Earlier this week, the New York Times was rightly criticized for victim-blaming and overall bad reporting in a story about the gang-rape of an 11-year-old girl in Cleveland, Texas. The reporter, James C. McKinley, seems preoccupied with what the survivor wore, who she hung out with, and whether her mother was keeping a close watch—the [...]
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The Education of Brooksley Born, Part II: The Lesson
The Players: Robert Rubin: Secretary of the Treasury during Clinton’s presidency, after which he joined the board of Citibank; has been an economic advisor to Obama Larry Summers: Deputy Secretary of the Treasury under Clinton; later, Secretary of the Treasury; under Obama, was head of the White House National Economic Council until December, 2010 Arthur [...]
The Education of Brooksley Born, Part 1
The other night, I watched a Frontline special called "The Warning" from 2009. Immediately I thought this was a bad idea, but even without understanding all the economic and market terms and lingo you can easily understand the message and the end result of the interviews. The reason we are in a recession started ten [...]
Women and Social Networks in Congress
You may have missed this article, because it didn’t make the front page. It didn’t even make the first fifteen pages of the New York Times. To remedy this, I suggest you read Jennifer Steinhauer’s "Among Women in Congress, a Bond of Friendship." Steinhauer begins by describing the hospital room where Gabrielle Giffords first awoke [...]
The End of Marriage
I recently finished reading Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert, a mere 11 months after it came out – a true feat for me. It was hardly what I’d expected, an interesting read, and possibly not the best idea for someone so neutral on marriage to be reading. I felt myself saying, “Yes! I agree – exactly [...]
Help Change.org Remove Offensive Cards on Etsy
"You were raped? Congratulations!" Of the many things you can say to some who just shared with you they were raped – that is not one sentiment I, or most people, would choose. But one seller on Etsy has chosen just those sentiments. In a variety of offensive and just disgusting cards available, one is [...]
Abortion and Health Care Reform: How The House Bill Forces Women to Accept Less Coverage Than They Already Have
Posted with permission from WomensTake.org Last week it seemed that a compromise had been reached between abortion rights supporters and opponents. The compromise was based on the idea that health reform is so important that no one would try to use a single controversial issue as an excuse to bring the whole thing down. So, [...]
The First of All Liberties: Making Health Care Meet All Women’s Needs
By Eesha Pandit; posted with permission from On The Issues Magazine (thanks for cross-posting with us!) *Note from Fem2.0: Did you catch NWLC’s November 4 carnival for healthcare reform? Check out their widgets, donate to get t-shirts and bumper stickers and tell Congress to pass healthcare legislation that respects women’s and families’ needs. For more, check [...]
Blog Carnival: Women and Caregiving
Our blog carnival about women and caregiving is happening now. If you have a blog post going up, let us know in the comments or by email so we can add you to this list! Deborah Halpern, National Family Caregivers Association, Who Are Family Caregivers?, 6-26-09 We are mothers, wives, daughters, sisters, grand daughters [...]