Trouble in Ivy League Paradise

Accord to a recent study by Harvard University, there’s been a decline in their Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ senior jobs to women within the past couple of years. Boston.com News reports that it seems the dilemma began when Lawrence H. Summers became president of the university.
During the last term of former president Neil L. Rudenstine’s of 2000-2001, 36 percent of Harvard’s offers of tenured jobs were to women. Yet last year, women received only 13 percent of offers. Yeah, that number went down just a wee bit! Out of a total of 32 offers of tenure last year, only 4 were made to women. Only one female candidate accepted the offer.
“When you see statistics like ...

Accord to a recent study by Harvard University, there’s been a decline in their Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ senior jobs to women within the past couple of years. Boston.com News reports that it seems ...

Someone finally said it!

Rebecca Traister from Salon.com asked the question that some of us ladies have been wondering during this political season’s campaign for female voters. “Do activists have to resort to gyno-talk to get our attention?” We check out her thoughts in the hysterical article provided by the Guardian Unlimited titled, “Enough with the Vaginas!”
Traister discusses her experience at last week’s Vaginas Vote, Chicks Rock concert at the Apollo Theatre, which was sponsered and planned by a variety of organizations, including V-Day, and the head of the organization, Eve Ensler, including “her blessed freaking vagina”.
Traister describes the event, for the most part, to be quite impressive and inspiring. She praises various speakers such as Gloria ...

Rebecca Traister from Salon.com asked the question that some of us ladies have been wondering during this political season’s campaign for female voters. “Do activists have to resort to gyno-talk to get our attention?” We ...

LL Cool K


Yeah, yeah, yeah. We all know that both Bush and Kerry are earnestly courting women’s votes. But what I didn’t know is that the press can’t seem to make up their mind over who’s doing a better job.
Recent articles would have you believe that Kerry’s lead among women is slipping, but despite all this brouhaha, the fact remains that the Ladies Love Cool Kerry. (Forgive me; I couldn’t help myself…)
But apparently there’s one thing the press can agree upon: it’s no accident.
From the NY Times:
It was no accident that John Kerry appeared Tuesday on “Live With Regis and Kelly” and recalled his days as a young ...


Yeah, yeah, yeah. We all know that both Bush and Kerry are earnestly courting women’s votes. But what I didn’t know is that the press can’t seem to make up their mind over ...

Sexual Violence: A weapon of war

The UN organized a conference this week on “Gender Justice in Post-Conflict Situations,” where women from around the world gathered to talk about the growing problem of sexual violence used in warfare.
…from systematic rape to intentional transmission of the AIDS virus has become a standard weapon of modern warfare, used in conflicts from Sudan, Iraq and Rwanda to Russia…
“The nature of conflict has changed, and the battlefields are now women’s bodies,” said Noeleen Heyzer, executive director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM).

While the use of sexual violence against women as a war tactic isn’t exactly news, women need to make sure it is at the front of our minds—and our activism.

The UN organized a conference this week on “Gender Justice in Post-Conflict Situations,” where women from around the world gathered to talk about the growing problem of sexual violence used in warfare.
…from systematic rape ...

Date rape cigarettes?!

This is some freaky shit.
Apparently cigarettes are the new date rape weapon of choice in the UK, where a woman was recently assaulted after smoking a cigarette laced with embalming fluid. Ugh.
Has anyone else heard of this before? Because it’s news to me…

This is some freaky shit.
Apparently cigarettes are the new date rape weapon of choice in the UK, where a woman was recently assaulted after smoking a cigarette laced with embalming fluid. Ugh.
Has ...

Anti-Choice group wants Obama banned from schools

Democratic superstar Barak Obama may have his invitation to speak at an Illinois Catholic school reneged because of a recent uproar by anti-choicers.
The American Life League says it is “outraged” that Obama is scheduled to speak at Benedictine University next month due to his “radical support of abortion.” Since when is believing in an established constitutional right radical?
American Life League is “urging the administration of Benedictine …to put an end to this scandal by forbidding Mr. Obama from speaking on the Catholic campus.”
Uh yeah, having a Senate candidate speak at a public affairs symposium sponsored by the school’s political science department is just so freaking scandalous… Oh my gosh, what would ...

Democratic superstar Barak Obama may have his invitation to speak at an Illinois Catholic school reneged because of a recent uproar by anti-choicers.
The American Life League says it is “outraged” that Obama ...

Shocker of the day: Victoria’s Secret still sucks


Apparently a new Victoria’s Secret marketing campaign that targets college women is pissing some people off. Um, why? Is this really news?
I’ll tell you though, while the idea that Victoria’s Secret wants young women to buy lingerie isn’t exactly a shocker, their weird campus-invasion technique is insulting in a do-you-really-think-I’m-that-stupid kind of way. I mean come on now, they’re trying to lure us with little pink doggies for fuck’s sake.
The new collection for 18- to 22-year-old women, PINK, is designed with sexiness and youthful energy…The models who wear the sexy apparel belong to a diverse group of all nationalities…
Because didn’t you know? College girls—unlike the rest of women—are diverse!


Apparently a new Victoria’s Secret marketing campaign that targets college women is pissing some people off. Um, why? Is this really news?
I’ll tell you though, while the idea that Victoria’s ...

Sweet New Mags or Same-Old Rags?

As the New York Post recently reported, a bunch of new magazines are debuting this season, and some of them target us ladies.
Many of you have heard about Suede, the “first-ever fashion and beauty magazine to be inspired by the young, contemporary woman of color”. I am (cautious but) excited about this. It’s about time someone recognized the women of color out there — you’d think when reading Lucky or Jane (lets not even get started on Cosmo) that every young woman was white! It’s also great that streetwear is being recognized as a legitimate form of fashion – it’s already one of the most influential. (Suede is especially focused on what ...

As the New York Post recently reported, a bunch of new magazines are debuting this season, and some of them target us ladies.
Many of you have heard about Suede, the “first-ever fashion ...

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