Stop Telling Women To Smile - Stop Telling Women to Smile is an art series by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh. The work attempts to address gender based street harassment by placing drawn portraits of women, composed with captions that speak directly to offenders, outside in public spaces.
Bic Pens for Women - It's hard to believe, but Bic has a new line of pens, just for women. See what Ellen had to say about them! - Ellen DeGeneres
Individual Conscience and Society Collide over Contraception - Following the Hobby Lobby decision, interview reviews how personal ethics often influence policy and practice of women's reproductive health, as well as other health and science.
Hands Off Your Grad Students!- The article describes how romantic relationships between (mostly male) professors and advisers and (mostly female) students can hurt departments and fields. Article also mentions how fear of being perceived as sleeping with a female grad student leads some male professors to mentor only male students. - Rebecca Schuman, 07/06/2014
Do You See these 10 Everyday Sexisms? - This article describes the everyday occurrences of sexism that we might not notice and why these forms of sexism can be just as harmful as more overt forms. - Soraya Chemaly, 06/21/2014
Lean Out: The Dangers for Women who Negotiate - In response to Sheryl Sandberg's popular title Lean In, the author discusses how privilege affects women in the workplace. - Maria Konnikova, The New Yorker, 06/11/2014
FYI (if you’re a teenage girl) & Dear Mrs. Hall Regarding Your FYI - The first post takes the position of a mother that claims to be very integrated into her boys lives and claims to be raising pure minded men. She goes over how she is blocking and preventing teenage girls who post sultry photos from talking to her boys. Beth felt as it isn't teenage girls responsibility to prevent men from sexualizing them. - Mrs. Hall & Beth, 9/3/2013
Slave Marriages- Most slave-owners encouraged their slaves to marry. It was believed that married men was less likely to be rebellious or to run away. Some masters favored marriage for religious reasons and it was in the interests of plantation owners for women to have children.
5 Things Women Are Judged More Harshly For Than Men - When it comes to gender, double standards are alive and well. Let's face it: despite all of the advances toward gender equality, many people still expect different things from men and women.
What is Male Privilege? - Goes into how society has always viewed male privilege as the norm, but it is seen as an act of feminism or sexism if a woman were step outside beyond these boundaries. How we accommodate for the desires of men, but are never allowed do express a sense of "female privilege". - Blog Username tigtog, 3/11/2007
If Men Posed like Motorcycle Babes - The staff at a Ducati dealership in Portland asked, What would happen if scantily clad men were used to sell products the way women are? - Nina Bahadur, HuffPost Women, 10/15/2013
Gingerhaze Comic - A female comic artist describes her experiences shopping in comic shops. - Noelle Stevenson
Dad's - A Fox television series in which racial stereotypes and racist jokes are used for comedic entertainment. - Alec Sulkin, Wellesley Wild, 9/17/2013
