you got the swag?

Swagger Like Us: Should Women Be More Like Men or Not? For decades, women have been told just to get ahead in an unjust system — but should they be amplifying their aggression to mimic successful men?

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a take on women’s rights in arab societies

This is a really long excerpt from Moroccan feminist Fatima Mernissi’s book, Beyond the Veil, first published in 1975, later edited in 1987. I read the whole thing and it gave me a better understanding of male-female dynamics in modern Muslim society. Islam’s basically positive attitude toward sexuality is more conducive to healthy perspectives of [...]

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“The Well-Paid Flirt”

NYTimes has decided to explore the exotic world of Japan and a new “trend”–women there it seems “are often limited to low-paying, dead-end jobs or temp positions.” And thus these “well-paid flirts” are stuck with the job of drinking with men. I see several problems with this piece. My first, what qualifies a “well-paid” flirt. [...]

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women bullying women

i haven’t really formed my thoughts on this yet, but what do YOU think? women bullying women

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Lady whachoo talkin bout

So recently I went to this learn how to network post graduation thing. I won’t say exactly who it was I talked to because I don’t want to jeopardize my career in case someone wants to find this and use it against me. It was a group of older women. The older women at my [...]

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Sweetness

Obama signs the Fair Pay Act: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/us/politics/30ledbetter-web.html?hp

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