Patsy Mink to be post-humously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
President Obama is scheduled to honour 19 individuals today with receipt of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest award…
Category: Feminism
Julien Blanc is really, really sorry… that we didn’t get the joke | #TakeDownJulienBlanc
On CNN’s New Day, host Chris Cuomo interviewed the most hated man in the world, Julien Blanc. Cuomo’s barely contained disgust…
On BlogHer: How Women of Twitter Took Down Julien Blanc
This is an excerpt of a post that I wrote featured today on BlogHer: How Women of Twitter Took Down…
New efforts seek to add Canada and the UK to the list of places Julien Blanc is barred from
Australian officials barred Julien Blanc’s visa to the country earlier this month when videos and tweets from the misogynistic “dating coach” who…
The Misogyny of Pick-Up Artistry: Why we shouldn’t stop at Julien Blanc
The internet is in an uproar this week over Julien Blanc, an American and self-described “dating expert” who travels the…
Toronto Sun issues lame apology over racist & sexist political cartoon
Last week, I posted about a seriously ill-advised political cartoon published by the Toronto Sun just a day prior to Toronto’s…
Where I’ve been for the last 2 weeks: campus & radio appearances!
Regular readers of this blog might have noticed that I’ve been seriously M.I.A. for the past two weeks. For the…
Toronto Sun publishes racist & sexist caricature of mayoral candidate Olivia Chow
(H/T V. Wong, @vywccnc) Torontonians headed to the polls today to elect the city’s newest mayor, someone who will hopefully…
The Marysville-Pilchuck School Shooting and the Intolerable Price of Misogylinity
Last Friday, it happened again; and a nation where school shootings have become terrifyingly commonplace struggled once more to rouse…
Reappropriate: The Podcast – Ep. 9 | TOPIC: Gaming While Girl
In this episode of Reappropriate: The Podcast, I am joined by the Ladies of the Roundtable (LORTNation.com, @LadiesRdTable) podcast —…
Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai & Indian child rights advocate Kailash Satyarthi awarded joint Nobel Peace Prize
Last week, the Nobel committee announced that this year’s Nobel Peace Prize would be jointly awarded to two powerful activists…
Harvard’s #AAPI women speak out against racist, misogynistic email death threat & official response
In the wake of last weekend’s emailed death threats that appeared to target Harvard’s AAPI female population, several of Harvard’s AAPI…