Like so many outsiders, Linda(mint) Hammerick is a synesthete. Unlike Vladimir Nabokov, who, as Linda discovers, saw color in letters and sounds, or Wassily Kadinsky, whose paintings evoke the colors […]
Author: Anna Kelner
Global News Roundup: Iran, Afghanistan, Jamaica, Pakistan
This week, the Iranian woman facing stoning allegedly “confesses” on state-run TV; the Taliban executes a pregnant Afghan widow; a gay Jamaican man is granted asylum in Canada; and a […]
Global News Roundup: Kenya, Iran, Malaysia, Sudan, Zambia
In this week’s global round-up, Kenya gets a new, woman-friendly constitution; Iran’s Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani death sentence saga continues; Sudan punishes its gender-bending pioneers; and more! KENYA: A new era […]
Global News Roundup: Bangladesh, Israel, Malaysia, Rwanda, the UN, Zimbabwe
This week, the world’s lowest-paid garment workers get a raise; Israel convicts for rape by deception; women remake Rwanda; the UN finally goes gay; and more. BANGLADESH: Globalization grows more […]
A Feminist Focus at the International AIDS Conference
The six-day International AIDS Conference, ended today. At the annual conference, people working to stop the pandemic as well as persons living with HIV gather to assess progress, evaluate scientific […]
Hugh Hefner: Civil Rights Hero?
Last night on Larry King Live, King interviewed the original Playboy on his pioneering civil rights activism. But there was barely a mention of Playboy’s “pioneering” work in making sexist soft […]
Global News Roundup: Africa, England, France and the World Wide Web
AFRICA: As Drew Hinshaw reports in “No Turning Back,” his piece in the summer Ms. issue, the adoption of parliamentary gender quotas in transitioning African governments has “changed southern and eastern Africa […]
The “Mad Men” Effect: Bringing Back Sexism with Style
Simple, provocative, to the point: the ad to the left is one Don Draper of Mad Men would’ve adored. This signature ad in American Apparel’s summer campaign could just as […]
No Comment: Goodbye ‘Got Milk,’ Hello Gendered ‘Mootopia’?
Eager to outdo itself–or finally bored with milk mustaches–the California Milk Processor Board has devised a new ad campaign centered around Mootopia, “a perfect land of beautiful hair, healthy nails and […]
Global Roundup: Vatican, Argentina, Guatemala, Scotland
VATICAN CITY: The Vatican has deemed the ordination of women priests a crime comparable to heresy and even sex abuse by priests. The Church still isn’t doing too well on […]