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feminism stories: 66 news summaries

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(Newser) - Whether it’s hormones, increased self-esteem or stepping out on their spouses, 40-something women are experiencing the best sex of their lives, reports the Guardian. "It's one of the best-kept secrets of women's lives," noted one expert. Of 2,000 women polled in a recent survey, 77% said... More »

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feminism • marriage • age • sex • menopause • confidence • cheating • older women • intimacy

(Newser) - So-called "womyn's lands" are quietly persisting across North America but face a cultural shift as modern gays embrace mainstream society, the New York Times reports. Founded in the 1970s to give lesbians man-free, safe, non-judgmental communities, the roughly 100 groups have seen membership dwindle and populations age. “In... More »

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gay rights • feminism • lesbians • settlement • rural area • 1970s • gays • gated communities • womyn's lands • insular

opinion

 Should She Delay the L-Word? 

Women should say 'I love you' first as much as men

Jan 7, 09 9:47 AM CST
(Newser) - It may seem dated to say women can kill relationships with a poorly timed or premature "I love you." Or it may just seem dated to women, observes Sarah Hepola, who read an article advising women never to be the first to show their cards, emotionally, and was... More »

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gender • feminism • women • love • dating • relationship • dating tips • wowOwow

 


 Premarital Sex, 
 Abortion on 
 Rise in Iran 

Marriage rates dip, despite Tehran's efforts

Dec 29, 08 3:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Iran’s Islamic law bans premarital sex and abortion, but an increasing number of Iranians are engaging in both, the Guardian reports. More than a quarter of men aged 19 to 29 had premarital sex, and 13% of those situations resulted in the termination of an unwanted pregnancy, a state... More »

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Iran • education • abortion • feminism • marriage • Islamic law • premarital sex

opinion

Prop 8 Reveals Churches' Fear of Strong Women

Religions fear the crumbling of 'male authority:' Rodriguez

Nov 26, 08 5:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Churches led the charge against Proposition 8 and gay marriage because of their insecurities over the breakdown of heterosexual families and the consequent rise of independent women, says gay author and devout Catholic Richard Rodriguez. Gays are scapegoats because they—like feminists—threaten "an alternative to the traditional male-structured... More »

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gay rights • California • gay marriage • feminism • religion • Catholicism • Latinos • Proposition 8 • Richard Rodriguez

 Ryanair Pin-Ups
 Don't Fly With
 Feminist
 Groups 

Company vows to defend a 'girl's' right to take off her clothes

Nov 14, 08 4:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Feminist groups have slammed as sexist a pin-up calendar of stripped-down Ryanair flight attendants the budget airline has published to raise money for charity, reports Der Speigel. The calendar features employees in barely-there bikinis getting up close and personal with airplane parts. The Institute for Women in Spain, where the... More »

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feminism • calendars • Ryanair • charity

Analysis

 Ground Broken, 
 But Not Glass Ceiling 

Did Clinton, Palin candidacies move feminism forward?

Nov 2, 08 10:48 AM CST
(Newser) - If Barack Obama wins the presidency, we’ll have broken a major barrier—but not the glass ceiling, writes Anne Kornblut in the Washington Post. Hillary Clinton claimed millions of votes and Sarah Palin energized a lackluster conservative base overnight, but as their candidacies descended into chaos, Kornblut asks "... More »

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Hillary Clinton • feminism • sexism • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

OPINION

Female Journalists Own This Election

From Couric to Brown to Maddow, women have kicked butt in '08

Oct 30, 08 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - This has been a banner election cycle for women, thanks to the Clinton and Palin candidacies and the heavy play given to "traditional 'women’s issues'" like health care. Maybe that’s why glass shards are falling from the ceiling around TV newsrooms, writes Rebecca Traister in Salon. “... More »

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Katie Couric • feminism • women • sexism • Election 2008 • Rachel Maddow • Campbell Brown

OPINION

Laura Bush's Feminist Agenda Is Anything
but Demure

First lady quietly used her clout for every lady

Oct 29, 08 8:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - You don’t hear much about Laura Bush, probably because her “demure librarian-teacher persona has minimized her appeal,” but women around the world owe a lot to the first lady, writes Kathleen Parker of the Washington Post. Bush has campaigned for breast cancer awareness in the Middle... More »

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breast cancer • feminism • Laura Bush • literacy • Bush legacy • Aung San Suu Kyi • first lady

OPINION

Palin's Stumbles Make Women of All Stripes Cringe

VP candidate could be setting feminism back a generation

Oct 13, 08 5:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain must not understand affirmative action. “You don’t run out and hire the first woman you find on the sidewalk and call it a day,” writes Susan Reimer in the Baltimore Sun—you take the time to find someone qualified. But it’s painfully clear McCain... More »

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feminism • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

