Tag Archives: gender
Cart Before the Horse
Here’s a game: guess what percentage of Congress is female. Too hard? Okay, would you say it’s higher or lower than in Mexico? How about in Cambodia? Duh, it’s lower than Sweden’s, but do you think it’s higher or lower … Continue reading
Brogramming
I have a confession that is rather embarrassing. This site is hosted by GoDaddy.com, purveyor of horrible, objectifying, moronic ads with the GoDaddy “girls.” I wish this were not true. When I started this blog, I didn’t even realize I … Continue reading
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Blue for the Union, Grey for the Confederacy, Pink for the Girls
I forgot about this picture I snapped from that weekend in Springfield, until this afternoon when the super awesome Peggy Orenstein (author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter) retweeted it. This is in the extensively stocked gift shop of the Lincoln Museum … Continue reading
Happy Equal Pay Day
In 1996, the National Committee on Equal Pay started Equal Pay Day to draw attention to the chronic problem of the wage gap (which is currently at 77.4 cents). In short, the wage gap measures the difference in average pay … Continue reading
Sunday Scraps 55
1. INCARCERATION: Photo series from Wired inside of juvenile detention centers. Remind me again how we justify putting children in rooms like these for any period of time? 2. BOOKS: Saundra Mitchell articulately points out that girls read books with … Continue reading
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The Raise
I got the raise. More importantly, I asked for the raise. The asking is the big deal, the getting is just icing. We’ve talked a lot about how difficult it can be for some women to feel capable of asking … Continue reading
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S(Monday) Scraps 54
1. TRAYVON: Ugh. When NBC mixes and matches the 911 Trayvon Martin call to make George Zimmerman sound more racist, they do no one any favors. From Mother Jones. 2. BOOKS: Slate ponders what, if anything, we lose when scoping … Continue reading
Rosie in the News #5
From College Humor, a series of faux-propaganda posters for the Hunger Games‘ fictional country, Panem, includes this one: I dig it, don’t you? Hunger Games crossed the 250 million mark in ten days, which is record-breaking for anything other than … Continue reading
Sunday Scraps 52
1. LAWS: Some of the ladies at The Rumpus took it upon themselves to respond to the rash of lady-bashing legislation with some suggestions for bills that will make most penises curl up inside themselves. 2. RACE: In response to … Continue reading
Filed under Gender, Media, Politics, Really Good Writing by Other People
MA Reconsiders Custody Bias
I have tangled with the Men’s Rights movement before, usually in the comments section of my Good Men Project articles. The most frustrating thing about that crew, besides their vitriolic hate speech towards feminists and the occasional personal insult, is … Continue reading
