Susan Antilla writes for Bloomberg.com: “But there is something a little bit off when one party to a sex scandal is congratulated for the sins he managed not to commit while the other gets attacked as ‘a shameless, self promoting prom queen,’ which is th…
Chris Richards writes for The Washington Post: “Formed in Olympia, Wash., in 1990, [Bikini Kill] helped launch riot grrrl, a radical feminist movement that would spread from Adams Morgan group houses to the pages of Newsweek.”
Jennifer Pozner writes for The New York Times: “Critically panned as a ‘repellant . . . peculiarly reprehensible’ ‘horror story,’ the unexpected hit ‘Here Comes Honey Boo Boo’ is downright tame compared with the hostility the genre has unleashed on women…
Paul Farhi writes for The Washington Post: “Women, rarely seen in the moderator’s chair, will be refereeing the next two debates. Martha Raddatz of ABC News will moderate Thursday night’s vice-presidential face-off; CNN’s Candy Crowley will be the modera…
Irin Carmon writes on Salon.com: “Candy Crowley’s selection today as the first female moderator of a presidential debate in 20 years is highly symbolic. It’s a sign of how systemic discrimination can happen — passively and likely without outright malice…