We Are Biased
By Jesse Singal - Jan 30th, 2009 at 12:22 pmFrom Scientific American (unfortunately, the rest of the piece has to be purchased):
When making complex decisions, legitimate factors sometimes mask choices influenced by prejudice—so…
Posts Tagged ‘feminism’
Was Updike a Misogynist?
By Jake Blumgart - Jan 29th, 2009 at 11:02 amI was at work when I heard the news, sandwiched between fresh Israeli air strikes and the latest Republican petulance, that John Updike had died…
Stymying the Family Planning Stimulus
By Jessica Hillyard - Jan 29th, 2009 at 9:41 amThe House last night approved the $819 billion economic stimulus, despite the fact that nary a Republican voted in favor of the package. Although it’s…
The Real Victims of the Economic Meltdown
By Jesse Singal - Jan 28th, 2009 at 3:44 pmUgh. From the friggin’ New York Times:
The economic crisis came home to 27-year-old Megan Petrus early last year when her boyfriend of eight months,…
Renal Gender Bias
By L. Russell Allen - Jan 27th, 2009 at 6:00 pmWe all know that women are more likely to be paid less for the same work as their male counterparts. We know that women have…
Is This an Effective Pro-choice Argument?
By Jesse Singal - Jan 21st, 2009 at 4:51 pmVia reddit, here’s a blog post and accompanying video arguing that the easiest way to instill doubt in an anti-choice activist is to ask, “If…
I Never Expected Much from The Weekly Standard
By Jake Blumgart - Jan 19th, 2009 at 1:02 pmI never expected much from The Weekly Standard: a dash of jingoistic tripe here, a slap of archaic cultural conservatism there, the kind of intellectually…
Are You Ready for Some “Football”?
By Jessica Hillyard - Jan 15th, 2009 at 9:50 amVia Feministing:
This is so offensive that I actually second-guessed my knowledge of football… yes, I am a woman and I do understand football, believe it…
The Latest Anti-choice Lie
By Jake Blumgart - Jan 14th, 2009 at 5:44 pmA new ad from the Catholic website HopeAfterAbortion.com is currently on display in the Washington, D.C. Metro. The ad, depicting a woman’s eyes bordered by…
Mr. PTA President
By Kay Steiger - Jan 6th, 2009 at 5:15 pmToday I saw this item in The New York Times that reported the first-ever male Parent Teacher Association president, Charles J. Saylors. Finally, I thought,…
Self-Empowerment? Really?
By Kay Steiger - Jan 5th, 2009 at 4:02 pmApparently this week is Women’s Self-Empowerment Week. That’s right, the week most people tend to devote to signing up for gym memberships and making long…
Celebrity Senator From New York
By Kay Steiger - Dec 19th, 2008 at 3:30 pmThe feminist blogosphere is up in arms of what to do about the Caroline Kennedy problem. I definitely have mixed feelings about this. I’m not…
Female Brain, Not So Different From Male Brain
By Kay Steiger - Dec 16th, 2008 at 11:59 am(Flickr/hurleygurley)
Amanda Schaffer has a very interesting article over at Slate that debunks some of the controversial “science” devoted to the differences between men’s and…
“Ideas” for Women
By Kay Steiger - Dec 15th, 2008 at 4:36 pmFlickr user Cayusa
The New York Times Sunday Magazine this week was its “Ideas” issue. That is, a series of short blurbs that include everything…
Dear Advertisers: Please Stop…
By Kay Steiger - Dec 9th, 2008 at 3:24 pmAlex Leo on Huffington Post lists the five advertising trends she’d love to see retired: bondage, rape (remember that awful Dolce and Gabbana ad?), sluts,…
