| April 1 |
- Your girlfriend seems so fake
- Maybe that's because she's a robot.
- What makes a feminist book a classic?
- After a conference on Erica Jong's "Fear of Flying," Rebecca Traister reflects on her own library.
- Who's your daddy?
- A new at-home paternity test helps answer the age-old question. (Whether he's rich, however, is a different issue entirely.)
- Mariachi women
- America's first all-female mariachi band, Reyna de Los Angeles, is the subject of a PBS documentary that airs tonight.
- Make mine a Mrs. Robinson!
- Would-be trend alert: Fruity cocktails based on MILFs. Our challenge to you? Come up with some for the guys.
- Breaking the mirrored ceiling
- A new report rails against London's corporate strip club culture.
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| April 2 |
- This week in repro-rights rhetoric
- Mississippi in a "muddle," Oklahoma struck by twister of facts.
- Draft cards yes, bras no
- HuffPo buries the still-smoldering myth about feminists and their undergarments once and for all. Again.
- "Petroleum perpetuates patriarchy"
- Blame oil, not fundamentalism, for keeping the Middle East's women down.
- The album that made me a feminist
- A remembrance of Liz Phair's "Exile in Guyville," which is being rereleased for its 15th anniversary.
- Rape is like force-fed chocolate cake?
- So says the British National Party's London leader, Nick Eriksen.
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| April 3 |
- What causes crybabies?
- New research in primates suggests that it's not just overanxious parenting.
- Buckle up those fetuses!
- A report on pregnant women and seat belts is a reminder of the slippery slope in how we talk about the unborn.
- Margaret Cho's "gel insole" for her G spot
- The comedian blogs about getting a G-Shot and the lack of sex that followed.
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| April 4 |
- The loneliest female gamer
- Women still only make up 8 percent of the gaming workforce. Meanwhile, the industry continues its obsession with breast jiggle.
- Randi Rhodes calls Hillary Clinton a whore
- The Air America host, now suspended, offers more evidence of a troubling mean streak in our culture.
- Choose one: Sex or respect
- Abstinence advocates say men intellectually respect women only when they aren't having sex with them.
- T-shirt: "I was raped"
- Does advertising to strangers that you were raped raise awareness about sexual assault?
- Quote of the day: NPR's Peter Sagal
- What has Hollywood done to Whoville?
- Real female heroes: Ingrid Betancourt
- The political rabble rouser, rumored to be near death, merits more column inches than all the bad girls of Hollywood combined.
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| April 7 |
- OMG, I'm totally having a thrisis!
- A new buzzword for why being in your mid-30s sucks.
- Today's moral outrage: Bikini waxes for 8-year-olds
- But sometimes, things are just too ridiculous to get mad about.
- MSNBC on the "pregnant man": "I'm gonna be sick"
- Most of the coverage of Thomas Beatie has been respectful. Not so at one network.
- Geisha guys: Japan's hottest new accessory
- They will keep you company and compliment your appearance for as much as $50,000 a night.
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| April 8 |
- Abortion, redacted
- Thanks to pressure from USAID, the world's largest database on reproductive planning eliminated "abortion" as a search term.
- Quote of the day
- Is "white" feminism an impediment to social change? And how do you define "white," anyway?
- Confronting Congolese rapists
- In her gut-wrenching documentary about the Congo, Lisa Jackson asks the men why they rape.
- Bobbing for boobs
- A Los Angeles club figured out an ingenious strategy to attract more women to its dance floor: A contest for a free breast job.
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| April 9 |
- "Conscience" clauses: Clear?
- Could your doc refuse to even refer you to someone who'll prescribe you the Pill?
- Coming to a theater near you: Dumb arguments
- Remember that "Settling for Mr. Good Enough" article? Well, Tobey Maguire just bought the movie rights.
- Where the aldermen are all women
- Good ol' girls run panhandle town.
- We'll just need your private medical files, ma'am
- Kansas abortion case tests freedom to subpoena.
- The mommy wars rage on
- A response to the angry letters sparked by the Q&A with novelist Meg Wolitzer.
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| April 10 |
- Who put this feminism in my porno?
- The Feminist Porn Awards recognize adult-film makers who ditch degrading stereotypes of women.
- Tattooed and proudly flabby on the catwalk
- An alternative fashion show gives the stiff arm to all those anorexic models.
