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• Katie Roiphe Doesn't Like You Or Your Kids

  If you use a photo of your child on your Facebook profile, Katie Roiphe thinks you are not a good woman. Read More... Posted May 31 2009, 11:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with 50 comment(s) Filed under: Facebook, college, academics, feminism, rants, judgmental, Brett Singer, arguments, annoying people, katie roiphe, people who think they are smarter than they are, hiding behind your kids

• Mama's Got History

  If you haven't noticed Mother's Day is coming, get thee to a calendar.  In honor of all things mom, we're going old school at Babble. REALLY old school.  Backstory: The American History Guys, a radio show produced at the University of Virginia, managed to squash three centuries of motherhood into an hour-long show. Read More... Posted May 06 2009, 12:01 PM by JeanneSager with | with no comments Filed under: mothers, Motherhood, feminism, Mother's Day, history, radio, Jeanne Sager, history of motherhood

• Girls' School, Boys' School: Does Single-Sex Education Work?

  In this case, it's girls' classroom, boys' classroom -- a public elementary school in the St. Louis area has been experimenting with single-sex education and so far both parents and pupils seem pleased. At the Carman Trails School boys and girls are offered the option of single-sex classrooms starting in the first grade -- the program, now two years old, extends to the third grade but it seems likely it will expand upward. What do you think? Good educational idea, or just another accommodation to sexist ideas about gender?  Read More... Posted Feb 26 2009, 11:32 AM by Kate Tuttle with | with 12 comment(s) Filed under: gender, gender stereotypes, feminism, sexism, Kate Tuttle, gendered, single-sex classroom, single-sex, essentialism, sex segregation, girls' school, boys' school

• Generation Xers Break From the Boomers in Work-Life Balance

  Most of us, I think, plan to parent differently than our parents did to some degree. And sometimes that can whip itself into something that really seems generational in nature versus just simple family dynamics. For example, the GenXers, people my age, pretty much parent differently than our own parents, the baby boomers did. Balancing parenting with careers is one of the major ways those generational differences assert themselves, according to this blog by Tammy Erickson from the Harvard Business Review. For Boomers, successful parenting mean Read More... Posted Feb 25 2009, 06:06 PM by Amy Kuras with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: parenting, Baby Boomers, work-life balance, Generation X, feminism, recession, downsizing, Mad Men, generation gap

• Girls More Confident Since Presidential Election

  50 percent of girls ages 12 to 17 have more confidence since the presidential election, according to a study by the Girl Scout Research Foundation. The study of 3,284 adolescent girls also found that half of young women now believe they will be able to achieve their goals, and 55 percent feel more comfortable speaking their minds. Read More... Posted Feb 01 2009, 03:35 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: teenagers, girls, hillary clinton, boys, feminism, self-esteem, confidence, Girl Scouts, White House, election, adolescents, sarah palin, confident, president obama, first black president, girls more confident since election, goals, glass ceilings

• How do we love Michelle Obama? Let us count the ways!

  Heather Rudolph gets us started with her top five list at Sirens Magazine Rudolph's number one reason ALL women "should" love Michelle Obama (whether they voted for her husband or not) is that Michelle is a good mother.  Also on her list are: 2) She's Smarter than You 3) She's a Realistic Fashion Icon 4) She's a Feminist (frighteningly, perhaps 80% of you won't find that admirable) and finally, 5) She is a Black Woman. Rudolph gives her own argument for each point and I am Read More... Posted Nov 18 2008, 06:30 PM by Shannon LC Cate with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: fashion, feminism, michelle obama, Shannon LC Cate, first ladies

• Post-Election, Women Hate Sexism Almost as Much as Feminism

  A recent survey on post-election attitudes to sexism reveals that a majority of Americans live in La La Land. For starters: While most men don’t believe there is gender bias in the media or at home, almost half (4 in 10) “freely admit to having sexist attitudes towards a female president.” Espousing similarly mind-boggling contradictions, the vast majority of women believe that Sarah Palin and Hilary Clinton were treated unfairly by the media—but would be mortified to call themselves “feminists.” Read More... Posted Nov 18 2008, 04:34 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: politics, marriage, clothes, work, Secretary of State, media, hillary clinton, discrimination, women, feminism, men, sexism, housework, home, treatment, poll, feminist, equality, survey, politicians, president, sarah palin, office, male, female, gender bias, gender equality, glass ceiling, sexist, sexes, fair treatment, label, post-election, coverage, presidential poll, leaders, husband and wife, could a woman be president?, palin clothes, attitudes, contradictions

