by Steven Whitney (image) As if the illegal Iraq War and the botched Afghan War were not enough, it seems as if Republicans are going to war against damn...

by Lee Camp (video) Todd Akin told us the other day that not all rape is legitimate. Luckily VP candidate Paul Ryan seems to agree with him - at least enough...

by Darrah de jour (video) All over the United States, a band of activists has sprung up to take the law into their own gloved hands. “Real life Superheroes”...

by Aaron Colter There are so many cool things to read online other than my dribble, so please check out all the neat links of stuff I found interesting...

by Keith Daniels A Texas high school cheerleader has lost her appeal on a lawsuit against her former school that went all the way to the Supreme Court.

by Darrah de jour On Saturday night, the bold and the brightest came out (both literally and figuratively) to support the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center's...

by Keith Daniels The Bible is often presented by believers as a monolithic creation, as if it descended from Heaven whole, perfect, and in King James'...

by Darrah de jour With the hypocritical and oppressive ‘beauty machine’ of America in full-swing, girls are getting “thinspiration” off food blogs...

(image) Can a man represent women's interests as well as a woman? So asked the New York Times a couple of days ago, in an article about Obama's...

(image) Dig this email I just got. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!! Details thinks "uber-boobs" are unattractive! I bet all the girls...

(image) I have a confession which will please some and dismay others. When I first read reviews of Susan Faludi's The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy...

(image) Today begins the 16 Days Campaign against gender violence. This year's goals include: Demanding and securing adequate funding for work against...

(image) Now that travel season is in full force, this news from Salon's Broadsheet is especially relevant. What is housekeeping work like? - Hotel...

(image) Over at my other blog, where I reposted Sunday's adoption post, a commenter asked, Excellent question. What *should* society do, if we...

(image) Feministing offers the heads up on the latest god-awful reality show, "Little Beauties: Ultimate Kiddie Queen Showdown": Nope, back...

(image) I'm watching Oprah the other day and before you start yelling at me, hang on! I was not home twiddling my twat at 3 p.m. on a weekday. I'm...

(image) So which of the current presidential candidates is probably going to be best for women? Now, blah blah it's possible to have the utmost respect...

(image) Such a cool idea: two young women, 22 and 23, setting out on a cross-country road trip to interview other young women about feminism. Don't...

(image) Go figure. Apparently feminists and their partners have better relationships than the rest of y'all I'm SO GLAD science proves that...

(image) Lorraine Rothman died a couple of weeks ago, though the mainstream press is only now publishing obituaries. Who was Lorraine Rothman? which is...

(image) Apparently the head of Warner Brothers has declared that WB won't be making any more movies with women in the lead. And you all thought this...

(image) Do Mommies Need Makeovers? asks the NYT today. I.e., do women need cosmetic surgery after they have children? Here are some photos from the first...

(image) Heard of the Women's League of Burma? It's is a multi-ethnic umbrella organization of twelve ethnic women's organizations from the...

(image) The news that Amnesty International has decided to support abortion access as a basic human right is, hopefully, not news to anyone reading this.

(image) A pretty good--but not perfect--editorial in the San Francisco Chronicle about choice, class, and the so-called "Mommy Wars": --but...

(image) Yesterday, Rahodeb posted about the forthcoming study of how Angry Women (aka "bitches") make both men and women feel all insecure and...

(image) On the left, Asma Jahangir. Here's her C.V., and here's an interview with her that appeared in the UN Chronicle. On the right, a photo...

(image) Can we all agree that stoning women to death for having sex is feminist issue? Okay, good. Well, guess what? According to feminist organization...

(image) This article, by a journalist who, in the course of her work, had to wear a full-on abaya while in Saudi Arabia, ran in the LA Times almost a month...

(image) Y'all should read Jennifer Fox's good essay, "I Was Not a Feminist." She really gets at a truth that applies even to those...

(image) Those of you who read and talked about Saturday's and Tuesday's posts might be interested in this absolutely appalling bit of background...

(image) One of the things that makes feminism so cool is that it frees us gals from the must-compete-for-men mindset. Therefore, I'm quite happy to...

(image) Women are now free to roam dark alleyways rape-free with the help of RapeX, the first and only anti-rape condom. Ladies need only insert this magical...

(image) Has enough time passed since the shootings at Virginia Tech for a little reasoned discussion of the problem of violence? About a week ago, there...

(image) I know it's easy to think of us editors as all-knowing infallible beings, but sadly even we can sometimes fall behind the times. I know this...

(image) We all know Quentin Tarantino is a bit of an asshole. But really: a Rapist "action figure"?!? The doll's based on Tarantino's...

(image) China, that feminist utopia, is apparently doing what it can to make anti-feminist nightmares come true: Charming. Apparently the goal here is...

(image) File this one under "we're not there yet, but thanks for the idea": in India, a new requirement for women civil servants orders...