2009 May Archive | Feministing

How often do you comment?

So we’re at our Feministing retreat discussing our comments section, and thought we’d give y’all a poll to take on your participation in comments. Thanks!

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So we’re at our Feministing retreat discussing our comments section, and thought we’d give y’all a poll to take on your participation in comments. Thanks!

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By Jessica • 14 years ago

Hey all, all of the Feministing editors will be in upstate New York through Wednesday for a retreat discussing the future of the site. So as Vanessa wrote on Friday – posting will be extremely limited until we’re back on Thursday.
While we’re gone, please hang out on the wonderful Community blog which will be updated as usual.
Also, since I’ve been remiss in my Monday Monty Blogging duties, there’s a little present for you after the jump.

By Professor Foxy • 14 years ago

Ask Professor Foxy: Transitioning and Changing Sexuality

This weekly Saturday column “Ask Professor Foxy” will regularly contain sexually explicit material. This material is likely not safe for work viewing. The title of the column will include the major topic of the post, so please read the topic when deciding whether or not to read the entire column.

Hia Professor Foxy.
I’ve been enjoying your column, but must admit I feel sort of embarrassed writing in myself…
Anyway, I’m a trans woman in the process of transitioning, and having a lot of frustration in figuring out how to deal with my ever-changing sexuality. That is, over the past year or so, hormones have physically changed my body quite a bit, and that’s my sexuality in ways you ...

By Vanessa • 14 years ago

Happy Long Weekend!

As for next week, the Feministing editors will be going to the Omega Institute for a strategic planning retreat where we’ll be discussing and making decisions around various issues concerning the blog as well as benefiting from Omega’s Service Week, in which nearly thirty other amazing organizations and groups will be receiving professional consultation on how to better their work. Among these grantees are organizations we know and love like Girls Write Now, Sadie Nash Leadership Project, and the Amethyst Women’s Project.
Since we’ll be pretty busy retreating and strategizing, our posting from Monday through Wednesday will be extremely limited, with most posts being Feministing-related as we enter each conversation topic during those days. For ...

By Vanessa • 14 years ago

20 Days and Counting…

Did we mention we’re having a huge effing party next month?
Sincere apologies to our regular readers for the repetition of this reminder. And for those who don’t know about our upcoming 5 Year Anniversary Fundraiser, check out our announcement post and party page to buy tickets.

By Ann • 14 years ago

Friday Feminist Fuck You: Pregnancy Discrimination

Approximate transcript after the jump.

By Courtney • 14 years ago

Women, Power, and Roller Skates: Connecting Across the Generations

Check out this interesting guest post by Carla Goldstein, the director of the Women’s Institute at Omega, on the feminist progress within her own family. This is one more voice to our continued exploration of generational issues, leading up to the conference this fall at the Omega Institute. We are publishing a series of guest posts as a fun way of initiating some of the speakers–who are generally new to blogging–into our exciting online community. Please make them feel welcome. And don’t forget to turn in your scholarship applications! They’re due June 1st.

My day began with bringing my pouting 8-year-old daughter to school, mad because we were late again. I felt sympathetic, remembering what it was ...

By Vanessa • 14 years ago

Unions are a Feminist Issue

Not only do female unionized workers earn more, but this great op-ed in the Anchorage Daily News by a single working mother gives us personal account of why unions can be a pretty damn big feminist issue:

I became a single mother of an 8 year-old son while I was serving in the United States Army. This was a very frightening experience for me. My son’s dad was not around to help raise him. After I left the Army, I found a job working for a company where women had no opportunity to advance. I was fortunate to then land a union job. I started work with a 90-day probation period, and on my 89th day I had an ...

Not only do female unionized workers earn more, but this great op-ed in the Anchorage Daily News by a single working mother gives us personal account of why unions can be a pretty damn big ...