January 2012
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Jan 1st
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Jan 1st
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“Nobody tells an actor, ‘you’re playing a strong-minded man.’ We assume that men...”
– —Meryl Streep, on being told that she often plays “strong-minded women.”
Jan 1st
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December 2011
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Dec 28th
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Michigan Bans Partner Health Coverage →
chasetheskyforever: gaywrites: Michigan governor Rick Snyder signed into law yesterday a bill ending health care coverage for domestic partners of government workers. Republican officials introduced and have been pushing the legislation - surprise!  “Governor Snyder’s support for this bill is appalling,” Emily Dievendorf, director of policy for Equality Michigan, said in a statement. “Today,...
Dec 28th
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“We need to reclaim the word ‘feminism’. We need the word ‘feminism’ back real...”
Dec 27th
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Dec 27th
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Dec 27th
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Siri, Apple's iPhone Voice-Activated Software, Is... →
The voice of Siri, Apple’s new voice-activated command software for the iPhone, is female: a warm, helpful-sounding and of course, nurturing female voice. Initially, it may seem like a happy coincidence that programmers chose a female voice for Siri, but once you actually begin to use the software, a discomforting possibility arises. After all, Siri is basically an electronic version of a...
Dec 27th
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Dec 24th
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Dec 24th
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Dec 24th
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Dec 23rd
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Rape Culture 101 (IMPORTANT) →
Frequently, I receive requests to provide a definition of the term “rape culture.” I’ve referred people to the Wikipedia entry on rape culture, which is pretty good, and I like the definition provided in Transforming a Rape Culture: A rape culture is a complex of beliefs that encourages male sexual aggression and supports violence against women. It is a society where violence is...
Dec 23rd
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Dec 23rd
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Study Claims Hollywood is Still Plagued by Gender... →
A new study conducted by colleagues at USC’s Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism confirms what we’ve all, sadly, assumed to be true: Even in the post-Sex and the City blockbuster, Kathryn Bigelow-wins-an-Oscar era, there’s still of inequality between men and women in Hollywood. On-camera, the female players are fewer and more sexualized than males. Behind-the-scenes, the number...
Dec 23rd
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WatchWatch
ELLE:  I’m watching a video of you two. Rashida Jones:  Are you watching our lesbian video on YouTube? Amy Poehler:  Yeah, it’s pretty funny. Someone put together all the scenes of Ann and Leslie and then put a Counting Crows song to it. It looks like Parks and Rec is a love story about two women. ELLE:  Are you guys hugging right now? Rashida Jones: Actually, we’re spooning. *Dedicated to...
Dec 20th
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Join Me in Signing (&reblog): UVM Fraternity... →
safercampus: Today, a questionnaire has been roaming around the interwebs that originated from fraternity brothers at Sigma Phi Epsilon at the University of Vermont. Check out Sarah’s post about the incident on the SAFER blog. SAFER was sent a copy of the questionnaire, which mostly consists of benign questions like name, birthday major, amount of time with SigEp and favorite SigEp memories,...
Dec 20th
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Dec 20th
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“Nobody tells an actor, ‘you’re playing a strong-minded man.’ We...”
Dec 20th
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Where Are the Women on Fortune's "40 Under 40"... →
Fortune Magazine just released its “40 Under 40” list – a collection of highly impressive top innovators, leaders, “disrupters,” and job creators in the world under 40.   Individually and collectively, these folks are changing life and work as we know it. But there’s a deeply disturbing problem with this list – where are the women?  The first woman listed is #20 – Marissa Mayer — VP of Google —...
Dec 20th
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A Message to Women From a Man: You Are Not "Crazy" →
You’re so sensitive. You’re so emotional. You’re defensive. You’re overreacting. Calm down. Relax. Stop freaking out! You’re crazy! I was just joking, don’t you have a sense of humor? You’re so dramatic. Just get over it already! Sound familiar? If you’re a woman, it probably does. Do you ever hear any of these comments from your spouse,...
Dec 18th
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Dec 16th
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Dec 14th
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Dec 14th
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“I want a future where women and girls get to be the subject of their own...”
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Dec 14th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 7th
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Dec 7th
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Dec 6th
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Dec 6th
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Join Me in Giving One Good Reason Why Birth... →
President Obama and Secretary Sebelius will decide at any moment whether to keep birth control coverage in place for millions of women. The president has been a strong supporter of women’s health — but right now he’s facing immense pressure from anti-choice groups determined to cut millions of hardworking women off from access to birth control. That’s why we need your voice now,...
Dec 3rd
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““It is the height of irony that women are valued for our looks, encouraged...”
Dec 3rd
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Dec 3rd
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Dec 3rd
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