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Republican Women Are Rising In American Politics — What Does This Mean For Women’s Rights?

Republican Women Are Rising In American Politics — What Does This Mean For Women’s Rights?

July 26, 2010 No Comments

There have been huge gains for women in American politics. They are getting elected at all levels and there are currently 239 women running for Congress (out of 435 positions). As feminists, we should be happy that so many women are getting into politics. But what do we do if they are against what we consider to be basic women’s ...

Abortion Is Murder, According To The New (Faux?) Feminists

Abortion Is Murder, According To The New (Faux?) Feminists

June 30, 2010 1 Comment

What does it mean to be a feminist? Does she have to be a woman? Does she have to have hairy legs? Does she have to be pro choice? Conservative women are finally embracing the f-word but their pro life stance leads many to believe their are more faux than feminist.

How Many Lovers Is Too Many?

Dear Madame X, I have just started seeing this girl. She seems great, but she recently told me she...

A Beloved Novel

Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved arrived in my hands via a public library, when I was a broke teenager with...

The University Men’s Non-Wanker Centre

My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to...

The Patriarchal Overlords And Your Shoes

Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...

Lack Of Female Film-Makers Is Not Gender Bias

The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...

Why Macho Men Are Sexy

Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...

Fifty Years Of A Clockwork Orange

When A Clockwork Orange was published in 1962, the term sexualized violence wasn’t in use. The distinction between sexualized...

Why Manly Skincare Is Better

Skincare. Not so very long ago, a man would have been mocked mercilessly for using just the word, never...

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