Category Archives: Feminist Shoes

Victims of a “victimless” crime

Posted on July 31, 2013 by jenn

There wasn’t much I liked about being a cops reporter back in my newspaper days. Working late nights, monitoring the scanner and responding to fires, fatal accidents, shootings, standoffs. The cops beat is a depressing one — covering some of … Continue reading →

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Our kids are targets

Posted on July 19, 2013 by jenn

Every day when I watch the news or read the paper, I will without fail learn about an abused, neglected, kidnapped or dead child. In between the stories of Washington gridlock, foreign conflicts and the latest celebrity baby, there is … Continue reading →

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Leaning in…again

Posted on March 14, 2013 by jenn

Sheryl Sandberg is right. In her new book, Lean In, the Facebook COO and former Google executive points out that the leadership gap between women and men in the workplace exists at least in part because of barriers women put … Continue reading →

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Yahoo reminds us having it all is damn hard

Posted on February 27, 2013 by jenn

Working from home doesn’t always work. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s new policy pulling telecommuters back into their cubicles seems in stark contrast to trends of attempting some flexibility in the workplace. Yahoo is in trouble and clearly Mayer believes that … Continue reading →

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Boob obsession

Posted on February 26, 2013 by jenn

What is it about boobs? Men and women are equally obsessed with them, although not always for the same reasons. Seth MacFarlane hit a nerve with his Oscar song “We’ve seen your boobs”, essentially a laundry list of A-list Hollywood … Continue reading →

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So, were you wearing any underwear?

Posted on January 25, 2013 by jenn

Discovered this little gem of a video thanks to a site called Wit and Fancy, a self-proclaimed independent digital magazine aimed at educated young women and covering the issues they care about from politics to fashion. (Love the concept, though … Continue reading →

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