Tag Archives: gender

Vancouver Games & gender: Lindsay Vonn to Johnny Weir

By Sarah Jaffe | Published: February 24, 2010
Women are as guilty as anyone else when it comes to not supporting women's sports.
Posted in Current Affairs, sports, women | Also tagged , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Both corruption AND the gender gap should be dealt with in Mexico

By Feature Writer | Published: December 8, 2009
The ranking occasioned a long round finger-pointing, navel-gazing, hand-wringing, and politician-blaming.
Posted in Current Affairs, east asia, north america | Also tagged , , | Leave a comment

Her Name Escapes Me

By Feature Writer | Published: September 26, 2009
It is no surprise that a religiously charged people murder their daughters with impunity.
Posted in Arts & Literature, essays, south asia, women | Also tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

“Mad Men” and the horror of grey flannel masculinity

By Renee Martin | Published: September 16, 2009
Manhood was defined by career success and the ability to provide one's family with consumer items.
Posted in Columnist, Entertainment, Society, TV | Also tagged | 1 Comment

Eudy Simelane: corrective rape, corrective death

By Renee Martin | Published: August 30, 2009
Simelane, as a soccer player, represented a threat that Semenya, a runner, does not.
Posted in Columnist, Society, africa, glbtqi, rape, sports, women | Also tagged | 3 Comments

Yoni is the wrong damn word: marginalization and exoticism

By Kyla Pasha | Published: April 30, 2008
The word yoni inherently marginalizes. It privileges one type of "South Asian" over another and instantly undermines any sense of unity that might exist in the South Asian identity.
Posted in Arts & Literature, feminism, sex, south asia, women | Also tagged , , , , | 20 Comments

Yearning for answers: fundamentalism, polygamy, and the role of women

By Natalia Antonova | Published: April 21, 2008
It can, and should, be useful to examine the different kinds of polygamists out there, and whether or not the basic tenets of their personal beliefs can create an atmosphere where the impregnation of thirteen-year-old girls is considered just fine and dandy.
Posted in Columnist, Current Affairs, Religion, christianity, north america, women | Also tagged , , , | 40 Comments

Just shut up and drive into a wall already

By Natalia Antonova | Published: February 2, 2008
"Dear God, I've just discovered an enraged king cobra under my seat, please do something!"...?
Posted in Columnist, Society, women | Also tagged , , , | 6 Comments