I’ve been doing some light reading lately, specifically Gail Collins’s When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present. I’m aiming to fill a few holes in my knowledge of the women’s movement(s), which somehow my education has thus far neglected. I blame the men! In the book, Collins notes [...]
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Finding Your Own Voice: Insightful Quotes from Uncommon Women
Cross posted with permission from Feminist.com Excerpted from the book Daring to Be Ourselves: Influential Women Share Insights on Courage, Happiness and Finding Your Own Voice by Marianne Schnall. Copyright © 2010. Excerpted with permission from Blue Mountain Arts. Over the course of my career as a freelance journalist, I have had the great [...]
What’s a Feminist? Do We Need a Definition?
Cross-posted with permission from patriarchalDISORDER Since I created the Google Map "Mapping the Femisphere," I’ve had requests to get on the Map (by invitation only and I welcome requests) from people I don’t know. So, I’ve inquired about their work as a feminist or other, especially after clicking on their website, blog or Facebook page [...]
Thankful to the 25 Most Powerful Women
Thanksgiving has never been a favorite holiday of mine. I’m thankful for many things, and take time to consider them this time of year. But eating huge amounts of food – most of which I just am not a big fan of – is lost on me. Last week Time magazine put out a list [...]
“Is the Pudding Done?”
Thanksgiving. While this day normally conjures up an image of 20 people seated around a beautifully-laid table filled with delicious food and wine, in recent years my family has rarely had more than five people at the dinner table. I’d like to say that this is because we do not have a large family or [...]
Feminism Is As Feminism Does
By Merle Hoffman, cross-posted at On The Issues Magazine All my life there was a kind of disconnect between my internal and external realities. "Funny," people would say, "you don’t look Jewish. Funny, you don’t look like a concert pianist. Funny—you don’t look like a feminist." But I was all of those things and more. [...]
“A Woman’s Touch:” Raising the Bar for Men
If you haven’t seen it already, I highly recommend this post by John Shertzer over on his blog, Fraternal Thoughts. In the post, John discusses the influence women have over men—and how women can use this influence to change sexist (or otherwise negative) behavior. John offers specific suggestions for how women can encourage men to [...]
What about this Weekend
Reading Materials: Are you looking for a fun and light book? Read the new novel "Beachcombers" by Nancy Thayer, which chronicles the story a single father and his three daughters, who are now adults dealing with separate life troubles (more info at Elevate Difference). The memoir “Just Kids” by Patty Smith tells her story living [...]
Chivalry and Feminism?
Chivalry. Feminism. Chivalry and feminism. Can those words go together? Are they two completely unrelated ideas that can really co-exist? I question myself on this at times. The other day I struggled outside my office building trying close my umbrella, while keeping my all important coffee cup upright, hang onto my bags and get through [...]
Another Year Without Paycheck Fairness
We have come so far over the past 50 years, and yet the road stretches out in front of us beyond the horizon. How it is that, in the 21st century, paycheck fairness can be so difficult to pass? And why, oh why, did women vote against it? I was once asked why it matters [...]