Would Warnings on Photoshopped Ads Fight Anorexia?

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Emily

A recommendation from the UK’s Royal College of Psychiatrists could lead to warning labels being attached to photoshopped pictures of models. The college cited research evidence that suggests the media’s role in the existence of eating disorders in girls. The group also called for a ban on underweight models in London’s fashion week. The argument [...]

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What is the Definition of Racism?

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Mike

Washington Post columnist Courtland Milloy (who is black) had an interesting column this week on the definition of racism.  Much of the column was focused on the remarks by Tom Tancredo at the recent Tea Party rally.  Milloy gave his opinion that the remarks were racist and that the press has not called out Tancredo [...]

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The Increase in Gender-Segregated Classrooms

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Mike

The Southern Poverty Law Center’s Teaching Tolerance magazine has an article on the rise of gender-segregated classrooms in America.  It includes this worrisome sentence: “In 2002, only 11 public schools in the United States had gender-segregated classrooms. As of December 2009, there were more than 550.”  The movement is called the Single Sex Public Education [...]

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Canada Has Not Acted to Protect the Human Rights of Its Poorest and Most Vulnerable Women

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Mike

When we in America think about the problems facing women outside of the United States, we often focus on the problems in developing countries.  But, just as we know that there are major problems here in the United States, the problems throughout the world include problems in developed countries.  One example is Canada.  The Canadian [...]

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Britain Joins Debate Over the Burqa

Posted on January 18, 2010 by Mike

In my last post about French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s support for a proposed ban on women wearing burqas in all public places, I wrote that he had essentially stopped trying to say he was proposing the ban in order to help women’s rights and now was simply showing his prejudice against Muslims. His countrymen shared [...]

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Study Supports Allegations that Racism is Involved in Opposition to President Obama

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Mike

On January 4, Emily wrote about the recent hanging of a black doll with Barack Obama’s name on a main road in the Plains, Georgia, home town of former President Jimmy Carter.   In September, there were many accusations made about how Rep. Joe Wilson’s shout of “You lie” during Obama’s speech to Congress were racist.  [...]

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Quick Hit: Obama Hanged in Effigy

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Emily

I’ve been following this news story from a few other bloggers, and it sickens me: Apparently, the Secret Service is investigating the perpetrators behind the hanging of a black doll with Obama’s name on it with a noose on a main road in Georgia, by Jimmy Carter’s home. Georgia has historically had difficulty with race [...]

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Sarkozy’s Prejudice Against Muslims

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Mike

This blog has, on a number of occasions, discussed French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s support for a proposed ban on women wearing burqas in all public places.  (For example, see this most recent post about a statement by the French Immigration Minister.)  Emily and I have disagreed about the proposed ban.  I wrote that enacting such [...]

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Feminist Thanksgiving Musings

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Emily

‘Feminist Thanksgiving’ may sound like an oxymoron– since the entire foundation of this national holiday is based on a racist stereotypes and erasure of true events from history. If I have children, I am going to find it very hard to stomach the typical Pilgram-Indian holiday plays elementary schools put on. I think we should [...]

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This Veteran’s Day, Remember LaVena Johnson

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Emily

Today is Veteran’s Day– a time  for reflection and veneration of those who’ve served in the past and those who serve presently. Supporting those who’ve served is important. But so is acknowledging and remembering the inequalities in the US Military, particularly those inequalities that lead to sexual violence and murder within the military. Most people [...]

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