Feminism | Posted by Amber Q on 01/14/2010

What My Father Taught Me About Feminism

Men weren’t really the enemy – they were fellow victims suffering from an outmoded masculine mystique that made them feel unnecessarily inadequate when there were no bears to kill. – Betty Friedan, the Feminine Mystique

It wasn’t until very recently that I realized how blind I was to gender stereotyping — on the masculine side of things. We hear so much about feminism and women’s liberation… but what about out fellow sufferers?

My father was really the one that opened my eyes. He’s been out of work for the larger part of the recession, and thus home a lot more with Mom and I. Most of the time he seems to pace around like a caged animal, as if he doesn’t know what to do with himself. It drives mom and I crazy. He…

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Feminism | Posted by Julie Z on 06/22/2009

Father’s Day: Obama Style

Okay, I know Father’s Day has come and gone, but I just gotta add this one thing that  would really be relevant at any time.

Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha

President Obama wrote an article for Parade Magazine in honor of Father’s Day, in which he describes his own relationship with fatherhood and the importance of having present, caring fathers involved in their children’s lives. I encourage everyone to read it: it just makes you think “I’m glad our country finally did something right.”

Some highlights:

“That is why we need fathers to step up, to realize that their job does not end at conception; that what makes you a man is not the ability to have a child but the courage to raise one.”

“We need to set limits and expectations. We need to replace…

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