The Wednesday Weigh-In: sex, lies, and no scales necessary

Happy Humpy Day yall. You know what it is. It’s time for your Wednesday Weigh-In!!

No silly, not that kind of weigh in! This is more like an open thread where we can “weigh in” on stuff. You already know my opinion on everything from the withdrawal method to yo momma jokes, but now we’re flipping the script. Comments have been so incredibly insightful on the site lately, so I really can’t wait for you all to drop some knowledge. For the first installment of the Wednesday Weigh-In, opine on this:

What’s the most honest thing you can say about sex?

If you’d like, you can also say whether or not you identify as feminist. I’m curious about this topic ...

Happy Humpy Day yall. You know what it is. It’s time for your Wednesday Weigh-In!!

No silly, not that kind of weigh in! This is more like an open thread where we can “weigh in” on stuff. ...

Where the eff was Donald Trump born, anyway?! New poll shows most Americans uncertain

Boy, I’ll tell ya. The more I look into the background behind this Donald Trump guy’s birth, the more “suspect” it is. Have you heard the new poll numbers? Most Americans don’t even believe he was born in this country. Now, he either doesn’t have his birth certificate or he’s not showing it to every single person in this country on demand at all times. Which-it’s a very strange situation. That’s all I can tell you. It’s a very sad thing. But the fact is, if he wasn’t born in this country, he shouldn’t be able to run for the president of the United States. Plus, come on guys. I also heard he was a terrible student. Terrible. ...

Boy, I’ll tell ya. The more I look into the background behind this Donald Trump guy’s birth, the more “suspect” it is. Have you heard the new poll numbers? Most Americans don’t even believe he ...

Gaga for good works

There has been no shortage of analysis of Lady Gaga on this blog and so many others. From the meat dress, to the egg crackin’, to, well, to everything disappointing, performative, and courageous about her–she gets folks talking.

I could not be happier that her latest gimmick is actually not really a gimmick at all. She is teaming with the Robin Hood Foundation, an amazing entity, to donate $1 million to five organizations serving youth: The Door, Hetrick-Martin Martin Institute, Lawyers for Children, Safe Horizon, and SCO Family of Services.

At a time when there has been no shortage of truly bad examples of celebrities trying to make their mark for the ...

There has been no shortage of analysis of Lady Gaga on this blog and so many others. From the meat dress, to the egg crackin’, to, well, to everything disappointing, performative, and courageous ...

Not Oprah’s Book Club: The Soul of Money

Lynne Twist, global development expert and founder of The Soul of Money Institute, pushes readers to get way below the surface when it comes to money, power, and social change in this book, The Soul of Money. In an interview, Twist explains her main approach to digging deep:

Money drives so much about human behavior in the world today, and we can see the adverse consequences in global terms when we look at patterns of violence, oppression and other social, political and economic inequities. At a personal level, we’ve all seen the way money often undermines relationships with family, friends and work associates. Now, more than ever, it’s imperative that we understand our individual relationship with money so ...

Lynne Twist, global development expert and founder of The Soul of Money Institute, pushes readers to get way below the surface when it comes to money, power, and social change in this book, The Soul ...

Lessons from the Greg Mortenson scandal for social justice advocates

It’s been crushing for many in the feminist community to read about Greg Mortenson, much-celebrated champion of global girls education, and his alleged hypocrisy, deception, and dysfunction. In short, “60 Minutes” and investigative journalist Jon Krakauer (a one-time champion and funder of Mortenson and his Central Asia Institute), revealed damning research indicating that many of the stories Mortenson tells in his two bestselling books, Three Cups of Tea and Stones into Schools, were fabricated, and further, that he misuses funds.

I, in fact, wrote a review of Three Cups of Tea on June 19, 2008 in which, strangely enough, I hinted at a discomfort with the nature of the stories therein:

But what I found missing from this account were ...

It’s been crushing for many in the feminist community to read about Greg Mortenson, much-celebrated champion of global girls education, and his alleged hypocrisy, deception, and dysfunction. In short, “60 Minutes” and investigative journalist Jon Krakauer ...

What We Missed.

Nicholas Kristof on sexual slavery and Rachel Lloyd’s new book Girls Like Us.

A mother charged for sending her son to local school using a friend’s address, because wanting the best for your children is now punishable by law (trend alert 2011!).

A three part series at Forbes women on why one woman returned to feminism.

More from Ashley Judd on her remarks about hip hop.

More from Rep. Allen West, this time on the “sissyfication” of men. The hits just keep on coming!

Nicholas Kristof on sexual slavery and Rachel Lloyd’s new book Girls Like Us.

A mother charged for sending her son to local school using a friend’s address, because wanting the best for your children is ...

Quick Hit: Ai-jen Poo-organizing NYC’s domestic workers

Please check out this must-read super inspiring write-up by Barbara Ehrenreich on the imitable Ai-jen Poo a now long time organizer, founder of Domestic Workers United and director of National Domestic Workers Alliance. Poo saw injustice and she did something about it–something that changed the lives of 100’s of women.

My image of a union organizer, based on extensive personal experience, is a big, loud guy with a bullhorn, not a slender, soft-spoken former women’s studies major whose reflexive response to a crowd is to melt into the sidelines. Nor does Ai-jen Poo look like a typical D.W.U. member, at least no more than than Jennifer Lopez looked like a housecleaner in “Maid in Manhattan,” and ...

Rachel Maddow on the ethics of coming out

Yesterday, The Guardian ran a profile of Rachel Maddow. The profile covered her rise to prominence, her approach to covering the news and, of course, the fact that she’s openly gay. It also addressed, or claimed to address, her attitude toward Anderson Cooper:

Maddow is one of the very few gay news anchors in America – well, one of the very few openly gay news anchors. Does she feel frustration towards an equally well-known news presenter who is widely assumed to be gay but has never come out? For the first time, Maddow pauses: “I’m sure other people in the business have considered reasons why they’re doing what they’re doing, but I do think that if you’re gay you have ...

Yesterday, The Guardian ran a profile of Rachel Maddow. The profile covered her rise to prominence, her approach to covering the news and, of course, the fact that she’s openly gay. It also addressed, or claimed ...

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