- Cleric: Unveiled women burn men to ash
- And, he says, they should be punished like thieves and murderers.
- Rep. Jackie Speier comes out swinging
- The newest member of Congress is booed for speaking out on Iraq.
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| April 11 |
- Are women less willing to speak their minds?
- A video montage features women shying away from the camera while men actively engage.
- When rape is just another workplace dispute
- The appalling case of Dawn Leamon, stuck in bureaucratic limbo after claiming sexual assault in Iraq.
- Do you have one-night-stand eyes?
- Coverage of a new study claims your eyes are the windows to your ... sex drive.
- Quote of the day: It's a gynocracy!
- Author and radio host Marc Rudov makes some jaw-droppingly stupid comments about Hillary.
- What's behind the women's blog boom?
- A closer look at three recently launched, female-oriented Web sites.
- Seal Press scandal
- Bloggers are battling the feminist press over recent comments about women of color.
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| April 14 |
- Attack of the "freemales"
- Good news for single women between the ages of 25 and 44 -- you might actually be happy.
- Was Katie Couric railroaded?
- The unfortunate fate of America's first female news anchor.
- Is Miss USA an Obama girl?
- 2008 pageant winner is a Texas Democrat.
- Whiz-bang commercial: Awesome or awful?
- Sometimes we need your help to decide these things.
- Act like a man (who knows what that means)!
- A blogger sets out to answer what it means these days to be masculine.
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| April 15 |
- Indians prefer boys
- Despite modernization, many Indians continue to have sex-selective abortions. What's more, the trend seems to be growing.
- Polygamists' progeny
- Now that authorities have raided the FLDS sect in Eldorado, Texas, the state has a huge problem on its hands: What to do with all those children.
- Shocker: Angela Merkel has boobs!
- The German chancellor creates a furor by showing a little (OK, a lot of) cleavage.
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| April 16 |
- Advertise anorexia, go to jail?
- A French bill could outlaw the promotion of "extreme" thinness.
- I now pronounce you ... seriously unhinged
- A scorned wife makes a tearful, vicious rant about her divorce on YouTube.
- Anti-abortion, pro-Obama
- Casey, Roemer seek "new consensus," "common ground"
- Best reason to cab it: The subway groper
- Freddie Johnson was arrested 53 times for rubbing against women on mass transit.
- The birds, the bees, the sperm donors...
- Parents are finding that "The Talk" has gotten really, really complicated.
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| April 17 |
- Feminism vs. "Sex and the City"?
- An article asks whether it's possible for a feminist to like the HBO series.
- Quote of the day
- New York magazine writes about a feminist reawakening.
- My body, my choice, my art project?
- A college student repeatedly impregnated herself, induced -- and filmed -- miscarriages and used the resulting blood (and footage) as materials in her senior art project.
- My beautiful mommy
- A new kids book about plastic surgery tries to explain why Mommy went to the doctor and came back with a new nose.
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| April 18 |
- The evil future is now: Semen detection kits
- Indulge your worst fears, violate others -- all for less than $50.
- Do women prefer men who play team sports?
- Gentlemen, it might be time to trade that golf club for a basketball.
- Women's studies, still alive and fist-shaking
- Reports of the department's death may have been greatly exaggerated.
- Ugh, what did she do to herself?
- A television critic on why Hollywood actresses' excessive plastic surgery is complicating her job.
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| April 21 |
- Danica Patrick makes sports history
- The 26-year-old phenomenon puts doubts to rest, becoming the first woman to win an Indy car race.
- Ain't no party like a quilting bee party
- Older Americans are happier than the rest of us. Can we stop freaking out about aging now?
- "There needs to be a citizens revolt"
- Economist Naomi Klein speaks about fighting corporations and the moment that made her an activist.
- Old, fat, male ... and bulimic?
- John Prescott's recent revelation reminds us that eating disorders aren't just a female thing.
- Looking for a few good women
- A new Marine recruitment strategy reaches out to the female population.
- Does Hillary Clinton remind you of your mom?
- Linda Hirshman sees the presidential candidate in terms of a power struggle between mothers and daughters.
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| April 22 |
- Loves walks on the beach and ... money laundering
- Dear Madam, I am a Nigerian banker looking to break your heart and steal your money.
- Your handbag is hysterical!
