Feminism - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/feminism/?source=rss&aim=feminism en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT Did feminism make women miserable? By Barbara Ehrenreich Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/10/15/ehrenreich_women_happiness/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/10/15/ehrenreich_women_happiness/index.html?source=rss Why a recent study on declining female happiness really stinks Why don't feminists think porn empowers women? By Kate Harding Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/11/06/feminism_and_playboy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/11/06/feminism_and_playboy/index.html?source=rss Ask a stupid question, get an impatient answer I threw out my girlfriend's mementos By Cary Tennis Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/09/28/snooper/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/09/28/snooper/index.html?source=rss I tried to retrieve her photos from the Dumpster but they were gone! What have I done? CliffsNotes to the food revolution By Jaclyn Friedman Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/08/31/lisa_jervis/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/08/31/lisa_jervis/index.html?source=rss The co-founder of Bitch magazine talks about living the Michael Pollan way and the gender politics of the kitchen "Men's rights" groups go mainstream By Judy Berman Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/11/05/mens_rights/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/11/05/mens_rights/index.html?source=rss Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability Have attitudes toward women gotten worse? By Amanda Fortini Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/26/lipman_feminism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/26/lipman_feminism/index.html?source=rss That's what a NYT Op-Ed suggests. But maybe the Internet has just provided a forum for nastiness Feminist wedding controversy: The song! By Lynn Harris Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/10/21/secret_conservative_side/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/10/21/secret_conservative_side/index.html?source=rss A hilarious Brooklyn trio sing about a friend going from vegan feminist lesbian to tulle and "The Electric Slide" Who are you calling "Miss"? By Judy Berman Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/20/miss_mrs_ms/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/20/miss_mrs_ms/index.html?source=rss Time's Nancy Gibbs argues that not caring which title we use is real proof of women's liberation Did someone slip DoubleX's advice columnist a mickey? By Amy Benfer Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/15/rosenfeld_roofie/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/15/rosenfeld_roofie/index.html?source=rss DoubleX's Lucinda Rosenfeld gives some stupendously bad counsel, and readers push back, with advice for her removal Slipped through the cracks By Jessica Roy Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/09/news_roundup/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/09/news_roundup/index.html?source=rss Serena Williams poses nude for ESPN Magazine. Plus: Ellen Page becomes an HBO writer, and brides trash their gowns Like a piece of meat By Judy Berman Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/08/juicy_lucy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/08/juicy_lucy/index.html?source=rss A Las Vegas burger joint invites customers to take a bite out of a tender, juicy ... woman Care for a Lysol douche? By Amy Benfer Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/06/lysol_douche/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/06/lysol_douche/index.html?source=rss Why mid-century women used oven cleaner for their most intimate, ah, oven Feminists have no sense of humor By Lynn Harris Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/09/30/nellie_mckay/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/09/30/nellie_mckay/index.html?source=rss So how come we love Nellie McKay? End-of-life care is a feminist issue By Kate Harding Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/25/end_of_life_feminist/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/25/end_of_life_feminist/index.html?source=rss Women disproportionately bear the burden of our squeamishness about death and dying Should we know the Hofstra rape accuser's name? By Judy Berman Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/23/hofstra_name/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/23/hofstra_name/index.html?source=rss Bloggers debate whether the victim who (probably) wasn't deserves anonymity The new Darjeeling Limited: No guys allowed By Judy Berman Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/16/ladies_special/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/16/ladies_special/index.html?source=rss Are sex-segregated commuter trains the answer to India's gender relations problems? The hijab goes to aerobics class By Judy Berman Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/10/hijab/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/10/hijab/index.html?source=rss Can we defend women's right to choose the veil and still acknowledge its impediment to equality? A woman's work ... sometimes sucks, too By Amy Benfer Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/09/labor_days/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/09/labor_days/index.html?source=rss A new poll finds that most females hate their jobs. But wait, isn't that true of both sexes? Is Diane Sawyer a "newsmommy"? By Amanda Fortini Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/04/diane_sawyer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/04/diane_sawyer/index.html?source=rss The future "World News Tonight" anchor has faced harsh commentary lately. But the strangest came from a feminist Tyler Perry's black feminist classic? By Kate Harding Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/04/tyler_perry_for_colored_girls/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/04/tyler_perry_for_colored_girls/index.html?source=rss The successful and arguably sexist filmmaker plans to adapt "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide..." Reclaiming the C word ... again By Judy Berman Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/01/c_word/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/01/c_word/index.html?source=rss Is the "rudest, crudest, most taboo term in the English language" making a comeback? The smokin' ladies of "Mad Men" By Amy Benfer Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/31/peggy_smokes_weed/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/31/peggy_smokes_weed/index.html?source=rss Marijuana, marital discord and motherhood on last night's episode of our favorite television drama Can a feminist hero do blackface? By Sady Doyle Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/31/sophie_tucker/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/31/sophie_tucker/index.html?source=rss Vaudeville star Sophie Tucker was brassy, sexually confident and brave. She was also the "Queen of Coon Shouters" The opium (and lion's) den of motherhood Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/27/roiphe_motherhood/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/27/roiphe_motherhood/index.html?source=rss Katie Roiphe's provocative new essay on having a baby: Eloquent paean or feminist backlash? We discuss The end of sex-segregated sports By Judy Berman Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/24/sex_athletics/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/24/sex_athletics/index.html?source=rss Does the Caster Semenya controversy expose the impossibility of separating men and women on the playing field?