• Woman Auctioning Off Her Virginity Calls Herself a Feminist

  And yet more proof that you can use feminism as an argument for anything. Today, 30 years after the women’s movement has achieved absolute victory (in much the same way we accomplished our mission in Iraq back in 2003), women are not only able to freely sell their bodies via the World Wide Web, but are able to intelligently discuss their prostitution goals with supermodels like Tyra Banks, who clearly insinuates that virgins shouldn’t dress so “sexy.” Read More... Posted Nov 04 2008, 04:15 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: feminism, tyra banks, auction, feminist, virginity, brothel, sarah palin, palin, Natalie Dylan, faux feminism, feminist movement, auctioning off virginity, virgin

• National Organization for Women President Endorses Palin

  Remember that video of Sarah Palin misquoting Madeline Albright at a rally in California? Well, the faux feminism gets more and more outrageous. Guess who introduced Palin? Shelly Mandell, the president of L.A. National Organization for Women, who has endorsed the McCain/Palin ticket. Read More... Posted Oct 07 2008, 12:10 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 18 comment(s) Filed under: sports, equal pay, title IX, incest, abortion, feminism, Pro-choice, feminist, John McCain, rape, sarah palin, NOW, anti-choice, madeline albright, national organization for women, endorsement, faux feminism, endorses, LA NOW, shelly mandell, mccain palin ticket

• They Say: It Really Is Mom's Fault - But That's Not Always Bad

  Sorry Dad. She might be your little girl, but what she really wants is approval from Mom. A new study published in the British Journal of Educational Psychology claims daughters achieve more when their mothers are proud of them. Researchers from the University of London followed more than 3,000 kids born in 1970, and found the girls whose mothers expected them to succeed at school are more likely to have higher self esteem as adults and more likely to have pursued higher education. They found no real affect for the boys, deducing mothers of daughters may be more likely to push their girls when it comes to education. Read More... Posted Oct 03 2008, 12:33 PM by JeanneSager with | with no comments Filed under: education, mom, feminism, self esteem, daughter, Jeanne Sager, mother and daughter relationship, parenting girls, women's liberation

• Banned Books Week: Little Women

  Let me explain to you how important Little Women is in my personal history: I was named Amy for the youngest March sister.  My daughter shares a name with another, and the other two March girl’s names were top contenders. I’ve probably read this book, no lie, 100 times since I first picked it up when I was 8 or 9 years old. Which is why I found it mystifying when I looked over this list of most frequently challenged children’s books and found Little Women included. I immediately grabbed it for my entry in our Banned Books Week coverage. I found it absolutely, positively mystifying that those incredibly wholesome book – a book which, it must be noted, even author Louisa May Alcott herself found a little much – would be offensive to anyone. Read More... Posted Sep 28 2008, 10:59 PM by Amy Kuras with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: feminism, Gender roles, banned books week, little women, Jo March, Louisa May Alcott

• Feminist Men Earn Less Than Ward Cleaver

  Last week a quiet article in the Washington Post almost slipped right by me in my preoccupation with the latest bank buyouts and the off-again, on-again presidential debates.  But the economic news in this article is worth a second glance. Read More... Posted Sep 28 2008, 11:57 AM by Shannon LC Cate with | with no comments Filed under: gender, feminism, sexism, Gender roles, pay equity, Journal of Applied Psychology, women in the workplace, feminist men, equal pay for equal work

• More Power for Women in the Household: Feminist Progress or Yet a Third Shift?

