Should the U.S. Government be the employer of choice for women looking to advance their careers? Are female federal employees better off than their corporate counterparts?  Today, the Washington Post released a study on compensation trends between men and women in various federal agencies, along with an opinion piece praising the opportunities for women in […]

Earlier this week, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights revealed that it is investigating Baylor University for violations of Title IX.  In light of what we’ve learned about cover-ed up rapes and other systemic Title IX failures revealed by a study commissioned by Baylor’s Board, this isn’t exactly surprising.  (It is, nonetheless, a big deal; the […]

The Report Yesterday, the Georgetown Law Center on Privacy and Technology released a report entitled “The Perpetual Line-Up: Unregulated Police Face Recognition in America.”  The report is based on a “year-long investigation and over 100 records requests to police departments around the country,” making it “the most comprehensive survey to date of law enforcement face […]

Female partners make only 56 cents on the dollar. How do we fix that?

The 2016 Presidential race continues to be a masterclass in sexism in America. In the wee hours of this morning, Donald Trump decided we needed to hear more about Alicia Machado.  So he tweeted to us all, three times, to triple down on his disparaging remarks against her.  His last text was his worst: Note the ease […]

Implicit bias blew up this week.  And by blew up, I mean it in the colloquial way that the kids did circa 2005 (according to Urban Dictionary): Implicit bias “blew up” when during the Presidential Debate, the following exchange occurred Thus the term jumped from relative obscurity (unless you belong to a particular socio-economic-academic-social-justicy set) to the […]

A few years ago, I had a conversation with a friend who runs a public interest organization. At the time, I gently chided this friend that their organization was not diverse on the gender, race or sexual orientation fronts. This friend is well-intentioned and cares about doing the right thing, but they objected that it […]

For you loyal readers out there, you may have noticed that things got quieter and quieter over the past year, only to get very quiet this summer.   Simply put, things are changing at your favorite feminist blog. The blog used to be written by a whole bunch of lawyers and other committed folks at the […]

As the product of a single-parent household, it is not as though I am unfamiliar with the concept of a woman who puts in long hours at work while serving as the primary breadwinner.  Nonetheless, I am in awe of working professional women who are mothers.  And when it comes to the subset of these […]

Early last month, amid the ongoing controversy sparked by North Carolina’s anti-transgender legislation, the New York State Assembly passed the Gender Expression Nondiscrimination Act (GENDA). The Act aims to protect New Yorkers from discrimination in housing, education, and employment based on their gender identity or expression. Presently, both New York and Federal law lack such […]