Jill Filipovic, Feministe AlterNet: PEEK. November 10, 2009. Find out how your representative voted on and call their office, to thank them or to tell them that you'll be supporting a pro-choice democrat in the next primary.
Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, Blog of Rights AlterNet: PEEK. October 30, 2009. A slew of recent cases reveal a persistent paternalistic treatment of pregnant women by overzealous prosecutors and judges.
Sady Doyle, Comment Is Free AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. October 30, 2009. When the president held an office basketball game and invited only male employees to play, it sparked anger, simply because it looked so familiar.
Matt Corley, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. September 22, 2009. In a breakout session at the conference, Young America's Foundation spokesman Jason Mattera launched a pathetic, chauvinist defense of conservatives: "Our Women Are Hot."
Helen Boyd, On The Issues Magazine. August 11, 2009. When my husband transitioned, it made me face all of the terrible gender stereotypes I carry around.
Lisa Earle MacLeod, Huffington Post AlterNet: Health and Wellness. August 3, 2009. We make all kinds of negative assumptions about heavier people, judging everything from their IQ to their work ethic.
Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. August 3, 2009. In "The Hot Waitress Economic Index," the author purports to explain how to calculate the health of the U.S. economy by how hot your waitress is.
Amy Williams, AlterNet. July 22, 2009. I was tired of the blatant social pressure and disapproval. And even more tired of facing legal and economic discrimination.
Jimmy Carter, Comment Is Free. July 21, 2009. Carter: Sexism exhibited by male leaders conflicts "with my belief -- confirmed in the holy scriptures -- that we are all equal in the eyes of God."
Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. July 8, 2009. Carl's Jr.'s fattening, noxious non-food isn't just for dude-bros anymore. Now it's for scrawny hot chicks!
Carmen D. Siering, Ms. Magazine. May 19, 2009. Adults have an obligation to start a conversation concerning the darker themes and anti-feminist rhetoric in the extremely popular Twilight series.
ZP Heller, Brave New Films AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. May 7, 2009. What's the most shudder-inducing moment from this O'Reilly Factor clip?
Jessica Valenti, Seal Press. May 4, 2009. Boys are taught that the things that make them good are universally accepted ethical ideals; women are told our worth lies between our legs.
Bill Frogameni, Ms. Magazine. April 9, 2009. A priest who dared to ordain a woman was told he had 30 days to renounce his actions or face excommunication.
Sharon Camp, Fatima Juarez, Guttmacher Institute. March 24, 2009. Restricting abortion access does not make abortion less common -- it results in more women dying from clandestine and unsafe procedures.
Melissa Silverstein, Women's Media Center. March 23, 2009. What's a film-loving feminist to do? Don't let the label deter. There are many films worth seeing that get pegged as chick flicks.
Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check. March 12, 2009. Lots of porn dovetails nicely with the conservative view on sex: that good girls dislike sex and bad girls who get down don't deserve respect.
Joe Sonka, Amplify Your Voice. March 10, 2009. In much abstinence-only literature, young women are told to not show skin, lest they invite dirty lustful thoughts in hapless boys.
Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon. March 4, 2009. Abusers often taunt their victims with just this question, because they grasp the psychological power and the self-esteem erosion behind it.
Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. February 18, 2009. Brain scans reveal that when some men are shown photos of scantily dressed women, the part of the brain reserved for objects is activated.
Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check. February 18, 2009. The word slut describes women, not men. We still live in a world where Good Girls Don't. No wonder many women have trouble being sexual.
