ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES

SleeZee Lyers in the comments to my earlier post on the gender gap in wages asks this question: Regarding hidden discrimination, I wou...

Some of you may be familiar with my three-part series on the gender gap in wages.  If not, click on the site given at the top of this page ...

He elaborated on that today , with a blackboard and all!  So that we can be educated, I guess. There you have it.  Dobbs is of course o...

The WAM Facebook campaign has worked, as I mentioned before.  This is fantastic news.  Now the New York Times has written an editorial o...

This gets quite interesting, because at least one woman at Fox is not happy with the very muddled thinking and arguments of the Famous Fou...

The incomparable Hazel Scott and Peace of Mind.  Yes, I want peace of mind.

Here is the video: What Erick Erickson says there is worth discussing further: Erick Erickson, one of Fox's newest contributors...

From Salon: After more than a month of delays, El Salvador’s Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday to deny a critically ill woman a lifesavi...

Two interesting things for science geeks.  Andrew Gelman writes about the problems with psychological studies and what the data might mea...

All thanks go to the campaign led by Women, Action and the Media; Laura Bates of the Everyday Sexism Project; and Soraya Chemaly.  The camp...

The Houston Chronicle' s  headline for a discussion of a new Pew survey about mothers and paid work: Mothers now top earners in 4 ...

I listened to this interesting interview where Katha Pollitt addresses the question whether religions are inherently sexist.  She conclude...

This very old ballet video, courtesy of Moonbootica, is fascinating for all sorts of reasons, but mostly for the fact that those shoes she ...

Hecate says important things about this day.  You might like " He Loved Horses " which is my take on the idea that war hurts no...

Education is powerful.  To train a person to use that brain is powerful, when the training is real training in thinking, in how to look at ...

Jerry Lewis: Asked who his favorite female comics were Thursday at a Cannes Film Festival press conference, Jerry Lewis listed Cary Gran...

Read the list of the journalists who met with Obama.  It's an interesting list on its own right.  For instance, one might ask how many ...

What that "it" is are government budget cuts : The federal budget sequester may be dampening a rise in economic optimism: Near...

Perhaps not the best possible title?  Never mind, it's Friday, Friday. Some interesting stuff from Gallup: Forty-one percent of Am...