These comments from Elizabeth Warren are disappointing. Thanks for your powerful response!

This is what researchers into cognitive bias call the fundamental attribution error. It’s related to another kind of cognitive bias called confirmation bias — basically, your brain doing what it can to keep perceptions in line with the stereotypes that are already built in. But just because our brains tend to do this automatically and [...]

Oops — messed up that link. There’s more info on http://www.genderjustice.us.

Hi Jos, Feministing fans, and everybody at Netroots — I want to invite you all to stop by an event on Friday afternoon: the Drive-In for Saudi Women’s Right to Drive , near E. Lake Street and 27th Ave. S. — very accessible by public transport. Come find out what Gretchen Cooper (a Gender Justice client) and Manal [...]

I’ve read responses to Dan Choi’s comments on other blogs admitting that “yeah, ‘bleeds once a month’ is clearly a gendered insult, but ‘pussy’? – nah…” This parsing of his comments drives me crazy. Why do so many people have trouble admitting that “pussy” (and “wuss,” for that matter) are gendered insults? Might it be [...]