  Though it purports to be about remote controls and television habits, this article in the Washington Post on a recent Pew poll of control in families is really about the work women are doing for their families, many of whom are already working all day away from their families. Now, in addition to a paid job, housework and manager of the children's lives, women are gaining power in the four areas of Read More... Posted Sep 26 2008, 12:46 PM by Shannon LC Cate with | with no comments Filed under: television, feminism, Pew Research Center, work family balance, women's work, household chores, pay equity, family budget

• Abortion Blogger Gives Liberal Parents a Bad Name

  The popular new blog “What to Expect When You’re Aborting” may be the worst thing that’s happened to the choice movement since Sarah Palin. And, in a shout-out that promises to make anti-choice Republicans proud, the writer thanks her “lefty parents” for forming her beliefs. The anonymous blogger is an anti-choice caricature of the kind of woman who would choose to have an abortion. She is a financially stable white woman in her early twenties; she has been on the pill since she was 13, though she has been "pretty f***ing lax" about it.... Read More... Posted Sep 18 2008, 05:22 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 13 comment(s) Filed under: parents, blogging, contraception, abortion, unplanned pregnancy, feminism, planned parenthood, The Pill, abortion rights, birth control pill, anti-choice, teenage pregnany, thoughtless, what to expect when you're aborting, liberal values, culture wars, lefty parents, callous, young women, reproductive rights, abortion blog

• Should Raising a Feminist Son be The Goal?

  If you have a son – and aren’t a raving douchebag yourself – then thinking about how to raise a boy without him being one is something you have been thinking about since you first heard the words "it's a boy." It seems like there is a lot of information out there about raising strong, independent, feminist girls, but very little about raising boys to respect women, discourage dehumanizing attitudes among their friends and generally be guys who see women as equal to themselves and deserving of the same rights and opportunities (including the right to not be harassed walking down the street, commented on and otherwise judged). So this post by Annabel about raising a feminist son on Feministing was thought provoking. The comments were interesting as well, with several people... Read More... Posted Aug 26 2008, 07:00 PM by Amy Kuras with | with no comments Filed under: boys, daughters, feminism, self-esteem, sons, compassion, respect, feministing, equality, self-acceptance, being different

• For a good marriage, women need to stay home

  What century is this? Read More... Posted Aug 20 2008, 10:00 AM by Brett Singer with | with 10 comment(s) Filed under: marriage, family, wtf, women, feminism, men, experts, jezebel, wives, SAHM, Brett Singer, wife, husbands, crazy people, husband, stay at home wife, The Secrets of Happily Married Men, manly men, mike and juliet, ro black, Ro' Black, dummies, morons, Dr. Scott Haltzman, ward and june cleaver

• Would You Respect A "Stay-At-Home Wife"?

  After my husband and I married 11 years ago, I was home for about a year and a half before our first child was born.  I taught a couple of college classes, but that didn't keep me very busy, so I had plenty of time to go to the gym, and do whatever else I did during those idyllic pre-kid days. But we were trying to get pregnant from the beginning.  I'm not sure how my husband would have felt if I wanted to stay home and NOT have kids. Apparently, such stay-at-home wives represent a growing group.   Read More... Posted Aug 06 2008, 08:02 AM by Amy S.F. Lutz with | with 65 comment(s) Filed under: feminism, status symbol, stay at home wife, daniel buccino, housewife

• America's Main Problem? Men Are Oppressed

  Normally I’m not one to draw more attention to the Ann Coulters of the world—people who get famous by writing books making the most inane, controversial arguments they can think of. But this Jezebel rant on one such book is so much fun, I’d thought I’d share. I believe Kathleen Parker's intelligence level is pretty clear from the book cover pictured. The provocative subtitle, mysteriously written in all lower case letters, is, "why men matter; why women should care." Unfortunately, this is not a witty spoof of the most ridiculous book topic ever.  Read More... Posted Jul 25 2008, 02:58 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: books, feminism, Ann Coulter, thailand, history, sexism, controversial, united states, kathleen parker, oppression, shared housework, gender bias, gender equality, save the males, men are oppressed, women hate men, failing boys, reverse sexism, bias against men, why men matter

• S&M Barbie

  Let me take you through my reactions to this story. Read More... Posted Jul 17 2008, 03:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: news, politics, toys, barbie, Google, girls, toy, wtf, feminism, controversy, comics, silly, foolishness, comic books, Brett Singer, religious right, morality, Barbie doll, big gay ken, sailor ken, s and m barbie, new feminism, empowering, the sun, math is hard, action figure, black canary, s&m, ken, bsdm, empowerment, fishnets, s and m, fishnet barbie, d c comics, s&m barbie, cowboy ken, bondage barbie, bsdm barbie, dc comics, math class is tough

