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Friday sexism: 12 vintage conduct rules for women from rural Spain
From the brilliant blog BrainPickings by Maria Popova who notes that things haven’t changed that much.
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It’s 2013. Let’s end ‘booth babes’ for good
Woman of the future, when perhaps one can present technology and also simultaneously not be objectified. Scene: It’s the year 2137. The world is doing pretty well. Hoverboards have gone out of style...
View ArticleQuote of the Day: “What’s a pretty girl like you doing reading those?”
I guess someone didn’t get the memo about the existence of female reporters? Ed Hartzog, a Community Board 8 member who once worked for Anthony Weiner’s campaign, has not widely publicized his...
View ArticleGender and empathy: Men shouldn’t need to “imagine if it were your...
Stassa Edwards, a new mother of a baby boy, has a really great piece on rape culture and how we teach our sons about consent. She notes that after reading about the Steubenville case, she asked herself...
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Quote of the Day: “Look at the ass on her.”
Buried in a New York magazine profile of NYC mayoral hopeful Christine Quinn is this lovely story of current Mayor Bloomberg: As it happens, I was at a Christmas party for the rich just a few weeks...
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Viral misogyny alert: “The Women of LA”
Ugh. The Nice Guys of OKCupid “DJ Lubel”–the guy behind the Murray Hill video from 2009–has released a new spoof music video, “The Women of LA,” complaining about how bitchy women won’t provide the sex...
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The Oscars gets bro-tastic
Seth MacFarlane put on quite the show last night hosting the Oscars. For a show that could use a dose of relevant humor, he chose a different path–making, racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic and...
View ArticleArtie Lange makes sexist comments, Jimmy Fallon laughs, audience applauds
Jimmy Fallon is charming, enthusiastic, and totally non-controversial. Ask any fan or casual “Late Night” viewer, and you’ll hear things like, “Yeah, he seems like a really nice guy.” Recently,...
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Yes, we still have to call out sexism against Marissa Mayer
The news that former Google executive Marissa Mayer had been appointed President and CEO of Yahoo – just a few days before announcing her pregnancy – was met with feminist glee back in July. But the...
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Weekly Feminist GIF
WHEN A WOMAN CALLS OUT SEXISM DURING A TECH CONFERENCE AND RECEIVES VIOLENT THREATS AND IS FIRED FROM HER JOB.
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Who approved these ridiculously sexist “Avengers” T-shirts?
Welp, sexist advertising doesn’t get much more blatant this. Here’s Marvel’s Avengers T-shirt for boys: And for girls: Update: Sign the petition to say we’re #notbuying it. Related: What if dude...
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Quote of the Day: State lawmaker calls women “vaginas”
Here’s what New Hampshire State Rep. Peter Hansen wrote in an email to the official legislative listserv in response to a debate on a gun bill earlier this month. What could possibly be missing from...
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New Tumblr watch: 100 Percent Men
All Architects of the Capitol, Librarians of Congress, Secretaries of the Treasury, and Postmasters General of the United States. The 100 Percent Men Tumblr serves up a depressing sampling of “boys...
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Quick Hit: Grimes rails against sexism in the music world
In this awesome rant, Grimes offers some #realtalk about her frustrations as a woman in the music biz. A taste: i dont want to be infantilized because i refuse to be sexualized i dont want to be...
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Quote of the Day: “Radical bitches” edition
Are you kidding me? Steve Kush is the executive director of the Bernalillo County Republican Party in New Mexico. On Tuesday, the county commission considered a proposal to raise the minimum wage. Kush...
View ArticleThe UnSlut Project
“It gets better” for LGBTQ youth, but also for young women bullied and called “slut.” The recent suicides of Rehtaeh Parsons, Amanda Todd, Felicia Garcia, and others demonstrate the tragic hopelessness...
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Sleazy phone calls to South Carolina voters falsely imply female candidate...
Left: Elizabeth Colbert Busch (D). Right: Mark Sanford (R). (Credit: ABC News) Via. Because it’s not already hard enough to run for political office as a woman in this country, conservative groups in...
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Quote of the Day: “People only say I’m angry because I’m black and I’m a woman.”
Novelist Jamaica Kincaid offers some #realtalk in response to a question about the role of anger and humor in her writing in a recent interview at The American Reader. People only say I’m angry because...
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Coverflip challenge reimagines famous dude book covers as by and for women
Coverflip created by Hannah Yesterday author Maureen Johnson, fed up with sexist responses to the perceived gender appeal of her books covers, issued a challenge to her followers. She writes: You are...
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Quick Hit: What Can you do with $443,360 and 12 years?
That’s how much money some working women are missing out on as a result of wage disparities among genders. According to the Huffington Post: “The typical full-time working woman stands to miss out on...
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