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Sexism and Masculinity in Disney Movies
It’s not only the girls who are screwed up by the Disney movies with their princesses galore and pink sterotypes, it’s the boys who get it too. Here’s a great video that pulls back the curtain on why these films screw with boys too. Way to go Sa...[Read on]
South African Runner's Makeover
South African gold medalist Caster Semenya, who was forced to undergo sex determination testing to continue her running career, has now received a feminine makeover. After dealing with sex-determination testing, bigoted comments from other athletes, and...[Read on]
75th Anniversary of Women's Jeans
Hailing itself as the inventor of women's jeans, Levi's celebrates the 75th anniversary of women in denim. First introduced to male laborers in California in the 1850's, jeans became a symbol of empowerment for women as an alternative to more feminine c...[Read on]
Franken Introduces Student Non-Discrimination Act
by Jesse Krohn, Intern, National Women's Law Center Yesterday Senator Franken introduced the Student Non-Discrimination Act (SNDA), a bill that bans discrimination in public schools based on one’s actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender ident...[Read on]
Not Oprah's Book Club: Quiverfull
Model daughters of the patriarchy movement, the Botkin girls express a hatred of feminism that is pure, and they hate it in a variety of flavors most feminists wouldn't recognize as their cause. To the Botkins, all bad women--from the seductress hoping to...[Read on]
No Offense, It's Just Business
Marie Hardin recently posted a WTS blog in response to Eric Deggens' column regarding a study confirming that while participation in women's sports has increased with Title IX, media coverage itself is stagnant, if not decreasing (see "Why the Apathy...[Read on]
Spotlight on Cheryl A. Meyer & Tara London: Kiss Him Goodbye
Sometimes, we can’t just avoid the B.S. No, that’s not what you think it is. B.S. is short for Bad Steve, a codeword for a loser guy that deserves to be dumped. In their brand-new novel The Red Flag Rulebook: 50 Dating Rules to Know Whether To Keep ...[Read on]
Interview with Colette Burson, co-creator of Hung
Hung creators Dmitry Lipkin and Colette Burson When I first read that HBO was going to air a show called Hung my first reaction was huh?.  Why would I want to see a show about a guy’s dick?  But since I had once spoken on the phone with the show’s ...[Read on]
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