Category Archives: Feminism, sexism, etc

Great vlog on the Spitzer scandal and music industry hypocripsy

Posted on March 20, 2008 by Ampersand

Curtsy Feministing.

Posted in In the news, Sex work, porn, etc | 3 Comments

Anti-Feminist Attacks Man For Crying "Like A Girl"

Posted on March 17, 2008 by Ampersand

Brett Favre, who I infer is a football player of some accomplishment, cried when announcing his retirement. And anti-feminist radio host Laura Ingraham commented: “All these years, and I didn’t know there was a woman quarterback in the NFL,” said … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Feminism, sexism, etc, Sexism hurts men | 60 Comments

Support Vivian Stringer's Book

Posted on March 4, 2008 by Rachel S.

Vivian Stringer is the head coach of the Rutger’s women’s basketball team, so many of you may have heard her name in the wake of Don Imus’s racist and sexist comments.  However, her story and her influence as a pioneering woman extends well beyond … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Media criticism, Popular (and unpopular) culture, Race, racism and related issues | 5 Comments

Obama uses sexist language to criticize Clinton

Posted on February 18, 2008 by Ampersand

Being a very lazy blogger (with a bunch of drawing deadlines), I’m going to just quote other bloggers (but I agree with their opinions). First, from Political Punch: Earlier this month, speaking at Tulane University, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, said … Continue reading →

Posted in Elections and politics, Feminism, sexism, etc | 58 Comments

MLK Talked Nichelle Nichols Out Of Quitting "Star Trek"

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Ampersand

I had to post this — it so nicely overlaps my political interests with my geekish side. Plus, I think Nichelle Nichols totally rocks. It’s also an interesting reminder of how a character who is, looked at today, a glaring … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Popular (and unpopular) culture, Race, racism and related issues | 21 Comments

Two Things

Posted on February 12, 2008 by Maia

The first is at Pandagon, where Amanda wrote about Huckabee: McCain has the Republican nomination, but Huckabee’s continuing ability to win certain states is still a major story. Now that he can’t get the nomination and the schadenfreude pleasure is … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Race, racism and related issues | 55 Comments

The Girl's Guide To Nice Guys (TM)

Posted on February 7, 2008 by Ampersand

If you haven’t already, check out Leigh Dragoon’s cartoon series about “Nice Guys (TM)” (although she calls them “Nice Guys (R)”). Last year, Leigh created three of these nifty cartoons: part one (pictured above, but the linked one is bigger), … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Feminism, sexism, etc | 116 Comments

Yay For Teen Sex!

Posted on January 30, 2008 by Myca

When I read this excellent article by Amanda Marcotte, I couldn’t help think of Mandolin’s post last October, “Children Fucking Children“. The gist of Amanda’s article (and, in a lot of ways, Mandolin’s post before it) is that American adult … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc | 44 Comments

CNN Readers Give CNN Well-Deserved Rasberry

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Ampersand

From CNN’s website: Within minutes of posting a story on CNN’s homepage called “Gender or race: Black women voters face tough choices in South Carolina,” readers reacted quickly and angrily. […] Many took umbrage at the story’s suggestion that black … Continue reading →

Posted in Elections and politics, Feminism, sexism, etc, Media criticism, Race, racism and related issues | 12 Comments

Interesting study of prostitution in Chicago

Posted on January 18, 2008 by Ampersand

Economists Steven Levitt (of Freakonomics fame) and Sudhir Venkatesh have published a study of the economics of street and brothel prostitution in Chicago. They used a variety of data sources, including paying prostitutes a fee to allow “embedded data trackers” … Continue reading →

Posted in Sex work, porn, etc | 40 Comments