| May 1 |
- "What women want," take umptillion
- His name is James and he's a romantic, marriage-ready firefighter, says the Daily Mail.
- Your fetus has fingernails ... and we're going to show them to you
- A new law in Oklahoma requires that doctors perform ultrasounds -- with or without the woman's consent -- before providing an abortion.
- Can't "lesbians" belong to us all?
- Residents of the island of Lesbos sue for use of the name.
- Hillary's "testicular fortitude"
- Yet another person accuses Clinton of being like a man -- but he means it in a good way.
- Could this week get worse for mothers?
- From an Austrian horror house to an 8-months-pregnant woman arrested for DUI, this has not been a pleasant week for moms in the news.
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| May 2 |
- What happened to the D.C. Madam?
- It was a news story that promised sensation and delivered -- but not in the way anyone thought.
- The sex that plays fair?
- An injury during a college women's softball game results in an all-too-rare display of good sportsmanship.
- Thanks for the heroism ... now get out!
- Army medic Pfc. Monica Brown received a Silver Star for bravery in Iraq. Then she got booted from her men's-only unit.
- Girls on Miley Cyrus: She's a slut
- Teenagers shame the Disney star for her controversial Vanity Fair shoot.
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| May 3 |
- Grand Theft misogyny
- The latest Grand Theft Auto game lets players have sex with and then graphically kill hookers.
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| May 5 |
- Hey Hollywood, where my girls at?
- This summer's films promise giant explosions, reckless adventure -- and very few women.
- The creepy old man's guide to Paris
- Answering that burning question: Where in the city can one look up women's skirts?
- He's just not that into (sex with) you
- Are more middle-aged men turned off by intimacy?
- This little piggy was hideously mangled
- We knew heels were bad. But are all shoes ruining our feet?
- Politician fights for women's pleasure
- But contrary to reports, she isn't trying to "decree orgasm by law."
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| May 6 |
- Are women bad at friendship?
- One article bemoans a glut of quarrels and BFF-advice books. But maybe catfights just sell.
- Barbie vs. Bratz XVII: The Reckoning
- Mattel sues Bratz creator Carter Bryant. Looks like there's only room for one lushly proportioned polyurethane poppet in town.
- Those women could stop traffic
- Female cops in Pakistan are redefining what it means to work the streets.
- The groom will be changing his name
- A California couple fought for -- and won -- the right for the husband to take his wife's surname.
- Did "crying rape" lead to murder?
- A woman caught having an affair told her husband it was rape and he killed her lover.
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| May 7 |
- McCain supports cloning
- When it comes to Justices Alito and Roberts.
- Quote of the day: Mildred Loving
- The late civil rights pioneer on the right to marry.
- It can "just happen" at just about any age
- Even women in their 40s should use protection.
- "Will you lick my swizzle stick?"
- The Weather Channel's Bob Stokes and former anchor Hillary Andrews are at the center of a sexual harassment scandal.
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| May 8 |
- Walk in a brothel, walk out a rapist?
- Britain fights sex trafficking with a controversial new ad.
- Childhood, a time of carefree play ... and crash diets?
- In Britain, there's an increase in kids under 10 being hospitalized for eating disorders.
- The cellulite monologues
- Dove takes its "Real Beauty" campaign to the stage.
- They "might as well call themselves Slutbucks"
- A Christian group is horribly scandalized by Starbucks' retro mermaid logo.
- Condoms: Sort of like crack?
- Abstinence Clearinghouse's blog claims that giving out rubbers is like passing out crack pipes. Meanwhile, June 7 is "Protest the Pill Day '08."
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| May 9 |
- Roundup: Wikipedia debates child porn
- Plus, if you want to persuade a woman, don't send an e-mail. And the award for headline of the week.
- Even true beauty is Photoshopped
- Dove's "True Beauty" campaign, featuring confident nonmodels, is just as retouched as any high-fashion ad.
- Quote of the day
- Has Hillary Clinton won over white male voters by transforming from referee to contender?
- It's hard to be a warrior girl on a bum knee
- Female athletes in high school and college sports are getting injured at a higher rate than males.
- It's not a brain tumor, it's a hangover
- Women's health sites for when you need a little help with that self-diagnosis.
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| May 10 |
- Are men victims of forced abortions?
