Category Archives: feminism
How’s The Double Standard Make Sense?
Emma Stone in “Easy A”
People often ask:
How does the double standard make sense?
Men can’t have sex with women unless women have sex with men.
And, how is it fair that guys can have lots of sex — and be rewarded, in fact — but women are shamed if they behave in the same way. It’s crazy.
Logically, it doesn’t make sense.
But if you want to create a patriarchy that values and privileges men over women, the double standard helps to create that world. Read the rest of this entry
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Feminist, Emma Watson
Feminist, Emma Watson
Hermione Granger of Harry Potter is a strong-girl-turned-strong-woman.
Smart, strong, sassy.
And so is her alter ego, Emma Watson, who has spoken before the United Nations on the need for feminism.
A few of my favorite quotes: Read the rest of this entry
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Tampons Are A Luxury But Viagra Is Not?
“Free bleeders” like Kirin Gandhi, running a marathon.
“Free bleeders” like Kirin Gandhi don’t use tampons. Or sanitary napkins.
Some of the time.
Just to show that they are luxury items.
Because it’s just fine to bleed all over yourself and your clothes. And the furniture.
And then spend hours washing out the blood. Or buying new clothes. And new furniture. Read the rest of this entry
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Sexy = Sexual?
Paris Hilton, “That’s hot!”
When people talk about sexuality, they sometimes confuse looking sexy with being sexual.
At least when it comes to women.
You see a sexy woman and assume that she is sexual. When you don’t know anything about how she actually enjoys her experience in bed. Maybe she is just looking hot but not feeling hot. Read the rest of this entry
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Virtually Attack Women, But No Nudity
Boys playing video games.
A gamer creates an avatar resembling himself and plots to kill a three-dimensional, lifelike woman. The avatar grasps an axe and raises it to strike. He hears the thud as the axe slices her head. He hears her cry out in pain. He sees her split skull and feels the sensation of blood on his hands and face.
I’ve just paraphrased one part of Supreme Court Justice, Samuel Alito’s opinion on whether video games of this sort should be protected as free speech in sales to minors.
Yes, he uncomfortably concludes. Read the rest of this entry
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A Pedestal Is A Prison, Like Any Confined Space
Gloria Steinem at an event in 2013.
A pedestal is as much a prison has any small,
confined space.
Here are some of my favorite quotes of feminist icon, Gloria Steinem, as Women’s History Month comes to a close.
If women could sleep their way to the top, there’d be a lot more women at the top. Read the rest of this entry
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Supreme Court May Ok Forcing Your Religion on Others
Women’s religious freedom
Should some people be allowed to force their religion on less powerful people?
That might happen if the Supreme Court rules against the government in the Zubik v. Burwell contraception case. Read the rest of this entry
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Blinded & Sideways, Yet Magically Alive
Blinded, by Ashton EB Cutright-Bray
Digital collage, 2015
“Blinded” introduces us to a racially ambiguous “everywoman” who seems content.
But something’s not right.
She’s supported by a pink-tinged desert-scape. It’s beautiful. But dry. And half empty.
And sideways.
Beyond is the universe. Everything is available.
But our everywoman is blinded by the pink bar that keeps her from seeing her potential.
And we are blocked from seeing her eyes — the window to the soul. Read the rest of this entry
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Laws “Protecting Women” Harm Them, Instead
Too many women die trying to do it themselves.
Laws “protecting” women often end up harming them, instead.
That’s because limiting liberty is the real aim.
In 1905 a laundress sued her employer for making her work more than 10 hours — Oregon’s legal limit for women back then. The case eventually wound up at the Supreme Court, where her employer made this feminist argument:
Limits on women’s work hours discriminate against them.
But the Justices upheld the law, saying that women are like children, both needing special care. Read the rest of this entry
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Why I love Hillary AND Bernie
Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton at their first debate.
I was raised Republican. But grew disillusioned and switched to the Democrats.
Here’s why: Read the rest of this entry
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