Archive for 'power'
Gloria Steinem On The Clinton-Obama Paradox
I’m too busy reading and writing my thesis and listening to Radiohead’s In Rainbows to write a whole post today. But you should consider reading Gloria Steinem’s piece, Women Are Never Front-Runners, in today’s New York Times’ Op-Ed section, in which she discusses the gender power dynamics being enacted by Democratic presidential candidates Obama (do [...]
Posted: January 9th, 2008 under Gloria Steinem, barack, clinton, emotion, emotionality, gender, gender power, gender roles, hillary, in rainbows, library books, nepotism, obama, paradox, power, radiohead, revolution from within, sex.
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Feminism Lives: Isabel Allende and Global Women's Rights
In need of a little new year’s inspiration? Broadsheet “recommends novelist Isabel Allende’s poignant and hilarious talk on passion, writing, beauty and feminism given in Monterey, Calif., at the TED conference last year in March. (It was just posted on the TED site in January 2008.)””It’s moving,” writes Broadsheet’s Katharine Mieszkowski, “to watch Allende exhort [...]
Posted: January 7th, 2008 under Female Sexuality, TED conference, Uncategorized, Wangaari Mathai, abu ghraib, abuse, balance, beauty, celebrity, domestic violence, fame, female empowerment, feminine energy, feminism, feminist, flag, gender, global, hope, human rights, isabel allende, loren, olympics, passion, patriarchy, power, sofia, sophia loren, taxes, violence, writing.
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From Vagina Rock to Cootchie-Coo: Ani Difranco, Hip Mama, Has Baby.
Ok, I know she’s a controversial figure. I mean, she sings about pussy stridently. We might not be able to handle that around here. But these days, Ani Di’s also been preparing to
Posted: January 4th, 2008 under 50 ft Woman, Ani Difranco, Female Sexuality, acceptance, alternative, alternative & punk, anger, ani, artist, attack of the 50ft woman, baby, barack, birthday, canon, cd, dammit!, daughter, experimental jazz, exploitation, itunes, love, lyric, lyricism\, mike napolitano, mother, motherhood, music, musician, obama, petah lucia, poetry, pop music, popular music, power, punk, real love, record company, record industry, righteous babe, september 11, slideshow, tour, vanilla weiss, vote.
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You Can Kill a [Wo]man, but Not an Idea: Benazir Bhutto & Female Leadership
Benazir Bhutto was catapulted into public consciousness in Western media on December 27th when a suicide bomber took her life, as well as those of at least 26 others. Bhutto, a former Pakistani Prime Minister, graduate of Harvard Law School, wife, and mother of three, will be missed not just by the ordinary family members, [...]
Posted: December 30th, 2007 under Harvard, Islam, Media, New York Times, Pakistan, Western, amnesty, asif ali zardari, assassination, benazir, bhutto, bilawal bhutto zardari, candidate, corruption, death, democracy, dubai, east, economy, election, farooq leghari, female, general, general election, ghulam ishaq khan, government, law, leader, leadership, opposition, pakistani, pakistani people's party, politics, power, president, school, socialism, suicide bomber, west.
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Save the Drama For Yo' Mama: Feminism in the Classroom
So, I’m a girl. I know this may come as a shock. But don’t worry, I’ve had my cooties shots. Chances are, there are some other girls in your life. If so, you might care to hear about this article published in Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience by Associate Professor Maryjane Wraga of the Psychology [...]
Posted: December 10th, 2007 under 2006, Bush, Carl Friedrich Gauss, Gauss, Harvard University, Larry Summers, SAT, Wraga, academia, academic, affective, agency, aptitude, asian, baseline, clinton, cognitive, cognitive processes, comfort, control, controversy, cooties, courage, disempowerment, drama, empowerment, fMRI, feminism, feminist, feminists have better sex, feminists have more fun, freedom of movement, functional magnetic imaging, gender, gender disparity, gender power, genius, hillary, hypothesis, joke, language use, magazine, majors, mama, math, message, negative, neural structure, neuroscience, objectification, obscure parts, obstacle, passivity, peace, penetrating, performance, pessimism, positive, power, presidency, president, professor, psychology, race, rape, rape case, reasoning, science, sex, sexuality, smith college, social, sophie germain, spatial, stereotypes, study, surmounting, talent, test, threat, verbal, weight loss, white house, women in science.
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ONSLAUGHT: the campaign against women's self esteem
Following Dove’s “Evolution” campaign, they’ve come out with this new ad that points to the effects of the objectification of women on the self-esteem of girls and women. (Hat tip to Cathy for the link.) Interestingly, they call attention to the fact that the style of
Posted: November 7th, 2007 under Bust, Female Sexuality, Neil Strauss, The Game, affirmation, assholes, backhanded, beauty, bullshit, cellulite, compliments, conglomerate, cream, destiny, fat, girls, humor, integrity, intelligence, low self esteem, objectification, pick up artists, power, seduction community, self-esteem, sexuality, standard of beauty, women.
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You Have the Right to Fewer Choices.
Right. So I said I’d take a break, and I haven’t slept in a while, but this bears repeating: They’re passing a TRAP law in Wisconsin (curtsy to Pandagon ). Basically, this means that women who are trying to get abortions and abortion providers will both need to jump through more hoops to “prevent women [...]
Posted: November 7th, 2007 under ACLU, Carhart, Justice Kennedy, Louise Melling, Misogyny, Pandagon, Supreme Court, abortion, abortion providers, abuse, anti-choice, birth, bullshit, carhart vs. gonzales, childbirth, coercion, consent, danger, dark humor, domestic violence, feminist, freedom, government, gynecologist, gynecology, health care, human rights, informed consent, insult, joke, justice, law, legislation, mandatory wait periods, motherhood, power, rape, stupid, terrorism, terrorists, trap law, waiting period, wisconsin, women, women's rights.
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