Alice Bradley, an author of multiple things, on gender harassment and age: “To be a young woman in our culture means that you exist, from an alarmingly young age, for the appreciation of others. Therefore, your every feature is fair game for public appraisal.” Also: “There were other incidents, too; so many incidents. Every one…Read More
“There’s no simple gender indicator for the weird fusion of insecurity and ambition, of the feigned nonchalance and quiet competitiveness that’s common in writers of all sorts. But these traits are complicated by the cultural caricatures of ambitious women and the uneven historical patterns that have dictated whose talent is rewarded and whose isn’t. Whether…Read More
“All of us who call ourselves feminists have made a willful step outside of the value system and behavioral rules of our society. We all do things that are “unladylike,” screwing or not-screwing or screwing in unconventional ways, growing out our body hair or ditching the makeup or heels or wearing unpretty clothes, swearing, getting…Read More
“Notice how I can refer to ‘my writing.’ Because I write now. I am, in fact, a writer. All I had to do was decide I was going to write something. You don’t have to be a poet to have a poetics, like the lady says, and you don’t have to be a poet to…Read More
“Fortunately for David Rusbatch, I fancy myself quite an expert on this whole “feminism” deal, as well. In fact, I have created an Internet weblog upon the subject! This is basically the equivalent of several doctoral degrees. As an expert on feminism, I would advance to you, the audience at home, that the whole “pre-feminist/feminist/post-feminist”…Read More
An Ontario Superior Court Judge has struck down parts of Ontario’s prostitution law. According to the National Post, “The provisions ‘are not in accord with the principles of fundamental justice,’ wrote Justice Susan Himel in a 131-page-ruling issued Tuesday afternoon. The laws ‘force prostitutes to choose between their liberty interest and their security of the…Read More
“We are misguided to demand more women in tech when there simply isn’t an adequate supply of competent technological professionals to support gender parity. Women in tech begins with little girls playing with science- and math-related toys, and it takes much longer than just a few months or a few years to undo the sociological…Read More