How to Succeed at Feminism
Feminista Jones writes an excellent column on why we “need” feminism and why it must be inclusive to succeed. Short answers Have you seen how they are passing legislation left and right to control our bodies? And we still don’t have an Equal Rights Amendment,…
Simone de Beauvoir was imperfect. And an incredibly aware genius.
“SHE ARGUED THAT BECOMING A WOMAN WAS DIFFICULT IN DISTINCTIVE WAYS, BECAUSE HISTORY, LITERATURE, PSYCHOANALYSIS AND BIOLOGY PRESENTED WOMEN WITH INCOMPATIBLE MYTHS OF FEMININITY INSTEAD OF ENCOURAGING THEM TO BECOME FREE, FALLIBLE AND FULLY HUMAN.” Click here to view original web page at www.theguardian.com
The Little Mermaid as Feminist?
Will the remake catch the wave of feminism? Casting has already shook things up by casting Queen Latifah as Ursula and Halle Bailey as Ariel. Nice snaps for diversity there Disney. The original Little Mermaid movie was released in 1989 and even though it had…
The Feminist Press Salutes Women Trailblazers
Strong women doing strong things. Recognize them. Soraya Chemaly and Rebecca Traister are a couple of my favorites. Their discussions about women’s rage really hit my mark. Chemaly wrote, Rage Becomes Her (her website can be found here ) and Rebecca Traister wrote Good and…
44% of Americans Are Anti-Feminist
The numbers show Americans are either half sexist, or the word feminist has been hijacked. Probably both.
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