Feminist rapper Miss Eaves has a new video out for her single TNT where she explores misogyny in hip hop videos but flipping it on its head and asking what the lens of the female gaze would look like in… Read More ›
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Oops, I Performed My Gender Role Again
Through my permanent gender lens glasses, I feel like there is very little that people in heterosexual relationships do in those partnerships that can escape the reproducing or the defying of gender roles. Gender is so endogenous to the way… Read More ›
Upcoming Film on Faith, Fantasy and Feminized Labor
Hot off the Indiegogo presses is “Platform,” a new project from Brooklyn-based journalist and filmmaker, Jenise Morgan. The documentary looks at the working lives of exotic dancers in the United States, as well as Christian ministries that outreach to dancers… Read More ›
Kisses on the Court
There are many reasons to love the WNBA – for it’s athleticism, it’s symbolism, it’s social importance – but one of the reasons I really love the WNBA is the way the players play the game with passion and aggression… Read More ›
Corporations Be Less Greedy, Give Our Wallets Diabetes
The Daily Show really did a perfect job explaining the political economy of low-wage fast food workers in this clip with John Oliver. Watch, enjoy, get appropriately dismayed at the culture of low-wage work in this country.
Shawty Economist
Bear with me, because I’ve been listening to the “twerk tape” mix on Songza and drinking a lot of iced coffee, but I’ve just realized that shawty is perhaps the least sexist term for the female gender. It’s a term… Read More ›
This is Your Brain, This is Your Brain on Pinterest
Move over cyber-bullying. There is another societal ill that results from people spending too much time online: Social Media Anxiety Disorder also known as #SMAD (which I don’t expect to end up in the D.S.M.-5, at least not until Big… Read More ›
Lauryn Hill Describes Capitalism, Is Told It’s a Conspiracy Theory
Lauryn Hill has been legally ordered to go to counseling for describing what is basically just capitalism, seen as a conspiracy theory by the court. She did get in trouble for tax evasion too, which she has plead guilty to… Read More ›
Colbert on Austerity, Spreadsheets, and Who’s Nerdier Than A Harvard Economist
It’s not everyday that Comedy Central talks about spreadsheet errors. In case you missed this great show with Thomas Hernon as a guest on the Colbert Report, check it out here.
Happy birthday, Gloria Steinem!
Today in women’s history: Gloria Steinem was born 79 years ago! To celebrate, listen to one of my favorite Van Morrison songs:
Even Capuchin Monkeys Are Standing Up Against Pay Inequality
In this amazing video, which I found on Americans Against the Tea Party, some Capuchin monkeys are given identical tasks to complete in order to receive payment in the form of a tasty treat. However, they give one monkey a… Read More ›
First Reaction to Makers
I made it through the first two-thirds of Makers: Women Who Make America before falling asleep on the couch last night when it premiered on PBS, and it was SO GOOD, in my totally biased opinion. (Listen, it was a super… Read More ›
New PBS Documentary Kicking Off Women’s History Month
Set your Tivo’s or whatever for PBS tomorrow night at 8pm for the premiere of Makers: Women Who Make America. In this new documentary, PBS tells the story of the women’s rights movement and the changing status of women over… Read More ›
Total Recall, To Earlier Eras of Damsels in Distress
There is plenty wrong with the 2012 refresh of Total Recall, but entertainment and quality aside, the biggest issue is the role of woman in modern action movies, as the recent history of the 1990 original provides an interesting case-in-point…. Read More ›
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