Tag Archives: Women
After 28 Years, What Should We Keep and What Should We NIX?
Richard Nixon signed Title IX into law on June 23, 1972. Title IX most famously applies to women’s sports, but in fact the law is much broader than that: Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits discrimination based … Continue reading
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Global Governance Requires Rule of Law, Even for Women
This week the United Nations approved the Islamic Republic of Iran’s bid to join its Commission on the Status of Women. To quote a particularly prescient observation: “When a country that stones women to death for adultery is chosen to … Continue reading
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Links
Starting ‘em young: Retailer apologizing for sexualizing seven-year-olds. Holder decides to try KSM in Manhattan after all, despite everything. Here’s the soundtrack for my paper-writing week. I can’t stop listening to the first song. Tough Love: “Your anorexia is not … Continue reading
Girl Scouts and Entrepreneurship
Girl Scout cookies, arguably the most delicious American delight, represent an equally delightful history of feminism. Just a few years after the Girl Scouts tradition launched, troops began selling cookies to finance their endeavor. In 1922 the official Scouts magazine, … Continue reading
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Spanx
Here’s the Spanx angle on that eternal question: Do women dress for men, or do we dress for other women? “ I think I know how a woman wants to undress. How she wants to undress, in front of a … Continue reading
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Nonna
I love this photo and this post, from The Sartorialist: To me, my grandmother, Françoise Gerondeau, is the most elegant and the funniest woman in the world. In fact, that photo was taken during the Algerian War, in the late … Continue reading
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In Marketing, All the Single Ladies are Notably Absent
Women were notably absent from the list of technology experts asked to review Apple’s new iPad. At first glance this might seem like a slight to women’s tech expertise. In fact, all the single ladies are the largest marketing demographic … Continue reading
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Mind the Ledbetter Gap
Quick read for some “man’s approach” v. “woman’s approach” action. See the Ledbetter Gap–the idea that employees’ ordered preferences may explain salary disparity better than employer psychology–play out before your very eyes. From ATL: Dear ATL, Like many 2009 grads, … Continue reading
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Do Hooters Girls Accept the Risk?
Evidently when tobacco companies first learned they’d have to defend against “this sh*t is bananas” litigation, their first-draft briefs said only: Of Course cigarettes are unhealthy! We never claimed they were good for you! Similarly, as Hooters comes under criticism … Continue reading
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Feminism and Inverse Evolution
To anyone who didn’t grow up in a comically-traditional household (did your Italian parents spank you w/ a wooden spoon?), word on the street is that men want a chase, while women need possession. Also, ladies? No one will buy … Continue reading
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Tuesday on the Internets
Ray’s empire expands, including the most exciting expansion of all: Joining Glass next month will be Ray’s: The Game in the original, “pre-Obama” home for Hell-Burger (1713 Wilson Ave.), with cooks grilling burgers made from custom-ground venison, wild boar, elk, … Continue reading
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Sexist Newsweek Cover Inspires Frum’s Latest Opinion: “She Asked for It!”
And now, an entirely new argument for sexism: She asked for it! Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Sarah Palin complains that her Newsweek cover is sexist. The magazine borrowed a photo from Palin’s Runner’s World interview last … Continue reading
