W&W: Can Obama Deliver What Women Want?

With Supreme Court buzz dominating DC, gender issues are suddenly back in style despite the President’s recent declaration at his 100 Days press conference that protecting abortion rights was not a high priority on his agenda. Kim Gandy, president of the National Organization for Women, joins us for a fascinating discussion about equality in Obama’s [...]

GOP Suddenly Champions Sexism

Que Sarah, Que Sera.

Staying open-minded about the new Republican veep nominee long enough to research her and make up my own mind was quite a challenge, considering the frequent baffled-and-furious dings of my Twitter feed, RSS reader and email alerts. When I finally sat down this morning to comb through all the weekend’s coverage and catch up (that [...]

Raping Our Own Soldiers and What the DoD Isn’t Doing About It.

[Thx: Our Troops Newsladder]
Just read this unsettling post from Paul Rieckhoff, who is the Executive Director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. It underscores some very disturbing statistics about sexual assault in the military:
Women make up 20% of all new recruits and more than 11% of the forces deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.
The rates of [...]

True Body Confessions: The Real Not the Ideal

True Body Confessions launches today and I wish I could say I am shocked by the responses:
I’m a size 0-2 and in great shape and my fiance tells me he loves the way I look every chance he gets. When I look in the mirror all I see is fat fat fat. Why? because when [...]

Boobs for Obama

Jon Voight may not like Obama, but Pam does. And that’s all that matters. [Photo courtesy of Megan, a.k.a. Hope Santa]

The Edwards Affair: The Non-Story I’m Totally Reading

It wasn’t particularly relevant to our nation’s governance when Bill did not have sexual relations with Monica, and Edwards’ alleged infidelity is no different. It is, however, culturally relevant in this year of the empowered female electorate; even if you’re not interested in gawking at the juicy details (great HuffPost by Lee Stranahan here), you [...]

See This Movie.

While trying to beat the heat in Pasadena today, my roommate and I spontaneously decided to watch "The Unknown Women." It is a very compelling film that documents the quest of a woman who is a sex slave in the Ukraine as she tries to reclaim the life that was stolen from her. Very powerful; [...]