Ireland’s Unbelievably Good Commercial for Marriage Equality (Gay Rights – Change.org)

Ireland’s Unbelievably Good Commercial for Marriage Equality (Gay Rights – Change.org)
The title says it all.

Contexts Crawler » the motherhood penalty

Yesterday The Examiner ran a story on an article published in the  American Journal of Sociology – and winner of the 2008 Kanter Award Winner for Excellence in Work-Family Research - about the ‘motherhood penalty’:  the pattern demonstrating that working mothers make less than women without children. The study, authored by Shelley J. Correll of Stanford University, Stephen J. Benard, [...]

Sociological Images » Abortion Politics And The Erasure Of The Pregnant Woman

Sociological Images » Abortion Politics And The Erasure Of The Pregnant Woman.
Be sure to read the comments at the bottom. Interesting how the voice belongs to the fetus in most, ignoring the woman.

Rosalind Gill, “From Sexual Objectification to Sexual Subjectification: The Resexualisation of Women’s Bodies in the Media”

Ever wonder if “Girl Power” and the “new” open sexuality popularized in clothing and other outwardly visible paraphernalia is a result of the feminist movement or an insidious manipulation by media (not to mention the “p” word)? Read this illuminating article.
Rosalind Gill, “From Sexual Objectification to Sexual Subjectification: The Resexualisation of Women’s Bodies in [...]

Naomi Wolf on Third Wave Feminism

Films for Feminist Classrooms : NEW publication from Signs!!

This will be a great resource! Right now it is a new OAJ (open access journal) and hopefully it will remain available to all. Contains reviews of many of the best new films from documentaries to popular that might be used in a feminist classroom. Here’s part of the contents of Vol 1 issue [...]

t r u t h o u t | Commodifying Kids: The Forgotten Crisis

t r u t h o u t | Commodifying Kids: The Forgotten Crisis
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Henry Giroux writes so strongly about how our financial markets are using our children to make their profits at the expense of the moral, ethical, and educational development of our future generations. I recommend you read his entire post and [...]

R.I.P. Women’s Movement – Broadsheet – Salon.com

R.I.P. Women’s Movement – Broadsheet – Salon.com
Breaking news: The women’s movement died early Monday morning at the ripe old age of 160. It is survived by innumerable offspring (including many estranged descendants who took its existence for granted). Services have not been scheduled, as its loved ones are still in total denial.
“There will be no [...]

POTUS Events: Women & Girls | 44 | washingtonpost.com

Here’s what our President is doing today. Are you listening, Jodi Rell? Connecticut is ahead of its time. Don’t put us back in the dark ages and only recognize the “Men’s Club.”
FROM THE WASHINGTON POST:
At 1:00 p.m., he signs an executive order, creating the White House Council on Women and Girls, which will be chaired [...]

From Salon Life: Rebecca Traister writes on Palin’s effect

Have you found yourself conflicted about Sarah Palin? She is a woman, after all, but her nomination to the Vice Presidency just did not feel right to a lot of people. There will be lots of discussion on this as we sort it all out. I’ll post the best of what I find. Here are [...]