The following article is cross-post with the express permission from the blog Female Science Professor. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author, and not necessarily those of The New Agenda.
A reader writes:
Dear Female Science Professor,
Maybe you had this topic before on your Blog but I was wondering if you do also frequently receive offers to occupy leading positions “because you are a woman.” I am a female science professor at an institution with few female professors – in fact I think we are far less than 10%. This is …

Republished from The Huffington Post.
Last summer, I wrote an article here at HuffPost, Why the ‘Pro-Women’ Movement Should and Will Replace Feminism.   Sarah Palin had just declared herself a ‘conservative feminist,’ while endorsing a slew of diverse women candidates and working to get them elected.  I found her efforts to get more women into leadership, admirable.  The women who apparently own the term “feminist” vehemently disagreed with me.  Rather than welcome Palin with a sisterly embrace, they pursued her with machetes of words for daring to utter their sacred …

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In a Mad Men inspired move, Newsweek is running a series of ads that reflect the evolving notion of masculinity in sales:
Sure, we haven’t invented a time machine yet. But at least we have ads. As Don Draper, the macho marketing maven at the center of AMC’s Mad Men, once put it,”advertising is based on one thing—happiness.” Ads don’t so much create desire as reflect it, showing us who we are and what we want—even when …

February is Black History Month.  The New Agenda will celebrate Black History Month by highlighting ‘herstoric’ black women who made a difference.  If you would like to submit a blog piece in celebration, please email us at blog@thenewagenda.net.
The following article was written by Amy Siskind’s son for his school assignment.  His nom do plume is Harley.  He managed to select a woman his mommy had never heard of, and for that, she thanked him.  Now enjoy reading about Ida B. Wells.

Ida B. Wells was born on July 16, 1861 in …

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We all know the old images of the Witch Hunt.
“She tempted me in my dreams!” Followed by a trial. The burden of proof lies on the woman to prove she is not a witch. Monty Python was not so far off in its estimation of trial as comparing a woman to the weight of a duck — if she weighs more than the duck, she is a witch.
Well.
And then there are entire entertainment empires based on the idea …

The opinions expressed herein are those of the author, and not necessarily those of The New Agenda. This article has been cross-posted from No Quarter.
In her recent article in the Guardian/UK, Madeleine Bunting discusses the “credibility requirement for any women with a senior foreign or defense brief to give a wide berth to anything with a whiff of being a woman’s issue. Women had to work extra hard to look tough on the world stage. Meanwhile, women’s issues were parked in the softer brief of international development.” Bunting points out that …

The following op-ed was written by The New Agenda’s fabulous, brilliant intern from Barnard. If you’re wondering what the future generation thinks about feminism, read on!!! The opinions expressed herein are those of the author, and not necessarily those of The New Agenda.
As an overly involved college student, I have little time to peruse my favorite feminist blogs and analyze feminist news as much as I’d like. However, I still make the time to search the ‘net for all most intriguing of insights into the world of feminism, …

From the top left, clockwise: Jeri Thompson, Michelle Malkin, Christine O'Donnell, Sarah Palin.
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The times they are a-changin’ — and it’s ladies of the Right who are kicking ass and naming names.
So says Michelle Malkin, one of my favorite role models and icons. For too many years, conservative women have been bashed and marginalized by the liberal women. We have been intimidated into silence and into having our 1st amendment …

Remember the 1990s and the Clinton scandals? Remember how, after a while, all the media attention was like so much white noise and it became a chore to pay attention? Remember how most people you knew wished those spittle-flecked Republicans would just STFU already? Maybe you don’t. Maybe you recall those as the Bush years and you and your friends just wished all those spittle-flecked Democrats would blow it out their ears for once? The point is that a constant barrage of hyperbolic negativity often …

The following article is cross-posted from Unwritten Rules with permission of the author. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author, and not necessarily those of The New Agenda.
In our privileged world “Feminism” has become a dirty word. For most western young women, to be called a Feminist is an insult.
My son and his girlfriends associate Feminism with anti-men and women who wear unattractive clothes. To them the “F” word is, at best, dated and no longer relevant.
In the U.S., Feminists have become divided along Party lines …