Dinner Tab Chivalry Is One Dating Convention That Might Stick Around
Some conventions of patriarchal culture are easier to conceptually dismantle than others. Sure, women are still being paid less
Tootsie Costume Made Dustin Hoffman Face the Patriarchy
In an AFI interview from late 2012 that’s just starting to gain some traction now, in the summer doldrums, Dustin Hoffman talked about how, when he was first made-up as Dorothy Michaels during his preliminary preparations for Tootsie, he had a revelation about the unreasonable expectations our society has for female…
Oh God, Please Don't Let White Male Victimhood Be the Next Big Social…
If there's one thing I'm always going to remember about the 2012 election, it's that it was the moment I first saw the white male monopoly lose its vise-grip on American culture. Not that white men aren't in charge anymore—they are, and they will probably always be a dominant political bloc—but there's a sense that…
Making It Manly, Or How To Sell A Car
Patriarchies are defined by sexism: the valuing of men over women. In our American patriarchy, however, this is matched—and perhaps superseded—by something called androcentrism: the valuing of all-things-masculine over all-things-feminine. Enter the Mercedes SLK.
There's Only One Woman On The "Most Trusted Celebrities" List
Monday, Forbes announced "The 10 Most Trusted Celebrities." As BlackBook's Rohin Guha notes, there is just one lady on the list:
When African Women Farm, African Women Eat
Liesl Gerntholtz of Human Rights Watch has a great OpEd in the Boston Globe tracking how women's lack of property rights in some African countries directly affects their ability to feed themselves and their children.
Recessions Hurt More When You Have A Penis & A Sense Of Entitlement
A study from Cambridge University suggests that when men are laid off or fired, they don't cope with it as well as women. That's what my mom says about my dad catching cold.
Social Scientist Says Oil Makes Women Second-Class Citizens
The problem with being a liberal some days is that there are just so many things to oppose: the patriarchy, obviously; global warming; big business; the War in Iraq; the War on Drugs; oil companies; pharmaceutical companies; health insurance companies; zoos (but not when they do conservation work); circuses all the…