Paris Festival Unveils 'Feminist' Pornos 

Intellectuals welcome back erotica

Oct 12, 08 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - A group of French intellectuals is staging Paris’ first pornographic film festival in an attempt to integrate hardcore erotica into mainstream cinema, the Guardian reports. Many argue the "feminism-friendly" videos are revolutionary, despite names like Strap-on Motel and Post-Apocalyptic Cowgirls. "For women it can be a sort of... More »

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feminism • France • nudity • pornography • Paris

OPINION

Feminism's Heir: She Can Fake It Like the Boys


Oct 4, 08 11:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin is a “genuine heir” to feminism’s tenet that women can compete with men at any level: She “clawed her way to the top” in Alaska using all the same cutthroat tactics men do, writes Gail Collins in the New York Times. In the debate, she... More »

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feminism • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • talking points • vice presidential debate

 Palin Elusive 
 on Abortion 
 in Couric Interview 

'Feminist' dodges policy issues, sticks to conservative personal beliefs

Oct 1, 08 2:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Katie Couric pressed Sarah Palin on controversial issues in an interview last night and got more personal than policy answers, Baltimore Sun TV critic David Zurawik writes. When asked if it should be illegal for a teenage victim of rape or incest to get an abortion, the candidate said... More »

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abortion • Katie Couric • feminism • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • interview

OPINION

 Don't Pity 
 This Woman 

Palin deserves our scorn, and that's it

Sep 30, 08 1:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - The media seems to be lining up to feel sorry for poor Sarah Palin, forced to endure these deer-in-headlights interviews. “I guess I’m one cold dame,” Rebecca Traister writes in Salon, because “when you stage a train wreck of this magnitude…I don’t feel... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Katie Couric • feminism • Condoleezza Rice • Elizabeth Dole • Christine Todd Whitman • Election 2008 • Kay Bailey Hutchison • Sarah Palin • interview • vice presidential candidate

OPINION

 'Out of Her League' 
 Palin Must Drop Out 

Candidate has shown she can't cut it, so play the family card and go home

Sep 26, 08 6:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Her “cringe reflex exhausted,” Kathleen Parker calls for Sarah Palin to drop out of the presidential campaign in a National Review column. “Palin’s recent interviews with Charles Gibson, Sean Hannity, and now Katie Couric have all revealed an attractive, earnest, confident candidate. Who Is Clearly Out... More »

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feminism • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Kathleen Parker

Facing Palin,
6 Women's Groups Endorse Obama

NOW gives Dem its first nod since Ferraro

Sep 17, 08 7:49 AM CDT
(AP) - Six women's rights groups endorsed Barack Obama for president yesterday, asserting the historic selection of Sarah Palin does not make up for John McCain's lack of support on issues important to women. One of those groups was the National Organization for Women, which has not endorsed a presidential candidate since... More »

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Barack Obama • feminism • women • Kim Gandy • National Organization for Women • Feminist Majority • political endorsement • white women

OPINION

Feminist Fey Skewers Palin
as Only a Woman Can

Candidate's doppelganger succeeds where male comedians' barbs get discounted

Sep 15, 08 12:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin has made John McCain into a punchline, and there’s been no shortage of late-night comedians pointing that out. Unfortunately, they’ve almost all been male. Thank goodness, then, for Tina Fey, Simon Houpt writes in the Globe and Mail. It took Fey, a dead ringer for Palin,... More »

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Saturday Night Live • feminism • Tina Fey • Sarah Palin

OPINION

Paglia Loves Palin's
'Annie Oakley' Feminism

Dems' attack on pro-life governor underline insecurities on abortion

Sep 10, 08 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin represents “an explosion of a brand-new style of muscular American feminism,” writes Camille Paglia on Salon. After Barack Obama’s convention speech, Paglia assumed the election was over. "Hoary, barnacle-encrusted“ McCain seemed unthinkable as president. Then came the Palin pick, and "the biggest step... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • abortion • feminism • Sarah Palin

 Palin's Female Fans Not 
 Confined to Right 

Some see evolving breed of feminism in those drawn to Republican VP nominee

Sep 10, 08 12:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - The crowds turning out for Sarah Palin show that the vice-presidential candidate is pulling her main support from conservative women. But she has also gained some followers who, though they identify as independents or Democrats, are "fed up with a man's world," the Washington Post reports. While some... More »

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Republican • feminism • female voters • women in office • Sarah Palin

OPINION

Palin's on the Wrong Side of Women's History: Steinem

But her rise has its benefits, Steinem says

Sep 4, 08 9:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Republicans may have thrown Sarah Palin a grand old party last night, but Americans can see through the bluster, Gloria Steinem opines in the Los Angeles Times. “This isn’t the first time a boss has picked an unqualified woman just because she agrees with him and opposes... More »

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reproductive rights • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Republican • feminism • Gloria Steinem • Sarah Palin

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