Men are universal, women are not, and books about women are niche or genre novels, rather than being serious contenders for Next Great American Novel Status.
sexism
iraq
The guys said it was a joke, but I wasn’t the only one that didn’t find it funny. The Iraqi men bartering for me, an American female soldier, weren’t laughing either.
issues
OKAY, so I liked the pink guns. I have become everything I despise.
gender issues
After spotting the books on display I snapped a surreptitious photo and uploaded it to Twitter. I called the books “insanely offensive,” which was a feeling shared by other users.
star trek
More like STAR TREK INTO SEXISM, AM I RIGHT?
comedy
Internet bro thinks he's a comedian, says something dumb, gets indignant when people react to it. Then Patton Oswalt, a comedian I adore, respect, and procured my first fake ID to see perform, retweeted him.
being fat in the world
You are literally unprepared for this jelly.
racism
Lucy Liu is perfectly happy naming, and talking about, the elephant in the room: racism is a problem in Hollywood.
wikipedia
My first reaction to this was “My stars! I am offended! I shall retweet this to remind myself to read it later and prepare to flame with righteous outrage!”
women
When I hear other women say they can’t stand women, it makes me sad because what they’re really saying is that they can’t stand parts of themselves.
racism
I am seriously regretting that I didn't at least tell these folks to lower their voices. Their sizeist, racist, classist, awful people voices.
scandal
In our world, the only right way for a woman to deal with uncomfortable, lewd behavior is to “shut up and ignore it.”
gdc
Video games are changing, and more women are playing them. Whether you like it or not.
directors
You could point to the male dominated industry, glass ceiling, misogyny, etc., but really, I wonder if some of us are prematurely discounting ourselves?
sexism
Can we stop valuing women's perceived "hotness" over their accomplishments yet?
teen pregnancy
First of all, this is a campaign designed to make people feel bad.
s.e. smith in
Issues,
teen pregnancy,
pregnancy,
seriously just stop talking now,
badvertising,
sexism,
fill-in-the-blank-shaming
Mar 6, 2013 at 5:00pm | 260 comments
the onion
Warning: contains strong language.
feminism
When people can’t even engage respectfully with a woman saying she’s harmed by something people in her environment are doing, it’s kind of impossible to hope for any meaningful change.
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Issues,
feminism,
words mean things,
misogyny,
sexism,
eating disorders,
you keep using this word...
Feb 12, 2013 at 11:30am | 276 comments
calling yourself a woman
Ever since I turned 20 or so, I started making a conscious effort to try to call my lady-identifying peers "women" instead of "girls" when talking about them in the third person. It's had a weird effect on the way I think of them.
marriage
Women aren’t sad or pathetic for not single-handedly disavowing and dismantling an ever-growing consumer culture that feeds on and magnifies every possible human insecurity.
education
Telling women they need smaller bazongas if they want to avoid bullying is feeding into a larger and really gross culture about women and bodies.
comics
Can we still be friends if I admit I've never read the Arthur Conan Doyle versions of "Sherlock Holmes?"
