After a long history of teaching victims what they can do to avoid sexual assualt and harassment, it’s well and truly time that we focus on the perpetrators of these crimes. ‘Don’t get raped’ is...
30 Rock joked about Harvey Weinstein and his abuse of power back in 2012: she: “I’m not afraid of anyone in show business. I turned down intercourse with Harvey Weinstein on no less than 3 occasions (out of...
Why do only women’s restrooms have changing tables? Last time I checked, most people have a mother and a father (and some two fathers and no mother)! So why are we making it hard for men with babies? Feminism is...
Aziz Ansari puts it so well! “If you believe that men and women have equal rights, if someone asks if you’re feminist, you have to say yes – because that is how words work. You can’t be like, ‘Oh yeah,...
How is it that the old adage goes? “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” I’m pretty sure that most people have heard this or at least some version of it. I...
To anybody who doesn’t believe in feminism, please take a look at this: This propaganda seems absolutely outrageous now, but at the time it was pretty standard. This is a perfect example of changing social...
Dear Lana, I went to your show in NYC the other day. I thought you were fabulous – just as good live as on your albums. But there’s something that’s stopping me from being your #1 fan and advocate…...
Harvey Weinstein’s fall from grace has been the big scandal of the week. And as with every big-scale revelation of sexual harassment (think Bill Cosby), after the initial story breaks, many more victims come out...
Today I set up a cable box so a friend of mine – let’s call him Jim – could watch a game. After the box was all set up, Jim said “you’ll have to teach me how to do that!” to which I replied “sure”....
