This week,
Femistorian enjoyed this article, which debates whether or not feminist are man-haters. Do our readers have thoughts on this?
Jgrand50 recommends this take on an old classic, an interesting and disturbing look at an iconic photograph. Do viewers think that these new details make sense?
Hannah Austin LOVED this perspective of the presidential debates, which asks, what was worse? The candidates ignoring the needs of women or the media ignoring the candidates ignoring the women? Don’t forget that there is a higher population of women than men in this country who are dependant on Medicare, Social Security, and food stamps – so in a discussion about the economy, women should be a top priority. She thanks Obama for the touching, anecdotal story about his grandmother, but it was not enough.
Classifiedsarcastic recommends the Washington Post write-up of the “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl” star, noting that not only is Issa Rae insanely comical, but she is breaking stereotypes of women and, most specifically, African American women. Her work not only mocks such stereotypes, but she has created a new character typically not allowed to be viewed by mainstream media. Not only funny, but groundbreaking…
Visionsofourfuture wants readers to check out this piece, which examines the poisonous double standard in our society that vilifies women if they reject, avoid, or identify creepy-awkward male behavior, and then claim it’s the woman’s fault if she’s sexually assaulted by someone she should have “clearly” rejected, avoided, and identified.
And finally, our LSAT champ eszenyme wants you to know that it’s now the end of Aung San Suu Kyi’s tour in the U.S. Check out this article for a profile on her(awesome) work in Myanmar.
ShoutOut! James Madison University 
@Hannah Austin: I love that you pointed out the lack of women in the first presidential debate. I realized about halfway through the bit on healthcare that we were unlikely to hear anything about women or women’s needs in the debate. And it really is sad that we have to relegate women’s needs to an isolated topic in a particular debate. Women shouldn’t be pushed into the periphery of one section in a less watched debate. As half the population, women should be considered throughout the entirety of the debates. We should be interwoven into the topics because all of the issues matter just as much to me as reproductive rights. Just because I am a woman, this does not mean that my only focus is on the abortion “issue”. I think too often in politics, candidates often feel like their “time” for women is the reproduction debate instead of the entire campaign. That’s just silly. My ears work just as well during the rest of the campaign as they do during that discussion.
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