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Rule on Women and Health Care Access to be Finalized

By Kay Steiger - Nov 18th, 2008 at 3:22 pm

The really awful proposed rule that Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Levitt is trying to push through in his last few weeks of public…

Wanted: Geekettes

By Kay Steiger - Nov 18th, 2008 at 1:10 pm

There’s an interesting piece in The New York Times today about the lack of women in computer science. While women are actually starting to approach…

Michelle Obama: Black Beauty… and Booty?

By Loryn Wilson - Nov 18th, 2008 at 12:29 pm

Erin Aubry Kaplan at Salon sings the praises of Michelle Obama’s beauty and her well-proportioned rear end:
But what really thrills me, what really feels…

Shut Up, Helen Mirren.

By Loryn Wilson - Nov 18th, 2008 at 11:48 am

Feministing reports that Helen Mirren believes female jurors in rape cases are “sexually jealous” of the rape survivors:
“Whether in a deep-seated animalistic way, going…

Milestone

By Jesse Singal - Nov 14th, 2008 at 12:14 pm

For the first time, a woman is a four-star general. Congratulations to Ann E. Dunwoody, who has served in the military for 33 years.

What’s Wrong with Camille Paglia?

By Jesse Singal - Nov 12th, 2008 at 5:28 pm

Sigh. Oh, look, another Camille Paglia column:
I like Sarah Palin, and I’ve heartily enjoyed her arrival on the national stage. As a career classroom…

Mommabama

By Kay Steiger - Nov 12th, 2008 at 2:24 pm

Rebecca Traister has a good look in Salon at the public’s perception of Michelle Obama as First Lady. The media is already eager to paint…

Michelle Obama Presents Herself as Mostly Just a Mom

By Jesse Singal - Nov 7th, 2008 at 3:56 pm

Dana Goldstein has a good post on the rather retrograde manner in which Michelle Obama is presented on her husband’s transition website.
Dana excerpts the…

We’re Still Scared of Sex Toys?

By Jesse Singal - Oct 31st, 2008 at 1:14 pm

It’s easy to forget when you live in an enclave of liberal hedonism like Washington, D.C., but there are states in America that still have…

The Air Quotes Say It All

By Jessica Hillyard - Oct 30th, 2008 at 9:34 am

Via Feministing, The Daily Show’s Samantha Bee tells us, in so many words, about “the seedy underbelly of the women’s ‘health’ scam”:

Well, I’m “shocked.”…

How to Build a Dating System That Isn’t Oppressive

By Jesse Singal - Oct 29th, 2008 at 12:02 pm

Yesterday at Feministing, Samhita did a post on ten things she “absolutely hate[s] about heteronormative dating”:
1. You are expected to dress nice and act…

Intepreting the Last Episode of Mad Men

By Daniel Strauss - Oct 23rd, 2008 at 4:32 pm

The last time I wrote about Mad Men the reactions were pretty mixed, in large part because I came to the very optimistic conclusion that…

The Problem Isn’t That Palin Wanted To Look Good

By Daniel Strauss - Oct 23rd, 2008 at 10:39 am

The problem with the argument that the Republican National Committee is at fault for spending $150,000 on clothing and makeup for Sarah Palin since she…

Mad Men Madness

By Daniel Strauss - Oct 16th, 2008 at 3:04 pm

If you haven’t watched Mad Men yet you need to. Fact.
I admit the premise sounds boring–a show about the day to day lives of…

Sculptor Debuts “African” Bust of Michelle Obama

By Loryn Wilson - Oct 10th, 2008 at 10:26 am

Entertainment Wise reports that sculptor Daniel Edwards has debuted an African-inspired bust of Michelle Obama. The sculpture is adorned with Barack Obama-logo earrings and an…