When Religious and Patriarchal Obsession with Controlling Ladyparts Leads to...
I did not know about this, but it is truly horrifying: “One 86-year-old woman, Rita McCann noted, “I came on the Luas and I didn’t know if the cinema was on this side or the other. Then I spotted two...
View ArticleThe Walking Dead – Feral Season
I did not watch the new half season of the Walking Dead at the time it aired because (1) I can’t stand commercial breaks, and (2) I was saving it for the Holiday season and an 8-hour transatlantic...
View ArticleDo We Need Sociology Binders Full of Women?
Based on Urban Demographics’s post, it would appear so: The diversity, it is grossly lacking. Also, how many of them are still alive? It may be related to this (also from Urban Demographics): At the...
View Article40 Years
Via The Economist, this is why the only “pro-life” position is to be pro-choice, that blue line below: Also note that the abortion trend was upward before Roe (I wonder if the graph includes back-alley...
View ArticleAmerican Horror Story – Feminist Show
Seriously. Think about it. I was half-convinced of it at the end of the first season (“Murder House”). I’m even more convinced now. I hope they keep it that way into the next seasons. I may have more...
View ArticleHorror Feminism
So, the other say, I made the claim that American Horror Story is a feminist series. Let me explain, based on the two seasons we have so far. As a disclaimer, I should add that AHS is one of my...
View ArticlePatriarchal Immunity
Against atrocities: “A Saudi cleric who raped his five-year-old daughter and tortured her to death has been sentenced to pay “blood money” to the mother after having served a short jail term, activists...
View ArticleThe Visual Du Jour – Where The Girls Lead
Now these are interesting regional patterns in terms science education and gender: This visual is interactive so go click on the link above. It is interesting to see that the US is not the only Western...
View ArticleThe Visual Du Jour – Wage Gap
On NPR: As the article notes: “Part of the gap in pay is driven by choices, even within single job categories. Among physicians, for example, women are more likely than men to choose lower-paid...
View ArticleThe Visual Du Jour – Rape
Via Information is Beautiful (click on the image for a ginormous view):
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