January 2011
197 posts
On Chivalry →
Look, ex-boyfriend, I actually wrote something nice about you!
Why Are Politicians Redefining Rape? →
More Young Americans Identify as Mixed Race -... →
caterpillarcowboy:
My father is white (Jewish) and my mother is Chinese (born in Taiwan). Growing up, I never quite fit in with either group. I went to Chinese school on Saturdays to learn Chinese language, but I was never as good as the other kids because we didn’t speak Chinese at home (since my dad didn’t understand). At times, I felt I identified with white culture, but I was raised by my...
Goodness gracious
that stomach-holding-in-pantyhose really is quite scary.
Sexy News Anchors Distract Male Viewers →
Sit down … wait for it … this news is going to be mind-blowing: sexy female news anchors distract male viewers and render them unable to process the content of the news, according to a study published in the journal Communication Research by two Indiana University scholars.
Holy moly, Fox News might be on to something! [via The Frisky]
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fuckyeahgiantpanda:
Via biancaolecrab.
Quick hit: Women in Translation →
deborahsiegel:
A mere 3% of books published in the U.S. each year are translations. An even smaller number of these books are written by women. What are the obstacles facing women writers around the world? What…
What Stops Female Founders? →
caterpillarcowboy:
Jessica Livingston - Author of the must-read Founders At Work, founding partner of Y Combinator with her husband Paul Graham - writes an essay about what advice she would give to her 25 year old self to get her out of a communications firm and into founding a startup.
So, I've Moved Out Of Our Apartment →
“The feelings that hurt most, the emotions that sting most, are those that are...”
– Fernando Pessoa | Bernardo Soares, The Book of Disquiet (via itookadeepbreath)
“You’ve got to be prepared for the names they are going to call you compared to...”
– Courtney Love, NME Magazine (via thatswhatshesaidquotes)
“Gaining weight and pulling my head out of the toilet was the most political act...”
– Abra Fortune Chernik in “The Body Politic” in Listen Up: Voices from the Next Feminist Generation (via fuckyeahfeminists)
