Went to Target recently to steep ourselves in some sexism. 1) We browsed through the Halloween costume section, and I can report with confidence that it’s ripe for gender and race analysis! Holy crap, people: I mean seriously. Boys should aspire to be: warriors, freakishly-muscled superheroes, monsters, firefighters. Girls should aspire to be: sexy cowgirls, sexy [...]

We don’t need feminism anymore, right?
During a decade of teaching undergraduate courses, I’ve noticed that the vocal majority of my students generally agree about feminism. It used to be pretty useful, but we don’t need it anymore. You see, sexism was real in the hazy past, and it’s real in Other, foreign, dark parts of the world. But unless you’re talking about [...]