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  • Akbar Ganji on Gender Apartheid in Iran

    Great piece. Leading Iranian dissident Akbar Ganji wrote an article for Boston Review in 2007 looking at exactly these issues. ''Half a Man: Notes on Gender Apartheid in Iran'' -- http://bostonreview.net/BR32.6/ganji.php
    Posted to Foreigners by BReview on June 23, 2009

  • The Big Bailout...Ha!

    There is no need for a bailout of the bank when we can bail them out through tax payer spending...heres how: America has fought hard to become an independent nation and a leader in innovation, so how can we fix our current economic downtrend efficiently? Some seem to think that throwing money at the corporations who failed us is the answer…we all ...
    Posted to Trailhead by Mejamz on September 29, 2008

  • Palin's Choice

    I love the thought of women ascending to high office. While women haven't hit the executive office yet, many fine and talented woman have been in the Senate, Congress, and cabinet positions for decades. As a child of the 70s I myself am abundantly gifted with the benefits of the 70s woman's movement. But the thing that bothers me about Sara ...
    Posted to XX Factor Extra by kgcobb on September 3, 2008

  • The Spite Vote

    I enjoyed your article and found many points you made to be right on the money. In particular, I find the attitude of disgruntled Clinton supporters who say they won't vote for Obama to be ridiculous and thick with irony. Their displaced anger and willingness to cut off their nose to spite their face in the name of battling sexism is laughable. ...
    Posted to XX Factor Extra by s_eilers on August 22, 2008

  • Where is a discussion about Father's Rights?

    Up front allow me to say that I am a clear supporter of abortion rights under any and all circumstances. I was raised in a strongly feminist household and support equal rights for women and do not believe they have been achieved yet. And yet I was deeply troubled by the language Linda used in this article in its absolutism about it being only ...
    Posted to XX Factor Extra by AJIntrocaso on August 13, 2008

  • Re: I'm One of Many 60s' Feminists for Obama

    ''What good is having a woman (Kay Bailey Hutchinson, for example) if she would govern as George W. Bush?'' I am so very glad to see this post, JMorgan. Hillary Clinton is certainly not the feminist icon. However, I am not saying any woman who runs for office requires to be a 'feminist', I am saying she requires to be competent. It is ...
    Posted to XX Factor Extra by Samita Chatterjee on June 8, 2008

  • "astute"?

    ''astute''? Those comments might get her a C in a junior college, but that's not the Oxford definition of the word. So Chelsea Clinton doesn't agree with all of Morgan's, I don't know, 10,000 points. ''Well, I agree with some of your points...'' is a tired college prevarication that indicates bullshit is about to be shoveled. I bet even Morgan ...
    Posted to XX Factor by aedelbert on February 6, 2008

  • The A-Page: Why Bother?

    Personally - as a woman in my late 20's - I've just gotten flat-out jaded by the A-page. And most other news coverage as well. It's almost without exception sensationalist, muckraking, missing-the-point coverage. Minor incidents (Edward Has Salon Date!) seem to make it above-the-fold while the administration's blatant and sickening excess, ...
    Posted to XX Factor by DragonFyre on February 1, 2008

  • Why Hillary (not Gloria)....a Young(er) Woman's Perspective

    In recent days a steady stream of women have celebrated and lauded Gloria Steinem's recent piece in the NYT. Many encourage others to circulate the piece further. Respectfully, I disagree. Ms. Steinem's piece, though well intentioned I'm sure, pits the women's movement against the civil rights movement. Such false competition is divisive, ...
    Posted to Chatterbox by batnib on January 17, 2008