The Priceless Privilege: Times Square Kiss and Sexual Assault
The real challenge here then is not so much to critique the blind sexism of an earlier moment in our history, however much it might be mischaracterized as a golden past, but to question why we continue to refuse to see what might now be before our eyes.
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More "Shoot First, Aim Later": National Review's Obama Abortion Cover
The fact there are people who wouldn't figure out this was photoshopped is the least of the problem here.
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Brzezinski’s Vanity Fair Kick a "Pol Dance" for Scarborough
So, why did she do it? “Erotic capital” for women in broadcast journalism?
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How Deeply Touched She Was By Paul Ryan
Spectators listen during Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan's speech at the RNC in Tampa.
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Some Akin Photos a Little Closer to Home
These photos of Todd Akin puts his views about women, rape and abortion into more personal terms.
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Your Turn: That "Terrorist Mural" in Boston
With hate crime and the topic of Islam and fear-mongering rising up in the news cycle lately, I'm not sure if you've seen this.
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Woman Seduces Asparagus: Newsweek, Food Porn and the Foodie Patriarchy
The Newsweek cover positions women as neither purveyors nor consumers of culinary high culture. Instead, like the accompanying asparagus, they are objects of desire.
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Yahoo CEO Ushers in Rise of the SuperNewMom
We’ve all heard of a pregnant pause, but for some women, childbearing no longer means pausing one’s professional life. Enter, the “supernewmom.”
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Sally Ride "Versus" Billie Jean King
Upon her death and the one line “coming out” in her obituary, Andrew Sullivan takes issue with Sally Ride for not revealing her sexual orientation years ago, while she was alive. Beyond the necessary footnote that she didn’t hide her sexual preference or her 27 year relationship with Tam...
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BagNewsSalon: "The War on Women"
WATCH the replay of the BagNewsSalon - The War on Women.
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TIME Olympic Covers Feature Women Athletes as . . . Athletes
Distinctive for depicting America's female Olympic athletes as strong, powerful and individual, TIME's Olympic covers are notable just for portraying the women as athletes.
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FEMEN-ism in the Fan Zone: Women Laying Bodies on the Line
As women use their bodies as instruments of resistance and protest, one would only hope cameras would pay attention to them with their clothes on.
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Breast of Times, Worst of Times: "Nursing in Uniform" Photos Draw Fire
Opposition to the breastfeeding service member epitomizes skepticism about women’s ability to be “real” soldiers and “real” women.
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Your Turn: TIME's Other Breastfeeding Cover
In response to all the buzz this week about TIME's breastfeeding cover, BagNews asks readers to compare it to the only other similar TIME cover.
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Campaign ’12 Stereotypes: “Forward”-Thinking Women as "Stepford Voters"
Depicting women as enamored with the candidates for whom they vote is nothing new. If anything, though, what you're looking at is a policy swoon.
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Deconstructing Obama Campaign Launch Video. See a Pattern?
If Obama actually is up by 20 per cent in the polls with women, he's certainly not taken anything for granted.
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