By Chloe Angyal • 13 years ago

Stop Street Harassment, now on a (digital) bookshelf near you!

You might remember anti-street harassment activist Holly Kearl from her Feministing Five interview back in April. Holly is the founder of the blog Stop Street Harassment and her book Stop Street Harassment: Making Public Places Safe and Welcoming for Women, is now available online. Here’s a taste:

Street harassment is about power, not sexual attraction. When women come into contact with street harassers, they only know one thing: this man made an unsolicited sexual advance. What will he do next? For the millions of women who experience harassment every day, it is not surprising that street harassment can quickly manifest itself into the fear of being at risk for assault or rape. These fears seep into ...

You might remember anti-street harassment activist Holly Kearl from her Feministing Five interview back in April. Holly is the founder of the blog Stop Street Harassment and her book Stop Street Harassment: Making Public ...
By Chloe Angyal • 13 years ago

Levi’s Curve ID: Once more, without irony

From Levi’s comes this TV commercial, made, I believe, completely without irony. It’s about how Levi’s Curve ID jeans are “about shape, not size.” Which is why they made the commercial with three model-sized, model-shaped women.

Extra bonus: Totally uncalled for symbolic violence against women!

From Levi’s comes this TV commercial, made, I believe, completely without irony. It’s about how Levi’s Curve ID jeans are “about shape, not size.” Which is why they made the commercial with three model-sized, model-shaped women.

Extra bonus: ...
By Sarah • 13 years ago

Hey NYC-Based Students, Wanna Intern for SAFER?

Students Active for Ending Rape (SAFER) is currently looking for three fall semester interns in outreach and communications, policy and research, and development. Full descriptions can be found here, but generally we ask for about 8-10 hours a week and the ability to meet in person once a week (so most work is done independently and not in our office). If you’re interested, check out the different positions and see if one applies to you!

Students Active for Ending Rape (SAFER) is currently looking for three fall semester interns in outreach and communications, policy and research, and development. Full descriptions can be found here, but generally we ask for about ...
By Vanessa • 13 years ago

Today in Feminist History: Women’s Equality Day

Women’s Equality Day was introduced on August 26th, 1971 by Bella Abzug. And 90 years ago today, the 19th amendment was ratified and women were given the right to vote — but not all women. Black women weren’t given full voting rights until the Voting Rights Act was signed by President Lyndon Johnson on August 6, 1965, not to mention other marginalized women (and men) of color were denied citizenship and voting rights until later dates. In short, a very racist history existed within the suffrage movement — that can’t be forgotten.

And still today, voting restrictions for people who have been convicted of felonies and barriers to access for disabled folks means ...

Women’s Equality Day was introduced on August 26th, 1971 by Bella Abzug. And 90 years ago today, the 19th amendment was ratified and women were given the right to vote —

By Courtney • 13 years ago

Burlesque on the big screen

Burlesque, as I’ve known it, is a dance form ripe with gender play, body reclamation, and audacious creativity. The burlesque of Chicago-based troupe Lickity Split, San Francisco performer Lotta Bootay, and others is characterized by women claiming full agency in their own sexuality–however strange, stereotypical, or salacious it might be. So you can imagine my “uh oh” when a friend recently sent me this trailer:

So. Torn. For the record, I have a real serious crush on Christina. I definitely didn’t take to all that genie in a bottle crap, but when she stuck a hose between her legs and egged on the boys in that one video, and then told every human being they were beautiful, I swooned. She’s fierce ...

Burlesque, as I’ve known it, is a dance form ripe with gender play, body reclamation, and audacious creativity. The burlesque of Chicago-based troupe Lickity Split, San Francisco performer Lotta Bootay, and others is characterized by women claiming ...
By Chloe Angyal • 13 years ago

Marry a man, man

As you may know, my homeland of Australia (from which I am thrilled to be writing this very blog post!) had an election over the weekend. It ended in a hung parliament, since neither party won enough seats to claim a majority. This has left us all feeling rather confused and annoyed, and hopefully it will be resolved soon. But to be honest, no matter who ends up on top, I’ll be disappointed, because both parties have made it clear that they will not support marriage equality for Australians (also because, according to Women on Boards, the percentage of women in this new parliament will be 24%, down four percent from before the election). On the issue of marriage ...

As you may know, my homeland of Australia (from which I am thrilled to be writing this very blog post!) had an election over the weekend. It ended in a hung parliament, since neither party won enough ...

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By Vanessa • 13 years ago

Walmart goes to Supreme Court to block discrimination suit

Remember how the appeals court ruled in April that over 1.5 million women filing discrimination lawsuits against Walmart can file as a single class? Well it looks like Walmart is looking to Supreme Court for help — namely, to block their case.

For those who don’t know, the lawsuit was filed in 2001, accusing the company of paying their female employees less and promoting them less (despite women’s higher performance ratings). This would be the largest class-action employment lawsuit in history — which is part of argument Walmart is giving as to why they can’t defend themselves. Yeah, how could they possibly defend themselves, being the largest public corporation in the world and all? Tough ...

Remember how the appeals court ruled in April that over 1.5 million women filing discrimination lawsuits against Walmart can file as a single class? Well it looks like Walmart is looking to Supreme ...
By Courtney • 13 years ago

Not Oprah’s Book Club: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Pic via the Grio

I can’t tell you how happy it makes me that Rebecca Skloot’s amazing book, The Immoral Life of Henrietta Lacks, is on the bestsellers list, and has been for weeks. In it, Skloot gives us one of the most captivating and in-depth investigations into the intersections of race, science, and health that has ever been written.

Henrietta Lacks, a poor Southern tobacco farmer, came down with a nasty case of cervical cancer in the early 50s. As she was getting treated at the “colored” ward at John Hopkins, the doctor took a sample from her cervix without her consent–as was the practice at the time. That one little sample would prove to ...

Pic via the Grio

I can’t tell you how happy it makes me that Rebecca Skloot’s amazing book, The Immoral Life of Henrietta Lacks, is on the bestsellers list, and has been ...

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