Category Archives: Feminism, sexism, etc

My Feminist Manifesto

Posted on October 13, 2012 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

Trigger warning for sexual violence: I am a feminist because feminism is the only politics I know that commits itself explicitly to a world without sexual objectification and the personal, cultural, socioeconomic and political violence—mostly, but not only against women—that … Continue reading →

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Six Thoughts On The Case Of The Breast-Feeding Professor

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Ampersand

From the Washington Post: Adrienne Pine was in a jam. The assistant anthropology professor at American University was about to begin teaching “Sex, Gender & Culture,” but her baby daughter woke up in the morning with a fever. The single … Continue reading →

Posted in Breastfeeding & Lactivism, Feminism, sexism, etc, Gender and the Economy | 190 Comments

Dad Wears a Skirt So His Son Will Feel Strong Enough To Do So As Well

Posted on September 1, 2012 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

I saw this story by Piper Weiss on Yahoo and it is heartwarming and inspiring: [Nils] Pickert never minded that his son liked dressing in little girl’s clothes, but when his family moved from West Berlin to a small southern … Continue reading →

Posted in Gender and the Body, Men and masculinity | 16 Comments

Women and Children

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Julie

Some recent quotes from Feministe: Ha. Sure. Yes, it is your children’s RIGHT to scream in a restaurant, and you are definitely not going to interfere or tolerate a dirty look from another patron who does not enjoy hearing screams … Continue reading →

Posted in Baby & kid blogging, Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Feminism, sexism, etc | 21 Comments

Romanticizing the “Ramblin’ Man” in The “Time Traveler’s Wife”

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

Last night, my wife and I finally watched The Time Traveler’s Wife. I remember that she wanted to see it when it was in the theaters, but I don’t remember why we never got around to it. It is not … Continue reading →

Posted in Men and masculinity | 5 Comments

Intervention

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

About a year and a half ago, as I walked home after work at about 11 PM, I passed a couple talking about thirty feet from the entrance to my building. The woman was leaning with her back against the … Continue reading →

Posted in Men and masculinity, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 11 Comments

A Response to AMM’s Comment on My Publishing a Poem at The Good Men Project (Along with the Full Text of the Poem)

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

In a comment on my post announcing the publication of “For My Son, A Kind of Prayer” at The Good Men Project (TGMP), AMM wrote: I visited the place a year or two ago and read a number of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Men and masculinity, Writing | 41 Comments

The Good Men Project Publishes “For My Son, A Kind of Prayer”

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

I am really happy that The Good Men Project has chosen to publish a new of poem of mine called “For My Son, A Kind of Prayer.” Too often, I think sites like that ignore the potential for poetry to … Continue reading →

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Prostitutes in the US are 42 times as likely to be murdered as the average American (Not an accurate statistic – see update)

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Ampersand

UPDATE: I definitely can’t stand by the statistic I quoted in this post; it’s way too high, it seems. See the discussion in the comments for details. Original post follows. From an article about serial killers who work as truck … Continue reading →

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Bits & Pieces: Lines That Didn’t Make the Cut – Remembering Claudia

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

The first in an occasional series of posts about what I end up editing out of the poems I am working on. The revision process leaves every writer with bits and pieces of work that no longer belong to the … Continue reading →

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