- Do Chinese men whose partners are forced to abort deserve asylum? The courts disagree.
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| May 12 |
- "SNL" spoofs Hillary: "I am a sore loser"
- The late-night show skewers the presidential candidate. Et tu, Amy Poehler?
- My mom is better than your mom!
- Is Marge the best mother ever? What country is best for raising kids? And did I really watch the entire hour of "America's Favorite Mom"? Gah!
- It's kinda gross, but it's only 90 calories!
- The ridiculous and relentless marketing of yogurt to women.
- Click here to read more about our annoying love
- "Gossip Girl" satirizes the overblown wedding Web site.
- Should this dress be illegal?
- A Houston teen arrives at prom in a skimpy outfit and leaves in handcuffs.
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| May 13 |
- "Speak up for down there"
- Follow Sandra Day O'Connor's lead, says Vagisil, and empower your vagina.
- Has our reverence for DNA gone too far?
- A rape victim lobbies for mandatory DNA testing of anyone arrested for a violent crime.
- Where are all the women going?
- A new report finds that 52 percent of female scientists in the private sector are dropping out of their fields. Why is this happening -- and what can we do about it?
- Barbie goes green!
- Have you always secretly wished you could have a diary made from leftover scraps of Barbie's clothing? We have good news.
- Girl crush: Mary J. Blige
- No longer just a symbol of hope, the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul is delivering opportunities for real change.
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| May 14 |
- Cross-dressing in Saudi Arabia?
- Girls are subverting strict limitations on their behavior and appearance in some surprising ways.
- Rape kits for "Jane Doe"
- States to be required to offer anonymous evidence collection.
- Stillbirth is not necessarily murder
- A homicide conviction is overturned in South Carolina.
- The madwoman in the attic
- Is a recent Times story on "Mad Pride" activists a reminder of how our culture conflates "female" and "mental illness" -- or am I just crazy?
- Tarted-up toddlers in 4-inch heels
- The ads for Beyoncé's House of Deréon clothing line just make me sad.
- Quote of the Day: Barack Obama
- Calls reporter "sweetie," ignores her question.
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| May 15 |
- Skirt-chasing as sport
- Introducing the SkirtChaser race, where women run and men pursue them.
- The ladies love street harassment!
- CNN asks the tough questions: "Catcalling -- creepy or compliment?"
- Another day, another honor killing
- A 17-year-old Iraqi was brutally murdered by her father for developing a crush on a British soldier. Does he have any regret?
- Those babies are so "jolie"!
- Tabloids of the world demand to know: Will Angelina Jolie give birth in France?
- The future is now: Solar-paneled bras
- Japan brings us the latest in wacky eco-lingerie.
- Reading your way to a Y chromosome
- A list of 100 books on "How to Be a Man" is heavy on the Vonnegut, light on the female authors.
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| May 16 |
- Quote of the Day
- The Washington Post on the misogyny exposed by Hillary Clinton's presidential bid.
- High-tech street harassment
- Men in Saudi Arabia are subverting the divide between the sexes by catcalling via Bluetooth.
- Make it stop: Professional baby planners
- The new trend in overparenting is like a wedding planner, but more disturbing.
- What's so bad about "sweetie," anyway?
- Why we should care about Barack Obama's preferred term of endearment.
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| May 19 |
- Gender lessons
- As Hillary Clinton's historic bid grinds to a close, what have we learned?
- No date, no prom for you!
- A Staten Island principal decrees that girls can't attend the big dance without being accompanied by a boy.
- The latest in fake-girlfriend technology
- Can you really "curl up" with a two-dimensional female?
- Purity balls keep dads faithful?
- The events are designed to defend girls' virginity, but the fathers are the ones being saved from sin.
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| May 20 |
- The monster snoring on the Serta
- A salacious New York magazine story exposes the secret lives of men! Well, a few of them, anyway.
- Quote of the day
- Hillary Clinton addresses the sexism question for the first time.
- Boys' crisis? What boys' crisis?
- A new report from the American Association of University Women suggests that when it comes to crises in American education, ethnicity and economics play a larger role than gender.
- Spanish politico to Italian P.M.: Get therapy!
- Spain's equality minister says Silvio Berlusconi is a chauvinist who needs psychiatric help.
- Italy: The new San Francisco?
