"WikiChix was recently formed by women contributors sick of how male-dominated Wikipedia has become," Annalee Newitz says.

Researchers at the University of British Columbia conducted a study that suggests women who learn theories that gender affects math performance do more poorly on math tests.

Lactivists are in an uproar over LJ's banning of breastfeeding icons.

Anti-choice pharmacists are refusing to fill prescriptions for antibiotics because they come from clinics that perform abortions.

Analee Newitz responds to sexist remarks about her appearance on Slashdot. I was going to blog about this, so I'm glad she responded herself.

tacky, yet apt

"standing tough against an entrenched "establishment" of thirty-something, tenure-desperate semioticians and lit geeks"

Snopes on bra-burning

debunks "all sex is rape" quote attributed to Catharine MacKinnon. Now on to bra-burning and hippies spitting on Vietnam vets...

Heather Havrilesky takes on the notion that funny women are undesirable.

on boingboing.net last month: interactive demonstration of Photoshop's retouching power