Patriarchy and historical materialism: Why does the world have the pattern of patriarchy it currently possesses? Here's an interesting trend in South America: Increased female participation in the halls of power. A review of On Civic Friendship: Including Women in the State by Sibyl A. Schwarzenbach. A review of Notes from the Cracked Ceiling: Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, and What It Will Take for a Woman to Win by Anne E. Kornblut (and more and more). The Hillary Effect: Women secretaries of state are changing the gender makeup of the world's ambassadors — so why are we talking about it in the Style section? An excerpt from The Woman in the Zoot Suit: Gender, Nationalism, and the Cultural Politics of Memory by Catherine S. Ramirez. A review of The Aftermath of Feminism: Gender, Culture and Social Change by Angela McRobbie. From Bitch, veiled threat: An article on the guerrilla graffiti of Princess Hijab. Exile from Grrrlville: What happened to all the angry, powerful women in '90s rock? (and an interview with Kathleen Hanna, three-dimensional role model) From grrrls to womyn: A review of Girl Power: The Nineties Revolution in Music by Marisa Meltzer. A review of Girl Zines: Making Media, Doing Feminism by Alison Piepmeier. An interview with Jennifer Stuller, author of Ink-Stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors: Superwomen in Modern Mythology. Female celebrities inevitably turn into role models for young women — what needs to change is our expectation that they be perfect. A review of Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism by Natasha Walter. Free markets, freed bodies: The fashion industry's beauty standards are horrifying; it's time to stop buying in — literally — to that culture. The shrinking woman: Mona Awad on how fad diets conquer our dignity, not our fat. A review of Cosmetic Surgery: A Feminist Primer. Who knew? Facial hair is, apparently, a feminist issue. Can dating books be feminist?
