Sublime

they were neither crazy nor alone in their

foram as trabalhadoras solteiras que mais se beneficiaram com o aumento de oportunidades para mulheres no mercado de trabalho.

Analyzing sexism through female celebrities is a catnip pedagogical method: it takes a beloved cultural pastime (calculating the exact worth of a woman) and lends it progressive political import. It’s also a personal matter, because when we reclaim the stories that surround female celebrities, stories surrounding ordinary women are reclaimed, too.

Defining “feminist” as “a woman who lives the life she chooses” is great if you’re a woman who already has choices. But it does nothing for the vast majority on the outside of the conference hall, waiting in vain for that empowerment to trickle down.

é precisamente o pensamento patriarcal que cria as diferenças comportamentais entre mulheres e homens

But if men placed women on pedestals and delighted in watching them fall down, feminism has so far mostly succeeded in reversing the order of operations—taking toppled-over women and re-idolizing them. Famous women are still constantly tested against the idea that they should be maximally appealing, even if that appeal now involves “difficult” qual

Em Revolution from Within, Gloria Steinem admite que, durante boa parte de sua vida amorosa, ela procurou nos homens as potências que não havia desenvolvido em si mesma.

Today, with the defeat of ERA, the tightening economy, and increased conservatism, it is easier once again for white women to believe the dangerous fantasy that if you are good enough, pretty enough, sweet enough, quiet enough, teach the children to behave, hate the right people, and marry the right men, then you will be allowed to co-exist with pa

Ainda mais doloroso em termos de como o mito está derrubando as esperanças das mulheres de maior progresso e satisfação é que as participantes da pesquisa da Glamour escolheram como seu objetivo mais desejado perder entre 5 e 8 quilos, em detrimento do sucesso no trabalho ou no amor.