Results tagged “feminism”

Hey everybody! Or mostly, hey ladies! So you know how basketball is like so incredibly confusing, what with there being a ball and baskets and large sweaty men (ooh, hot!), and it being way unclear what the object of the game is? And you know how most men are totally into basketball, especially right now because there are some kind of finals going on or something? And even though finals completely sucked in college, and made you study a lot, or at least pretend to study and stuff, apparently they're kind of important in sports or whatever, and everyone is super excited? more ›

Mary Daly, longtime Boston College professor and radical elemental feminist (post/Christian) theologian, passed away last weekend. Daly often criticized the "eight deadly sins of the fathers: processions, professions, possession, aggression, obsession, assimilation, elimination and fragmentation." She was a vegetarian and animal rights activist as well. Her many books included classics like The Church and the Second Sex and Beyond God the Father, which questioned the male-centric nature of much religious belief. Several of her titles were published locally by Beacon Press. more ›

Don't cry, Hillary. No, seriously, don't. You probably already heard that Hillary Clinton cried at a campaign event (Globe), and it took Bostonist a while to process. more ›

Don't cry, Hillary. No, seriously, don't. You probably already heard that Hillary Clinton cried at a campaign event (Globe), and it took Bostonist a while to process. more ›

--Only one woman at MIT this year was granted tenure. Uh, you've come a long way, baby? [Boston Globe] --In better news for gender equality, Massachusetts ranks fifth when it comes to the number of women in powerful state government positions. Women make up almost half of Governor Deval Patrick's leadership team. [Boston Herald] --Seven people were injured in a house fire in Brockton yesterday afternoon, including former Brockton city councilor George Papas. [The Enterprise]... more ›

There are quite a few author readings and events going on tonight around the city and there seems to be a bit of something for everyone. So why not Tivo that episode of "The O.C." (Bostonist knows it's one of your guilty pleasures) and introduce some literature into your night. If feminism, comedy, and just blatant, hilarious honesty, is your interest, head over to see Jill Soloway (pictured) in her "Tiny Ladies Extravaganza" at 8p.m.... more ›

Camille Paglia speaks at the Brattle, in Cambridge, tonight at 6 p.m. Free tickets are available at the Harvard Book Store. more ›

Feminist in the way that if you’re a male you realize your propensity to get up and go first, to take the barbarian role assigned. Victorian in the way that you’re a gentleman and can step aside. Harvard President Lawrence Summers fell into a quagmire regarding feminist thought this week. more ›