The Rumpus.net » women http://therumpus.net Books, Music, Movies, Art, Politics, Sex, Other Fri, 24 May 2013 10:00:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Sorry, Fellas, You’re Not That Funny http://therumpus.net/2013/05/sorry-fellas-youre-not-that-funny/ http://therumpus.net/2013/05/sorry-fellas-youre-not-that-funny/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 20:59:07 +0000 Lauren ONeal http://therumpus.net/?p=113952 Plenty of people, from Christopher Hitchens to Adam Carolla, have made the assertion that women aren’t funny.

You can probably guess that we at the Rumpus disagree, since we have a whole feature devoted to Funny Women (plus we live in the real world, rather than Misogynist Fantasyland, where women have never, ever rejected Christopher Hitchens or Adam Carolla, and always laugh at their jokes).

]]> Plenty of people, from Christopher Hitchens to Adam Carolla, have made the assertion that women aren’t funny.

You can probably guess that we at the Rumpus disagree, since we have a whole feature devoted to Funny Women (plus we live in the real world, rather than Misogynist Fantasyland, where women have never, ever rejected Christopher Hitchens or Adam Carolla, and always laugh at their jokes).

Siding with us is Paul Feig, one of the minds behind cherished comedies like Freaks and Geeks and Bridesmaids, whose new guest column for The Hollywood Reporter is a must-read:

Men are genetically programmed to hunt and gather….so it’s only logical that their brains would need to possess lower humor standards in order to pass the hours entertainingly with their cohorts while stalking that night’s dinner or standing guard against the enemy.

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]]> http://therumpus.net/2013/05/sorry-fellas-youre-not-that-funny/feed/ 0 Thoughts on Gender from A “Manic Depressive Nightmare Girl” http://therumpus.net/2013/02/thoughts-on-gender-from-a-manic-depressive-nightmare-girl/ http://therumpus.net/2013/02/thoughts-on-gender-from-a-manic-depressive-nightmare-girl/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:30:18 +0000 Lauren ONeal http://therumpus.net/?p=111033

Girls rule, etcetera. But men are not afraid of girls. Girls never did and don’t now “run the world,” and if we believe Bey when she sings so, it’s only because she’s a woman.

For Vice, Sarah Nicole Prickett writes a provocative piece about the value of being a bitch in a world where women often slip into the infantilized, genteel roles of “girl” and “lady.”

Whether you agree with all her points or not, it’s an exhilarating read.

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Girls rule, etcetera. But men are not afraid of girls. Girls never did and don’t now “run the world,” and if we believe Bey when she sings so, it’s only because she’s a woman.

For Vice, Sarah Nicole Prickett writes a provocative piece about the value of being a bitch in a world where women often slip into the infantilized, genteel roles of “girl” and “lady.”

Whether you agree with all her points or not, it’s an exhilarating read.

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]]> http://therumpus.net/2013/02/thoughts-on-gender-from-a-manic-depressive-nightmare-girl/feed/ 0 History of Tattoos http://therumpus.net/2013/01/history-of-tattoos/ http://therumpus.net/2013/01/history-of-tattoos/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:00:30 +0000 Julie Morse http://therumpus.net/?p=110190 The fact that tattoos existed in a time before “punk” was a word to describe a movement is a hard notion to grasp.

The New Yorker has compiled a series of photographs of women in the early to mid 20th century baring their tattoos.

]]> The fact that tattoos existed in a time before “punk” was a word to describe a movement is a hard notion to grasp.

The New Yorker has compiled a series of photographs of women in the early to mid 20th century baring their tattoos. Many of them were pioneering tattoo artists themselves or worked as fair and circus attractions.

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]]> http://therumpus.net/2013/01/history-of-tattoos/feed/ 1 Women’s Prisons http://therumpus.net/2011/11/womens-prisons/ http://therumpus.net/2011/11/womens-prisons/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:05:40 +0000 Lisa Dusenbery http://therumpus.net/?p=91430 The authors of Inside This Place, Not of It: Narratives From Women’s Prisons compare stories gathered for the book with last month’s report by Rashida Manjoo, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women. The bottom line: women in prisons face rape and abuse by guards, error-ridden medical care, and, in many states, shackling during labor.

