By Drew Grant 10/28/11 9:10am

Occupy Wall Street

A woman, Occupying Wall Street

Objecting or Objectified? At Occupy Wall Street Women Get Attention, But Not Always for Their Message

Ugh, women. Can’t they go five minutes without ruining a rally against corporate greed with their claims of inter-protest misogyny, objectification, and rape?

When filmmaker Steven Greenstreet created his Tumblr Hot Chicks of Occupy Wall Street in mid-October, he was attempting to show “the sexy side of protesting.” Unsurprisingly, his site was only up for a day before feminist blogs tore into the “creepy voyeur” for what they perceived as a sexist objectification of women – many of whom were photographed apparently without their knowledge or consent. Read More

By Foster Kamer 9/20/11 11:11am

There's No Crying In Baseball

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Moneyball Advertising Irking Feminist Sensibilities: "Tell Your Guy It's A Baseball Movie"

Michael Lewis’ math-nerds-on-steroids baseball book Moneyball hits theaters on Friday with a whole bunch of buzz behind it! Mainly, (1) Brad Pitt’s an Oscar contender for his performance, but (2) in retrospect the book’s legacy and value to the sport of baseball is chronically overvalued and widely misunderstood. Now it has a new kind of buzz: pissed-off women insulted by the idea that they can’t enjoy a baseball movie! Read More

By Drew Grant 9/15/11 4:05pm

Female Comedy

Whitney Cummings in her new show about lady stuff.

Internet Attacks Whitney Cummings' Pilot Prior to Premiere

Ouch. Here we thought were in the post-Bridesmaid era of empowering female comedy, what with TV’s new fall lineup revolving around such quirky leading ladies as Zooey Deschanel (Fox’s New Girl), Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs (CBS’ 2 Broke Girls) and Whitney Cummings (NBC’s Whitney). But maybe America just isn’t ready to have a sitcom where boys aren’t the main focus, since despite not airing until September there is already an online petition to get Whitney canceled. Read More

By Irina Aleksander 5/05/10 12:51am

Faminist Theory

Midday last week, a 26-year-old woman we’ll call Morgan opened the front door of her two-bedroom apartment in Williamsburg and apologized for being a little groggy. Morgan and her 2-year-old daughter, Kaitlin, had just awoken from a nap. Morgan was dressed in jeans and slippers; Kaitlin, a pink onesie and socks. Morgan’s long-term boyfriend (and Read More

By Lisa Medchill 6/19/07 5:37pm

Why Can’t These Mothers and Daughters Be Like Sisters?

SISTERHOOD, INTERRUPTED: FROM RADICAL WOMEN TO GRRLS GONE WILD
By Deborah Siegel
Palgrave Macmillan, 170 pages, $14.95

Review By Linda Hirshman

I’m having a very bad time with Deborah Siegel’s very good book, Sisterhood, Interrupted, about how modern feminism has fared across the generational divide.

It’s a helluva yarn. Read More