The right-wing obsession with trashing women never ceases to amaze me. Kathryn Jean Lopez’s write-up of Feministing blogger Jessica Valenti’s wedding is no exception (and of course, Ace of Spades follows up). Lopez titles the piece “You’ve Never Met a Bridezilla Like a Femini...

Women, if you’re going to church to try to find yourself a good man, you can pray to Jesus all you like, but your chances aren’t very good. In every denomination of Christianity in the United States, women strongly outnumber the men. If you’re looking for husband material, try the ...

So says the Catholic Church. (And what the heck is going on this week with the Church being publicly ridiculous in full force?). The article was printed at the weekend in l’Osservatore Romano, the semi-official Vatican newspaper, to mark international Women’s Day on Sunday. “What i...

Female bloggers from across the Middle East joined hands in marking the International Women's Day with posts reflecting on the occasion and celebrating the lives and achievements of women who have touched them. In Saudi Arabia, American Bedu admits that while many women in the kingdom may not ev...

Bloggers from across Latin America also commemorated International Women's Day with posts about the day which is celebrated every March 8 throughout the world. Some also took the opportunity to reflect on some of the issues facing women, but also featured initiatives that are working to alleviat...

Yeah, screw you guys too. Thanks to Melinda and Kurry for the link....

There's a very interesting conversation going on about the Christian patriarchy movement over at Feministing. Most of you who read my blog know that I hold an egalitarian view of scripture, so I agree with a lot of what's being said over there. That being said though, there are a lot of comments tha...

On March 3, 2009, National Public Radio host Tom Ashbrook hosted a conversation about cyber harassment with David Margolick, Marc Randazza, Anthony Ciolli, and myself. Our discussion focused on the attacks on female law students at AutoAdmit in 2007. Here is a little background: anonymous individual...

I'm overdue for a post about some recent Major News Stories (TM), but I didn't want to let International Women's Day go by without at least mentioning it, so: Today, March 8, is International Women's Day 2009. I'd like to keep the focus of this post on proactive action, but please don't let that sto...

An op-ed from the BBC News Magazine online. Raises many good points, some info I didn’t know, the conclusion seems to trail off. Thoughts? Hat/tip to lurker J.Similar Posts: “Letting his lust get the better of him” by Lauredhel A few questions for Hoydenizens by Guest Hoyden Now th...