http://www.mixx.com Mixx of items from the misogyny collection en-us A decade of oil wealth and authoritarianism have changed Russian society. Chekhova says that today, men are increasingly seeking respectability by marrying and settling down, and now it is women who are on the prowl. Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:43:23 +0000 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2899430/sex_booms_but_traditional_views_prevail_in_russia thingy_2899430 ILikeBeingTragic http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96175017 Sarah Palin is an unequivocal role model. That's right, unequivocal. There has been exhaustive, undeniably sexist criticism of this wife, mother, former mayor and Alaska's first female governor... Sun, 02 Nov 2008 04:29:13 +0000 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2655525/double_standard_for_sarah_palin_only_proves_how_much_she_s_succeeded thingy_2655525 FatLester http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/10/28/2008-10-28_double_standard_for_sarah_palin_only_pro.html I realized this when I saw a 20-something male student who attends a class in the community college where I teach, wearing a T-shirt that read, "Sarah Palin is a C-." He wore it in public, in broad daylight... Sun, 02 Nov 2008 04:27:17 +0000 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2655523/palin_deserves_our_respect_philadelphia_inquirer thingy_2655523 FatLester http://www.philly.com/inquirer/currents/20081026_Palin_deserves_our_respect.html Max Hardcore found guilty on 20 federal counts of distributing obscene material- Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:04:57 +0000 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2380472/a_look_at_when_porn_becomes_obscene thingy_2380472 VioletPlanet http://reversecowgirlblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/to-max.html Nobody can see anybody, and everybody can claim to speak from the center. The anonymous denizens of 4chan’s other boards — devoted to travel, fitness and several genres of pornography — refer to the /b/-dwellers as “/b/tards.” Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:41:22 +0000 http://www.mixx.com/stories/1597868/malwebolence_trolls_use_the_internet_to_torment_harass_strangers thingy_1597868 VioletPlanet http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/magazine/03trolls-t.html?ex=1375329600&en=b5085d50ee5c65e5&ei=5124 I've been fuming about one conversation for the last three months.? I was sitting in history class, already pissed because my teacher decided we were going to cover the ENTIRE feminist movement in a half hour. Oh, and of course, we didn't actually learn a Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:59:19 +0000 http://www.mixx.com/stories/1327076/maybe_you_didn_t_know_this_but_no_one_gets_raped_anymore_and_certainly_no_one_ever_gets_pregnant_from_rape_community thingy_1327076 Aerik http://community.feministing.com/2008/07/maybe-you-didnt-know-this-but.html When Christine Durst, 45, had her first child in 1987, she received a package from her boss while recuperating in the hospital. But instead of a baby gift, she found something else: year-end tax forms to complete. Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:51:12 +0000 http://www.mixx.com/stories/1037668/working_moms_look_back_with_mixed_emotions thingy_1037668 CNNReader http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/worklife/07/14/working.moms.look.back/index.html It is nearly impossible, as a fifteen year old girl, to buy a pregnancy test, let alone find an abortion clinic that doesn't seem like they're going to sell the fetus for sandwich meat. Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:51:08 +0000 http://www.mixx.com/stories/935601/juno_lied_community thingy_935601 Aerik http://community.feministing.com/2008/06/juno-lied.html 2008 election abortion action alert activism Africa anti-choice extremism Asia assholes Australia bad ass women’s activist of the week beauty myths bigotry blogging blog news blogswarm books class and economics courts cross-post Democrats disability dis Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:21:38 +0000 http://www.mixx.com/stories/874470/sports_rape_culture_keeps_on_thriving_the_curvature thingy_874470 Aerik http://thecurvature.com/2008/07/09/sports-rape-culture-keeps-on-thriving/ LONDON — The governing body of the Anglican Church in Britain voted on Monday to approve the appointment of women as bishops, a step that appeared to risk a schism in the church in its historic homeland. Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:44:15 +0000 http://www.mixx.com/stories/824160/the_church_of_england_endorses_women_as_bishops thingy_824160 bubble_tea http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/08/world/europe/08anglican.html?hp