- Italy's minister for equal opportunity thinks gay pride events are "pointless" because "homosexuality is no longer a problem" in the country.
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| May 21 |
- But see, some women ARE bitches
- Castellanos to CNN: epithet for Hillary is "accurate"
- The rainbow party's over
- Study: Teens aren't having oral sex instead of intercourse. They're having both.
- Ah, the mysterious female orgasm
- Research found that when a woman climaxed, "much of her brain went silent."
- Reproductive rights roundup
- Two victories and an obituary for the man "who did more for safe abortion ... than practically any other person in the world."
- Wheels of change
- A fond remembrance of how bicycles advanced the cause of women's lib.
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| May 22 |
- ABC: "Sex and the City" forced teen to have sex
- But, says the news outlet, don't blame the show for the "generation of sluts"!
- Abuse me, abuse my pet
- Researchers find an alarming new trend: Pets as the collateral victims of domestic abuse, used to intimidate women and persuade them not to leave.
- Putting "women" in the WSJ
- The Wall Street Journal Online launches a section, targeted at women, called Journal Women.
- Hero of the day
- A Chinese police officer keeps quake orphans alive by breast-feeding them.
- Ellen to McCain: Walk me down the aisle?
- On "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," John McCain is grilled on gay marriage.
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| May 23 |
- Yours in holy "manimony"
- More women are paying alimony to their ex-husbands.
- Waiting for the first Madam President
- Don't hold your breath.
- Shocker: Sex-ed class mentions pleasure
- Parents are scandalized that educational material admits sex and masturbation feel good.
- Pretty girls, and Bollywood starlets, get bullied, too
- An Indian actress's career is threatened by accusations that she had sex with soldiers in Afghanistan.
- So long, Stepp!
- Hookup hand-wringer Laura Sessions Stepp is leaving the Washington Post.
- I have a confession to make ...
- Emily Gould's New York Times magazine cover story on blogging and oversharing is self-indulgent and annoying -- and I loved it.
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| May 27 |
- Rosie the Six-Figure-Earning Mechanic
- With women's salaries and respect in the field on the rise, maybe it's time to consider a career in the trades.
- Stars, stripes and sexual assault
- Nearly a third of women in the U.S. military report being raped or sexually assaulted while serving. What can be done about this?
- Girl crush: Bethany Hamilton
- After losing her left arm to a shark, Hamilton not only kept surfing but launched a line of lip products that can be used with one hand.
- What do you do when a girl is better than the boys?
- At 12 years and over 6 feet tall, Jaime Nared is being barred from playing with her basketball team because, compared with her teammates, she's too good.
- How do you sell a pork chop to a woman?
- Compare it to nail polish, of course.
- "Ugh" of the day
- Photos are released of polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs passionately kissing underage girls.
- "When she comes on TV, I involuntarily cross my legs."
- Sexist coverage? What sexist coverage?
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| May 28 |
- Is Title IX hurting women's wrestling?
- Some blame the federal sex-equality law for the sport's invisibility at larger universities.
- Obama, McCain and abortion
- Analysts: Will the issue help each reach his base -- but also alienate the middle?
- May '08: The Manolo riots
- The "Sex and the City" premiere in New York goes sour when thousands of angry fans are turned away.
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| May 29 |
- Al-Qaida's female warrior
- Malika El Aroud represents women's growing, although restricted, presence in Islamic extremism.
- Today in "Ugh": The perfect woman
- The creepiest commercial about a fake female yet.
- Older women: Sexy or scary?
- According to a British tabloid, "record numbers" of single women are dating younger men. Be afraid, be very afraid!
- Still waiting for Madam President
- Take heart! Maybe it won't be that long...
- I've got a bow and arrow, and I intend to use them
- "Prince Caspian" director Andrew Adamson lets his female characters fight alongside the boys.
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| May 30 |
- How fast do your boobs bounce?
- Recent discoveries in the field of breast wobble. Plus, a line of plus-size bras from singer/actress Jill Scott.
- Vatican to women: No stinkin' girls allowed!
- The Catholic Church issues a decree against the ordination of female priests.
- The next big female branded self
- Are modeling tips and self-obsession enough to make Tyra Banks the next Martha or Oprah? Probably.
- The education gender gap
- Yet another study on why the sexes score differently in academic disciplines -- but this one comes with some surprising findings.
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