Back from vacation!

Just got in last night from the beautiful (though terrifyingly uber-rich) Martha’s Vineyard. Me likes the beach.
A big thanks to Lindsay for guest blogging and to the other Feministing gals for holding down the fort. I thank you; my tan thanks you.
Some vacation photos to come tomorrow, though none as cool as Amanda’s poke-a-thon in NYC.
Now back to work…

Just got in last night from the beautiful (though terrifyingly uber-rich) Martha’s Vineyard. Me likes the beach.
A big thanks to Lindsay for guest blogging and to the other Feministing gals for holding down the ...

Weekly Feminist Reader

Women still do most of the housework. Somebody, quick, call Linda Hirshman!
A federal judge rules against a small university that violated Title IX, which requires equal funding for women’s and men’s sports.
One of the women who participated in a Catholic ordination ceremony to demand female priests has resigned from her job with the Archdiocese of Boston.
Babytalk’s recent cover featured a baby and (gasp!) a breast, which “incited more than 700 letters to the editor, a record for the magazine.� Via Shakes.
A Zimbabwean political party plans to get older women to strip during forthcoming anti-government protests. According to traditional local culture, ...

Women still do most of the housework. Somebody, quick, call Linda Hirshman!
A federal judge rules against a small university that violated Title IX, which requires equal funding for ...

Too Hot Tamales: Celebrity Chefs Who Give Back


Food Network junkies know them from their hit cooking show, “Too Hot Tamales� (1995-1999). But Chefs Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger have known each other since 1978, and haven’t stopped working together since the opening of their first restaurant in 1981.
In 1988, they were the first women to receive the California Restaurant Writers’ “Chef of the Year� award. And in 1993, they were two of only 16 chefs worldwide invited to appear with Julia Child on PBS’s “Home Cooking with Master Chefs.�
Mary Sue and Susan took time out of their busy day to do a conference call with me. Mary Sue called in from Border Grill, their restaurant in Santa Monica, California; they ...


Food Network junkies know them from their hit cooking show, “Too Hot Tamales� (1995-1999). But Chefs Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger have known each other since 1978, and haven’t stopped working together since the ...

Outlaw women


I know robbery is wrong and all that, but something about this story seems pretty bad-ass:

Gun-slinging females, some sporting fake beards, have conducted four stickups in Jasper County in the past 11 weeks in what investigators are calling an unusual, baffling crime spree.

It conjures images of women outlaws, both real and fictional: Belle Starr, Calamity Jane, Bonnie Parker.
One of the robbers was arrested recently, but the other members of this “quasi-gang of bandits” are still on the loose. Upstanding citizens and Tobacco Outlet owners of southeast Texas, beware.


I know robbery is wrong and all that, but something about this story seems pretty bad-ass:

Gun-slinging females, some sporting fake beards, have conducted four stickups in Jasper County in the past 11 weeks in what ...

FGM in Britain.

Female genital mutilation is a very complicated situation. Many different groups of women activists and feminists have sought to stop it and change a tradition that is often very harmful to young girls and carries with them into adulthood. Britain has recently launched an awareness campaign as FGM has become prevalent in the immigrant communities of the UK.

The centuries-old practice, prevalent mostly in Africa, is now also being brought by immigrants to Western countries, like Britain.
“FGM is a huge problem in the UK,” said Ensharah Ahmed, community development officer at the UK-based Foundation for Women’s Health, Research and Development (Forward).
Forward estimates there are around 279,500 women living in Britain who have undergone FGM, with another 22,000 girls under ...

Female genital mutilation is a very complicated situation. Many different groups of women activists and feminists have sought to stop it and change a tradition that is often very harmful to young girls and carries with them ...

Delaware State trooper sues for gender discrimination.

via Delaware Online.

A female Delaware State Police trooper claims that she was punished and reduced in rank for reporting a fellow trooper that attempted to break into her apartment in 2003.
Furthermore, Elizabeth C. Dempsey, a six-year veteran of the state police, alleges the trooper she reported received a lighter punishment than she did and police officials worked to cover up the event.
Dempsey’s federal civil lawsuit, filed today, charges gender discrimination and breach of good faith by the state police and seeks damages and back pay for the time she was punished.

Troopers sexist? Never!

via Delaware Online.

A female Delaware State Police trooper claims that she was punished and reduced in rank for reporting a fellow trooper that attempted to break into her apartment in 2003.
Furthermore, Elizabeth C. Dempsey, a ...

Liveblogging BlogHer

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BlogHer Participants, originally uploaded by Lindsay Beyerstein.

I’m blogging from the “networking” breakfast. The registration hall has some big name booths, including GM and Microsoft. GM will be test driving sports cars an hybrids in the parking lot later this afternoon.

The vibe is corporate, but we’re being courted as consumers, not as players. There was a lot of wooing and sucking up at YearlyKos, but at least there was an acknowledgment the the “sellers” and the “buyers” needed each other to achieve some common goal.

Today’s workshops are focused on the technical ...

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BlogHer Participants, originally uploaded by Lindsay Beyerstein.

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