I am swooping in and taking over the Thursday AI! Now with 100% more media, a real-life talking Amy AND potential prizes! Today, we are going to discuss the concept of “White Knighting.” Text from email I read in the video: Message: Can we talk about the White Knight thing? I recently got a job where I write about video games on the internet, and naturally, my first post had some gende... »
Via Jezebel, I learned that Women’s Media Center tweeted a pic of this great tank top with no link to where a person could buy it: Actual LOL. WHERE TO BUY? RT @sparksummit: would wear. #sheparty #streetharassment twitter.com/SPARKsummit/st… — Women’s Media Center (@womensmediacntr) April 10, 2013 I dug around a bit and also couldn’t find a shop, so I was considering just m... »
Today I am tired. Not like not-enough-sleep tired. Like tired of the world tired. Exhausted from the world. I’m tired of the world being full of stupid assholes who refuse to get it. I’m tired. And I’m angry. And I’m tired of being told that I’m too angry. And I’m angry because I’m tired and I’m angry that I can’t be anything but angry. Yesterd... »
The introduction text to the facebook page “Muslim Women Against Femen..Muslimah Pride Day.” reads as follows: On the 4th April. The so called feminist group, FEMEN has declared ‘Topless Jihad Day’ in which they are asking women to go topless and write ‘My Body Against Islamism!’ on their bare breasts. We as Muslim women and those who stand with us, need to show FEMEN and t... »
Hey, Skepchick readers! It’s time once again to catch up on your news from around the world. With help of the links you guys sent our way, we’re hitting almost every continent today, which I guess is kind of depressing, since so many are bad news. But do keep them coming! You can send links through our contact form. ITALY You know that clown on the Italian government? Not Berlusconi, the oth... »
Fauxminism is the curious phenomenon where people think that featuring, talking about, or even just being a woman is an inherently feminist act and thus renders the person and/or act(s) in question irreproachably progressive with regards to matters of gender. What makes someone a fauxminist is not any particular action or choice that they make or take, but their dogged insistence that anything the... »
This week, we’ve got Easter and April Fools’ Day back-to-back. [Insert plethora of obvious jokes here.] As usual, events are all over the map, from the spring opener of egg hunting season to celebrations of the Flying Spaghetti Monster for the Pastafarian pirates among us. But I admit that this posts subtitle is a false dichotomy. You have many more choices than just pirates or zombies... »
Feminists on Twitter are absolutely killing it lately. #AdviceforLadies hasn’t even had time to wind down, but already there’s a new stream of awesome social commentary happening. Enjoy #EdgyHeadlines: Boys Gone Bad: Are a new generation of male celebs turning boys into ‘prostitots’? #edgyheadlines (Actual headline: feministing.com/2007/02/05/gir…) — Jessica Valenti (... »
