Lifestyle

You can be average: Are we hindering women in male-dominated fields by pushing to be the best?

August 20, 2013

I was sitting in the coffee shop, watching people walk by on this nice sunny day in 2009. A girl I recognized from the sound design labs walked by. A male student I also recognized from the sound design lab sa...

15 reasons women should be killed, according to the Bible

Jess d'Arbonne

August 20, 2013

The Bible is really a fascinating historical document. It has been the bestselling, most widely-translated book on the planet for hundreds of years. Statistically speaking, 31.5% of people on the planet attribu...

My Story: The Amazon’s Lament – I’m taller than 99.6 percent of American women

Elle Millar

August 16, 2013

I was taller than my first grade teacher - in the first grade. (Media credit/ Samantha Withers Photography) I was taller than my first grade teacher - in the first grade. One of the boys in my class asked if...

Women don’t care what you think about what we wear

Jess d'Arbonne

August 14, 2013

I did it. I found the worst listicle on the Internet. Behold: 10 things women wear that men hate. It seems the brilliant men behind Complex Magazine, “The Ultimate Mens (sic) Buyers (sic) Guide,” have decide...

Why aren’t comics for girls? Because comic book creators hate us

Jess d'Arbonne

August 14, 2013

Last week The New Republic ran an article on comic book creator Mark Millar (Kick-Ass, The Authority) in which they both praised Millar for his avant-garde writing and criticized him for his blatant hypocrisy a...

Gender inequality in one image: the 25 highest-paid women and men

Jess d'Arbonne

August 12, 2013

CNN Money recently published lists of the 25 highest-paid women and the 25 highest-paid men in the world. While the lists reveal many interesting things about the highest-paid humans on the planet, perhaps noth...

My Story: Breathless. Living with Cystic Fibrosis.

Natasha Kirker

August 12, 2013

As you sit at your computer reading this, your lungs are inhaling and exhaling, and you aren't giving this process a second thought—it just happens. My whole life I have been conscious of every breath that goes...

Interview: Previewing Natasha’s story, and why I fucking hate Cystic Fibrosis

John M. Guilfoil

August 9, 2013

Natasha and John in 2006 Hi. I'm John. I created Blast Magazine in 2006, and I launched the predecessor to this website with some of the amazingly strong women who write for Blast earlier this year. I'm ...

My Story: The Broken Heart Chronicles Part I — Open Heart Surgery at 21

Ashley Girard

August 8, 2013

I admire celebrities today making things such as mastectomies public. But at this time, I had concerns not only for my life, but the disfigurement I may have to live with the rest of my life. That if I survive...

The Burka Avenger: fighting misogyny and defending education

Jess d'Arbonne

August 8, 2013

In a world where girls are prevented from accessing education and oppressed by corrupt and misogynist political parties, a hero will rise. Mild-mannered school teacher by day, ass-kicking superhero by night, on...

Uppity smoking sluts deserve to die, AP reports

Jess d'Arbonne

August 7, 2013

After the tragic accident that ended Jennifer Rosoff’s life, the Associated Press reported: “A 35-year-old media executive on a first date plunged to her death Thursday after the railing on her 17th-floor New Y...

My Story: I was born with Klippel-Feil Syndrome, and Life has Become a Huge Pain in the Neck

Emily Lemiska

August 7, 2013

This is the first in a regular series of stories written by women about their lives, challenges, struggles, and strengths. (Top photo credit/Ars Magna Studio) I feel the security guard’s eyes bearing into th...

Stop selling our daughters the idea of their uselessness

Jess d'Arbonne

August 7, 2013

Is your daughter “born to wear diamonds”? Are her best subjects shopping, music, and dancing (but not math)? And do you want her to embrace the adorable idea that her greatest aspiration in life is to be pretty...

Sexist wedding traditions we should really just ignore

Jess d'Arbonne

August 2, 2013

Let’s get one thing straight: when you get married, there is absolutely nothing you have to do besides sign a legal contract with the state (falling in love helps too, I hear). Everything else is icing on the p...

If Tuesday Cain is a whore, then so am I

Jess d'Arbonne

July 23, 2013

If you don’t believe our country is in the middle of a War on Women, look no farther than the great state of Texas this month. After heroic efforts from democratic (mostly women) legislators in the Texas House ...

The Economics of Romance: 8 Common Ways Social Class Impacts Dating

Patricia Leavy

July 19, 2013

When it comes to dating, we like to focus on the fun and sexy parts. The practical stuff is such a drag and no one wants to deal with it when things are new and exciting. Then there’s the “background” stuff, li...

Bachelorettes and Bridesmaids Bare All in Trendy New Group Photo Shoots

Tara Rufo

June 20, 2013

Being a bridesmaid is a lot of work - you need a dress for the reception, you have to be available on certain dates for practice dinners, the bridal shower, and the bachelorette party, and let's not forget abou...

Act like a single, think like a single mom

Neely Steinberg

June 22, 2012

What are we learning from "The Bachelorette?"

It takes two to tango, even when it comes to herpes and online dating

June 7, 2012

Oregon woman gets $900,000 in lawsuit

8 realistic places to meet women (from a woman who actually goes to these places)

Susan Baxter

June 1, 2012

Advice from the WingWoman