Hi - I wrote a blog post in response to David Wong's 'Monkeysphere' article in Cracked (which is rather old now). I thought it might be of interest to someone here, and of course I'm open to input and/or criticism of my argument (although, as I point out in the post, I'm very much not an expert, just an interested amateur).

I recently interviewed Sylvia Sleigh. Sylvia was a very active feminist artist in the 60s and 70s. She has long fought against sexism in the art world... and in the world in general. She is over 90 years old now, but she took the time to answer my questions. If you are interested in reading her opinions about the art world today simply find her ( Read more... )

Feminism has drawn attention to and fought against stereotypical and sexist portrayals of women in mass media, but new research shows that media portrayals of gender have largely done an about face in the past decade or so. There is a new “gender war” and the main target of discrimination is no longer women, according to research - it is men.

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Don't call me "mademoiselle"

By Kerstin Gehmlich

PARIS (Reuters) - "Bonjour mademoiselle!" -- is that a sexist insult? A classic pick-up line? Or just a friendly greeting for millions of French women every day?

Whatever it is, it could become a thing of the past.
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Steve Vickers, BBC News, Harare

A well-received Zimbabwean play has challenged how a woman should react in situations of adultery.Despite a widely-held view in the country that wives should accept that their husbands will stray, expectations are beginning to change ( Read more... )

hello everyone. My friend is writing an article on feminism and asked me a few interview questions. after i answered i started thinking about the implications of my answers from an anthropological perspective ( Read more... )