One of the reasons we started Feminist Fever is because Kathleen and I desperately wanted to show people why feminism is still necessary. Far too people – women included – seem to believe, quite erroneously, that women are equal in our society. “We don’t need feminism anymore! Women today can do anything!” they cry. And …
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My friend and colleague, Riley Holden recently wrote an article for Feminist Fever about why interviewers should not ask female celebrities if they are feminists. Riley, as usual, made a lot of excellent points. Nevertheless, I still believe that interviewers should ask public figures about feminism – and do it intelligently. As long as we …
The other day, I was contacted by a Belgian journalist who wanted to interview me for a story he was writing. I agreed to help but quickly became uncomfortable when he kept referring to me as Mrs. throughout our entire email exchange. Rather than confront this head on (which I should have done), I tried …
In case you missed it (and really, who didn’t?), August 26th was Women’s Equality Day. It is a day proclaimed annually by the President of the United States to commemorate the granting of the vote to women throughout the country. After 72 years of struggle, women in the U.S. were granted the right to vote …