We Heart: Girl Crush Media

Did you know there are a lot of people talking about girl crushes? Before today, neither did we. I set out this morning to write about Got A Girl Crush (GAGC), a terrific new magazine dedicated entirely to, you guessed it, girl crushes. Loosely defined, a girl crush is when you fervently admire another woman […]

EEOC Suing Crime Scene Cleaners for Sex Discrimination

Anyone who has seen the movie Sunshine Cleaning knows that crime scene clean-up is a gender-inclusive vocation. But according to Crime Scene Cleaners, an Oakland-based company that specializes in homicide, suicide and accidental death scene cleaning operations, this isn’t true. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is suing Crime Scene Cleaners for refusing to hire […]

Update: Still No Justice for Jordan’s Garment Workers

Last week, the Ms. blog reported on the alleged rape of a Bangladeshi garment workers at a Classic Fashion garment factory in Jordan. Classic Fashion has roughly 5,000 employees–mostly guest-workers from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and India who come to Jordan to earn more money than they could at home. The factory supplies garments to big-box […]