radio duo Kevin Swanson and Dave Buehner as the super-conservative wackadoos who hated and wanted to eat the Muppets. Now, they want you to know that giving your daughter the gift of upper schooling will launch her esteemed future in "selfish, narcissistic, family-destroying…
The February issue of Glamour features Zooey Deschanel on the cover, and inside, she talks about what all lady-celebs find themselves talking about these days: Body image and feminism.
In Portlandia's holiday special, "Winter in Portlandia", our favorite feminist bookstore openers, Candace and Toni, try to ply Candace's son, played by Bobby Moynihan, with free vagina pillows. But he's already got too many vagina pillows. Annnnd take it away, Candace and Toni!
Another day, another female pop star denouncing feminism. Whereas last time, it was Taylor Swift who was telling us to never (ever, ever) call her a feminist, this time we have human confetti cannon Katy Perry climbing into the ring. While accepting the Billboard award for Woman of the Year, Perry had this to say: "I am …
Who hasn't enjoyed a good meme? Probably people with really fulfilling lives, but the rest of us, well, we can enjoy a pleasant giggle with a just clever-enough Scumbag Steve, Success Kid, or Philosoraptor.
Just as matching genitalia is not enough to get a lady feminist to support a female candidate, it turns out that so too is matching religion not enough to convince a Mormon feminist to vote for Mitt Romney. Not only is the small, but active community of American Mormon feminists not going to vote for him, they're…
Three members of the Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot were found guilty of hooliganism Friday for performing a political protest song against Vladimir Putin on the altar of Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral. After the verdict was read, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 23, Maria Alyokhina, 24, and Yekaterina Samutsevich, …
Madonna — in the middle of a world tour — has just arrived in Moscow, where she did, indeed, make some statements regarding the feminist punk band Pussy Riot, as some hoped she would.
