When you’re marking your Oscar ballot tomorrow night and hoping that you win the betting pool, note once again that there are NO women directors on it. Not just Kathryn […]
Author: Michele Kort
Happy 50th Birthday to “The Feminine Mystique”
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of one of the classic texts of feminism’s Second Wave, Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique. The book was a bestseller, the title […]
Supreme Court Takes Prop 8 and a DOMA Case
The Supreme Court announced this afternoon that it will consider both Hollingsworth v. Perry (the case involving California’s same-sex marriage initiative, Proposition 8), and Windsor v. United States, which involves […]
Schoolgirl Killed in Afghanistan
She was a volunteer for a polio vaccination campaign in the eastern province of Kapisa province. Afghanistan, is one of just three countries in the world, along with Pakistan and […]
We Heart the Sundance Film Festival–Where Women Hold Up Half the Screen
In what’s being called a first, one-half of the 16 dramatic films chosen for competition at the prestigious 2013 Sundance Film Festival this coming January in Park City, Utah, are […]
Football Star Lawrence Taylor Evades Accountability Again
Never mind that Cristina Fierro was 16 years old. Never mind that she had been beaten by her trafficker, with fresh marks on her face, and was in a state of […]
Who Do We Thank for Thanksgiving? A Woman, Of Course
We all know the nursery rhyme “Mary Had a Little Lamb.” But few know that the author of that ditty, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1788-1879) was also the person who […]
Most. Women. Senators. Ever.
Before we start crowing, we have to point out that women still make up just 20 percent of the U.S. Senate. And that’s a really low number considering that women […]
Women’s Vote Crucial in Election
UPDATE: HOW THE GENDER GAP PLAYED OUT IN THE SENATE CONTESTS Let’s face it: Women voters swung the election for Barack Obama yesterday. CNN exit polls show that 55 percent […]
Youth Voters Unenthused? We Beg to Disagree!
A headline on the Los Angeles Times‘ front page yesterday read, “Young Voters Fire Has Waned.” And boy, did they have facts to back that up: Well, at least they […]