patriarchy

I have a very clear memory of being incredibly excited to have my mother and her boyfriend take me to see Ghostbuster…

When I was 15 years old, I had a pretty good thing going for myself when it came to sneaking into shows at large…

The music video for “Hwages,” roughly translated as “concerns,” has been viewed about 3.2 million times since its…

Observer freelancer Jacques Hyzagi’s “Elle on Earth” piece was a quite fascinating, entertaining piece as a…

Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Boy Problems,” a song that is ostensibly about annoying your girlfriends with too much boy talk…

Today in juvenile patriarchy news, a boy (ew) ended up winning a tech competition that’s part of a program meant for…

Since 1896 married couples in Japan have been legally obligated to take the same surname. However, five women are…

Although creating a brand new surname after marrying is a rare choice, it’s viewed by some as the most equal,…

Approaching women they don’t know can be hard for men, or at least I assume this, because they whine about it a lot.…

A new study published Monday has finally answered the age-old question asked primarily by women: why is the office…

Speaker of the House John Boehner (R) participated in a jaunty interview segment on Golf TV, for some reason, and…

While there are the obvious industries and outlets that put women in the minority, if at all (congressional seats,…

In response to the artwork for Nicki Minaj's upcoming single, Anaconda, Chuck Creekmur, the CEO of AllHipHop.com…

Earlier this month, someone stole $2000 worth of "racy" calendars from a kiosk in the Metro Atlanta Mall of Georgia.…

Some conventions of patriarchal culture are easier to conceptually dismantle than others. Sure, women are still bein…

In an AFI interview from late 2012 that’s just starting to gain some traction now, in the summer doldrums, Dustin…

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…

Patriarchies are defined by sexism: the valuing of men over women. In our American patriarchy, however, this is…

Monday, Forbes announced "The 10 Most Trusted Celebrities." As BlackBook's Rohin Guha notes, there is just one lady…

Liesl Gerntholtz of Human Rights Watch has a great OpEd in the Boston Globe tracking how women's lack of property…