It was early August 2008 and I was confused. A fairly well-known magazine journalist had recently published a book about three iconic women whose music in the ’60s and ’70s was the subtle feminist soundtrack for a generation coming of age. I was interviewing her — ostensibly about the book — for a women’s issues [...]
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Kamala Harris & the Minefields of Political Attractiveness
It’s time to make a pact. From now on, if you are in a professional setting and you’re thinking in your head, “Now that is one attractive man/woman/person/employee/colleague/business associate, etc.” this is what you must do from this day forward – Keep. It. To. Yourself. This is especially important if you are the president of [...]
The Ultimate Girl Fight? Taylor Swift Versus Amy Poehler & Tina Fey
I wonder if Vanity Fair knew there’d be trouble as soon as it dove in. Probably. Trouble is probably exactly what it wanted to stir up. Imagine you’ve scored an interview with the planet’s most visible, popular songstress. Imagine that, over the course of that interview, said songstress makes criticisms, veiled or otherwise, of two [...]
Why Are We Sexualizing the Youngest Oscar Nominee?
Nine-year-old Quvenzhane Wallis was nominated for Best Actress in the film Beasts of the Southern Wild, making her the youngest person to ever be nominated for that award. Sadly, it appears that some adults were too immature to handle her nomination. I thought that the buck would stop with the show’s host Seth MacFarlane, who [...]
Who Would Have Thought? A WOMAN Behind GoDaddy’s Tasteless Ads
Meet Barb Rechterman. She is the senior executive Vice President and chief marketing officer for GoDaddy. Last week after GoDaddy debuted their new sexist ad during the Super Bowl, women all over America figured this ad was the product of some college aged frat boy, not a middle aged business woman. While this development was [...]
Anne of Green Come-and-Get-Me
When I first saw the new—and suddenly buzzed about —cover for the reissue of the classic series Anne of Green Gables, my mind went instantly into cynical and jaded mode with reflex speediness. I flashed to the classic (okay, well feminist classic) No Comment photos. Because, let’s face it, someone in the marketing world decided [...]
Women Entrepreneurs, Say GoodBye to GoDaddy and Those Super Bowl Ads
GoDaddy recently called me regarding domain renewals. You see, one of my reserved urls was about to expire and a few others were approaching expiration. Like many bloggers, I typically keep a stable of one to two dozen urls on hold for current and future projects. I let the domain in question lapse. I [...]
Anne Hathaway is Teaching All Our Girls an Important Lesson
By now, you may have seen Matt Lauer’s interview with Anne Hathaway on the Today Show where, instead of focusing on her upcoming movie Les Miserables, he decided it was better to mock her about a recent “wardrobe malfunction.” Why do I care about this episode? It’s not because I think Hathaway needs my help. [...]
Political Sexism: More Than Enough to Go Around
There’s plenty of sexism and downright misogyny among talking heads and commentators to go around. Neither the left not the right has a lock on who’s worse. As many people, including myself, have called out Rush Limbaugh for his recent remarks calling a Georgetown law student a “slut” and a “prostitute” for her stand on [...]
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I Want My Mother Back
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Charles Ramsey and the Racial Language Barrier
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Brave’s Merida is Herself Again. But for How Long?
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Can “Maybe” Empower Our Children in Times of Fear?
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Will My Ice Floe Have Starbucks and Wi-fi?
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The Sound of One Hand Praying?
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Pussy Riot: Feminist Punk Icons on Film
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Two Very Different Takes on Working Family Flexiblity
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The Doubled Edged Sword of Murder Charges Against Ariel Castro
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What is REALLY Important to Military Families
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