Finally, A Feminism 101 Blog

Here’s an excellent column by Amanda Teuscher in Ohio U’s student newspaper which sums up the issues regarding the defeated Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act:
The Feminist’s Corner: Equal pay litigation is justice, not an inconvenience
There’s not much commentary around pointing out that the proposed legislation would have enabled more than just women to have [...]

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There are however many conservative columnists and pundits generally who’d like us all to believe that lie. Amanda at Pandagon debunks the following common claims (how many have you heard, and more importantly, at least partly believed?):
Assertion #1: Women need marriage more than men, and it’s their marriages, not their jobs, that help save [...]

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There’s been some fantastic blogging about this recently regarding the candidacy of Hillary Clinton for the Presidency of the USA. Shakesville especially has been clarifying people’s thoughts this week:

Melissa: Damned if you do…
Melissa: Stealth Vote Salon (a roundup of other’s responses to the post above)
Kate: I Am Not Ashamed

A lot of division is being [...]

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A: No. This is an often repeated claim based on either faulty understanding or outright misrepresentation of a few studies made using the CONFLICT TACTICS SCALE (CTS) or similar self-report surveys. One of the authors of the original study, Richard Gelles, categorically rejects this interpretation of his research, and has done ever since these [...]

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Anita Roddick in memoriam

R.I.P., Anita Roddick from kateharding.net by kateharding
R.I.P. from The F-Word Blog by zohra moosa
Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop, has died from Feministing by Jessica

Gender Expectations

This ev-psych bullshit must stop from Reclusive Leftist by The Ghost of Violet
Top 5 Myths About Girls, Math and Science | LiveScience (Hat tip to Amy [...]

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As usual, not all of these posts have actually been tagged as Feminism Friday articles by their authors, but if a post appears to fit into the category I include it. Please add any other online articles you think fit the bill from the last few weeks in comments.
Amanda Marcotte is out of the [...]

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Just came across this today:
dreama (Again I Said): of note:parenting controversies edition
dreama has collected some excellent reading (including a post from my co-blogger Lauredhel at my other blog) regarding the ideological and practical struggle against overmedicalised and overcommercialised views of both birth and parenting. Several excellent examples of looking at traditional practises through an [...]

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