Great slideshow. What do you do when there's nowhere to step but puddles and your shoes cost $400+? How can clothing be perceived as beautiful if it ceases to function in the event of the most predictable and trivial misfortu…
Wow. Hysteria ? I remember when feminists would rip into you for attributing "hysteria" to a woman. It was a per se sexist term. Now, a woman who fancies herself a feminist applies the word to every woman she knows and…
I'll highlight a few, but read the whole thing . 18) (John McCain has chosen a running mate) "whose primary qualification seems to be that she hasn't had an abortion." -- South Carolina Democratic chairwoman Car…
Beldar loves (potential VP pick) Sarah Palin. *** IN THE COMMENTS: Ted says: Q&A How can McCain SIMULTANEOUSLY attract both Hillary AND Bob Barr voters? Answer: PALIN Veep!”
My history blogging continues. Before clicking, see if you know the year. "Boston Corset Maker Says Women Have Grown Stouter" — and the the 21-inch waist is a thing of the past. The Chief Justice spoke of Lincoln's…
Michelle Goldberg opines on "Clinton dead-enders and the crisis in the women's movement." Presumably, "anti-feminist" = anti-abortion. Amy Sullivan asks "Why Didn't More Women Vote for Hillary?&q…
Apparently not! ADDED: Since the Metafilter moderator Cortex is being given such a hard time both in the comments here and at the link —where he is participating using the deplorable "wall of text" approach to argumenta…
Emily Bazelon wants to talk about infidelity: Like everything else about male sexuality, the male desire to lie with another woman is boringly uncomplicated. But why do women have affairs? The judgment of literature ( Anna Karen…
"I very nearly missed out on becoming a mother." And I very nearly missed out on linking to this article — because I've already written about Rebecca Walker and, even then, I felt put off by the way this woman is …
Here 's some timely analysis by law and religion prof John Witte Jr. (It's especially timely for me because it's the subject of the Constitutional Law exam I'm working on grading right now... as I take a break to …
Peggy Noonan channels Golda Meir... and calls Hillary Clinton a prissy sissy for complaining about sexism. It is blame-gaming, whining, a way of not taking responsibility, of not seeing your flaws and addressing them. You want to…
This piece, by Amanda Fortini, is all about the malignant misogyny against Hillary Clinton: The egregious and by now familiar potshots are too numerous (and tiresome) to recount.... Why doesn’t our culture take sexism seriously?…
Greg Ransom examines the memoir "Dreams From My Father" and the newly unearthed article "Problems Facing Our Socialism," written in 1965 by Barack Obama Sr. If there is a mystery at the heart of Barack Obama&#…
(Via Andrew Sullivan .) ADDED: I don't remember seeing that ad, which seems to be from the early 70s period when I didn't have a TV — and when things like that would have driven me to ranting about "Stepford Wives&qu…
Instapundit links to this Denver Post story about 2 male students who distributed a parody — "The Monthly Bag" — of the feminist newsletter — "The Monthly Rag." Here 's a PDF of the 1-page flier (via Ace…
Oh, cool. But what I want to know is whether, when she said that, a whole lot of painted, skinny guys in thongs rushed out and gyrated all around her 80s-style: And then Elton John said: "I never cease to be amazed at the mi…
Title: "The Loneliness of the Pro-Hillary Blogger." Topics and times: Why Hillary should stay in (until June, anyway) (07:36) Is Hillary a wounded wife, or does she just play one on TV? (06:27) Ann defends making fun of…
This video clips together the evidence: Yes, of course, some of that stuff is awful, but political fighting is harsh, and if women are going to be in it — really in it, as Hillary is — they'll have to get knocked around. I…