Photo from the counter-protest outside the San Francisco Twitter Headquarters. Guess who they are counter-protesting? The Westboro Baptist Church folks. Sarcasm FTW! (h/t to EssinEm and photo via Laughing Squid)
"If, like me, you believe that your biology is not the primary factor in determining your strengths and weaknesses in the workplace, you believe that we are shaped by the society in which we live. Which is to say, there are cultural, structural reasons why men are typically more assertive, more self-promotional, and more successful everywhere from the boardroom to the op-ed pages to the halls of Congress. This is much bigger than women's individual behavior." Ann ponders career advice given to women over at The American Prospect.
A hearing about the Don't Ask, Don't Tell ban on gays in the military begins tomorrow. Think Progress reports that Secretary Gates is likely to announce that they will no longer move forward with the discharges of gay and lesbian military personnel who are outed by third parties.
Campus Progress reports on the dire unemployment situation for teens. The worse news? Young African-American's have an employment rate of only 14.1%. (In comparison, the employment rate for white teens is 29.4%).
A new Miss America was crowned on Saturday. While the pageant has seen declining influence and interest, it is to thank for the "bra-burning" feminist myth. The myth was born at a 1968 protest by feminists at the pageant, where they threw undergarments in a trash can on the Atlantic City Boardwalk. They didn't actually burn the bras, but the myth has spread like wildfire.
GRITtv with Laura Flanders has to move, because of the demise of Air America, their officemates. Can you chip in and help them cover their moving costs?
The Thirteenth Carnival of Feminists is up at Zero at the Bone. It's a great thematic round-up of feminist blogging across the internet.
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I completely agree with Ann's conclusion. Providing career advice based on simplistic platitudes of "act like a man" or "act like a woman" are totally ineffective. They are ineffective, in part, because gender is not absolute. If sexual orientation falls on a continuum, gender identity surely takes the same course, and if anything is more difficult to easily define. So if the problem is this complex, then no simplistic answer is going to suffice for an adequate solution.
Nothing profound here, but the counter protest photos made my day. I'd advise everyone in need of a giggle to check out the other photos at Laughing Squid. One word: rickrolled!
I like that Ann used the rape analogy to talk about the workforce. "Women! Change your behavior!" is the basic refrain in all areas of life where women have grievances.
Someone from the forums at Cracked.com counter-protested the WBC with hilarious results.