Weekly Feminist Reader

A new survey shows working women are deeply divided about the value of maternal employment. Judith Stadtman Tucker explains what’s going on behind the research.
Didn’t get sex ed in school? At least you can get it in SecondLife.
The Nation takes down Wendy Shalit’s Girls Gone Mild.
A Kurdish woman’s father and brother are found guilty of “honor killing.”
Latest Carnival of Feminists!
Dr. Drew hearts the IWF.
The case for a “women’s page” in the newspaper.
A virtual tour of feminist art in DC.
Why can’t people shut up about Hillary Clinton’s clothes?
NPR on problems facing female military vets.
How the new movie I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry exploits feelings of homophobia while superficially emphasizing a message of tolerance.
A documentary solves a previously cold rape/murder case.
How to break down the barriers that stand in the way of women’s political leadership.
What the U.S. could learn about China’s disastrous attempts to regulate relationships.
Debunking the myth of the “boy crisis.”
The nation’s abstinence-only capital also features the #1 teen birth rate. Coincidence? I think not.
On African Americans’ “shrinking” view of sexiness.
The Politico argues (seriously!) that Hillary is going to have problems succeeding because Geena Davis’s TV show was cancelled. Give me a fucking break.
The hypocrisy of Republican Congresswomen who are mothers but refuse to vote for family-friendly legislation.
Heather Burcham, who fought for universal HPV vaccination, died of cervical cancer.
Despite its strong characters like Hermione, does Harry Potter advocate for a hierarchical society of traditional roles?
On sexism in Disney cartoons of the ’90s.