Why IBM Will Not Hire Women
When Lyndsay Kirkham went to lunch with her family, she hardly expected to be seated next to the embodiment of "Mad Men" style patriarchy. The Toronto editor and coder overheard the conversation of IBM executiv...
Massachusetts teaching assistant in trouble over modeling photos … really?
A teacher’s aide in Fitchburg has now been placed on paid leave after sexy modeling photos of her were discovered online.
According to CBS Boston and the Lowell Sun, Kaitlin Pearson, 23, works as a teacher’s a...
Uh, sorry, we thought Lena Dunham's naked body wasn't a big deal anymore
The Wrap’s TV critic Tim Molloy touched off an uproar this week when he asked a question about the extensive use of nudity on HBO’s “Girls” during the show’s panel at the Television Critics Association.
But hi...
EDM is Sexist, but so is the Entire Nation
On November 19, Kat Bein posted a blog on The Village Voice discussing the sexism within the EDM (electronic dance music) community. Her article, EDM is Sexist: Why it Sucks to be a Woman who Raves, addresses...
The Much Needed Discussion: Tess Fowler, Brian Wood, and the problem of sexual harassment in the comic book industry
Controversy around the treatment of women in the world of comics is not something new. From the uncomfortable and sometimes confusing exploitation of female characters to the mistreatment of women working in ...
The state of play for lady journos
In the midst of helping my mother move out of my childhood home, I came across a book in my old closet. It is a book about female journalists, given to me by a journalist who visited my high school for a career...
Hollaback now, girls
If you’ve ever been whistled at or called “baby” by a stranger, Kate Ziegler knows how you feel.
Ziegler was used to being the victim of street harassment before she started training for a marathon in 2011. Sh...
"Models' Rights Law" signed by Cuomo
Coco Rocha, a longtime model, speaks at a press conference last TuesdayThe past week provided a huge step forward for young women working in the modeling industry, which is often volatile, hostile, and, at tim...
Please don't call me "ma'am"
There is so much attached to turning 30. People expect things from you. They think you should be married…or at least on the marriage track. They think you should have a fulfilling career and the beginnings of ...
Catcalls vs Compliments: Some Guidelines
Street harassment is very much in my news feeds these days. It’s something many of us are paying more attention to. I see a lot of women talking about it – and a lot of men responding somewhat defensively, “We’...
She rides topless so that you can too
Nudity and protesting often have gone hand-in-hand -- the Sons of Freedom, FEMEN, Topfreedom, and transgender rights to name a few.
In 2011, Andrea Jones went topless to protest the fact that the state of Te...
"I'm a guy! I can't help it!" — Why Men Should Be Offended by Gender Stereotypes and Rape Culture
"I'm just a guy. I can't help it!"
"Women need to realize that men are sexual creatures. We need sex more than they do."
"I lost my virginity to my babysitter when I was 11 and she was 19. It was awesome!"
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What the Bible says about Abortion
Abortion is very much in the news again with various states restricting it left and right, trying to legislate it away, while a couple of very brave, bold states are actually expanding access.
While legally, n...
The Unofficial Bombshell Guide to Being a Woman
In The Unofficial Goldman Sachs Guide To Being A Man, many of the takeaways are applicable for women as well (**shocker** women of the world, cobblers can also save your shoes, and you too should always carry s...
8 Reasons NOT to Send Your Son to College
If you want to know if you're about to post a sexist bit of tripe, try swapping out the genders before you post. If your arguments still seem reasonable, carry on. If they suddenly appear to be a bit ridiculous...
Brains in toyland: Toys 'R Us and gender-specific marketing
A recent article in the Watertown Patch site stated the following: “Parents who want their daughter to be the next Marissa Mayer are demanding products that reinforce girls’ brains and ambition.”
What are we t...
Women vs. Music Culture
Barely clothed women in music videos is not something new to the industry. Whether it's a female or male artist, sex sells. But when women being sex objects becomes the centerpiece of music culture, as opposed ...
Stop damaging men's self esteem by succeeding, you selfish, heartless women
A new study suggests that when women succeed, the self esteem of their male romantic partners suffers.
The horror.
According to Professor Kate Ratliff to The Boston Globe, "We found a subtle decline in self...
Girl Scouts: Wanton agents of vice and sin here to destroy America
Apparently the Girl Scouts of America are single-handedly ruining this great nation and dragging our daughters down into a death-spiral of lewdness and sin from which there is no salvation.
Who knew?
The "con...
'I had to try': The story of every man who's ever hit on a woman when she didn't want him to
He was old enough to be my father. Maybe even my grandfather: he certainly had the full head of gray hair that reminded me of men older than my father. And he had come up to my booth at the conference three t...