- Did the designers of Gucci's Hysteria collection realize what they were selling?
- Strangers on a train ... under arrest?
- A man gets 10 days in jail for staring intensely at a female commuter.
- It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's Abortion Man!
- A new sketch from Damon Wayans' YouTube "incubator" makes us question what kind of talent he's hoping to help birth.
- Ladies, fight rape with ankle bracelets
- An Italian politician suggests women wear tracking devices for rescue from rapists.
- Know any OB/GYNs who want to move to Italy?
- Abortion is legal there, but only 30 percent of doctors will do it.
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| April 23 |
- Vote yes on Lilly Ledbetter
- Call your senators today to support fair pay.
- Too bad to keep, too good to hock
- What to do with 14-carat reminders of a no-account ex?
- Does that Vera Wang come in two-ply?
- As lavish weddings get more over-the-top (doggy veils?), a few crafty brides make their special dress from toilet paper.
- Skip breakfast, skip having a son?
- Researchers say a high-calorie diet and regular breakfasts increase chances of birthing a boy.
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| April 24 |
- Life expectancy drops for some American women
- Hey, weren't we all supposed to live longer than our parents?
- Curse of the female cosmonauts
- Women are to blame for Russia's recent off-target capsule landing?
- Quote of the day
- Student Aliza Shvarts now says that when she revealed that her controversial art project was a hoax, she was just pulling a fast one.
- I now call to the witness stand ... your jeans
- A South Korean court overturns a man's rape conviction because of the state of his alleged victim's pants.
- Where are your children?
- Today marks the 15th annual Take Our Daughters -- and now Sons -- to Work Day.
- No more brothels for you!
- Bracing for recession, German bank tells employees to tighten the belt, zip the fly.
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| April 25 |
- Study: Most women "disordered eaters"
- Self magazine finds that 75 percent of women have an unhealthy relationship with food.
- The fight for fair pay
- Now that Republicans have blocked a wage discrimination bill, maybe it's time to start talking about our salaries.
- The "Hannah Montana" virginity debate
- Our icky cultural obsession with the deflowering of starlets has gotten a bit out of hand.
- Burning the keepsake wedding invitations
- Suzanne Finnamore on her memoir of divorce.
- Quote of the day
- A balanced workforce is ... 20 percent women?
- Sweatin' to the arcade oldies
- A group of sedentary, postmenopausal women tear it up to Dance Dance Revolution.
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| April 26 |
- Lust in translation
- A new study says "faulty male introspection" is to blame for misread sexual signals.
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| April 28 |
- Nothing says "hip" like the Oxygen channel
- The women's network revamps itself to appeal to younger viewers, with some cringe-inducing results.
- Aunt Flo saves the day
- Here's something we didn't know about menstrual blood: It can be used to repair hearts.
- The upside of a recession ... sort of
- Spas are offering drastic discounts on services, but what's half off of ridiculous?
- So how about those Miley Cyrus photos?
- Outrage and finger-wagging follow the semi-topless photos of the "Hannah Montana" star.
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| April 29 |
- Mmm, I could go for some Kingsford briquettes about now
- Apparently pregnancy cravings are up. But why do mothers-to-be have a hankering for coal?
- Eating candy for science
- British researchers are seeking 150 diabetic postmenopausal women to eat a special chocolate daily to see if it reduces their risk of heart disease. Does this strike you as odd?
- No female priests? No problem!
- A long-awaited report from the Church of England proposes ways to accommodate members who oppose the idea of ordaining women.
- Iranian prosecutor: Banish Barbie!
- After tireless attempts to stop Barbie's Iranian invasion, will she be exiled for good?
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| April 30 |
- The chastity belt: It's ba-ack!
- Indonesian massage parlors are "protecting" female workers by forcing them to padlock their pants.
- Indian P.M. calls sex selection a "national shame"
- But critics say his speech doesn't go far enough to address the root causes of bias against girls.
- Lithwick on Ledbetter
- Slate: SCOTUS and Senate are "protecting us from the dangerous laws that protect us."
- Pregnancy in the lap of luxury?
- More expectant moms are working until the last possible minute.
- Miley Cyrus: Daddy's little hurl
- Scandal surrounding underage female sexuality swirls, and fathers are way too involved.
- Publishers think women are stupid?
- A columnist says that book covers featuring women's "disjointed body parts" are proof.
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