Men Need Feminism

It's been a while since I did a post on men doing feminist work , but when I came across Yolo Akili, there was no question that I had to...

Of course, it’s not a problem confined to media, and it’s not just panels. The pattern extends to “trend” stories like The New York Times’ “...

Recently I ran across a new promotion from the Women's Tennis Association with a goal of increasing the fan base for women's profess...

I am fascinated by how quickly the activist Slutwalk has taken off. If you're not familiar with it, this is a pretty good summation fr...

Check out this new short documentary, City Fish , which is a finalist in an international documentary challenge that had some special rules:...

"Nyx sold her womb somewhere between Punjai and Faleen, on the edge of the desert. Drunk, but no longer bleeding, she pushed into a smo...

Last year I participated in SF Women Against Rape's annual fundraising and awareness event, Walk Against Rape . It was an amazing experi...

Jill has a great post over at Feministe skewering an article that purports to explain some problems that (straight, cisgendered) American la...

Scarlet City Coffee I don't think I've ever encouraged anybody to buy anything through this blog--unless it was to encourage people ...

Lots of us get most of our movie fix from Netflix these days. Guess how many of those movies are directed by women? Around 2%. So, some fo...

All y'all already know it's International Women's Day. Right? I wish I could write more today. But please check out one of my fa...

I was talking with a woman who works at a cafe I go to about what we each did over the weekend, and I found out that she was in two bike ra...

Whenever folks talk or blog about porn, there are always strong reactions (and lots of hits!), often overstated or oversimplified. I noted a...

This is a fascinating piece of video to watch. It's long--I recommend watching it while doing some chores or whatever, but then you won...

Recently I wrote about how much I was enjoying The Takeback , and about why I enjoy it more than The Good Men Project . I prefaced that pie...

Or: It's All About Me, Right? Sometimes, I don't do well with people who are in positions of authority. It may be the case that I h...

Or: Why I'm Enjoying The Takeback more than The Good Men Project Is it just me, or is there a cacaphony of intelligent, thoughtful writ...

I think this is a first for Feminist Allies (which is kind of embarrassing, really): Poetry. Andrew Rihn, a reader of FA, let me in on his c...

Naomi Wolf vs. Jaclyn Friedman: Feminists Debate the Sexual Allegations Against Julian Assange (Note: You have to sit through 2 minutes of ...

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