By Jessica • 19 years ago

McEnroe weighs in on Wimbledon


John McEnroe has come out in support of equal prize money for men and women at Wimbledon.

“There should be no argument when they are at the same event at the same time, that there should be equal pay,” McEnroe said during a teleconference arranged by U.S. broadcaster NBC.
…”The opportunities that are being given to young girls and the thought that they can be in position where they can make as much money as a man, which doesn’t really happen in any other sport, sends a good message,” McEnroe said.
“I have to point to (former tennis champion, women’s tour pioneer and equal-pay campaigner) Billie Jean King, because if it weren’t for her, these ...


John McEnroe has come out in support of equal prize money for men and women at Wimbledon.

“There should be no argument when they are at the same event at the same time, ...
By Ann • 19 years ago

Subway gropers exposed

So it’s somewhat old news that last week the New York City police nabbed 13 subway gropers in just 36 hours. Any woman who’s ever ridden crowded public transportation isn’t really surprised by what the undercover cops experienced.

Women know the drill. Just as some men reflexively check to see if they have their wallets on a crowded train, women check their bodies. Pull in your backside and your front. Wedge a large bag for protection between yourself and the nearest anonymous male rider, who might, just might, be planning something. Put on you fiercest face, and brace yourself for contact that seems too deliberate to be accidental, too prolonged to be random.

And yet subway historian Stan Fischler ...

So it’s somewhat old news that last week the New York City police nabbed 13 subway gropers in just 36 hours. Any woman who’s ever ridden crowded public transportation isn’t really surprised by what ...
By Vanessa • 19 years ago

Women’s film festival kicks off next month.


This is a feminist film buff’s wet dream.
Altar magazine has organized a fantastic two-week long women’s film festival titled Her Voice, Her View, to kick off July 12th. Over 30 films have been chosen to be shown throughout the following two weeks as a part of the Pioneer Theater’s Female Film celebration.
The festival gives the opportunity for female writers, directors and producers (who are largely unrecognized), domestic and international, to feature their work in NYC. The films address a range of issues, including violence against women, b-girls, prison, eroticism, hip hop and reproductive rights.
I’ll be putting up a reminder post closer to festival kick-off, but in the meantime


This is a feminist film buff’s wet dream.
Altar magazine has organized a fantastic two-week long women’s film festival titled Her Voice, Her View, to kick off July 12th. Over 30 films ...
By Jessica • 19 years ago

Abstain from sex; win fries

There’s nothing like a good old-fashioned abstinence essay contest.
The fourth annual abstinence essay contest held by the Wayne County Health Department in North Carolina announced its winners recently.
In addition to small scholarships and gift certificates to the local mall, students also received “a t-shirt, abstinence bracelet, and gift certificate from McDonalds.� Can I get oral with that? (Sorry, couldn’t help myself.)
The first place winner, 17 year-old Brandy Hardison, is the current Miss Teen Heartland.

“Dad made me do it. I’m glad he made me do it,” she said. In her entry, she said she keeps a picture of her parents in her head and lives by the cliché, “your body is a temple.”

Living by ...

There’s nothing like a good old-fashioned abstinence essay contest.
The fourth annual abstinence essay contest held by the Wayne County Health Department in North Carolina announced its winners recently.
In addition to small scholarships and gift ...
By Jessica • 19 years ago

Uterus: The Gaymaker

This is an actual headline from the BBC: Womb environment ‘makes men gay’.
A new study says that “conditions in the womb” may be a contributing factor to men’s sexual orientation.
The short version: Older studies showed that the more older brothers a boy had, the more likely he was to be gay–though there was no identifiable reason for this. This new study out of Canada, which looked at families with both biological and non-biological brothers, says that the reasoning is more biological than social.

Professor Anthony Bogaert from Brock University in Ontario, Canada…found the link between the number of older brothers and homosexuality only existed when the siblings shared the same mother.

Ok, makes sense. Here’s where ...

This is an actual headline from the BBC: Womb environment ‘makes men gay’.
A new study says that “conditions in the womb” may be a contributing factor to men’s sexual orientation.
The short version: Older ...
By Jessica • 19 years ago

Supreme Court won’t hear license plate case

The Supreme Court announced yesterday that they won’t hear a case from pro-choice groups trying to block states from having “Choose Life� license plates.

About a dozen states allow drivers to pay extra for the specialty car tags to show the car owner’s opposition to abortion.
Justices said they would not look at tag laws in Louisiana and Tennessee.
Abortion opponents contend they have a free-speech right to broadcast their own views on their car tags. Proposals to offer car owners an alternative “Choose Choice” plate failed in both state Legislatures.

And I’m guessing it’s not because “Choose Choice� just sounds weird. (Which it clearly does, I have to admit.)
Related: Rachel Joy Larris at TomPaine has a short ...

The Supreme Court announced yesterday that they won’t hear a case from pro-choice groups trying to block states from having “Choose Life� license plates.

About a dozen states allow drivers to pay extra for the specialty car ...
By Jessica • 19 years ago

WaPo: Study Casts Doubt On the ‘Boy Crisis’

Yes those are scare quotes, and this time around they’re appropriate.
A study released yesterday by Washington think tank Education Sector shows that the media frenzy over the educational ‘boy crisis’ (god, I love these scare quotes!) is pretty much for naught.
From The Washington Post:

…over the past three decades, boys’ test scores are mostly up, more boys are going to college and more are getting bachelor’s degrees.
Although low-income boys, like low-income girls, are lagging behind middle-class students, boys are scoring significant gains in elementary and middle school and are much better prepared for college, the report says. It concludes that much of the pessimism about young males seems to derive from inadequate research, sloppy analysis ...

Yes those are scare quotes, and this time around they’re appropriate.
A study released yesterday by Washington think tank Education Sector shows that the media frenzy over the educational ‘boy crisis’ (god, I love these ...

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