Deborah Young has given be permission to report Why Western Feminism is Incompatible with Islam.

In 2004 Theo Van Gogh was murdered in the street of his beloved Amsterdam by an Islamic man furious at the movie "Submission" Van Gogh had produced with Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a former Muslim woman from So… Read full post »

I am reposting this item in marywollstonecraft because readers have felt it casts light on male responses to feminism.  I first posted this item under my own name some months ago, in response to a discussion in Amy Tuteur's blog that was going on at the time. About a month ago,… Read full post »

Mary Wollstonecraft interviews will no longer be writing your answers to the same questions. Interviews will be a back and forth dialogue. Private Message MW if you are interested.  Read full post »

This is a repost of  Sgt. Mom's blog post. Please comment there. She can't respond to comments on two separate blogs. For a full dialogue, commenters need to be in one place.

From: Sgt. Mom

To: All In Group
Re: Effective Response to Ungentlemanly Attentions

1. It is occassionally brought to my… Read full post »

 I am a psychiatric social worker. I am also a manic depressive. It took ten years to find a medication that helped; I read about it on the Internet and shopped for a psychiatrist that would partner with me to experiment.   The other meds did far more harm than good.The… Read full post »

Gailrae's writing on caregiving  in general and her 24/7 care of her mother in particular was too important to be buried in the excellent larger interview. That interview is  here. Gailrae blogs at "Let Me Write That Down."

If you have been an elder caregiver, what care arrangements have yo… Read full post »

Gailrae blogs at Let Me Write This Down. This interview by Gailrae is in two parts; the second part, Gailrae on Caregiving,  is specifically about her experience taking care of her mother 24/7. Gailrae brillantly analyzes  the neglected but essential political and social questions it raises… Read full post »

Nikki Stern blogs at It's Always Something. In her profile she describes herself as "writer, editor and first-time book author (Because I Say So: The Dangerous Appeal of Moral Authority comes out next spring); always up for a little discourse

Tell me something about yourself--age, sex, where you… Read full post »

 80s Rock Picture

 David, Jaspar, Their Bird, and Gwendolyn

 Twenty-nine years old, Gwendolyn Glover contributed this terrific interview. In her profile, she writes: "I'm a recovering fundamentalist Christian from the heart of Ohio. After graduating in 2003 with a m… Read full post »

 Jenlillith Beta blogs at The Reverie and The Reality, What a brilliant header! She describes herself as an "opinionated weird girl fascinated by culture, whether pop, highbrow, or somewhere in between. She is 24 years old."

Do you mind telling me some basic things about yourself--age, sex,… Read full post »

This is my mom & her sister in 1946 in their home town of San Antonio, Texas.  Mom is the "tall" one.  She's nearly 5'4" which is tall on her side of the family.  I'm not sure what this photo has to do with my interview on feminism,… Read full post »

 This is an interview I answered for this blog a month ago, but then I never got around to posting it & then I thought, I'll add photos! because pictures always make everything more interesting.  Except I'm just learning to scan so...Only One Picture.

This is me somewher… Read full post »

Enjoy this brilliant interview with Jon Henner.  Tell your friends about it. Jon's equally superb blog sis big buts at the train tracks. In his blog bio, he describes himself as "full time father, full time deaf activist, some times writer, most times thinker, all times wandering."

Do you mind t… Read full post »

This is a reposting by DeliaBlack, since this is a group blog.  I originally posted this poem in March and...the poet contacted me on OS. She said someone had pointed her to it, and so she signed up just to comment on the fact that I put her poem up as… Read full post »

Emma Peel's OS blog is The Peel Report 

Do you mind telling me some basics things about yourself--age, sex, where you live, where you grew up, any siblings, any children, nieces and nephews, where you attended school. ? Feel free to say as little or as much as you like.

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Thanks to 1_Irritated _Mother and Fingerlakeswanderer for permission to repost this invaluable post, with all the links to Lorraine's excellent posts on feminism.

1_Irritated_Mother:

There’s been a lot of talk about feminism and what makes a good feminist over the last coup… Read full post »

I was impressed by Odetteroulette's vivid description of sexism in her comment on RenaissanceLady's  must-read Reverse Sexism-A Response to  Jodi-Kasten's Blog  She kindly gave me permission to post it. I highly recommend reading RenaissanceLady's post and the thoughtful comments it el… Read full post »

 Neilpaul blogs at It's a Blog 

Do you mind telling me some basic things about yourself--age, sex, where you live, where you grew up, any siblings, any children, where you attended school. ? Feel free to say as little or as much as you like.

 I am thirty-nine, male, live in… Read full post »

Do you mind telling me some basics things about yourself--age, sex, where you live, where you grew up, any siblings, any children, where you attended school. ? Feel free to say as little or as much as you like.

I was born in 1950 and raised in Washington DC in… Read full post »

 Mr. E's blog is not about feminism. 

Do you mind telling me some basics things about yourself--age, sex, where you live, where you grew up, any siblings, any children, nieces and nephews where you attended school. ? Feel free to say as little or as much as you like.

I'm male,… Read full post »