This piece was cross-posted at Pundit Mom.  In light of Jon Kyl’s ongoing outrageous public comments, I’ve come to the conclusion that the junior Senator from Arizona must hate women.  Odds are that unless you live in Arizona, you either don’t know or don’t pay a lot of attention to Kyl, but he’s gotten some [...]

I read three interesting posts on Forbeswoman all looking at women and professional success.  While I focused on woman in politics in my post last week, women are still struggling in the male dominated business world.  We are penalized financially for getting married and having children.  A look at how women should dress for success, [...]

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about feminist communities. Why do we join them, and what do they do for us? Should we even discuss them in these terms? And what do online communities provide, as opposed to those in “real life?” I found myself drawn into the online community before I made any moves [...]

 Did you hear the one about the feminist who took a man’s advice on how to make more feminists?  Wait, let me back up a minute.  I’m Joe, and I’m a man.  Like many men, deep down I am a good person.  I think the world should be fair, safe, and full of opportunity for [...]

Each year, boys sign up for my high school course on feminism (photo, Ileana Jiménez) When I was in college, I always thought that teaching girls about feminism was my life’s calling. It turns out that teaching boys about feminism has made that calling even more profound. In the past three years, I have taught [...]