MAY 13, 2012
On June 5, 2011, CeCe McDonald, an African American transgender woman, was walking to a grocery store in Minneapolis with several friends, according to her support website. As the group passed a …
APRIL 11, 2012
You’ve probably seen a new internet meme take its place in the meme-o-sphere recently. Along with Awkward Penguin and Success Kid (and Gender Studies Isopod!) there is now Friendzone Fiona.
The problem? She’s …
March 27, 2012
A newspaper has published a misogynistic pin-up spread, and women are angry. Within the pages of the latest issue—and the issue before that, and the issue before that—a reader can find “pictures of scantily clad models, …
March 27, 2012
Earlier this month, on March 8th, countries across the world celebrated International Women’s Day. Browsing the IWD website, I was surprised, and interested, to see a short historical timeline of the event, revealing an …
By A. GRACE STEIG March 12, 2012
This week was the first International Women’s Day that I celebrate as a woman. As a cis female, I don’t define womanhood in contrast to being a man. Partly, it can be defined …
March 1o, 2012
Apart from the uncontroversial observation that his Viagra-fueled penis is all that distinguishes him from a sun-baked heap of horse dung, what can we say about Rush Limbaugh?
Sandra Fluke wasn’t his first victim—though victim is …
March 9, 2012
According to Caitlin Flanagan, I too lived in Girl Land, once upon a time—and if I hadn’t, it was because my citizenship had been wrested away by the liberal, permissive parents who’d handed me a …
March 8, 2012
In April 1997, Ellen DeGeneres made television history when she came out as a lesbian on an episode of her sitcom. From her iconic Time Magazine cover to her recent marriage, DeGeneres …
February 3, 2012
Jay Michaelson, like many who are both queer and spiritual, speaks of fear. For years he concealed his homosexuality from others and from himself, convinced that coming out would spell the …
