Get It, Girls

Love this. Paradox.

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:43:03 -0400

don’t be too clingy
don’t be such a ‘girl’
be a woman
but be hairless like a child

don’t wear skimpy outfits
don’t be such a ‘slut’
be modest
but take it off when i ask

don’t assert yourself
don’t be such a ‘bitch’
be nice to me
but don’t be a fucking doormat

don’t be ignorant
don’t be such a ‘bimbo’
be intelligent
but don’t argue your opinion with me

don’t wear make-up ever
don’t be so ‘insecure’
be yourself
but don’t complain if i don’t like it

theblolg: “I like that I stick out. I was watching “Valentine’s...

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:40:53 -0400

theblolg:

“I like that I stick out. I was watching “Valentine’s Day” on the plane recently. I have a tiny part in that movie. I was watching all the women — Jessica Biel, and Emma Roberts, and Jennifer Garner and Julia Roberts. They are gorgeous women, and I don’t want to take anything away from them, but they all do have a very classical look, with a very thin nose. I’m watching this parade of these faces and then, boom, it was my face, and I was taken aback. I was like, “Oh, my nose is so big!” I have never in my life thought I had a big nose, but, well, there it was.

The first time I was on TV, on “Flight of the Conchords,” someone put up a YouTube clip and said, “You’re too ugly to be on TV.” And I was like, “That is exactly why it’s a good thing that I’m on TV.” - Kristen Schaal, goddess

Female, Bi-Partisan Committee on Sexual Assault in the Military Making Progress

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:49:39 -0400

Female, Bi-Partisan Committee on Sexual Assault in the Military Making Progress:

I love reading about intelligent and civilized debate :) Cheers to the 14 women and 2 men from both sides of the aisle who are genuinely collaborating to find solutions to the problem of sexual violence and abuse in the military.

Female Programmer, Sarah Allen - Awesome.

Thu, 02 May 2013 11:33:00 -0400

Female Programmer, Sarah Allen - Awesome.:

Sarah Allen led the team of programmers that developed Flash video player. Now she is the CEO of Blazing Cloud, creating software and design for mobile devices.

On All Things Considered, Sarah talks about how she fell in love with coding, why she is encouraging more women to work in the field, and how some firms hire a woman as a “window dressing.”

My fave thing Sarah said is that coding is a great career for working parents:

Allen says, being a programmer has been a great career for her as a mom. Allen is married and has a 15-year-old son. “The women that I went to college with who are lawyers or doctors had a much harder time raising a family. They have to be there at certain times. I had an incredible amount of freedom, especially because I worked as a coder when I was a new mom and then I can work whenever I want, wherever I want,” she says.

10 ways men can help end domestic violence.

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:37:20 -0400

10 ways men can help end domestic violence.

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Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:38:47 -0400

Amy Poehler on the massive amount of media that we, and I think...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:45:20 -0400

Amy Poehler on the massive amount of media that we, and I think even more so for young people, consume. Coverage of the Boston bombing, sensational media, etc.

She distinguishes between media which we “use” to provoke a specific reaction, and media which we promotes genuine connection and learning. A fine distinction, I think, but really important.

I heard an awesome debate on this subject, on NPR, when a man was killed on a subway track in NYC and the Post published heartbreaking cell phone pictures of the man clinging to the edge of the track seconds before he was struck. A journalist defended the photos saying that they help the public understand the tragedy and hopefully act to prevent repeats of it. The counter is that the photos exploit the horrible accident and disrespect the man’s family.

I see both sides.

I love Amy Poehler.

A young sikh woman, Naveen, describes and shows her religious...

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 08:32:00 -0400

A young sikh woman, Naveen, describes and shows her religious practice to Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls show. Composed and proud and defending her misunderstood (and mis-pronounced) religion. In other episodes Amy interviews a Cherokee girl, a drag racer, an archaeologist, a glassblower, and other young women doing their thangs.

And snaps to Amy Poehler for the Smart Girls project. She describes it as, “the show that celebrates individuals who are changing the world by being themselves,” but the title is more specific :) Website and more videos here.

via hellogiggles: A-Train, Harlem, New York City, 2003...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:06:05 -0400

via hellogiggles:

A-Train, Harlem, New York City, 2003 by Joseph Michael Lopez. From his series “Dear New Yorker.”

Some Cool Alternatives to Taking His Name

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:34:00 -0400

Some Cool Alternatives to Taking His Name

Lena Doesn't Want a Victoria's Secret Body

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:34:00 -0400

Lena Doesn't Want a Victoria's Secret Body:

Awesome. Amanda Hess comments on Lena’s interview with Playboy and the reasons Lena would prefer the heat she takes for her body to the judgments and commentary that more model-y bodies receive.

