Protestors demand accountability after woman is gang-raped in Delhi

After a horrific rape in Delhi this weekend, protestors in India are demanding accountability from the government:

The police said the men were looking for some fun. They had been drinking, having a party, and decided to go on a joy ride. They began circling the capital in a private bus, the police said, when they spotted a couple looking for a ride home. They waved the man and woman onboard and charged them each 36 cents.

And then, the police said, the men beat the couple with an iron rod and repeatedly raped the woman as the bus circled the city. The woman suffered severe injuries to her head and intestines and required multiple operations, local news media reported, ...

After a horrific rape in Delhi this weekend, protestors in India are demanding accountability from the government:

The police said the men were looking for some fun. They had been drinking, having a party, and decided ...

What We Missed

Jill Filipovic offers what I really hope can be the last word on this Good Men Project bullshit before we all commence ignoring them forever.

Amanda Marcotte on why “men’s movements” are actually a bad idea.

The founder of Domino’s Pizza, a well known anti-choicer, sues to keep contraception from his workers. I guess I have another good reason to continue not eating Domino’s disgusting excuse for pizza.

Senator Daniel Inouye died yesterday at 88.

Jill Filipovic offers what I really hope can be the last word on this Good Men Project bullshit before we all commence ignoring them forever.

Amanda Marcotte on why “men’s movements” are actually a bad ...

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Actually, trans people are still labeled as “disordered” in the DSM-V

On December 3, a lot of the internet, including this site, got very excited that the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V), which is used by mental health professional and folks in related fields, no longer labeled trans people as “disordered.” This would be a great win to celebrate. The problem is, it’s not actually true.

It is true that Gender Identity Disorder, the main diagnosis put on trans folks, was changed to Gender Dysphoria. This is a big deal, and hopefully matches the goal of a lot of trans organizers in this struggle: to make sure trans folks can access the medical care we need without being labeled as disordered. That would ...

On December 3, a lot of the internet, including this site, got very excited that the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V), which is used by mental health professional and ...

Happy Birthday Chloe!

Today is our girl Chloe’s birthday! Chloe joined the Feministing team in 2009 as our interviews contributor, creating the super popular Feministing Five series, which she’s now passed on to Anna. Since then, she’s moved over to the more general blogging side. A year and a half ago she joined the editorial team, where she’s worked on projects like bringing in our new batch of contributors (yay!) through So You Think You Can Blog.

Chloe’s also been doing big things away from the blog, including a ton of recent appearances on the Melissa Harris-Perry Show. Yeah, totally badass.

I can always count on Chloe to bum me out about my favorite rom coms like a good feminist, ...

Today is our girl Chloe’s birthday! Chloe joined the Feministing team in 2009 as our interviews contributor, creating the super popular Feministing Five series, which she’s now passed on to Anna. Since then, she’s moved ...

Women are perpetrators of gun violence, too

*Trigger warning*

Much has been written in the wake of the Newtown tragedy about the connection between the culture of masculinity and the culture of gun violence. In the past 30 years, all but one of the past 62 mass murderers in the country who have used guns have been men.Gun makers equate gun ownership with manliness. The speculation as to why is rampant. Men are dangerously threatened due to the rise of minorities and women. Men are more sensitive to slights than women. Growing up to be a man is hard.

It’s important to consider the gendered context under which these shooting crimes are committed, and particularly how many of these murderers choose their victims. The rubric of gun ...

*Trigger warning*

Much has been written in the wake of the Newtown tragedy about the connection between the culture of masculinity and the culture of gun violence. In the past 30 years, all but one of the past ...

Korea on the brink of electing its first female president

South Korea will hold presidential elections tomorrow. For the first time in the history of its democracy, it is possible that the country will elect a woman. If Park Guen-hye, the frontrunner for the presidency, wins as expected, it would be the first time in a millennia that a woman has helmed the country, which for all its modernity, remains deeply paternalistic. According to the World Economic Forum, South Korea is 108th out of 135 countries in terms of gender equality despite its enormous wealth.

Park is a leader of the conservative Saenuri Party (formerly known as the Grand National Party) and a daughter of the Republic of Korea’s ugly political past: her father, Park Chung-hee, took over the ...

South Korea will hold presidential elections tomorrow. For the first time in the history of its democracy, it is possible that the country will elect a woman. If Park Guen-hye, the frontrunner for the presidency, wins as ...

Erin Matson weighs in on eating disorders and pregnancy, kicks ass

Erin Matson, baller feminist advocate and organizer and former vice president of action for the National Organization for Women, is pregnant.

BABY FEMINIST ON ITS WAY, wahooooooooo!

Matson is also an eating disorder survivor.

Being pregnant with a history of an eating disorder can make things… complicated, even for Matson, who has been completely recovered from her ED for more than a decade. She certainly isn’t alone. At some point or another, many of the 24 million Americans who suffer from an eating disorder will become or are pregnant, and it won’t always be helpful to recovery. In a nod to the obvious, the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders ...

Erin Matson, baller feminist advocate and organizer and former vice president of action for the National Organization for Women, is pregnant.

BABY FEMINIST ON ITS WAY, wahooooooooo!

Matson is also ...

What We Missed

Ohio High School football teammates accused of sexual assault.

chart: guess where women out-earn men.

Selena Sermeno on letting your heart break in light of shooting.

At least 25 people were killed in the latest Syrian government bombing of a Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus. In Iraq, at least 20 people were killed in f car bombings outside Shiite temples. In Kabul, ten girls were killed when an old bomb went off and one person was killed by a car bomb.

It looks like John Kerry, and not Susan Rice, will be named as Secretary of State. Good job on the smear campaign, Republicans.

Saudi women gain some rights, when it comes to employment.

Ohio High School football teammates accused of sexual assault.

chart: guess where women out-earn men.

Selena Sermeno on letting your heart break in light of shooting.

At least 25 people were killed in the latest Syrian government ...

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