Feminism

Feminist hero dad hacks Donkey Kong for daughter

Mike Mika's daughter wanted to save Mario for a change, so the hacker dad flipped the script VIDEO

Katie Mcdonough Monday, Mar 11, 2013 6:54 PM UTC 14
Technology Video, women, Feminism, videogames

Executive feminism: “It doesn’t have to be for everybody”

Salon's Irin Carmon discusses Sheryl Sandberg's controversial book on "Good Morning America"

Liam O'Donoghue Monday, Mar 11, 2013 5:40 PM UTC
Business Irin Carmon, Sheryl Sandberg

Sheryl Sandberg tells Salon: I was wrong about women

The Facebook exec talks to us about running for office, picking a partner and how she's evolved on feminism

Irin Carmon Monday, Mar 11, 2013 10:30 AM UTC 29
Business Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg, Books

Bringing feminist values to the workplace

For women to gain an equal footing professionally, they have to speak up -- and overcome their "impostor syndrome"

Courtney E. Martin., Feministing Friday, Mar 8, 2013 7:33 PM UTC
Social Feministing, Feminism, Sexism

Do feminists care if you take your husband’s name?

The battle over maiden name versus married name heats up again

Mary Elizabeth Williams Friday, Mar 8, 2013 4:39 PM UTC 129
Life Feminism, Marriage equality

Sandberg might really do it

Skeptics be damned, the Facebook exec's idea for women could launch a movement. Here's how

Linda Hirshman Wednesday, Mar 6, 2013 9:11 PM UTC 19
Politics Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook, women

Sheryl Sandberg’s trickle-down feminism

The Facebook COO wants to "run" a social movement for women, including incorporating it as a nonprofit 501(c)3

Melissa Gira Grant, Jacobin Wednesday, Mar 6, 2013 4:09 PM UTC
Social Jacobin, Feminism

The 6 most appalling statements of America’s biggest CEOs

They just can't help themselves -- and of late, there's been an uptick in the stupidity of their remarks

Lynn Stuart Parramore, Alternet Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013 6:10 PM UTC 13
Business AlterNet, Jamie Dimon

Who cares about seeing Ashley Judd naked?

The Daily Caller's latest attack rings hollow in the age of sexting, boob songs and Bush's leaked self-portraits

Irin Carmon Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013 6:02 PM UTC 61
Entertainment Ashley Judd, Nudity, Feminism

Can religion support feminism?

The "Lean In" social movement aims to empower women, but it may have a hard time in segregated religious circles

Joanna Brooks, Religion Dispatches Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013 6:00 PM UTC
Social Religion Dispatches, Feminism

Rebecca Hall: “I thought it was brilliant to play a scene holding a douche’”

The star of HBO's "Parade's End," based on Ford Madox Ford's novels, discusses the virtues of an unvirtuous woman

Willa Paskin Sunday, Mar 3, 2013 9:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Parade's End, rebecca hall, TV

Trashing Sheryl Sandberg

The Facebook exec’s feminist critics seem to say that if you can’t solve everyone’s problems, don’t solve anyone’s

Joan Walsh Saturday, Mar 2, 2013 5:00 PM UTC 72
Technology Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In

Must Do’s: What we like this week

David Duchovny loses a nuclear sub, Rebecca Hall fills the "Downton" void, and Betty Friedan ignites a movement

Kera Bolonik Saturday, Mar 2, 2013 3:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Our Picks, Our Picks: Books

Tina Fey: She’s on everyone’s A-list, including Hollywood’s

Post-"30 Rock," you'd think 42-year-old Tina Fey would return to the writers room. Instead she's a leading lady

Mary Elizabeth Williams Friday, Mar 1, 2013 4:58 PM UTC 19
Entertainment Tina Fey, 30 Rock, Admission

Hooters’ not-so-”awesome” ad campaign feeds on fat-phobia

The boob-and-fast-food franchise's new ads portray themselves as a safe haven for men from overweight women VIDEO

Mary Elizabeth Williams Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 3:44 PM UTC 39
Business Video, Hooters, Breasts, boobs

How to do outrage

Done right, Internet griping can shame Seth McFarlane and ruin Todd Akin. Done wrong, it's phony, Dowd-esque shlock

Irin Carmon Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 3:43 PM UTC 170
Oscars women, Maureen Dowd, Feminism

“Makers”: How the feminist revolution was (partly) won

The new PBS documentary about the women's movement doesn't try to tell every story, but it has a lot to say

Irin Carmon Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 8:27 PM UTC
Entertainment Feminism, Gloria Steinem

Marlo Thomas: “It’s amazing the impact ‘Free to Be …’ had. Yet nobody followed it up. It’s gone bad”

The feminist icon and former TV star talks about her pride in the movement, and her grief over how we've regressed

Roger Catlin Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 4:45 PM UTC 17
Entertainment Feminism, TV, Television

The Onion’s hipster misogyny

Being ironic and self-aware and knowing something is offensive doesn't make it funny -- or OK

Falguni A. Sheth Monday, Feb 25, 2013 6:51 PM UTC 170
Oscars Oscars, Quvenzhané Wallis

The feminist pornographer

Tristan Taormino, editor of a new book on X-rated activism, says it's time to find a middle ground in the porn wars

Tracy Clark-Flory Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 2:00 AM UTC 21
Life Pornography, Feminism, Sex

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