Pro-death: If you haven’t already heard, 31-year old Savita Halappanavardied in an Irish hospital last week because doctors refused to perform a life-saving abortion. She was already having a miscarriage. I’ll give you a minute to rage. Hate, hate, go away…: The last thing I did in high school was watch It’s a Mad, Mad,…
Clichéd and sexist Halloween costumes have always bothered me. They’re bad for women in a misogynistic culture that seeks to only objectify femininity and never allow it subjective, autonomous space. But they are also bad for a holiday that should be all about creativity, humor, fun, and even a little magic. Whether it was because…
The 2012 Olympics in London have been heralded as a win for feminism in many ways — some calling it the Title IX games even. And there’s a lot to celebrate for women in these games. But as the old poem says, we have miles to go before we sleep. If you’ve watched any part…
The Olympics are inspirational in many ways. We sit breathless watching people do what seems impossible — super-human, if you will. As I wrote in the last post, the 2012 London games have been an inspiration to girls and women all over the world who are seeing someone of their gender compete for their country…
Real women save themselves: Did you catch the interview of Sigourney Weaver on NPR in which she declares that she doesn’t buy into the idea of the damsel in distress. “When I look around the world, I don’t see too many damsels in distress. If they’re a damsel in distress, they’re manipulating some guy to…
Today’s post is part of the National Women’s Law Center blog carnival celebrating the 40th anniversary of Title IX, landmark legislation passed in 1972 that gender equity in every educational program that receives federal funding. Indeed, while Title IX is more famous for requiring gender parity in sports programs, it has several benchmarks of equity,…
Today is Equal Pay Day. It represents how far into 2012 women have to work to make the same salary as men in all of 2011. And call me kooky, but it feels like some kind of poetic twist that it falls on Tax Day, a day when many Americans begrudgingly pay their fair share.…
This looks cool: Equity in Education: Celebrating 40 Years of Title IXEquity in Education: Celebrating 40 Years of Title IX Thursday, April 19, 2012 3:00 to 5:00 pm Panel Discussion, reception to follow Hendrix Auditorium, William D. Carlson Education Building (CEB) This event looks back at the progress and challenges of the forty years since…
Have you signed the UFC petition, yet? You only have 8 more days until it closes! Then I will be delivering it to the UFC headquarters in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness month in April. This is a chance to have your voice be heard that rape jokes and hate speech are NOT funny. Ever!…
NOW is having a Love Your Body tweet chat today in honor of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week and I’ll be participating! Please check it out and follow my tweets @TheSinCitySiren! Here’s the event details. Hope to see you there!
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