I'm not a feminist BUT: Read some of these

Despite what girls in Sydney think- tights are NOT pants.

Speaking of checking labels- don't buy anything made in El Salvador. Here's why.

I have a lot to say about this. [Simba Russeau has a powerful voice and does amazing work.]

Leya shared some tea wisdom this week that I think we can all appreciate.

Right, because blaming the victim gets us everywhere. Great job UK women.

They've been married for 85 years. That's longer than some people ever live. Think about it.

This is so clever.

Is it finally time that we have a serious conversation about women in the US military? Please?

I really, really love data. Especially data about food.

E's two part series here and here is worth reading and chewing on.

I'm not a lesbian, but there's a lot of gender value in overall society in what's being written here.

Scroll over on this picture, its worth it.

Let's talk about laundry.

I want to go to graduate school so that I can dress like this. Think I should write that on my applications?


PS- I've been really into playing with my food recently. Hence the deconstructed fruit salad you see pictured above. ... I need better hobbies.

I'm not a feminist BUT: Hot Waitress Economic Index

Deborah and I have been discussing the hot waitress economic index the last few days. Check out her post about it here.

I'm not a feminist BUT: Shameless Self-Promotion

I was a fellow at IWPR last year. I learned a tremendous amount there and got to work with some of the most inspiring women [and men] in DC who do research on women's rights. One of the projects I started working on in May 2008 just got published in a report.

Apparently, the US and Australia are the only two high-income countries without paid parental leave [read more here]. Which is UNACCEPTABLE, and we need to work on changing that.

While I am not currently working on gender issues, I champion everyone who does. And I look forward to getting back in the field soon.

[Congrats to Kevin and Allison on the release of the report!] :)

I'm not a feminist BUT: Really America?

I understand that posting this gives her more attention and that will only prolong her sticking around- but I am just so flabbergasted by what the people in this video say that I felt like I needed to share my outrage.



Yeah. Really? Really?