by Rachel Piazza , BJJ purple belt As a woman, a Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and a feminist, I was horrified to learn that two high profile male Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitors repeatedly raped their female teammate after offering to drive her home on New Year’s Eve.  This story  from Washington, D.C. has shocked the close-knit Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) community, many of whom [...]

Question: Does it matter that a national feminist organization chose to locate its young feminist leadership conference in a hotel that labor activists and consumers boycott because of the hotel’s unfair labor practices and treatment of its workers? Answer: 100% yes. This weekend, young feminist activists will gather in Washington, D.C. for  Feminist Majority’s National Young [...]

Lana Del Rey – heard of her? If you haven’t, you will because “Born to Die,” Del Rey’s first full-length album was released today following nearly six months of Internet buzz and an ongoing wave of hatred or fawning adoration from bloggers. It seems as if everyone has an opinion on Lana Del Rey’s physical, [...]

If you’re like me, chances are by the age of 28 that you’ve had a few female friends announce on Facebook that they’re pregnant by posting early sonograms, a progression of baby bump photos and enthusiastic updates for nine months. And let’s not forget about the eery 3-D sonograms showing a nearly full-term baby weeks [...]

If you’re like me, chances are by the age of 28 that you’ve had a few female friends announce on Facebook that they’re pregnant by posting early sonograms, a progression of baby bump photos and enthusiastic updates for nine months. And let’s not forget about the eery 3-D sonograms showing a nearly full-term baby weeks [...]