Rally to Restore Sanity…to Reproductive Policies
October 30, 2010 by Carol King · 1 Comment
While some of my friends were on their way to Washington, D.C. to “Rally to Restore Sanity,” one friend is preparing to go to Geneva, Switzerland, to make a plea for sanity to the United Nations ...Read More
For Colored Girls … Is Representation Enuf?
October 29, 2010 by Christa Bell · 10 Comments
The Tyler Perry film version of Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls opens this coming week. What better moment to consider the representation of black women in popular U.S. culture. Forgive us ...Read More
No (on 62) Comment: Rocky Mountain Low
October 29, 2010 by Stephanie Hallett · 7 Comments
“The decline of America began in Colorado in 1967 when it became the first state in the nation to legalize abortion…” So begins the hyper-dramatized video advertisement (below) for ...Read More
‘Whose Streets?’ Asks New York City Council
October 29, 2010 by Shakthi Jothianandan · 10 Comments
By Shakthi Jothianandan It’s been a long time coming, but yesterday the New York City Council held its first-ever hearing on street harassment of women and young girls. In 2009, city politicians ...Read More
What Do Sexy Halloween Costumes for Men Look Like?
October 29, 2010 by Lisa Wade · 19 Comments
In many parts of the Western world, Halloween (for adult women, and increasingly for girls too) has morphed into an opportunity or imperative to dress “sexy”. Such costumes for women and ...Read More
When Domestic Violence Enters Cyberspace
October 29, 2010 by Shawna Kenney · 14 Comments
Based on previous purchases, Amazon.com thought I “might like to know” that my ex-abuser’s re-mastered CD is now available for pre-order. I have since deleted from my purchase history the items ...Read More
No Comment: Always a Happy Ending?
October 28, 2010 by Stephanie Hallett · 2 Comments
Apparently racism and sexual exploitation are chic at one of the most popular nightclubs in Las Vegas. This ad for Tao Nightclub plays on Orientalist tropes about Asian women’s sexuality, and ...Read More
10 Things To Know About Ntozake Shange and “For Colored Girls”
October 28, 2010 by C. Davida Ingram · 7 Comments
Poet, novelist, playwright and high priestess of black bohemianism Ntozake Shange (b. 1948) is resurgent in 2010. She and her sister, Ifa Bayeza, recently released the novel Some Sing, Some Cry, and ...Read More
The 24-Hour Treatment for Anorexia
October 28, 2010 by Aimee Liu · Leave a Comment
For years now, eating disorders patients and their families been watching and waiting for clinical trials to verify what treatment experts have been observing in practice: that the family-based Maudsley ...Read More
Which Pumps Won’t Health Insurance Cover?
October 28, 2010 by Kathleen Richter · 4 Comments
Ran out of the adhesives to keep your dentures in place? No worries, the Internal Revenue Service will give you a tax break on new ones. Suffering from an attack of the killer zits? The I.R.S. agrees ...Read More
