Apparently the only women’s rights dilemma we have in the U.S is the disproportionate amount of time women have to wait for the loo compared to men’s turbo restroom queues. At least this is what Amy Davidson would lead us to believe in the recent notes on the day from the New Yorker. Seriously? So [...]
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The New Yorker’s Take on Sexism
Posted in human rights, media, women's rights on April 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
First Stylist
Posted in Huh?, media, women's rights on April 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Michelle Obama received her undergrad at Princeton and then went on to Harvard Law school. She was one of fastest associates at Sidley Austin, one of Baracks first bosses (ok mentors?) and the Associate Dean of Student Services at the University of Chicago. Basically the woman is brilliant, but who cares about all of her [...]
Maternity Leave and the Barren Economy
Posted in women's rights on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve always suspected that gender plays a larger role in the hiring/firing than what companies report. Today Lesley Alderman at the Times reassures us that we were right. Get knocked up during this recession and you’re out of the job. Here’s a pop quiz. Which are the following would violate employment law? 1. Laying off [...]
Justice at last.
Posted in women's rights on March 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The suffragist can finally rest, for as of today, in the law of sexual assault, there is conviction. A man in Saginaw Mich, was given 90 days for raping a vacuum cleaner. The vacuum cleaner undoubtedly wailed during the whole occurance, but had not verbally said “no” thus in the critical eyes of the law, [...]
Jane Roe= Pro-life and a lesbian?
Posted in women's rights on March 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Jane Roe from the historic Roe v. Wade case (the case that made abortion a legal right in America), is not quite the woman many of us imagine. In fact she is kinda the opposite, a lesbian (pregnancy?) and she is pro-life? Well, times have changed, she’s not a lesbian anymore, nor does she believe [...]
The Lucretia Mott Amendment
Posted in women's rights on March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
While the Obama administration may be gearing up for some extensive womens rights policy it has been vague on the development of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). A snarky little amendment that for the last 65 years has brought out the worst of both parties. Here it is in its 23 words of glory. Sec. [...]
