Welcome back, Academic Feminists. Today we have the last in our three-part series on women’s centers. In this column, I asked Kathleen Holgerson (left), from the University of Connecticut Women’s Center, and Jennifer Graham (right), from Georgia College’s Women’s Center, to discuss the use of Title IX to address gender-based violence on college campuses. Read More
I didn’t actually know that a dude mansplaining street harassment is one of the single most annoying things in the world, but thanks to this CNN discussion between Steven Santagati and comedian Amanda Seales, now I do. Read More
Ruth Baby Ginsberg wins Halloween, so stop trying. (h/t @NaamaHaviv) pic.twitter.com/T9ETbhL025
— Ghastly Akner (@taffyakner) October 31, 2014
Game over.
Tennesseans, make sure you’re getting out to vote against the extreme anti-choiceAmendment 1next week.
Here are a few more great takes on the racial and class politics of street harassment. Meanwhile, here’s what it’s like for a white dude to spend 10 hours walking around NYC.
“Hello, I’m Rachel. I’m 41, single and pregnant.”
Jesse Williams lays it down on Twitter on racist Halloween costumes.
At a rally for Florida Gov. Rick Scott, a conservative talk radio host called the issue of campus sexual assault “a big lie” invented by “the feminist left.”
13 women on how to change male-dominated studio culture and get more female music producers.
Discourse aplenty has resulted from GamerGate; a campaign meant to silence women and critics has, in some cases at least, succeeded in having exactly the opposite effect.
The cyber commons of Twitter has played host to a remarkable series of discussions held under not-inconsiderable duress, ones worth listening to. Storifies of peoples’ opinions on GamerGate have mushroomed across social media, providing taut summaries or essays done in 140 character bursts that have gotten to the heart of a number of issues raised by this now three-month-old campaign of harassment and terror. Those in GamerGate’s line of fire often became citizen journalists providing a record of recent events. Read More
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Vintage Feminism: “Why We Oppose Votes for Men”
Yesterday marked the anniversary of the first presidential election in which American women were allowed to vote. In honor of the occasion, Sociological Images flagged this satirical pamphlet created by suffragette Alice Duer Miller in 1915. Read More »