“If she were Victoria’s Secret hot, she’d have to deal with another type of body policing. The constant attention over her dimensions would be coded as praise, but it would remain dehumanizing. The same men who take to message boards to complain about Dunham’s nudity would still be angry, but their aggression would be channeled into commentary on how they’d like to have sex with her. She would be asking for it for “flaunting” her body on TV. Her nudity would be viewed as pornographic, not artistic.”

I hope lots of women feel what I feel when they see Lena confidently romping around HBO with her curvy, human body: 1) some shock at the image on the TV screen that we aren’t used to; 2) elation and giggles at the freedom of it all; 3) pride in this woman who matches up media images to our own mirrors; and 4) one awesome measure of “duh. that’s how it’s supposed to be.”

"What the women actually showed during the evening was that they worked a lot harder, and a lot..."

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:17:00 -0500

““What the women actually showed during the evening was that they worked a lot harder, and a lot smarter, than Seth MacFarlane. Shirley Bassey sang “Goldfinger,” and Adele sang “Skyfall”…and Barbra Streisand was mesmerizing with “The Way We Were.” Either by dint of age or body type or simple strength and craft, none of the three were what the Oscars had been telling women that they had to be—a reminder that it’s best not to listen to guys like MacFarlane.””

- The New Yorker, “Seth MacFarlane and the Oscars’ Hostile, Ugly, Sexist Night” (via missrep)

"Forgiveness is the economy of the heart.…forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred,..."

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:25:00 -0500

““Forgiveness is the economy of the heart.…forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.””

- Hannah More

womenorgnow: Happy Birthday Rosa Parks. May your courage...

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:14:00 -0500

womenorgnow:

Happy Birthday Rosa Parks. May your courage continue to be an inspiration to all of us.

"Teachers are often unaware of the gender distribution of talk in their classrooms. They usually..."

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 22:56:00 -0500

“Teachers are often unaware of the gender distribution of talk in their classrooms. They usually consider that they give equal amounts of attention to girls and boys, and it is only when they make a tape recording that they realize that boys are dominating the interactions.

Dale Spender, an Australian feminist who has been a strong advocate of female rights in this area, noted that teachers who tried to restore the balance by deliberately ‘favouring’ the girls were astounded to find that despite their efforts they continued to devote more time to the boys in their classrooms. Another study reported that a male science teacher who managed to create an atmosphere in which girls and boys contributed more equally to discussion felt that he was devoting 90 per cent of his attention to the girls. And so did his male pupils. They complained vociferously that the girls were getting too much talking time.

In other public contexts, too, such as seminars and debates, when women and men are deliberately given an equal amount of the highly valued talking time, there is often a perception that they are getting more than their fair share. Dale Spender explains this as follows:

The talkativeness of women has been gauged in comparison not with men but with silence. Women have not been judged on the grounds of whether they talk more than men, but of whether they talk more than silent women.

In other words, if women talk at all, this may be perceived as ‘too much’ by men who expect them to provide a silent, decorative background in many social contexts. This may sound outrageous, but think about how you react when precocious children dominate the talk at an adult party. As women begin to make inroads into formerly ‘male’ domains such as business and professional contexts, we should not be surprised to find that their contributions are not always perceived positively or even accurately.”

- (via neighborly)

As a feminist Math, Science, and Robotics teacher, I have this exact problem. Not only do our society’s strict gender roles affect who signs up for my classes (1 girl in a each class of 15-19 boys), but the boys in the classroom dominate the conversation the entirety of my classes, even when I am constantly trying to check on the girls to make sure they feel included. It’s exhausting.

(via thenewwomensmovement)

Holy, wow! These girls have unbelievable voices and poise.

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 22:32:14 -0500

Holy, wow! These girls have unbelievable voices and poise.

Matriarch of a way of female living, symbol of struggle and...

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 21:28:46 -0500

Matriarch of a way of female living, symbol of struggle and success, beautiful badass.

http://marianepearl.com/biography.php

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:21:15 -0500

http://marianepearl.com/biography.php

Mariane Pearl - In Search of Hope

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:17:00 -0500

Mariane Pearl - In Search of Hope:

This woman floors me. She writes about her journey to find and expose the good in human beings as a form of revenge for the brutal murder of her husband, Danny Pearl.

“So I embarked on this journey in search of light. It couldn’t be a divine light—it had to be human, as I believe only people can undo what people have created. And I chose to focus on women. Why women? Will all due respect to the other half of humanity, I have found that women are the most courageous, tough and determined agents of change around—that’s just the way it is on every continent.”

Mary Jo White Appointed to Head the SEC

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:32:00 -0500

Mary Jo White Appointed to Head the SEC:

Regulatory chiefs are often market experts or academics. But Ms. White spent nearly a decade as United States attorney in New York, the first woman named to this post. Among her prominent cases, she oversaw the prosecution of the mafia boss John Gotti as well as the people responsible for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. She is now working the other side, defending Wall Street firms and executives as a partner at Debevoise & Plimpton.

Yeah, girl.