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Naming yourself a feminist

Alexander Tsesis (Loyola): Gender Discrimination and the Thirteenth Amendment. From Kellogg Insight, a special issue on gender and leadership. The mommy track: The real reason why more women don’t rise to the top of companies. A woman’s place is on the page: New research traces the dramatic rise in feminine pronouns in books over the past century. Diane Brandley reviews The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace by Lynn Povich (and more and more and more and more). The end of men may not happen in the near future, but at The Atlantic, at least, it looks as if women are finally welcome to express their opinions. Michelle Goldberg reviews The End Of Men: And The Rise of Women by Hanna Rosin (and more and more and more). The biggest achievement of Fifty Shades of Grey is turning a private topic into public conversation; women must not sacrifice their maturity to realize their fantasies. From The Scavenger, is it “unfeminist” to hate your body? Zoe Heller reviews Vagina: A New Biography by Naomi Wolf (and more and more and more and more). How could naming yourself a feminist be damaging to your brand?