This was a great and interesting interview. Zerlina, I’m stunned by your bravery and so thankful and so sorry you had to go through that.

I see some similarity with the arguments made here and the ones made today. In particular, the women don’t want it/don’t care and the idea that it promotes competition with men instead of cooperation.

Ugh. Huff Post is reporting that he compared Trayvon Martin to the Columbine gunmen. I am livid.

Thank you. I understood that you probably were not responding to me specifically, but since you mentioned my name I wanted to clarify!

I didn’t say the comment “wasn’t so bad”. I don’t agree with the White History Month as I said, and I don’t think it makes the entire comment okay. I wasn’t aware of these heritage months, so thanks for that info. At the same time, I feel it’s a bit like Women’s History Month, which [...]

I actually partially agree with one of these tweets. Not the white history month, but the question of history months for people of other non-white races. So much of the discourse on race is focused on black and white in America and that’s an important issue and given the country’s history it makes sense that [...]

Unfortunately some workplaces ban discussion of salaries amongst coworkers, so there can be punishment for attempting to find out what your colleagues are making.

I’ll spend my time advocating for an end to the draft instead.

Beyonce has said she’s ‘a feminist, in a way.’ So she has self-identified, at least a little. While I agree that we shouldn’t slut-shame and I have no problem with Beyonce’s cover, I am a little troubled by some of the defense here. Specifically: “It’s one thing to bemoan the fact the fact that the [...]

I did kind of read it that way, yeah. But I get what you’re saying now.

Gas-lighting exists, regardless of your own personal experiences.

I’m not really sure where to put this so I apologize for going off-topic on this post. I’ve been noticing some comments that to me read as anti-feminist, mra supporting, and victim-blaming and yet Feministing has published them. I understand that some comments slip through the cracks and that’s why the community can report comments, [...]

Happy Birthday Chloe, I always love reading your articles here!

I am disappointed that Feministing would use the term ‘nut jobs’ in an article. Phrases like this only serve to further the stigma against the mentally ill. I don’t believe that is intentional on your part, it is very common for people to use words like these along with ‘psycho’ or ‘crazy’, and I myself [...]

I respect that you have a different opinion, but I think most of us here would consider the war on drugs a feminist issue. As it says in the post, the war on drugs is racist. People of color are disproportionately arrested and convicted for drug offenses, in addition to being given longer sentences. Being [...]

Forgot to add this: a big part of why the Democrats were so successful retaining the Senate was because of the offensive things so many Republicans had been saying about rape and abortion.

Republicans retained control of the house, and Democrats retained control of the Senate. That has generally been considered a big win for the Democrats because a few months ago, it didn’t seem possible for them to do so in part because many more Democrat Senate seats were up for grabs than Republican seats. Not only [...]

A lot of feminists have this same problem. I think it really just depends on you. What do you consider to be deal breakers in your relationship? I, personally, can understand someone not being very informed about sexism or feminism, but if a guy doesn’t respect me as an equal, then that’s a deal breaker. [...]

There’s a pretty good article called What I Spent to Comply With Pennsylvania’s New Voter ID Law. Unfortunately, I’m unable to link. Some highlights include that it took the writer two days, one of which he had to leave work early, costing him wages (he would have had to take off work early for both [...]

Maybe because Feministing thought anyone entering the contest would take the anti-sexism rule as a given, so they mention other -isms to acknowledge that the site is interested in addressing inter-sectional discrimination? I don’t know, just a guess. I’d really like the site to clear it up.