Live Blogging at WAM! Battling Backlash: Strategies for Fighting Back, Rising Above and Making Progress

Our lovely editors Jessica and Miriam are on this panel, along with the fantastic Carmen from Racialicious, who is also (in case y’all didn’t know) the co-founder and President of New Demographic, and Patti Binder, an amazing leader and advocate of girls’ programming in NYC and board chair of Girls Write Now.
Patti discusses her experience within girls’ programming, and how people generally make the assumption that there shouldn’t be a need for girls’ leadership organizations because there’s a woman running for president. And all of the girls’ organizations that exist aren’t recognized nearly enough, not to mention the difficulty in trying to get the same funding (since so little are funded) when they’re all on the ...

Our lovely editors Jessica and Miriam are on this panel, along with the fantastic Carmen from Racialicious, who is also (in case y’all didn’t know) the co-founder and President of New Demographic, and Patti Binder, ...

Live Blogging at WAM! Breaking the Frame: Revitalizing and Redefining Reproductive Rights Media Coverage

There’s a fantastic group of women panelists covering this session: Amanda Marcotte of Pandagon and author of “It’s a Jungle Out There: The Feminist Survival Guide to Politically Inhospitable Environments” (highly recommended), moderator Emily Douglas of RH Reality Check, Cristina Page, author of “How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America,” and Aimee Thorne-Thompsen of the Pro-Choice Public Education Project (PEP).
Aimee talks about PEP’s work with younger women of color, their research and critique of the “choice” movement and the ways that it isolates many women, in which she leads to a discussion about the creation and history of reproductive justice, which she means working towards “a collective solution that betters us all instead of betters ...

There’s a fantastic group of women panelists covering this session: Amanda Marcotte of Pandagon and author of “It’s a Jungle Out There: The Feminist Survival Guide to Politically Inhospitable Environments” (highly recommended), moderator Emily Douglas ...

First night of WAM ends…for me, at least


While my co-bloggers, friends and fellow activists are out having some celebratory drinks to kick off the first night of WAM, I’m here in the hotel room about to catch up on some much-needed sleep. But I just wanted to say – to all the WAMmers out there – every year I get more excited to see you all. You are one bad ass group of women!
For those of you who couldn’t be at the conference, look out for some live-blogging tomorrow (and perhaps after-party blogging?).
A special shout out to the fabulous women here from Cornell University’s Women’s Resource Center who are bringing me to campus next week to speak. I was ...


While my co-bloggers, friends and fellow activists are out having some celebratory drinks to kick off the first night of WAM, I’m here in the hotel room about to catch up on some much-needed sleep. ...

The good and evil of condom ads


It’s amazing how two contraceptive ads can be on such opposite sides of the respectrum. (Yes, I totally just made up that word.)
I posted a while back on Trojan’s commercial launching their “Evolve� campaign that I was a bit wary of, but now I’m really digging what they’re trying to do. Their new widely released ad uses the recent study showing that 1 in 4 teenage girls have an sexually transmitted infection (STI), with the statement, “We can do better than this! We can evolve the way we approach sexual health in our country.�
Then we have Durex.

According to All Diva Media, the text says something along the lines of, “There ...

It’s amazing how two contraceptive ads can be on such opposite sides of the respectrum. (Yes, I totally just made up that word.)
I posted a while back on Trojan’s commercial launching their “Evolve� campaign ...

Friday Feminist Fuck You: Miss Bimbo and Sweet Valley High

So sick of pop culture reducing girls to mindless boy-crazy Barbie wannabees. Check out the two posts that inspired this video.

And, of course, don’t forget to subscribe to the Feministing YouTube channel!

So sick of pop culture reducing girls to mindless boy-crazy Barbie wannabees. Check out the two posts that inspired this video.

And, of course, don’t forget to subscribe to the Feministing YouTube channel!

Stalking is SO soap opera drama.

A woman who filed a restraining order against former boyfriend and present Republican candidate was pressured by the Republican party to drop it.
Ali Hasan was in the midst of his campaign when Alison Miller and his relationship ended, after which, according to Miller, Hasan hired a company to hack into her email accounts to find out here whereabouts as well as harassed her. “He followed me to intimidate me and control how I handled the situation,” said Miller, also a Republican, stated in the court documents.
Chairman of the Eagle County Republican Party, Randy Milhoan, implied that the story was concocted as a campaign smear, which is also what the Hassans are claiming. “The whole thing is ...

A woman who filed a restraining order against former boyfriend and present Republican candidate was pressured by the Republican party to drop it.
Ali Hasan was in the midst of his campaign when Alison Miller and ...

Vaginas don’t like asparagus


Another great article from the NYTimes, Who Likes Asparagus? Men More Than Women discussing a study that analyzed eating patterns among men and women.

The study of eating habits of adults — called the most extensive of its kind — was a telephone survey of 14,000 Americans. It confirmed conventional wisdom that most men eat more meat than women, and women eat more fruits and vegetables. But there were a few surprising exceptions: Men were much more likely to eat asparagus, brussels sprouts, peas and peanuts. They also were bigger consumers of frozen pizzas, frozen hamburgers and frozen Mexican dinners. Women are more likely than men to eat eggs, yogurt and fresh hamburgers.

Studies like this, and the simple reporting ...


Another great article from the NYTimes, Who Likes Asparagus? Men More Than Women discussing a study that analyzed eating patterns among men and women.

The study of eating habits of adults — called the most extensive ...

Pregnancy discrimination complaints at record levels

According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, complaints of pregnancy discrimination hiked up by 14% between 2006 and 2007. There has been a 40% increase over the last decade, reports the National Partnership for Women and Families.
The Wall Street Journal suggests that this is party because women are increasingly working later into their pregnancies, including new advocacy being created for pregnant women and women with children.
The Pregnancy Discrimination Act can’t straight up protect women from being fired or not hired, but if they’re singled out based on their pregnancy, they’re liable to take action. And unfortunately, the Family and Medical Leave Act poses a problem: while unpaid maternity leave is required, it doesn’t ...

According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, complaints of pregnancy discrimination hiked up by 14% between 2006 and 2007. There has been a 40% increase over the last decade, reports the National Partnership for Women ...

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