A seminar scheduled for October 25 called, “Is society letting transgender children down?” has been cancelled after complaints from trans activists. The Dare to Debate session had been set to feature feminist…
Tag: Gender
The days of Marlo Thomas’ “Free to be… You and Me,” it seems, are long gone. Now, when kids don’t quite “fit” within the gender roles prescribed by a patriarchal society, no…
Planned Parenthood, as you may know, is the largest single provider of reproductive health services in the United States. The non-profit defines itself as “leading the reproductive health and rights movement,” and has…
“Are you going to save my brother?” Early on when I was dating my ex, his brother asked me this question. At the time, I think I probably thought it was sweet.…
The cool thing for “feminist” writers to do lately is “come out” as “non-binary” or “genderqueer.” These women claim to be non-binary based on the premise that they have complex inner lives…
Women’s Liberation Front (WoLF) is suing the U.S. federal government in order to challenge the recent dissolution of Title IX protections for women and girls in education. (Title IX of the Education…
Lady*fest, a feminist festival scheduled to take place June 22nd – 25th in Heidelberg, Germany, has declared the clitoris “exclusionary.” The festival, which features workshops, lectures, and art, had initially planned to include topics…
Maya Dillard Smith has resigned as head of Georgia’s American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) chapter in connection with Obama’s recent directive to schools to let transgender students use the bathroom that corresponds…
News from the modern day witch hunt: Today, Everyday Feminism pulled an article about teaching kids that sex should be mutually pleasurable because the author, Alice Dreger, has been smeared as “transphobic.”…
“They” has been having a big year, as more and more language institutions are declaring it acceptable and progressive to use as a singular pronoun. The American Dialectic Society crowned “they” as…
As Prince is mourned by millions across the world, his life and artistry are rightly being embraced as unconventional and as boundary-pushing in many ways, including in terms of gender. But, whereas…
Anyone who ever said feminists weren’t funny has clearly never referred to them as “non-men” in an effort to be politically correct. Jokes aside, non-men are pissed as all hell to have…
I recently read Toni Morrison’s Beloved. The novel is heartbreaking from start to finish, and very much worth reading — this acknowledgement of slavery’s traumatic legacy is vital if we are to…
It gets lonesome being a feminist in America today, if you do not bow nightly before a shrine to Beyoncé, if you can’t accept pornography or the prostitution of women as harmless…
Ladies, have I got a protip for you! Do not Google any topic that includes the words female, leadership, and hormones. Don’t do it because you will see pages and pages of…