The British Daily Mail Online reports that, at the Wimbeldon tennis championships, the BBC relegated Senera Williams to a less desirable court than Centre Court because they deemed her to be not as attractive as 28th seed Sorana Cirstea. A spokesman for Wimbledon said that “Good looks are a factor” and that “It’s not a [...]
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On June 4, I wrote that there was “Progress in Increased Visibility of Women in Iranian Politics.“ That post discussed Zahra Rahnavard, the wife of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, and the importantance of her appearing in public with Mousavi at campaign rallies. I wrote that “Obviously, the small act of having a woman in [...]
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I am not holding my breath for a day during my lifetime when women aren’t ever objectified in ridiculous fast food advertising, because this sort of thing keeps happening over and over. But this particular ad disturbs me more than a lot of others. I think its because, as Jezebel blogger Katy puts it: The woman here [...]
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In the wake of the murder of Dr. George Tiller, the Obama administration offered U.S. Marshal protection to abortion facilities and people who feel endangered because of the provision of abortion services. However, I would have thought that the Obama administration would also have taken action to reinvigorate the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances [...]
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CNN’s American Morning show has an online section in which it says it, once a week, poses questions about “a hot button issue that, we hope, generates strong opinion from you.” Last week, the question posed by its newscaster Carol Costello was “Is Feminism Obsolete?” The text accompanying the question was: It seems every time [...]
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Disturbing news from a survey of men in South Africa: One in Four men admit to having raped a woman/girl, most of them more than once. Additionally, a smaller percentage have raped a man/boy: Of those surveyed, 28% said they had raped a woman or girl, and 3% said they had raped a man or [...]
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In a front page article on June 15, the New York Times reports that an article by professors Lena Edlund and Douglas Almond of Columbia University finds that census data show that, in the United States, there is a preference for the birth of boys over girls by Americans of Chinese, Indian and Korean descent. [...]
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Republican activist and former chairman of the South Carolina Election Commission has apologized after comparing Michelle Obama to an escaped gorilla, and posting this on Facebook. Rusty DePass wrote, of a gorilla that escaped from the zoo: I’m sure it’s just one of Michelle’s ancestors – probably harmless. I don’t think I even need to [...]
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For people who like hip hop, the annual Rock the Bells tour is met with great anticipation. Since 2004, the lineups have been blowing people away. Wu-Tang, The Roots, A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Murs, Immortal Technique–just to name a few– have all rocked the stage, some of them a couple years in [...]
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Though not directly related to feminist issues, I think it’s necessary to provide an update on the shooting at the Holocaust Museum. The shooter apparently authored articles about Obama ‘hiding his citizenship’, and ”a new, hard-hitting exposé of the Jew Conspiracy to destroy the White gene-pool.” If I were you, I’d head to Racialicious, where there [...]
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