Jessica Mack at Gender Across Borders wrote an article explaining the why the public health bill is a violations of women’s human rights. Take a look: This is not just a public health scandal; it reflects widespread violations of women’s human rights. Patterns of marginalization and exclusion in this society are exacerbated by a discriminatory [...]

The best feminists are male feminists. Otherwise, with female feminists, it just sounds like they’re complaining about issues that do not exist. This is essential viewing. He justifies his response by saying: While my words may have seemed inflammatory, I was actually talking about how the oppressor is the best person to speak out against [...]

Leading Lady is hosting a great blog carnival this week focused around a woman’s role in feminism. Stemming from a male-centric feminist campaign post from The Lighthouse, the blog carnival will bring together responses to such quotes as "the best feminists are male feminists" and that female feminists just "complain about issues."  “The best feminists are male [...]

Cross-posted with permission from patriarchal disorder and dated from March 16. It’s St. Patty’s Day tomorrow, my mother’s birthday, and I’m feeling it. Today, while paying bills, which my mother carried out so much more efficiently than I ever have, I used my solar calculator to figure out that, if she were alive today, she [...]

On Sunday night, shortly before International Women’s Day began at 12:01am on Monday, Kathryn Bigelow became the first female filmmaker to win the Oscar for Best Director (view her acceptance speech here). Her film The Hurt Locker, a war drama about a bomb squad in Iraq, also took Best Picture honors. She was only the [...]

In the 21st century, you would think the data about women’s circumstances worldwide have improved.  But current data still paints a very dismal picture. Women are still 70% of the world’s poor, they are still 75% of the civilians killed in war (along with their children), and still receive only 10% of global income for [...]

My first thought when the live stream of the health care summit came on was pretty simple: um, where are all the women? After a few strategic camera pans, I saw Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to the President’s right, and Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to his left. A good start, [...]