This week, Dilbert creator Scott Adams managed to offend both feminists and anti-feminists with a “satirical” blog post on the all-too-real Men’s Rights Movement. If you haven’t heard about the […]
Author: Annie Shields
Clinton, Colbert and Ticking Time Bombs: Editor’s Picks
Recent news about the Obama administration’s actions in Libya has generated some of the most absurd commentary on gender and politics we’ve seen. This National Review Online post is disgraceful, […]
Dukes, Deportation and Days of Solidarity: Editors’ Picks: 3/14-3/18
This week, the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE) named its 2011 picks for the 50 best companies for executive women–not be confused, mind you, with regular women. This distinction […]
Child Brides, Femme Pens and Misogynist Trolls: Editors’ Picks, 3/6-3/12
The Good Men Project has taken on the daunting task of introducing, unlocking and dismantling the so-called Men’s Rights Movement in a special series of posts this week. My top […]
Celebrating One Year of Fearless Feminist Reporting on the Ms. Blog
Today marks the celebration of the 100th International Women’s Day, Feminist Coming Out Day–and the one-year anniversary of the Ms. Blog! And what a year it’s been. We’ve published more […]
Of Crotch-Grabs, Pregnant Swans, Charlie Sheen and Lil Wayne: Editors’ Picks 2/27 – 3/4
Last weekend, celebrities gathered in Santa Monica, CA to celebrate the year’s best independent films at the Independent Spirit Awards. At Racialicious, Latoya Peterson analyzes the feminist implications of what […]
Tampons, Eggs, Your Period, A Camera: Editors’ Picks, 2/20-2/26
In light of crumbling regimes in the Arab world, Sara Yasin of Muslimah Media Watch asks if it’s fair to scrutinize Arab first ladies such as Tunisia’s Leila Ben Ali, […]
Prime Philanderer, Confession Apps and Inside CPAC: Editors’ Picks, 2/6-2/12
“Italy’s Second Sex Is Pissed,” headlined The Daily Femme, which reported that 73,500 Italian women have signed a petition demanding a change in the way the Italian government (and culture) treats women, […]
Going to Space, Rising Up, and NOT Apologizing for Roethlisberger: Editors’ Picks, 1/30-2/5
Families across America will be sitting down to watch Super Bowl XLV today, where the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Ben Roethlisberger will have the chance to win his third ring. At the […]
Angry Egyptian Women and Trans Vets: Editors’ Picks, 1/23-1/29
An unprecedented number of women participated in Tuesday’s “Day of Rage” in Egypt–much more so than in previous anti-government protests. Over at Slate’s Double X, Jenna Krajeski explains why. The […]