https://twitter.com/feministtswift/status/344796447402782720 Feminist Taylor Swift is amazing #ff #tgif The Social Security Administration has made it clearer and easier for trans people to update the gender designation in Social Security records. A persuasive take on why Trent Franks may actually be worse than Todd Akin. Relatedly, here are seven of the most outrageous GOP explanations for why rape victims can’t [...]

Phillips Academy Andover, more commonly known as Phillips Andover,  is a prestigious and highly selective boarding school in Andover, Massachusetts whose students are known more for the high acceptance rates to elite and ivy-league universities they enjoy than for feminist activism. The high school’s Wikipedia page (yes, it has a long and elaborate one , having been established [...]

A queer Cheerio’s ad parody is like a blogger’s dream, if for the puns alone. I am therefore happy to call for three “queers” at the emergence of this gem, posted yesterday by Kenji America: http://youtu.be/gwReRl4Z7EQ The video closely follows the script of  the original Cheerio’s ad , which you may remember pissed off a lot of people for [...]

Activists Verónica Bayetti Flores, long time friend of the blog and recent writer here, and Marco Galaviz on being arrested today protesting for the New York State Dream Act. A study finds female politicians are stereotyped , but in different ways than the stereotypes of women as a group. More on E3′s sexism: Anita Sarkeesian tweeted that none of [...]

I’ve taken some time away from blogging while I’ve been in grad school, and it’s given me an opportunity for some perspective on the feminist blogosphere. I started working at Feministing in 2009 with a goal of centering trans issues within feminism. I think the oppression trans folks face, particularly the extreme marginalization and violence aimed at  trans [...]

Trevor, who is really good at flirting, likes to get women’s attention by flashing them: The woman Trevor texted this time was not having it, though. Trevor doesn’t see the big deal, and starts insulting this woman he’s apparently trying to hit on. The conclusion of their conversation is after the jump – for the full [...]

Apple and Microsoft are both currently throwing big conferences, one for tech industry developers and one to sell video games. The conferences of these two giant companies are giving us an eye into some common-place sexism. Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is currently taking place in San Francisco. Yesterday Dan Ackerman tweeted this photo from the conference, which [...]

Zerlina was on MSBNC talking about the military sexual assault hearings and the always classy Senator Chambliss. A federal appeals court judge said , “Racial groups like African-Americans and Hispanics are predisposed to crime.” A new report highlights police hostility towards trans women of color. So this thing with Michelle Obama and a GetEqual heckler  happened. We’ll have more on this story [...]

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals today granted the Obama administration a stay on access to one-pill forms of emergency contraception. But the court also ruled that two-pill variants should be available over the counter immediately and without harsh age restrictions. So Judge Korman’s important ruling that EC should be available over the counter should at [...]

This animated short tells the story of a young trans girl who other people won’t let be a girl, and her journey to living on her own terms. A warning that it’s a tear jerker – Ellie Krnich’s picture book animation style brings me right back to childhood. The short is a personal, intimate story that [...]

This animated short tells the story of a young trans girl who other people won’t let be a girl, and her journey to living on her own terms. A warning that it’s a tear jerker – Ellie Krnich’s picture book animation style brings me right back to childhood. The short is a personal, intimate story that [...]

Hero and her father Leonato having fun at a party, before he wishes her dead I’m a nerd for both Shakespeare and Joss Whedon’s writing, so I’ve been super excited for Whedon’s adaptation of  Much Ado About Nothing , which opens this weekend in New York, LA, and San Francisco. I’m a big fan of the play, [...]

Ed note: This is a guest post by Kelly Castagnaro, Communications Director at the International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region (IPPF/WHR) . Only days before today, the International Day against Homophobia , a Russian man was beaten, mutilated, and murdered after revealing he was gay to two strangers.  His death reminded me of the many other deaths and injustices that occur [...]

Photo via Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central NC. In North Carolina, lawmakers are pushing a bill that would allow any boss to decide if employees can access affordable birth control, rolling back the clock on decades of progress. So women’s health advocates showed up to protest the bill dressed in retro attire. Their mantra? “We [...]

Minnesota resident Julie Vidna holds a sign in support of same-sex marriage outside the MN House chamber. (MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson). The Minnesota House has just approved gay marriage ! View more amazing photos of the day’s events here. Ariel Castro has been charged  in the horrific rape and kidnapping case in Cleveland. It’s a busy week for Canadian feminism: [...]

The Guttmacher Institute has published a new study on payment for abortion care among U.S. women showing that as much as *half* of all abortion patients rely on assistance to cover the costs. Among the most disturbing and frustrating findings is that many women who are covered by insurance are not able to use the insurance, [...]

Coverflip created by Hannah Yesterday author Maureen Johnson, fed up with sexist responses to the perceived gender appeal of her books covers, issued a challenge to her followers. She writes:

You are informed about a book’s perceived quality through a number of ways. Probably the biggest is the cover…. And the simple fact of the matter is, if [...]