To be a real feminist, do you have to argue that women are better than men? Or is that just a fun optional thing? In the wake of the Anthony Weiner scandal, I’ve seen many articles with the same reaction: this is why we should elect more women. Women avoid these kind of scandals — [...]
Archive | June, 2011
Can You Name 3 Female Artists?
“Can you name three female artists?” Of course, I thought – so easy! Mary Cassatt….um….um….. “Frida” says someone in the film, where people on the streets of New York are being asked this question. Yes, I think – Frida! And….um…. I couldn’t do it. Neither could anyone on that street. !Women Art Revolution, by Lynn [...]
The Power of the Purse: The GOP and Elizabeth Warren
Recent Pew Research Center data suggests Republicans are warming to the idea of a female president. But that doesn’t mean they’re comfortable with women in power – as shown by the recent Elizabeth Warren hearings. Warren was nominated by President Obama last September to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Warren, a bankruptcy [...]
women need to invest in each other-literally
Do you know what an angel investor is? Well ladies, listen up because we need more of them. Business Insider asked, “Where Are All the Women Angel Investors?” to highlight the work that the Pipeline Fund Fellowship (PFF) does in training female philanthropists to become angel investors and to talk about the severe lack of female [...]
Are We High Maintenance? Labels for Women: Part I
It occurred to me completely out of the blue one day. Sometimes, you can’t trace exactly what it is that makes you stand up and challenge something, but it changes you. You have an inkling that this thought will completely change your life, even though you don’t fully know how or why. But you know [...]
What Do Armenian Women Want?
In mid-May, women from across Armenia gathered together to organize for a larger political presence in the running of their country. These women worked to form policy platforms, an organizing tool designed to change national policy around certain issues. Women across the world have already used these platforms effectively for social change. The conference was [...]
what about this weekend
Reading Materials The book, Say Her Name by Francisco Goldman, describes the life and death of his wife in an intense memoir full of both angry and passionate feelings. Throughout the course of the book, the author moves from the Brooklyn home he shared with his wife to the time before they met to the [...]
finding balance in life
Last weekend my yoga teacher was focused on balance. While asking the class to do advanced poses, requiring more balance than any of us apparently had, I struggled to stay up right, occasionally putting a foot down, and starting again. After class I felt more balanced than I had in weeks. And a funny thing [...]
so this feminist walks into a bar: on feminism and humor
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the role of humor in feminism – and feminism’s role in the face of offensive humor. Rebecca Traister made an interesting point in Big Girls Don’t Cry, her book chronicling the 2008 election and specifically, Hillary Clinton. Traister says that historically, feminists have refrained from showing their humorous sides. [...]