Gender Dynamics Archives
In or out? More thoughts on B. Manning.July 15, 2011So I wrote this piece for Alternet last week about Bradley1 Manning potentially being trans (most likely a trans woman, though not necessarily), and right on cue, Wired has made public the full chat logs between Manning and Adrian Lamo, the hacker who turned Manning in. |
How many times must we hear that milk cures PMS?July 14, 2011Ladies, have you heard the good news?! Milk cures PMS, relieving us at last of those she-devil symptoms including complete irrationality, inability to make decisions and excessive eating of chocolate. It’s a 21st century miracle of science! |
Google+ Update: “Gender” will include privacy optionJuly 13, 2011As an update to Jos’ post yesterday on Google+’s gender problem, it looks like they’re changing the settings to allow you to make your gender private: |
Google+ has a gender problemJuly 12, 2011Google+ is the hot new thing in social networking (the jury’s still out for me on whether it’s a positive addition). But the first thing I encountered when I went to sign up for the site sent up my gender flares and painted it in a negative light from the start. And I’m not talking about the possibly erroneous claim the site has a huge male majority. |
You’re a girl! Now, a quick quiz on HTTP…July 09, 2011This is an Ask a Geek Feminist question for our readers: |
The Gender Equality World CupJuly 08, 2011The FIFA Women’s World Cup is entering the single-elimination phase, and Mark Leon Goldberg is taking a look at how the teams would do if victory were decided in terms of gender equality. Here’s how he did it: |
‘Ambiguous sex or ambivalent society?’July 05, 2011Alice Domurat Dreger is a Professor of Clinical Medical Humanities and Bioethics at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, but more than that, she is an advocate operating at the cutting edge of sex and gender. In fact, she’s sort of the smart person in the position of telling other smart people just how little we actually know about sex, nature, nurture, and the like. Read her latest piece on the biochemical policing in women’s sports and check out her fascinating TED Talk. |
The Pink and Blue Guise of Gender RolesJuly 05, 2011By Meghan Schuster of SheHeroes An article in the New York Times has been making the rounds the past month on Facebook, Twitter and various online networks. If you haven’t read “New Challenge For Parents: Children’s Gender Roles” go ahead and take a moment to read it now. It’s a realistic take on the new |
Defying the StereotypeJuly 04, 2011Me: Make me a sandwich? That was my Facebook status recently, and it led to a whole debate. People were saying that I should be in the kitchen, making food (should’ve expected that one) and I responded by telling them that a woman’s place is not in the kitchen, barefoot and pregnant. I mean, I’m a med student for Pete’s sake! |
My gender friendsJune 30, 2011I was talking about some personal gender stuff with Miriam yesterday and mentioned “Finn, one of my other gender friends” (because Finn had given me some really great advice). After our conversation I got to thinking about how important the concept of a “gender friend” has become in my life, and what an insider idea this is, a term that most people don’t even know. |
Why HHS collecting LGBT health data is a big fucking dealJune 30, 2011The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) announcement yesterday that they plan to begin including sexual orientation and gender identity in health data collection probably doesn’t sound that exciting unless you’re a total data nerd. But it’s actually a really big fucking deal. |
How Gender Gets Stopped at the BorderJune 30, 2011Looking to go into the shoe importing business? Be prepared to pay more for women’s shoes. Or maybe you have an itch for selling cotton shirts? Be prepared to pony up more for the men’s variety. Unfair you say? Take it up with whoever regulates tariffs. Oh… that might be tricky. Recall the gender product |