]]> The authors of Inside This Place, Not of It: Narratives From Women’s Prisons compare stories gathered for the book with last month’s report by Rashida Manjoo, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women. The bottom line: women in prisons face rape and abuse by guards, error-ridden medical care, and, in many states, shackling during labor.

“One of the most disturbing findings of the Special Rapporteur was “the general over-incarceration of women, commonly for nonviolent or drug-related crimes.” The number of women in prison has increased dramatically over the past few decades: Women are incarcerated at a rate of eight times that of 32 years ago.”

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]]> http://therumpus.net/2011/11/womens-prisons/feed/ 0 King Revokes Lashings http://therumpus.net/2011/09/king-revokes-lashings/ http://therumpus.net/2011/09/king-revokes-lashings/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:26:57 +0000 Maria Chiang http://therumpus.net/?p=88248 “Although there has been no official confirmation of the ruling, Princess Amira al-Taweel, wife of the Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, tweeted: ‘Thank God, the lashing of [Shaima] is cancelled. Thanks to our beloved king. I am sure all Saudi women will be so happy, I know I am.’”

King Abdullah has revoked what would have been the first legal punishment of ten lashings to a woman for driving (announced Tuesday).

]]> “Although there has been no official confirmation of the ruling, Princess Amira al-Taweel, wife of the Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, tweeted: ‘Thank God, the lashing of [Shaima] is cancelled. Thanks to our beloved king. I am sure all Saudi women will be so happy, I know I am.’”

King Abdullah has revoked what would have been the first legal punishment of ten lashings to a woman for driving (announced Tuesday).

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]]> http://therumpus.net/2011/09/king-revokes-lashings/feed/ 0 Defending Women Writers http://therumpus.net/2011/09/defending-women-writers/ http://therumpus.net/2011/09/defending-women-writers/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:27:46 +0000 Sam Riley http://therumpus.net/?p=88213 Roxane Gay’s on HTML Giant talking about the covers of chick-lit novels and the stigma attached to their formulaic visual coding, though the feminization of book covers is taking over more than just the chick-lit genre. It’s unfortunate that women writers have to consciously avoid being pigeonholed into chick-lit genre or are marketed via book cover designs as such.

]]> Roxane Gay’s on HTML Giant talking about the covers of chick-lit novels and the stigma attached to their formulaic visual coding, though the feminization of book covers is taking over more than just the chick-lit genre. It’s unfortunate that women writers have to consciously avoid being pigeonholed into chick-lit genre or are marketed via book cover designs as such. Why are women forced to defend their writing as serious and distinct chick-lit?

“The far more serious problem is the sexism (or is it misogyny?) fueling this conversation, the sexism that makes women feel so defensive and that encourages people to dismiss or disrespect women’s books whether they are ‘chick lit’ or women’s fiction or literary fiction. Until we recognize and address the sexism at work here, we’ll continue wearing ourselves out by dealing with symptoms rather than the disease.”

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]]> http://therumpus.net/2011/09/defending-women-writers/feed/ 0 10 Lashes for Driving http://therumpus.net/2011/09/update-10-lashes-for-driving/ http://therumpus.net/2011/09/update-10-lashes-for-driving/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:26:12 +0000 Maria Chiang http://therumpus.net/?p=88182 “‘How come women get flogged for driving while the maximum penalty for a traffic violation is a fine, not lashes?’ Zein el-Abydeen said. ‘Even the Prophet (Muhammad’s) wives were riding camels and horses because these were the only means of transportation.’”

Two days ago we posted an article on Saudi Arabian women gaining the right to vote, but today a Saudi woman has been “sentenced to 10 lashes for driving a car.”

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]]> “‘How come women get flogged for driving while the maximum penalty for a traffic violation is a fine, not lashes?’ Zein el-Abydeen said. ‘Even the Prophet (Muhammad’s) wives were riding camels and horses because these were the only means of transportation.’”

