“Well-behaved women rarely make history.” — Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
VOYEURISM
In Praise of Taylor Swift Worship
You may not want to listen to her music, but there are some seriously feminist reasons why Taylor Swift continues to dominate pop.
My bad-economy-hardened, cynical heart melted into a puddle of goo not once, but twice in the past week, both thanks to one Taylor Swift. My longtime friend’s three little girls — 5-year-old twins and their very mature 3-year-old sister — lost their little minds when their mom cued up the video for Taylor Swift’s ubiquitous hit “You Belong With Me.”… MORE
Sirens Briefing
A look at the latest headlines that make us go, hmmm …
It’s true, running a pro-life ad during the Super Bowl is, in a way, no different from advertising alcohol and trans-fatty deliciousness, as Newsweek’s Lisa Miller postulates. Or at least it would be no different if CBS hadn’t denied another ad on “moral” grounds: a spot for gay dating site ManCrunch.com. We won’t even get into the faulty reasoning presented in the anti-abortion spot, which features Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow … MORE
WHAT’S HOT ON SIRENSMAG
1. Give It Up for Masturbation
2. Motherhood and the Abortion Debate
3. Sexing It Up for the Bad Economy
4. Love (and Hate) for Chick Flicks
5. Doing the (Post-Divorce) Deed
FemiNoshing: My Organic Conundrum
Being an upstanding member of society means eating as responsibly as possible. But does that mean only buying organic produce? MORE
Facing the death of a loved one will never quite be the same in an era of 1800Flowers.com e-reminders and Facebook walls. MORE
“The Melting Season” author Jami Attenberg talks penile implants, celebrity gossip, and Sarah Palin. MORE
