This is pretty bizarre: A shopping center in China has created a female-only parking lot. Included in its features are 3 additional feet for each space, and “a delicate pink and light purple color scheme.” Apparently, the manager of the shopping center said that the new parking lot would appeal to women’s “strong sense of colour [...]
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I’ll admit it– I love the holiday season. Perhaps it’s simply good childhood memories warming my heart, but this feminist is no Scrooge. One thing about the holidays that I can’t stand, however, is being bombarded by ridiculous, cheesy, materialistic jewelry commercials. Every year, we have to suffer through “Every kiss begins with Kay,” or [...]
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Yesterday on a flight to DC, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer apparently called a flight attendant “bitch,” under his breath. The flight attendant had asked him to turn off his cellphone, and when she turned around, he muttered the insult. He has since apologized. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand was apparently seated next to Schumer at the [...]
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‘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 is nothing new, but still worth discussing: According to a number of business executives, women are missing out on employment sometimes because their confidence is lacking compared to men. In a Business Smarts article, Dell Australia Managing Director Joe Kremer discusses his personal experience with women undervaluing themselves and their capabilities. Describing a time [...]
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Last week in The Nation, Katha Pollitt (a favorite columnist of mine) hits it out of the park with her ruminations on the Stupak Amendment and the Democratic party. She describes how it feels for women to always have to ‘take one for the team,’ and have fellow Democrats brush it off, like protecting reproductive [...]
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If you’re tired of seeing the same white male faces featured as ‘experts’ in the media, check out SheSource.org. The site is an online database of female experts in virtually every field, and is easily searchable for current news stories and research for the media. SheSource.org is an online braintrust of female experts on diverse [...]
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Writing in the United Arab Emirates “The National,” columnist Shoba Narayan, who grew up in India and went to college in the United States, has an interesting view on the differences of feminism in the “West” compared to the “East.” She says: Feminism in the East is – and has to be – different from [...]
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Tracee Hamilton, a new sports columnist for the Washington Post, wrote a column today, following up on the Erin Andrews case, discussing stalking and victim-blaming. It’s a rather personal column, as she opens up about a stalker who followed her for years, instilling terror and helplessness in her for more years to follow. It’s a [...]
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Yesterday marked the final day of the American University of Beirut’s conference on “Arab Feminisms: A Critical Perspective.” This is the first major conference held on feminism in the Arab world. Organized by the Lebanese Association of Women Researchers & AUB’s Literature Dept, the conference focused on current issues, different interpretations of feminism, political movements, the [...]
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