Fun with Feminist Flickr (reminiscing edition)


About five years ago, I bought this shirt for a boyfriend (cough, Rob, cough) and he wouldn’t wear it. I should have known then it wouldn’t work out.

UPDATE:
I just got an email from said ex-boyfriend who insists the shirt was in fact worn, and remains in his drawer to this day. I’ll believe it when I have photographic evidence…
Pic from forest fire.

About five years ago, I bought this shirt for a boyfriend (cough, Rob, cough) and he wouldn’t wear it. I should have known then it wouldn’t work out.

UPDATE:
I just got an email ...

We’re number 1! (Er, I mean 22.)

The World Economic Forum has released this year’s Global Gender Gap Report where the U.S. ranks number 22 as far as its efforts to decrease our “gender gap,� or inequalities that exist between men and women.
The report focuses on four different areas concerning the gender gap: economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, political empowerment and health and survival. The Nordic countries Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland (in that order) came in first with Germany, the Philipines, New Zealand, Denmark, the UK and Ireland (in that order) as the last of the top 10 nations with the smallest gender gap.
Looks like we have a bit of catching up to do.

The World Economic Forum has released this year’s Global Gender Gap Report where the U.S. ranks number 22 as far as its efforts to decrease our “gender gap,� or inequalities that exist between men and ...

Weekly Feminist Reader

Ontario has launched a $1.4 million campaign to educate girls about dating violence and sexual harassment.
Scott Lemieux on the Supreme Court’s consideration of the two “partial-birth” abortion cases.
A Brazilian model died of complications related to anorexia.
There’s a new anthology of women’s writing about science and technology.
A key adviser to Sen. Hillary Clinton told pro-choicers that the Democratic Party “has to be big enough to accommodate a wide range of views on this issue.” (UPDATE: Some pro-choicers are calling this article misleading. I’m posting a letter to the editor after the jump.)
A new report indicates Bush’s funding of abstinence programs to ...

Ontario has launched a $1.4 million campaign to educate girls about dating violence and sexual harassment.
Scott Lemieux on the Supreme Court’s consideration of the two “partial-birth” abortion cases.
A Brazilian model ...

Thandisizwe Chimurenga: The Spirit of Ida B. Wells


You can hear her voice every last Thursday of the month at 2 p.m. on KPFK, Pacifica Radio for Southern California, on the radio show “Some Of Us Are Brave.” It has been listened to by people the world over, including Brazil, Turkey, Syria, Korea and Singapore. The show is titled after the revolutionary book edited by Gloria T. Hull, Patricia Bell Scott, and Barbara Smith, But Some Of Us Are Brave: All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men: Black Women’s Studies.
Long-time media activist Thandisizwe wrote her first short story when she was 5 years old, and learned about journalism when she was 7. Now, she’s working to share her media ...


You can hear her voice every last Thursday of the month at 2 p.m. on KPFK, Pacifica Radio for Southern California, on the radio show “Some Of Us Are Brave.” It has ...

Happy Tofurkey Day!


This bird is giving the ill stare-down.
Feministing is taking today and Friday off for the holiday and will resume posting on Saturday.


This bird is giving the ill stare-down.
Feministing is taking today and Friday off for the holiday and will resume posting on Saturday.

Helplessness is the key to happiness.

Attention all (straight) women in Russia! Do you want to get the man of your dreams?? Do you want to be “successful in a man’s world?” Then it might be time to take some courses in “Bitchology.” No joke.
A growing tend in Russia are “bitch schools” that essentially teach women how to manipulate their way into a man’s heart. Vladimir Rakovsky, a motivational speaker, and his wife, Yevgenia. are the founders of this new “study.” Rakovsky’s definition of what a “bitch” should be:

A smart woman gets what she wants by pretending to be weak. . . A bitch should be strong and self-confident but should remember to use feminine wiles, such as her attractiveness and, whenever ...

Attention all (straight) women in Russia! Do you want to get the man of your dreams?? Do you want to be “successful in a man’s world?” Then it might be time to take some courses in “Bitchology.” ...

Celebrate Third Wave Foundation’s 10th Anniversary!


Ok, folks–time to party for feminism. I’m on the Host Committee for this benefit, which means I need to be selling some tickets. Do me proud. I know it’s a little pricey, but if you know the amazing work that the Third Wave Foundation has done on behalf of young women, then I’m sure you won’t mind ponying up.
So pretty please buy a ticket! There’s a fantastic line-up of women speaking, and if that doesn’t tempt you just think about watching the Feministing gals get inebriated and stumbly. (Just kidding, Third Wave!)
The info is below; if you want to buy a ticket contact me or Vanessa at Third Wave ...


Ok, folks–time to party for feminism. I’m on the Host Committee for this benefit, which means I need to be selling some tickets. Do me proud. I know it’s a little pricey, ...

Eric Keroack not a board-certified doctor


I told you that Keroack was just a ten-year old pretending to be a doctor!
Check out the last lines in this WaPo piece on the wacky non-doc:

Pearson also acknowledged yesterday that Keroack is not currently certified as an obstetrician-gynecologist. That is not a requirement for the job, but HHS officials had cited Keroack’s expertise in defending his selection.

Hells yeah they did!
The Washington Post, 11/21/2006:

An HHS spokeswoman said Keroack is a skilled doctor and a nationally recognized expert on preventing teenage pregnancy. “We have confidence that he’ll perform his duties effectively and in accordance with the law,” HHS spokeswoman Christina Pearson said by e-mail.

The Washington Post, 11/17/2006:

John O. Agwunobi, assistant secretary for health, said ...


I told you that Keroack was just a ten-year old pretending to be a doctor!
Check out the last lines in this WaPo piece on the wacky non-doc:

Pearson also acknowledged yesterday that Keroack is ...

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