Feminists Discuss History, Vagina Parties, Bra Burning
BBC Radio 4 has aired its first episode of "Call Yourself A Feminist," a discussion of feminism in the 60's and 70's, and it is now accessible online.
Europeans Name Sloggi Ad Most Degrading • Wombs Provide "Welcome Dances" For Sperm
• The Guard Dogs, a French/Swiss feminist group, has named this underwear ad the most degrading of the year. The Guard Dogs also give out "macho medals" for the most sexist remarks. •
Kelly Clarkson Is Neither A Feminist Nor Gay
Feministing points out that in a recent interview, Kelly Clarkson was asked if she would call herself a feminist. "No, not at all," Kelly replied. She continued:
George H.W. Bush Wants Nothing To Do With "Ugly" Feminist Women
Since leaving office, George H.W. Bush has built a reputation as an affable, non-partisan weenie who chills with Bill Clinton and does good things. Turns out that, just like his wife, he's still an asshole.
Giving Thanks: Foodie Feminists Feast On Tasty Testicles
When we first
got word of Ljubomir Erovic's new book, , one thing became crystal-clear: After decades of jokes about busting someone's balls, I was finally going to be able to make good on the metaphor! And so, in honor of the holiday, , and joined and me for a delicious reproductive organ meat feast. The video…
"Am I A Bad Feminist For Wanting My Boyfriend To Pay For Dinner?"
It's time for another installment of
Pot Psychology, the "advice" column in which we attempt to solve everyone's problems with an herbal remedy. (Remember, kids: Don't do drugs!) In this episode, helps me answer questions about gay sex, asexuals, and women's nipples. Got a burning question? Send it to . (Please keep…
"Mean" Girls
Sarah Palin knows why women don't like her — and, no, it's not because (
as adviser Rick Davis asserted) she's pretty, competent and happy. She thinks , she says, the media puts "a kind of spin on the my record or my positions." Would those be on pay equity, abortion, health care, taxes, the environment, energy…
The Don Draper Effect: Why Do Feminists Still Love Assholes?
Yes, he can rock a suit. And the man pitches a mean cigarette slogan. But
Mad Men's resident mystery cad Don Draper "cheats on his pre-Friedan-ized wife, Betty, going through mistresses like packs of Lucky Strike cigarettes. He is stoic, handsome, emotionally stunted." So, why, the 's Irina Aleksander, are liberated,…
Vagina Monologue
"Sarah Palin does not much believe in thinking." That's Eve Ensler, the latest to weigh in on Palin's feminism (or lack of) via
an appeal to polar bear-loving American women in the . []
"Do Good Feminists Bake Cupcakes?" Yes, And They Often Do So Unironically
Today's
Guardian the new movement of ironic 1950s Domesticity that's sweeping England. To Americans accustomed to the rash of books, knitting clubs, the pastel oceans of cupcakes sweeping our city's streets and tongue-in-cheek hostessing like Amy Sedaris's , this will sound familiar. The article details the flights…
Sure, we all love
Gossip Girl but most of us are (semi-)reasonable adults who can separate the show's risque antics from reality. But what about ? Carol Platt Liebau, author of , that the show "glamorizes and normalizes" a sexy lifestyle which can result in emotional and psychological distress in young girls. She…
On Race, Gender, Michelle Obama, And The Politics Of Twitter
Another day, another roadtrip, as the Washington Independent's personal Attackerman, Spencer Ackerman, joins me live from the Netroots Nation conference in Austin, Texas. Topics discussed: Arianna Huffington's ability to channel the evil that is Karl Rove, race relations and the old-guard feminist movement in America,…
Camille Paglia has put together a playlist for Paper Cuts, NY Times' book blog. (She's promoting her latest work, Break, Blow, Burn: Camille Paglia Reads 43 of the World's Best Poems. She's mainly into rock from the '60s (Hendrix, Dylan, the Yardbirds), which isn't very surprising, since that's about the time she came…
Lisa Simpson: Feminist Hero
I've always sort of thought of Lisa Simpson as a Jezebel-in-training, what with her activism, enthusiasm for hobbies and books, love of cartoons and animals, and regard for feelings and unicorns, but it recently dawned on me that Lisa might just be the most visible, mainstream feminist of our time. I never thought I…
Cliques Push Brand-Obsessed Teens • Queen Of Hip Hop Soul Starts Foundation For Girls
Tween Clique books link popularity/boys with brand name items. Prepare for disappointment, 7th graders of America! • Texas graverobbing teens and one adult make bong out of child's skull. • Professional British wedding planner doesn't believe in marriage. • People spend almost $2,000 a year on "pissed-off purchases,"…
Andy Samberg Is A First-Class Feminist
[LAX, April 29. Image via Bauer-Griffin]
Earlier:Did It Really Take "Iron My Shirt" To Teach Women That Severe Sexism Exists?
"Iron my shirt"; Citizens United Not Timid; steel-thighed nutcrackers... according to two feature articles this week, all that misogyny may be creating a new "wave" of the women's movement. Not only does Salon's Rebecca Traister suggest that the current election cycle may very well "give birth to a new generation of…
Do women have a sense of humor? Don't ask Christopher Hitchens or, perhaps, singer/songwriter Nellie McKay. McKay (left) was a guest on Saturday night's edition of the radio program "A Prairie Home Companion", where, among other songs, she performed "Mother Of Pearl", a ditty about feminists. Some choice lyrics:…
What do the Philippines Bureau of Customs and American feminists have in common? PETA rage. The animal-rights organization is getting flak for its use of sex dolls to protest Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants in the Philippines' red light districts. The dolls, which were accompanied with a PETA-provided "KFC Blows"…
