There’s been more talk about purity balls after this recent article in TIME magazine. Purity balls are wedding-like parties for fathers and daughters where daughters vow to their dads that they will remain “pure” by abstaining from sex before marriage, and the dads vow to protect their chastity. (I say wedding-like because there’s often a […]

I noticed an uncanny amount of weight-loss ads on Facebook bombarding me with buy-this-because-you’re-too-fat! messages. And so when Feministing informed me that Facebook tailors weight-loss ads to its female subscribers, I unchecked the “female” box on my profile. And indeed, I find that my Facebook account is no longer inundated with you’re-too-fat! ads. So, for […]

Pick up the latest issue of the American Prospect for in-depth analysis on the issue of women and politics. Ann Friedman wrote the cover story “Beyond Hillary: Strengths in Numbers“.
Many have described the primary season as revolutionary–the fact that a black candidate and a woman candidate could viably hold the highest office in our nation […]

Female soldiers have been returning from Iraq with not only combat-related trauma, but also with deep emotional wounds from their experiences of sexual assault within the military. “Nearly a third of female veterans say they were sexually assaulted or raped while in the military, and 71 percent to 90 percent say they were sexually harassed […]

Anna Grzebian is a LPGA tour member, and is part of the Wilhelmina 7.

They are being referred to as the “Wilhelmina 7” or the “W7”. Seven golfers from the LPGA are being dawned in bikinis, lingerie and evening gowns. The modeling agency Wilhelmina Artist Management is representing them, and working to seek sponsorship and endorsement […]

One of the FAQs for Women’s Studies majors is, “Are there guys in your class?” Or some people don’t bother asking, and just assume that Women’s Studies is for women only. When I tell people, “Yeah, there are a good few men taking Women’s Studies classes—more in the entry levels, fewer in the upper levels.”, […]