Two days ago we posted an article on Saudi Arabian women gaining the right to vote, but today a Saudi woman has been “sentenced to 10 lashes for driving a car.”

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]]> http://therumpus.net/2011/09/update-10-lashes-for-driving/feed/ 1 Obscured Greatness http://therumpus.net/2011/09/obscured-greatness/ http://therumpus.net/2011/09/obscured-greatness/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 23:00:38 +0000 Lisa Dusenbery http://therumpus.net/?p=86636 Bookslut zeroes in on the seemingly perpetual obscurity of women’s work in the arts. Looking at artists like Lee Krasner, Leonor Fini, and Mina Loy,—the spaces and roles that they were pushed into, along with the often intangible forms of sexism confronted—the piece wonders how to “restore women to the historical record without getting out a glue stick and pasting some women into History of Art?”

“Greatness does need a little nurturing, a little structure and room to try and fail.

]]> Bookslut zeroes in on the seemingly perpetual obscurity of women’s work in the arts. Looking at artists like Lee Krasner, Leonor Fini, and Mina Loy,—the spaces and roles that they were pushed into, along with the often intangible forms of sexism confronted—the piece wonders how to “restore women to the historical record without getting out a glue stick and pasting some women into History of Art?”

“Greatness does need a little nurturing, a little structure and room to try and fail. Even if it doesn’t always need community, greatness at the very least needs someone who is capable — and willing — to recognize it for what it is and give it its name.”

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]]> http://therumpus.net/2011/09/obscured-greatness/feed/ 0 Women in Sci Fi http://therumpus.net/2011/05/women-in-sci-fi/ http://therumpus.net/2011/05/women-in-sci-fi/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 17:37:46 +0000 Sam Riley http://therumpus.net/?p=80602 The Guardian researches why the female presence seems to be diminishing in science fiction writing. Though there isn’t necessarily a shortage of female authors (or women publishers), there is a serious lack of female presence in the Guardian’s list of favorite science fiction writing books, chosen by readers.

]]> The Guardian researches why the female presence seems to be diminishing in science fiction writing. Though there isn’t necessarily a shortage of female authors (or women publishers), there is a serious lack of female presence in the Guardian’s list of favorite science fiction writing books, chosen by readers.

“Is science fiction sexist? A bald, potentially divisive and rather emotive question, there. But increasingly, science fiction and its close cousins, fantasy and horror, are being accused of an inherent downer on the female practitioners of the genre…”

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]]> http://therumpus.net/2011/05/women-in-sci-fi/feed/ 0 Percival Everett on Franzen, Sexism and The Great American Novel http://therumpus.net/2011/02/percival-everett-on-franzen-sexism-and-the-great-american-novel/ http://therumpus.net/2011/02/percival-everett-on-franzen-sexism-and-the-great-american-novel/#comments Thu, 03 Feb 2011 22:30:45 +0000 Michael Berger http://therumpus.net/?p=72210 “I do not believe that apparent authoritative literary voices of validation would ever make such a grand claim about a novel written by a woman.  I say this because I believe there are many novels by women that are about the same sort of world as presented in Freedom.  Sadly, the culture usually calls these books domestic or family sagas.  Are the novels of Anne Tyler, Marilynne Robinson and Mona Simpson any less white and middle “American” than Franzen”

At VIDA, author Percival Everett explores the big assumptions and unpsoken prejudices behind Great American Novels (like Freedom.) (Via)

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]]> “I do not believe that apparent authoritative literary voices of validation would ever make such a grand claim about a novel written by a woman.  I say this because I believe there are many novels by women that are about the same sort of world as presented in Freedom.  Sadly, the culture usually calls these books domestic or family sagas.  Are the novels of Anne Tyler, Marilynne Robinson and Mona Simpson any less white and middle “American” than Franzen”

At VIDA, author Percival Everett explores the big assumptions and unpsoken prejudices behind Great American Novels (like Freedom.) (Via)

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