Women's history
Sex and “Mad Men”
via Historiann, who asks what we think about the portrayal of sex on “Mad Men.” Historiann observes that this is the era of Helen Gurley Brown’s Sex and the Single Girl (1962) — so where’s all the fun? Well, my first reaction is that Brown’s main message was that because women were at a disadvantage [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )New Feminist Disability Blog Launched
via Our Bodies Our Blog. According to their About section:
“FWD/Forward is a group blog written by feminists with disabilities. It is a place to discuss disability issues and the intersection between feminism and disability rights activism. The content here ranges from basic information which is designed to introduce people who are new to disability [...]
CFP: Berkshire Conference
The Berkshire Conference of Women Historians has just posted its call for papers for the 15th Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, which will be held at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, June 9-12, 2011. The theme is “Generations,” and the link to the call will remain in the sidebar at left until March 1 [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Roman Polanski and The History of “Rape-Rape” in America
Now that I’ve cooled down a bit about Whoopi Goldberg’s clueless remarks regarding the arrest of Roman Polanski, I think I’ll write a little historical primer for all those out there who are wondering, WTF?
The core of Goldberg’s argument, as I see it, is that Polanski accepted a plea bargain to the charge of “having [...]
Dirty Dancing Moves to Feminist Beat
via RHRealityCheck.org. I had no idea that this film is “near and dear” to some feminists. Certainly I was aware that this is a quintessential “chick flick,” but feminist too? When I saw it over twenty years ago I thought it was just a sappy melodrama (sorry DD lovers). Now I’m going to give it [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Movie review: Julie and Julia
Summer is nearly over and I finally got around to taking Tenured Radical’s advice and seeing the her pick for best grown-up summer movie, Julie and Julia, even though I’m rather meh about Nora Ephron’s work. Like TR, I found the Julia portions of the film more entertaining and compelling — largely because of my [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Knitting Clio gets letter in NYT Magazine
I sent a shorter version of this post to the editor of New York Times Magazine, and they published it this past Sunday.
I’m already getting inquiries about submitting my work elsewhere [e.g. a new website on women entrepreneurs that is scheduled to launch in October]. I hope I don’t get in over my head.
Book Club: The Well and the Mine by Gin Phillips
Our August book club selection was The Well and the Mine by Gin Phillips. It tells the story of the Moores, a Depression-era coal mining family in Alabama. For them, the Depression is nothing new — they have been barely getting by all their lives. But not to worry, this is not “The Waltons.“ Parents Leta [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Wealthy Women and the Suffrage Movement
This week’s New York Times Magazine focuses on global women’s rights. The issue includes an article by Motherlode blogger Lisa Belkin entitled “The Power of the Purse.” Belkin claims that this is the first time in history that women have used their dollars to advance the cause of women:
“To appreciate the magnitude of this [...]
New Emergency Contraception Survey
Since the Center for History and New Media is no longer supporting Survey Builder, I have transferred my emergency contraception survey on Survey Monkey.
Please help me spread the word about it. While I’m covering the entire history of emergency contraception, my replies thus far have mostly been from women and men whose experience with [...]
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