Stephanie Coontz writes in an opinion piece for The New York Times: “This week is the 50th anniversary of the publication of Betty Friedan’s international best seller, ‘The Feminine Mystique,’ which has been widely credited with igniting the women’s move…
Jorge Rivas at Colorlines writes: “Chrysler’s photography-led commercial featuring their RAM trucks is a memorable tribute to farm operators. The two-minute commercial that aired during the Super Bowl was centered around Paul Harvey’s 1978 ‘So God Made A…
Lisa Wade, a professor of Sociology at Occidental College, writes at The Society Pages: “Women’s closets are often mocked as a form of self-indulgence, shop-a-holicism, or narcissism. But this isn’t fair. Instead, if a woman is class-privileged enough,…
In an opinion piece for The New Haven Register, Rhea Hirshman writes: My students often talk about concerns such as workplace equity (one young woman said recently, “People wouldn’t look at me funny when I tell them I work in a plumbing supply store”) an…
Pam Spaulding at Pam’s House Blend writes: “John Boehner’s office says funding defense of discrimination is necessary ‘to protect our system of checks and balances’ — to the tune of $1.7 million dollars pickpocketed from the taxpayers during touch econo…
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