The sweet J. Crew ad I celebrated last week has ignited a “pink scare,” with socially conservative commentators outrageously upset. The ad features a mother– J.Crew’s creative director, Jenna Lyons–and her son delighting […]
Tag: Peggy Orenstein
Are We Too Isolated To Fight the Pink-v.-Blue Battle?
Ask me five years ago and I’d have told you I’d be first in line to challenge gender stereotypes if ever I had kids myself. I minored in feminist cultural studies! I believe […]
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 […]
Should Teen Girls Be Wary of Social Media?
If you were to form your opinion of Facebook based on media coverage over the past few years, you would believe that, for teenage girls, Facebook is a dangerous social […]