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Yet Another Feminist Friday

Yet Another Feminist Friday

Romney If you think Romney’s economic plan is complicated (I’m looking at you, Herman Cain), just wait until you get to female anatomy. Romney recently emphasized that he would fully support a Constitutional amendment defining conception...

 

Feminist Friday

Feminist Friday

A step forward always seems to be followed by a step back. Big news out of Saudi Arabia this week: not only has King Abdullah overturned a court ruling sentencing a woman from Jeddah to ten lashes for driving, but Saudi women will soon be allowed...

 

Politics of Prostitution

Politics of Prostitution

Dobrý den, readers! I have returned from my time abroad in Prague and Brussels, chock-full of new insights about gender relations in a post-communist society and stories from sessions of the European Parliament’s Committee on Women’s Rights...

 

Waterworksgate

Waterworksgate

As the 112th United States Congress kicks off with a fresh infusion of legislators and a newly-overhauled leadership, one simple fact has failed to escape notice: Boehner cries. A lot. This is not to say that the newly-minted Speaker of the...

 

A Great Education

A Great Education

There’s so much more to education than the basic curriculum. Gender socialization occurs in many ways, but perhaps the most profound socialization occurs in school. From the earliest stages, children create their own sets of norms, values,...

 

Bringing Women into the Public Sphere

Bringing Women into the Public Sphere

Photo by Bryan Baird. There are few things better than getting re-inspired about a cause you believe in. Nicholas Kristof’s speech at Washington University last week did exactly that. Kristof, noted New York Times columnist and all-around...

 

Feminism Today

Feminism Today

Feminism: The Misunderstood Giant Feminism isn’t dead. Though many different groups and the stigma of the word itself have tried to nail its coffin shut for decades, feminism is alive and well. That’s not to say that there aren’t still...