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Science Says Men Are Sexist Pigs! Except . . . Not.

by Cara February 16, 2009

When I came across a headline this morning that read “Men really do see half-naked women as sex objects, scientists claim,” I felt that this had to be inherently untrue. Though I certainly do not doubt the findings in the study that some men react to images of scantily clad women the same way that [...]

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Target Women: Online Dating

by Cara February 13, 2009

(If you can’t see the video, click here.) Hahaha. They use scientific tools . . . like questions! It’s funny ’cause it’s true.

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Supreme Court Declares a Right to Sue for Retaliation in Sexual Harassment Cases

by Cara February 4, 2009

The Supreme Court has ruled, in what ought to be a no-brainer, that companies cannot fire their employees for cooperating in sexual harassment investigations, and that someone who is fired for this reason has the right to sue. The case arose from an internal investigation into possible misconduct by Gene Hughes, the employee relations director [...]

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In Which Chris Matthews Says Something Intelligent

by Cara February 4, 2009

Based on this video, in which President of the Independent Women’s Voice Michelle Bernard and Planned Parenthood Federation of America CEO Cecile Richards discuss the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act with Chris Matthews, Renee has called Michelle Bernard “colluder of the week” for getting in bed with the patriarchy and arguing that demanding equality is [...]

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Shocking: Playboy Playmates Represent Increasingly Impossible Sexual Ideals

by Cara February 3, 2009

In what comes as a surprise to absolutely no one who pays attention to media representations of women and sexiness, it looks like the overall BMI of women featured as Playboy Playmates has dropped dramatically over time.  Indeed, according to Wired Magazine (who did the analysis), “While real American women have steadily eaten their way [...]

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On Feminism and Being Constructive

by Cara February 2, 2009

The other day, on my post about T-Shirt Hell closing, I got this comment from someone going by the name of James (a different James from the one who was published and later banned on the thread). Maybe if women spent more time being constructive than worrying about being offended, they’d accomplish something outside the [...]

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Berlusconi: Women Are Raped Because They’re Just So Good Looking

by Cara January 26, 2009

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, known for putting his foot in his mouth in really offensive ways, has done it yet again. This time, it’s one hot mess of rape myths and rape apologism, and a revival of the “women are raped because they’re pretty (and therefore rape is a compliment)” meme, once more with [...]

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Senate Passes Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

by Cara January 23, 2009

Great news! Yesterday, the Senate passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. The new Democratic-led U.S. Senate flexed its expanded muscle on Thursday by overwhelmingly passing a bill to reverse a 2007 Supreme Court decision that made it tougher to sue for pay discrimination. Approved 61-36, the measure is similar to one that Senate Republicans [...]

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Yoko Ono on Yoko-Hate

by Cara January 17, 2009

Yoko Ono has publicly spoken in the past about the hatred directed at her, but I felt particularly compelled to post these brand new comments from an interview given to the Standford News Service.  The interviewer asks some very direct questions about the treatment she received from the public, and they tie in very nicely [...]

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Yoko Ono: A Feminist Analysis (Addendum: Just Like Starting Over)

by Cara January 7, 2009

Introduction: Oh Yoko! Part One: The Ballad of John and Yoko Part Two: Don’t Let Me Down Part Three: Woman A few months ago, I finally joined Facebook. Knowing that Yoko Ono has stayed technologically up to speed, I wanted to see if she had a page (it’s here), and ended up perusing “groups” with [...]

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