Daughters in business

I was watching TV this weekend (though only when I was allowing myself a food break) and saw a commercial for Henderson and Daughter Windows and Doors, located in Vancouver, WA. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a company named with “daughter(s)” instead of “son(s).” Probably when daughters take over businesses they either keep the [...]

Google’s sexist spellchecker

One Monday evening in May, when Chanel and I were working our evening shift at the Writing Center, Chanel found, via Feministing, this reference to Google’s spell checker being a tad bit sexist (apparently!):
When you search “she invented” on Google, it asks you, “Did you mean ‘he invented?’”
Then, as Chanel put it,
Laura and I searched [...]

three examples of reverse rhetoric

For some reason, I’m fascinated with how effective reverse rhetoric is — when one group takes something racist or sexist or homophobic that another group says and turns it back on them.
The first one — at least the first one that made me start to think about the phenomenon — was when Petra and I [...]

Last Night, Last Verse (in memory and honor of Mujahedeh)

As part of V-Day week, Dodie’s and Shannon’s English 101 classes watched the Afghani film Last Night, Last Verse today.   I wanted to find something on the ‘net about it, about Mujahedeh, about her verses, her writing.  I haven’t found that much coverage of Mujahedeh’s story.  There’s this: Afghanistan: Muslim Honor Killings Increasing, from “Western Resistance.”
And honor [...]