2005 September Archive

Things we can learn…

from single mothers and their views on marriage.
via Washington Post…
Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefalas’s new book, “Promises I Can Keep,” explains — in their subjects’ own words — why so many poor women opt for single motherhood.
It’s not that they don’t believe in marriage, or don’t want it for themselves. They “delay” marriage until they think they have a reasonable shot at making it work. What Edin and Kefalas, both Philadelphia sociologists, found in their five-year study of 162 poor black, white and Puerto Rican single mothers is a near total disconnect between marriage and motherhood.
Break it down sisters. This is not to say that the experience of single motherhood is easy or glamorous, but ...

from single mothers and their views on marriage.
via Washington Post…
Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefalas’s new book, “Promises I Can Keep,” explains — in their subjects’ own words — why so many poor women opt ...

By Samhita • 18 years ago

Women get agro when drunk?

Okay yeah, so when a woman gets drunk and she is sexually assaulted, it is the drunk woman’s fault. Get the fuck out.
via BBC…
Are young women putting themselves in danger through binge drinking?
A large proportion of young women are at personal risk after getting drunk, a report by the Portman Group says.
The organisation which is funded by the drinks industry, says that over a third of women had been sexually assaulted while drunk and 34% had had unprotected sex after drinking.
It also found that women are more likely to become more aggressive than men while drunk.
Who are these researchers? Do they think about societal factors affecting their subject pool and blatant gender ...

By Jessica • 18 years ago

Thelma for president!

Make sure to check out Rebecca Traister’s take on Commander in Chief and The White House Project’s premiere party. I don’t know how she remembers all those frigging details…
By the way, Commander in Chief attracted 16.2 million viewers, the largest audience for a drama series debut on Tuesday night in nearly five years. (And the top-rated show of the night.) Sweet.

Make sure to check out Rebecca Traister’s take on Commander in Chief and The White House Project’s premiere party. I don’t know how she remembers all those frigging details…
By the way, ...

By Jessica • 18 years ago

Ugh

Roberts has been confirmed. Keep an eye out for the locusts.

By Jessica • 18 years ago

SuicideGirls quit; say female empowerment reputation false

If you donï¿½t know SuicideGirls (where have you been?) here’s the deal–it’s porn that features “alternative” women. Lots of tattoos and body piercings and the like. It’s enjoyed a high-profile reputation as female-controlled and operated. Apparently, that’s not necessarily the case.

A group of angry ex-models is bashing the SuicideGirls alt-porn empire, saying its embrace of the tattoo and nipple-ring set hides a world of exploitation and male domination.
…about 30 models have quit, claiming the site’s male owner treated them poorly and didn’t pay them well.
The women are spreading their allegations through the blogosphere, raising the hackles of the SuicideGirls company, which has until now enjoyed a reputation as porn ...

By noauthor • 18 years ago

Martha’s At It Again

Remember Martha Burk, the chairwoman of the National Council of Women’s Organizations, and the champion of the Let-Women-Into-Augusta campaign? Well it looks like she’s got a new bee in her bonnet: a new ad for the NHL’s comeback season.
According to espn.com:
“The spot opens with a quote from Chinese military philosopher Sun Tzu: ‘A clever warrior is one who not only wins, but excels at winning with ease.’ A bare-chested player sits on a wooden bench in the glow of a candlelit room with a backbeat of drums and rattling sabers. He is approached by a woman in a bra and gauzy robe, who touches his shoulders, asks ‘Ready?’ and helps him put ...

By Jessica • 18 years ago

Hughes not having a great week

Undersecretary of State Karen Hughes is not having the easiest time these last few days trying to convince women that the American way is super-duper.
Yesterday at a Saudi university Hughes got her ass handed to her by a room full of women:

…When Ms. Hughes expressed the hope here that Saudi women would be able to drive and “fully participate in society” much as they do in her country, many challenged her.
“The general image of the Arab woman is that she isn’t happy,” one audience member said. “Well, we’re all pretty happy.” The room, full of students, faculty members and some professionals, resounded with applause.
The administration’s efforts to publicize American ideals in the Muslim world have ...

By Jessica • 18 years ago

Annoying article of the day

Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit has a pretty fucking warped article up right now at MSNBC, Where the men aren’t.
Reynolds says that the real problem with diversity on college campuses is the “dwindling” number of male students. Uh huh.

I looked at some possible answers to this question in a column over at TechCentralStation today, but I continue to wonder why nobody is paying much attention to this issue. Perhaps men lack the sort of identity-politics lobby groups that women and minorities do.
You certainly don’t see much in the way of “Men’s Studies” and “Men’s Centers” to match the Women’s Studies and Women’s Centers that you see on most college campuses these ...