Tag Archives: feminism
Alicia, Hillary, and Amy
Anyone watch this week’s The Good Wife? I love a good second wave vs. third wave battle on network TV! Remember when Tina Fey hired the young “bimbo” comedian with the pigtails and the lollipop on 30 Rock? These intergenerational conversations … Continue reading
Why I Believe Men Belong in the Feminist Movement
You know you’ve chosen a particularly thorny issue when people pick it apart from both sides. Hurrah! After a bit of a hiatus (for some logistical and also vaguely undefined philosphical reasons) I am back at the Good Men Project … Continue reading
Filed under Gender, Politics, Republished!
Snooki: “When it comes to sex, I’m definitely a guy.”
Feminism is a tricky word. I’ve posted my definition on this blog before: My feminism is about allowing individual desires to take precedence over societally proscribed roles and assumptions. It’s about men being nurses and teachers, women being firefighters and … Continue reading
Maslow and Feminist Privilege
I first learned about Maslow’s hierarchy of needs in a high school marketing class. The traditionally pyramid-shaped diagram illustrates a psychological theory on how people prioritize their needs. First comes the basics (food, water, shelter), followed by safety, then companionship/ … Continue reading
Filed under Gender
In Defense of Hugo
To the average person, the recent blow-up about Hugo Schwyzer’s feminist involvement has registered on the pop culture spectrum somewhere below what I had for breakfast. But, if you run in the Facebook and Twitter circles I run in, the … Continue reading
Sunday Scraps 32
1. DREAMY: You’ve probably seen it by now, but just in case, it’s Feminist Ryan Gosling and he’s saying “Hey Girl….” 2. MEDIA: Really cool analysis I wish I’d done on Sociological Images. It maps the sexualization of male vs. … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Body Image, Books, Gender, Hollywood, Media, Really Good Writing by Other People
Sunday Scraps 31
1. STEVE: There are a ton of great profiles this week of Steve Jobs. Rather than read those, spend 15 minutes listening to his 2005 commencement speech to Stanford University. 2. FEMINISM: This is the latest in the Tropes vs. … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Body Image, Education, Food, Gender, Hollywood, Media, Politics, Really Good Writing by Other People, Sports
Padlocks and Keys as Analogies for Sex. Ick.
Super cool news to be filed under dreams-do-come-true: My GMP piece Monday, the letter to my brother about hook-up culture was reposted on Jezebel yesterday. To top it all off, it was the featured story in Jezebel’s daily email. The … Continue reading
Filed under Gender, Republished!, Sex
Haven’t We Been Through This?
Kelly Ripa would like you to know that if you (you being a gentleman) do not pay for your lady, she will think you’re “gross” and “disgusting”. I’m not going to wax on and on about how preposterous this is … Continue reading
