Alex Seitz-Wald writes for Salon.com: “Rep. Keith Ellison, a Democrat from Minnesota, has been leading the charge against fellow Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann’s Muslim witch hunt. The first Muslim elected to Congress, Ellison has now had his own loyalt…
Mary Elizabeth Williams writes for Salon.com: “If the London Olympics can teach us anything, let it be that women weightlifters are the coolest, most well-adjusted young women in the world.”
Chloe Angyal of Feministing writes about Australian swimmer Leisel Jones, who qualified for her first Olympics when she was fourteen years old (in ninth grade). Now, at twenty-six, Leisel’s qualified for her fourth Olympics, the most of any Australian sw…
Patt Morrison writes for the Los Angeles Times: “Sally Ride was the real deal, a scientist with major chops, when she stepped — or was nudged — onto the national stage in 1978, as one of the first group of women destined for the astronaut corps.”
Terry O’Neill on Huffington Post: “Feminists must closely examine what I am calling the Romney/Ryan budget plan because, while not the juiciest topic around, it touches every aspect of a woman’s life, including her reproductive health.”
