Sexism and Feminism

I pledge to attend one women’s sports event in 2010 (That’s a facebook link.) A project of Viva la Feminista, in celebration of Women’s History Month. Become a fan of the facebook page and leave a message on the wall about your favorite women’s sports team (college or pro). Then, you know, buy a ticket and...
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Feministing: Precious, my Precious: Black Female Citizenship, Complexity, and the Politics of Unrelenting Survival There is a real untold story here, and the voice of that child and the voice of her mother need to be heard. They need to be heard because it is our silence on issues of sexual abuse and systemic violence...
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“George Sodini: Misogynist and Racist” To ignore the role that race played in this, is to speak about half of the story. We know that historically White men have constructed negative stereotypes about Black men to reduce competition, retain power, and forestall any kind of partnership between White women and Black men…. Sodini felt emasculated because...
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“Women at Risk” here would have been thunderous outrage if someone had separated potential victims by race or religion and then shot, say, only the blacks, or only the whites, or only the Jews. But if you shoot only the girls or only the women — not so much of an uproar… We have become so...
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This article originally appeared in the Twin Cities Daily Planet on April 22, 2009. By Deb Pleasants, TC Daily Planet April 22, 2009 On the day MayKao Hang married, her father told her she was no longer part of their clan. She now belonged to the Hang clan–her husband’s clan. She recalls her father...
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