The Feministing Five: Stephanie Coontz

Stephanie Coontz is a social historian who teaches history and family studies at Evergreen State College, and the author of half a dozen books including Marriage: A History, The Way We Never Were and The Way We Really Are. Her new book, A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique and American Woman at the Dawn of the 1960s, is a history of Betty Friedan’s groundbreaking 1963 book.

The Feminine Mystique is widely acknowledged to be the book that kicked off the women’s movement, a frustrated polemic that set fire to the illusion of domestic suburban bliss and compelled the Betty Drapers of America to demand more from life than marriage and motherhood. Coontz’s book is about how Friedan came to write ...

Stephanie Coontz is a social historian who teaches history and family studies at Evergreen State College, and the author of half a dozen books including Marriage: A History, The Way We Never Were and The Way We ...

Quick Hit: Protests continue in Egypt.

I am sifting through the mountains of coverage on protests in Egypt right now and came across this picture and had to share.

And appropriately captioned by Jamia Wilson on Facebook with a Jimi Hendrix quote, “When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.” via the Atlantic tumblr.

For live coverage of the protests check Al Jazeera. MSNBC also has some really upsetting, but powerful pics up as well. There is coverage everywhere, so please leave more links in comments.

UPDATE: Mother Jones is updating their blog with the most recent information and some critical basic information for those just geting caught up.

I am sifting through the mountains of coverage on protests in Egypt right now and came across this picture and had to share.

And appropriately captioned by Jamia Wilson on Facebook with a Jimi Hendrix quote, ...

What We Missed

This is a picture posted by Joe.My.God from a store in Arkansas. It’s a “family shield” covering up the cover of US Weekly which featured Elton John, his husband and their child. In response to protests by Joe. My. God readers, the store issued this response and took down the shield.

Violence erupted at the funeral of murdered Gay Ugandan activist David Kato after a pastor grabbed the mic and began yelling homophobic things. The commotion forced his friends to bury his body themselves after villagers refused.

Southerner’s On New Ground (SONG) is doing a survey of Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans folks in North Carolina and Virginia. If that includes you, go here to fill ...

This is a picture posted by Joe.My.God from a store in Arkansas. It’s a “family shield” covering up the cover of US Weekly which featured Elton John, his husband and their child. In response ...

White House responds to murder of Ugandan LGBT rights activist

As Vanessa reported yesterday, Ugandan LGBT rights activist David Kato was killed on Wednesday, just a few months after the Ugandan newspaper Rolling Stone published his photo under the headline “Hang them.” The New York Times has audio of Kato talking about his experience as a gay man in Uganda and about the homophobic climate in that country. Yesterday, the White House released as statement about his murder, noting that violence against members of the LGBT community is a global problem that recently manifested in Honduras as well:


Statement by the President on the Killing of David Kato

I am deeply saddened to learn of the murder of David Kato. In Uganda, David showed tremendous courage in speaking ...

As Vanessa reported yesterday, Ugandan LGBT rights activist David Kato was killed on Wednesday, just a few months after the Ugandan newspaper Rolling Stone published his photo under the headline “Hang them.” The New York Times ...

GOP Anti-Choice Bill Includes Revision that Redefines Rape – by Discounting It

Trigger warning

Has someone from the GOP been talking to Naomi Wolf?

Have you been drugged and raped? Raped while unconscious? Raped by your uncle? Apparently according to the GOP House, this isn’t really rape. Mother Jones reports:

For years, federal laws restricting the use of government funds to pay for abortions have included exemptions for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest. (Another exemption covers pregnancies that could endanger the life of the woman.) But the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act,” a bill with 173 mostly Republican co-sponsors that House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has dubbed a top priority in the new Congress, contains a provision that would rewrite the rules to limit drastically the ...

Trigger warning

Has someone from the GOP been talking to Naomi Wolf?

Have you been drugged and raped? Raped while unconscious? Raped by your uncle? Apparently according to the GOP House, this isn’t really rape. Mother Jones ...

Single white political female. Did I say “single?” I mentioned she’s single, right?

Tasmania is a tiny island at the bottom of Australia. Most people outside of Tasmania know very little about Tasmania. Most people outside of Australia know almost nothing, but can usually bring a certain Warner Brothers cartoon character to mind if they try hard enough. But here is something cool about Tasmania that you will know at your next trivia night that no one else will: Tasmania just got its first woman Premier.

Lara Giddings was the youngest person ever elected to Australian parliament, winning her seat when she was just 23 years old (which makes this 23-year-old feel like a total underachiever). This week, she became the first woman to be sworn in as Premier of the state of ...

Tasmania is a tiny island at the bottom of Australia. Most people outside of Tasmania know very little about Tasmania. Most people outside of Australia know almost nothing, but can usually bring a certain Warner Brothers cartoon ...

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