This post was written as a submission to The Last Name Project, a joint series by from two to one and The Feminist Mystique that explores what people do with their names when they get married, or what they are… Read more ›
This is a cross post from Carrie at Don’t Be Afraid to Open Your Eyes, reprinted here with permission. And, don’t forget, she’s hosting our July Feminist Odyssey Blog Carnival on Wednesday, July 25! Be sure to check that out,… Read more ›
This is a cross-post from Danielle at from two to one. Danielle is a twenty-something newlywed who writes about the intersection of marriage, faith, and feminism at from two to one. Connect with her via Facebook, Twitter, and her blog. Not long ago, Relevant posted a… Read more ›
This is a cross-post from Danielle at The Collegiate Feminist, reprinted here with permission. Confession: I have a mental checklist for my perfect guy. Tall, dark, and handsome… smart, a little nerdy, worldly, and artsy (piano skills for serenading me… Read more ›
This is a cross-post from The Mamafesto, reprinted here with permission and edited from the original for language and length. Trigger Warning: Multiple mentions of rape, rape culture, and sexual assault throughout this post. If you’ve somehow been unplugged for the… Read more ›
I have had the great honor of being featured on The OpEd Project Byline Blog very recently. They said really great things about me, too! Check it out. You, too, could have such a great honor. If you’re in the… Read more ›
In case you haven’t noticed yet, the BlogCarnival.com site is down. According to a few twitter friends who have used the site for some time, this happens quite frequently. That’s not good! So we decided to create our own form… Read more ›
I have to officially weigh in on the “have it all” debate. I’ve been thinking about it a lot – and I’ve been reading most of the articles in response to Anne-Marie Slaughter’s article that have come across my dash.… Read more ›
I can’t even make this stuff up. OK, here’s the story, and it all starts with the fact that I finally have a grown-up driver’s license. For those of you who don’t know, a grown-up driver’s license is two-fold. First, it’s… Read more ›
I don’t know if you all know this, but I’ve been doing quite a bit of writing elsewhere. Sometimes, I write things that might interest you, so I’ve decided to start doing a monthly round-up of my writing elsewhere,… Read more ›
The official call for posts for the Feminist Odyssey Blog Carnival: Second Edition is up over at Don’t Be Afraid to Open Your Eyes! This month’s theme is Women and Film, and the carnival will go up on July 25.… Read more ›
You guys. The OpEd Project is coming back to Chicago with another awesome core seminar on July 28. Some of you may remember that I attended the core seminar last October, and it was one of the best experiences I’ve ever… Read more ›
I’ve written a lot about photoshop and real beauty. I covered it for Gender Across Borders last year, and the article was later picked up by the Ms. Magazine Blog. I wrote about it for Care2 recently, inspired by Fair… Read more ›
Welcome to the first edition of the Feminist Odyssey Blog Carnival! This month, we’re talking about female friendships, and I’m really excited about it. We’ve got some great entries for y’all and I’m sure you’re just as stoked as I… Read more ›
As I was moving a few weeks ago, Jessica Valenti published a fascinating article in The Nation about the dress code at Stuyvesant High School in New York and how school officials use the dress code to target female students with… Read more ›
I am so sad my Fearless Females aren’t meeting over the summer, because they would be all over this one. Miss Representation is hosting the Keep it Real Challenge, a three day social media onslaught that hopes to change the… Read more ›
I spend a lot of time on here (and elsewhere) talking about how women – particularly wives – are portrayed in the media. What I haven’t covered in a while is how the media portrays husbands. Sarah Haskins did a… Read more ›
There are so many terms in our society that people don’t even think about before they say them. They’re colloquial, and their literal meanings are often very different than what the terms have come to mean. As a teacher, I… Read more ›
Since Tim and I got married, I’ve thought a lot about female friendships, and that’s probably why I chose the topic for this month’s blog carnival. Female friendships is what feminism is all about – helping each other, listening when… Read more ›
My students and I had many conversations this year about equality for women and men in schools. We even had two debates on this subject: one about whether or not toys should be gendered, and one about whether or not… Read more ›