Correcting Ms. Valenti

Imagine my surprise when the New York Times used the phrase “fourth wave feminist” in an interview with Jessica Valenti. Doubtful that they got the idea from here.
It’s documented that I can’t stand Valenti. I think she’s one of the younger and brassiest women to take on the mantle of feminism, so people pay attention [...]

Girls and Feminism-light

Young adult and chick lit writer Meg Cabot recently spoke about her views of feminism with the Miami Herald. A few years ago, I loved Cabot’s writing. The Boy Next Door is entirely written in e-mails. It was fresh and clever.
She got a bit preachy in Princess Diaries, which was quite different from the Disney [...]

Women on Health Care

Last week, I joined a conference call with the Independent Women’s Forum about a poll that The Polling Company conducted on women’s attitudes and the health care debate. I meant to write about this earlier, but sadly all of my free time was taken up with creating a Meghan McCain Halloween costume. (Yes, it was [...]

In a recent interview on the O’Reilly Factor, Laura Ingraham (subbing for Bill O’Reilly), interviewed Sally Quinn and KellyAnne Conway about the media’s obsession with Sarah Palin.
While the interview is another example of ad hominem discussions about Palin, Quinn’s quotes are very telling. Her attitude exemplifies the hypocritical standard of the modern feminist movement: you [...]

An interesting post on Alternet calls out a hypocrisy on the left that I’ve often noted: it’s ok to slander conservative women.
From the Playboy article this summer to the recent comments made by Alan Grayson, to the left it’s ok to use profanity when righ-of-center females are in question. Between all of the feminist blogs, [...]

Spot the Feminist Writer

Two well-meaning undergraduates at James Madison University–Meredith Burns and Elizabeth Hogan– wrote an op-ed in their school paper, The Breeze, explaining “What a Feminist Looks Like.” It wouldn’t be interesting except that this short essay is a litany of previous feminist writers. It’s not plagiarism, but it doesn’t contain an original idea. In fact, the [...]

I’m hesitant to suggest this, but is there an emergence of economically right-of-center feminism on the rise? My current obsession has been to track this on the far right, but is it developing in other circles?
Since my college years almost 20 years ago, I’ve considered myself a feminist. It is usually assumed that feminists are [...]

Ughh. The Jon and Kate story has gotten so big that Vanity Fair is covering it. Their story has surpassed the gossip rags and gone to somewhat respectable magazines, which is just sad. As Jezebel notes, it’s probably smart of Vanity Fair to do a web-only version. This story keeps unraveling weekly, which is oddly [...]

The domestic arts have long been attacked by feminists. Even Mary Wolstonecraft attacked it in her 1792 A Vindication on the Rights of Women. I realize that I’m hardly one for understanding the rationale behind feminism, but I just don’t see why sewing and domestic arts are so bad.
I grew up with a domestic diva. [...]