2008 January Archive | Feministing

The (growing!) tech wage gap

According to a recent survey, the wage gap between men and women in the tech industry is growing.

Men are making more money than women in technology jobs, about 12% more than they did last year, according to a salary survey by career site Dice.com.
The survey found that salaries for men increased by 2.4% in 2007 but stayed flat for women. The average salary last year for men was $76,582, and for women, it was $67,507, according to Dice. The gap widened last year: In 2006, the difference between salaries paid to men and women was 9.7%.

The gap was highest for workers in retail, mail order and e-commerce industries – where men make 15 percent more than women. ...

According to a recent survey, the wage gap between men and women in the tech industry is growing.

Men are making more money than women in technology jobs, about 12% more than they did last year, according ...

By Jessica • 16 years ago

Feministing’s start…and a new blogger!

For anyone who ever wanted to know how Feministing came to be, here’s the (probably too long) story of our start and how we know each other. If you can stand to sit through my rambling, though, you’ll get to find out about the very cool new blogger we’re bringing on board. (More to come in a future post on that…)
Don’t worry folks, I promise from now on I’ll keep these things under three minutes. And learn better editing skills. As for my penchant for subtitles…I’m not making any promises.

For anyone who ever wanted to know how Feministing came to be, here’s the (probably too long) story of our start and how we know each other. If you can stand to sit through my rambling, ...

By Ann • 16 years ago

Hurricane Poontang

Some midday feminist humor… Maragret Cho explains why Bush was really afraid to grant women broader access to emergency contraception.

By Ann • 16 years ago

Hey, Midwesterners! Register for Stop Traffic today

We’ve posted before on fundraising events for the Stop Traffic conference, to be held in late March in Columbia, Missouri. Well, last day to register for the conference is tomorrow! (More info on the conference below the fold.)
Also in March, Jessica and I will be speaking at the University of Missouri-Columbia about blogging feminism!
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: Missouri feminists are seriously bad-ass.

By Ann • 16 years ago

Violence escalates in Kenya, and women demand peacemaking role

We’ve been remiss in not posting on the situation in Kenya. Violence related to national elections has already killed more than 800 people. And the violence is spreading. As is the case in many conflict situations, sexual assault is prevalent:

It is now recognised that women and children are bearing the brunt of the raging conflict, and now the red light is on. Sexual abuse has been thrown into the equation, and these two vulnerable groups are suffering double jeopardy.
First, they have to deal with the trauma of being violently uprooted from comfortable and familiar environments to live under deplorable conditions where their existence is dependent on relief efforts.
Then, it is emerging that sexual violence targeting ...

By Ann • 16 years ago

When sexist stereotypes collide

What do you get when you combine the “lazily sensual harem woman reclining on a couch” stereotype with the “cowed housewife bullied by her religion and the men in her life” stereotype? Veil fetish art. Zeynab at Muslimah Media Watch breaks it all down.
And in a follow-up post, Zeynab writes about the art of Makan Emadi, and how it deals with issues of concealment and exposure of Muslim women’s bodies. Is it a powerful critique of both Eastern and Western sexism? Or is it just perpetuating the worst Eastern and Western sexist stereotypes? She has some interesting thoughts.

By Jessica • 16 years ago

Everyday Heroes for reproductive justice

Yesterday I was at NARAL Pro-Choice America‘s luncheon celebrating the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. It was really great: Sarah Weddington – the lawyer who won Roe (!) – spoke, as did Nancy Keenan and Dana Delany.
But what really stuck out for me was this amazing video NARAL played at the event, Everyday Heroes (above). I think it serves as an important reminder that these issues aren’t just talking points and politics – they’re women’s lives.

Yesterday I was at NARAL Pro-Choice America‘s luncheon celebrating the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. It was really great: Sarah Weddington – the lawyer who won Roe (!) – spoke, as did

By Jessica • 16 years ago

Iran bans feminist magazine

Some bad news for feminists in Iran. Authorities have shut down the country’s top women’s magazine, Zanan.

Managing director Shahla Sherkat was once a hardline supporter of the Iranian government but became disillusioned after the Iran-Iraq war. Zanan managed to survive previous crackdowns by cautiously avoiding general politics and focusing on women’s issues.
But that didn’t work, apparently.
According to preliminary reports it was banned for portraying a negative image of women in Iran, but no official word has emerged yet.

And what were the oh-so-negative issues discussed in the magazine? Everything from domestic violence to cosmetic surgery.
The Commission for Press Authorisation and Surveillance, responsible for shutting down the magazine, also accused Zanan of â€œpublishing ...

Some bad news for feminists in Iran. Authorities have shut down the country’s top women’s magazine, Zanan.

Managing director Shahla Sherkat was once a hardline supporter of the Iranian government but became disillusioned after the ...