Category Archives: Gender and the Economy

Technology, Family Life, and Gender

Posted on April 24, 2006 by Rachel S.

The Journal of Marriage and Family has released a study by sociologist Noelle Chesney that indicates that cell phones are detrimental to family relationships. I am becoming increasingly anti-cell phone for this reason. The need to have to be constantly … Continue reading →

Posted in Families structures, divorce, etc, Feminism, sexism, etc, Gender and the Economy, Whatever | 37 Comments

Inside Higher Ed on the Gender Pay Gap

Posted on April 18, 2006 by Ampersand

Here’s a recent article from Inside Higher Education about a new study examining the wage gap between female and male professors. The study itself sounds useful, but what interested me is all the dubious assumptions about the wage gap embedded … Continue reading →

Posted in Gender and the Economy, Media criticism | 17 Comments

The New Face of HIV/AIDS

Posted on April 9, 2006 by Ampersand

Hi everyone. My name is Kortney Ryan Ziegler and I currently blog over at blac(k)ademic. Amp has generously opened up his blog for me to guest post for a few days. I wanted to kick start off my time here … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Gender and the Economy, Race, racism and related issues, Whatever | 21 Comments

Racism, Sexism, and Heroism

Posted on March 19, 2006 by Rachel S.

In the days after 9/11 I was glued to my TV, watching what seemed to be the same cable news stories over and over and hoping that someone was going to tell me why this happened. The only refreshing new … Continue reading →

Posted in Gender and the Economy, Popular (and unpopular) culture, Race, racism and related issues | 8 Comments

Working Mothers

Posted on March 12, 2006 by Maia

There was an article in today’s Sunday Star Times Sunday magazine that was interesting and not completely misogynist. I almost died of shock (for non-New Zealanders Sunday’s speciality is that it no longer calls it’s ‘beauty’ section ‘beauty’ or even … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Gender and the Economy | 35 Comments

Seven Short Posts Regarding Larry Summers, Civility, and Censorship

Posted on February 25, 2006 by Ampersand

1. Larry Summers is a mirror of the lefty-basher’s soul. For Alan Dershowitz, author of a book criticizing Israel’s critics, Summers lost his job because of his criticism of Israel’s critics. For Cathy Young, who has made a career out … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Civility & norms of discourse, Feminism, sexism, etc, Free speech, censorship, copyright law, etc., Gender and the Economy | 57 Comments

Link Farm and Open Thread #10

Posted on February 17, 2006 by Ampersand

March 8th is Blog Against Sexism Day Why March 8? Because it’s International Women’s Day. Because it’s the Global Women’s Strike. Wimmin in more than 60 countries will be participating in the global strike. Why not add dozens or hundreds … Continue reading →

Posted in Fat, fat and more fat, Gender and the Economy, Link farms, Palestine & Israel | 66 Comments

Link Farm and Open Thread #9

Posted on February 1, 2006 by Ampersand

Links for y’all to check out – and I’ve gotta say, damn, there are a lot of really good links here. As always, the thread is open to anything folks want to post – feel free to self-promote, too. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights, Feminism, sexism, etc, Gender and the Economy, Link farms, Race, racism and related issues | 69 Comments

What Other People Are Saying

Posted on December 13, 2005 by Ampersand

By the way, if you have a link you’d like other “Alas” readers to see, or just something you’d like to say that isn’t on-topic in one of the other threads, please feel free to post it in these “link … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-Contraceptives/EC zaniness, Choice for Men, Gender and the Economy, Link farms | 23 Comments

The "Boy Crisis" In Education

Posted on December 9, 2005 by Ampersand

I don’t mean to be picking on Brad Wilcox, but I can’t resist commenting on this post. Bouncing off a Washington Post article entitled “Disappearing Act,” about the alleged decline of male college enrollment, Brad writes: The bottom line: boys … Continue reading →

Posted in Boy crisis, Feminism, sexism, etc, Gender and the Economy, Race, racism and related issues | 38 Comments