Bernadette Barton, On The Issues Magazine. August 20, 2008. Our culture and media are obsessed with strippers. But in real life women who dance for a living inspire rabid sexism.
Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. August 19, 2008. So much for change. Only one female correspondent has moderated a presidential forum since the commission began running debates in 1988.
Caroline Heldman, Ms. Magazine. August 14, 2008. This sort of self-objectification impairs women's body image, mental health, motor skills and even sex lives.
Rachel Kramer Bussel, Huffington Post. August 11, 2008. Yet another reason feminism still has work to do: women who surpass an entirely arbitrary number of sex partners are labeled 'sluts.'
Michael Levine, Hara Estroff Marano, Psychology Today. August 8, 2008. Men are barraged by images of unobtainable women in the media, making it difficult for them to desire the ordinarily beautiful.
Greta Christina, Greta Christina's Blog. August 7, 2008. Gay marriage is drastically changing the institution of marriage. And that's a very, very good thing.
Cynthia Kling, Huffington Post. August 6, 2008. Susan Squire on why it will take more than a couple of decades to transform a 5,000-year-old institution.
Julia Serano, AlterNet. August 5, 2008. The world's largest annual women-only event excludes trans women, sparking a debate among feminists about sexism and privilege.
Courtney E. Martin, The American Prospect. July 31, 2008. Recent steps legalizing gay marriage have made me reevaluate my aversion to the institution. But I still have my doubts.
Melissa Silverstein, Huffington Post. July 31, 2008. Katherine Heigl regularly speaks up about sexism in Hollywood. For that, she is labeled ungrateful and her career has been declared dead.
Josey Vogels, My Messy Bedroom. July 28, 2008. Sarah Katherine Lewis' new book connects the dots between food, sex, and our relationships with our bodies.
Todd Tucker, Eyes on Trade AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. July 22, 2008. A look at Lou Uchitelle's NYT piece: 'Women Are Now Equal as Victims of Poor Economy.'
Ann Friedman, The American Prospect. July 22, 2008. The Year of the Woman was 16 years ago, and the number of women in elected office has flatlined. We have yet to break the 25 percent barrier.
Habladora, Feministe AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. July 18, 2008. "It isn't being different that put kids at risk, it's being punished for being different."
Miriam Pérez, RH Reality Check. July 15, 2008. The media give the impression women opt for c-sections for the sake of convenience. In fact, the procedure is often pushed by doctors.
Kelly Nuxoll, Huffington Post. July 13, 2008. And he has help from Clinton, whose post-primary season message to her supporters is: Get over it and move on. I have.
Riane Eisler, The Wip. July 11, 2008. Until people (including progressives) stop thinking of "women's issues" secondary, the U.S. will continue on its path of poverty and war.
Heidi Schnakenberg, AlterNet. July 11, 2008. A lesson from second-wave feminism: Women will continue to be oppressed unless they stop prioritizing other causes over their own.
Lisa Witter, Newsday. June 27, 2008. The media bring us the most important issues of election 2008: which candidate's wife bakes, cleans and most closely resembles Jackie-O.
L.L. Wynn, American Sexuality Magazine. June 26, 2008. In Egypt the label "prostitute" is often applied to women who defy traditional social and sexual codes of conduct.
Melissa Silverstein, Women & Hollywood. June 24, 2008. Brick Lane tells a story rarely heard or seen in popular culture: an immigrant woman's experience in an arranged marriage.
Ellen Goodman, Washington Post Writers Group. June 20, 2008. Retrofitting women to make them sexually attractive and "marriageable" is more than a Hollywood fad. It's life or death for many.
Britt Wahlin, AlterNet. June 11, 2008. Filmmaker Jennifer Fox turned her camera on women around the world and came back with a radicalized view of feminism and freedom.
