Category Archives: Gender
A Jazz Age Baby
In 1926 while flaming youth roared and thousands mourned the death of Rudolph Valentino, my grandparents, Sadie and Arthur were overjoyed at the birth of their second daughter, Betty, my mother. A beloved Bastille Day baby, this jazz age babe
A Jazz Age Baby
In 1926 while flaming youth roared and thousands mourned the death of Rudolph Valentino, my grandparents, Sadie and Arthur were overjoyed at the birth of their second daughter, Betty, my mother. A beloved Bastille Day baby, this jazz age babe
Love is Love
Hours after the horrific news broke of the shooting at the gay nightclub in Orlando, the gunman’s father suggested to the media that the sight of 2 men kissing may have prompted his son to go on a killing rampage.
Love is Love
Hours after the horrific news broke of the shooting at the gay nightclub in Orlando, the gunman’s father suggested to the media that the sight of 2 men kissing may have prompted his son to go on a killing rampage.
College Rape – Where the Action Is
“Twenty Minutes of Action” has the sordid sound of a sleazy seventies porn film. In 2016 that phrase is even more offensive. That now infamous comment uttered by the father of Brock Turner the former Stanford swimmer convicted of sexually
College Rape – Where the Action Is
“Twenty Minutes of Action” has the sordid sound of a sleazy seventies porn film. In 2016 that phrase is even more offensive. That now infamous comment uttered by the father of Brock Turner the former Stanford swimmer convicted of sexually
Disordered Eating
Our eating really got disordered over half a century a go. In a culture where many still feel unempowered, where rigid beauty standards and body shaming run rampant and women still learn to nurture others while neglecting to nourish
Disordered Eating
Our eating really got disordered over half a century a go. In a culture where many still feel unempowered, where rigid beauty standards and body shaming run rampant and women still learn to nurture others while neglecting to nourish
Donald Trump and the Mad Men World of Sexual Harassment
Take My Secretary, Please! Is anyone surprised that when it comes to women, Donald Trump and Don Draper have a lot in common? When it comes to creepy, retro sexism, The Donald trumps even Don Draper. Detailing Trump’s history of
Donald Trump and the Mad Men World of Sexual Harassment
Take My Secretary, Please! Is anyone surprised that when it comes to women, Donald Trump and Don Draper have a lot in common? When it comes to creepy, retro sexism, The Donald trumps even Don Draper. Detailing Trump’s history of
Ronan Farrow Asks Us – Don’t Look the Other Way
We live in a culture of looking the other way. In Ronan Farrow’s gripping piece “My Father Woody Allen and the Danger of Questions Unasked” that recently ran in the Hollywood reporter, he asks us not to look away. The
Ronan Farrow Asks Us – Don’t Look the Other Way
We live in a culture of looking the other way. In Ronan Farrow’s gripping piece “My Father Woody Allen and the Danger of Questions Unasked” that recently ran in the Hollywood reporter, he asks us not to look away. The
It Matters Who Matters
Pictures matter. Whether an illustration on a book cover or a portrait on money, the images show how we want to remember history Once upon a time men dominated our national mythology and American history was for white men only.
It Matters Who Matters
Pictures matter. Whether an illustration on a book cover or a portrait on money, the images show how we want to remember history Once upon a time men dominated our national mythology and American history was for white men only.
Lets Play the Woman’s Card
Hey Mr. Trump, what woman’s card should I play today? It’s so darn confusing, maybe you can mansplain it to me.
Lets Play the Woman’s Card
Hey Mr. Trump, what woman’s card should I play today? It’s so darn confusing, maybe you can mansplain it to me.
Happy Equal Pay Day?
While learning how to count in elementary school …we also learned who counted. “Instructions in arithmetic were geared” the school books informed the reader, “to help the pupil appreciate the ways in which numbers function in the activities of daily
Happy Equal Pay Day?
While learning how to count in elementary school …we also learned who counted. “Instructions in arithmetic were geared” the school books informed the reader, “to help the pupil appreciate the ways in which numbers function in the activities of daily
Housework and the Happy Homemaker
Happy Homemaker To believe all the colorful mid-century advertisements no one was the beneficiary of the cold war culture of casual, carefree living more so than the housewife of the 1950’s and ‘60s. All manner of unparalleled ease from cleaning
Housework and the Happy Homemaker
Happy Homemaker To believe all the colorful mid-century advertisements no one was the beneficiary of the cold war culture of casual, carefree living more so than the housewife of the 1950’s and ‘60s. All manner of unparalleled ease from cleaning
Envisioning The American Dream 