For 10/18: Best Country For Women? Iceland : The Two-Way : NPR

Here's the Most recent Gender Gap report. The US came in at 19--the first time it's cracked the top 20.
Best Country For Women? Iceland : The Two-Way : NPR

for 10/18 13 Halloween Costumes That Have No Business Being 'Sexy' (PHOTOS)

Look at the slides linked here:
13 Halloween Costumes That Have No Business Being 'Sexy' (PHOTOS)

Why does the title say these costumes should not be "sexy?"

For 10/18: Laney Boggs and Mrs. Landingham want you to watch what you watch

Laney Boggs and Mrs. Landingham want you to watch what you watch
Watch the video linked here. What are they trying to say?

For 10/17: POLL: Do You Miss the Old Shakira? | Latina

POLL: Do You Miss the Old Shakira? | Latina
What is the difference between the "old" Shakira and the new one?

for 10/17: Google Bans “Latina” from Search Results | Latina

Google Bans “Latina” from Search Results | Latina
What do you make of this?

for 10/17: Google Bans “Latina” from Search Results | Latina

Google Bans “Latina” from Search Results | Latina

For 10/17: Birth Control Pills Change Women's Brain Structure - The Consumerist

Birth Control Pills Change Women's Brain Structure - The Consumerist

Why Did She Wait So Long? Later Abortions and the Implications of the New Nebraska Ban | RHRealityCheck.org

Why Did She Wait So Long? Later Abortions and the Implications of the New Nebraska Ban | RHRealityCheck.org:

YouTube - Advice for Young Girls from The Little Mermaid

YouTube - Advice for Young Girls from The Little Mermaid:

What is this cartoon satire saying about Disney?

Facing Social Pressures, Families Disguise Girls as Boys in Afghanistan - NYTimes.com

Facing Social Pressures, Families Disguise Girls as Boys in Afghanistan - NYTimes.com:

My new normal | Jessica Valenti

Here, My new normal | Jessica Valenti, you can read Valenti's story of her daughter's premature birth 8 weeks ago.

Reconsider Columbus Day

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A student sent this link because it relates to A Mercy.

You can also watch the video here.

While I don't believe we need an official holiday to celebrate the person who represents an escalation in slave trade and the genocide of Native Americans, Christopher Columbus himself was really not a bad guy. Columbus wasn't trying to colonize or enslave anyone; rather, he wanted to prove the earth was round. People thought he was crazy and his own crew often threatened to throw him overboard.

For 10/11 PAPERMAG: Arts and Style - She's Got Balls: 12 Creative Women Get in Touch With Their Masculine Side

PAPERMAG: Arts and Style - She's Got Balls: 12 Creative Women Get in Touch With Their Masculine Side

Cheerleaders Say Their Uniforms are Too Skimpy | NBC Connecticut

Cheerleaders Say Their Uniforms are Too Skimpy | NBC Connecticut

10/11: Fighting back against the early sexualization of girls

Watch this video:
Fighting back against the early sexualization of girls

What problem does student Yanique Richards have with the Media?

For 10/12: New sex study has good news for youth and people of color but gender gap in sexual satisfaction persists

New sex study has good news for youth and people of color but gender gap in sexual satisfaction persists

Read the post linked above. What is the gender gap in sexual satisfaction?

For 10/12: Sports, sex, and the runner Caster Semenya : The New Yorker

Sports, sex, and the runner Caster Semenya : The New Yorker
Caster Semenya: What is the ultimate difference between a man and a woman?

for 10/11: Notes from a bitch…pondering the ramifications…

Sharkfu, who hails from St. Louis, has a blog that she calls "Angry BlackBitch: Practicing the Fine Art of Bitchitude." Why does she call her self "Angry Black Bitch?"

She also writes for Feministing.com. Her most recent post on Feministing is Notes from a bitch…pondering the ramifications… , which is about some Black Women's mistrust of doctors and WHY they have been raised to not trust doctors.

Consider this quote from Sharkfu in her recent Feministing post: "My beloved maternal Grandmother did not trust doctors, hospitals or The Man. She had good reason – she came of age in pre World War II Mississippi, where black women entered the hospital for medical care and left having been given a Mississippi Appendectomy…a hysterectomy that was neither medically necessary, legal or ethical. " In other words, they were sterilized by force and without consent.

Sharkfu continues: "No one ever came right out and said that we shouldn’t go to a gynecologist for a Pap smear or birth control. But, through stories and tone, the message was clear – don’t trust medical care and you sure as shit shouldn’t trust government medical care," The implication being that the government wanted to sterilize women of color or perform some medical experiment on them.

What Does Meryl Streep have in common with the Tea Party?

Meryl Streep wants to help fund a Women's History museum in D.C. What do you think about that?

Read this link-- What Does Meryl Streep have in common with the Tea Party?
to find out who's opposed to a Women's History Museum.

for 10/4: Teacher Unjustly Punished For Revealing Her Sex-Work Past

If one has been a sex worker, is it possible for her or him to move on to do something else? Will society accept her/him?
Before you answer, read this link:

Teacher Unjustly Punished For Revealing Her Sex-Work Past

Once you've been a sex worker, are you a sex worker for life, or can you have other skills and talents and do other things?