President Obama says he thinks women should be admitted to the Augusta National Golf Club, although he has not yet recommended a boycott. That would be the highest moral ground, […]
Author: Ellen Snortland
An Immodest Proposal
Recently, a fundamental unfairness has been getting to me. Why should females have to wade through rows of anti-Roe v. Wade picket lines at family planning clinics, while men who […]
Danish Fantasy TV Becomes Reality–Can It Work Its Magic in the U.S.?
On the heels of the U.S. success of the Danish series Forbrydelsen (remade by AMC as The Killing), Danish television hit Borgen will premiere in the U.S. this weekend. Borgen is […]
Click! Go Ahead, Call Me a Bitch
Call me “castanets,” because I’ve had a gazillion “clicks” since I first declared myself a feminist. I was a teen in South Dakota, and after reading Robin Morgan’s Sisterhood Is […]
Health Tips from the Safety Godmother
For National Women’s Health Week, Ellen Snortland — the Safety Godmother — wants everyone to receive the gift of personal safety. She uses her magic wand to grant the gifts of boundary-setting, mandatory personal safety classes starting in grade school, fallacy debunking and women’s empowerement.