No Comment: Baby Gaga
June 20, 2010 by Anna Kelner · 5 Comments
For those of us already upset by the media’s hypersexualization of women, the sexualization of little girls can really throw us into a tizzy. So you can imagine how feminists felt about the “Baby Gaga” video that has been making the virtual rounds, garnering over 30,000 hits on YouTube and a Balloon-Boy-like combination of fascination, [...]
Yes, Men Can Raise Kids
June 4, 2010 by Katie Presley · 3 Comments
As feminists, we are keenly aware of the ways women are victimized and/or targeted by their surrounding cultures. We are often accused of having too many “politically correct” antennae up at one time. Donald Unger, in his new book Men Can: The Changing Image and Reality of Fatherhood in America (Temple University Press) would like [...]
How Family Courts Punish Abused Women
May 17, 2010 by R. Dianne Bartlow · 53 Comments
“The dirtiest little secret in America” is that family courts, in deciding custody, often wreak devastation upon mothers and children. So argue Mo Therese Hannah and Barry Goldstein, editors of the new anthology Domestic Violence, Abuse, and Child Custody, which brings to light what many familiar with the family court system have long known: Designed [...]
Breastfeeding for the Greater Good
April 13, 2010 by Ebony Utley · 4 Comments
Encouraging breastfeeding is good public policy. Finally, any lingering doubts can be laid aside because a) new research quantifies the public benefits and b) the U.S. government is making employers support it. A study in the journal Pediatrics reports that approximately 900 babies’ lives could be saved every year if 90% of U.S. mothers exclusively [...]