• Pole Dancing Kits and Other Modern Toys

  Padded bras for first graders, bikini waxes for eight-year-olds, pole dancing kits sold alongside Etch-a-sketches in the toy store—excuse me, but how did this happen? How is it affecting girls' self-image? And, um, what happened to feminism? These are a few of the questions tackled in a recent Salon interview with M. Gigi Durham, author of “The Lolita Effect: The Media Sexualization of Young Girls and What We Can Do About it.” Read More... Posted May 21 2008, 06:30 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: barbie, sex ed, media, tweens, Salon, sex education, feminism, young girls, abstinence only, teenage girls, gigi durham, pole dancing kits, the lolita effect, padded bras, bikini waxes, teen girls

• Political Nanny: Obama Calls Reporter 'Sweetie'

  Barack, honey, listen to Political Nanny. This habit of yours, calling women "sweetie," you're going to have to break. Like, yesterday.   VIDEO AFTER THE JUMP Read More... Posted May 15 2008, 08:01 AM by Madeline Holler with | with 16 comment(s) Filed under: feminism, barack obama, nicknames, Detroit, political nanny, NYTimes, Political Nanny Cam, reporters, sweetie, autoworkers, factory worker sweetie, condescending politicians, sugar and spice and everything nice, peggy agar

• 'Ira Sleeps Over' and Other 70's Faves

  The best part about reading children's books from the 70s is how authors manage to sneak in messages about girls' lib, divorce, and alternative lifestyles amid a sea of harvest gold and avocado green.  And if you've never appreciated the lovely comforts of a shag-rug nap, while contemplating your parents' EST circle, then I venture you're probably not yet looking up the nosehairs at 40, you sly boots, nor have you likely heard of children's books like "Ira Sleeps Over," about a boy who goes for a slumber party and finally admits to still needing his teddy bear for a good night's sleep.    Read More... Posted May 13 2008, 03:01 PM by Rachael Brownell (Redsy) with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Generation X, feminism, books from the 70s, best books of the 70s, NOW, girls' lib, ira sleeps over

• What's a Mommy Wars Foot Soldier to do?

  There's a new Mommy Wars book on the market, this one issuing an order to cease and desist with all the trivial fighting between working and lounging mothers. Opting In: Having a Child Without Losing Yourself, has a "Calgon, take me away" title, but it's written by feminist author Amy Richards so, you know, it's surely not all about the power of the mani-pedi. However! As a ground soldier in the Mommy Wars, having been stopped-lossed with my second kid just as things were easing up with the first, I have to say I was taken aback with this description of the book's aim, as summarized by an interviewer who spoke to the author on Salon: Read More... Posted Apr 30 2008, 06:03 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: mommy wars, stay at home moms, working moms, feminism, opting out, feminist, affordable housing, Opting In, affordable childcare, class differences, Amy Richards, sharing housework

• What the World Needs Now Is Chastity Belts

  Just the other day I was thinking to myself, "Self, the world that my daughter stands to inherit is slowly becoming a more equal one, the sort where she will be judged on the content of her character and not on the plumbing in her pants." Then I woke up and read the news. And, no, it didn't involve Miley Cyrus.   Read More... Posted Apr 29 2008, 02:00 PM by Adrienne Martini with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: indonesia, abortion, daughters, feminism, burquas, chastity belts, paternalism

• Women Not Having It All, Having It All, Had Enough

  Meg Wolitzer has a new novel called "The Ten-Year Nap". It's about moms, mostly moms who left the workforce to stay at home with kids. It sounds good, and she says, "In fiction, stay-at-home moms have often been [subject to] mockery, and I think it's very sexist: the stay-at-home mother whose children are oversubscribed, who has reduced her entire brain to trivial things." We can totally use some better depictions of SAHMs. But I have to speak to the fact that once again, we are gonna get a small wave of "Can women have it all?" headlines and I'm over it. 'Kay, look, I'm going to answer the question of whether women can have it all... Read More... Posted Apr 28 2008, 05:29 PM by Kelly Mills with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: books, moms, feminism, fiction, WAHM, SAHD, working mothers, jobs, SAHM, career, Meg Wolitzer, having it all