I'm a feminist and I like cute dogs and the color pink. I'm more bothered by the "5 Ways a Woman's Heart Differs From a Man" bit, but I guess I should read the article before getting pissed off.

I'm a feminist, and I like pink. And I have a cute small dog (he looks particularly adorable when he wrestles with my 100 lb german shepherd). I can't think of a single reason why feminists can't be frilly and pink if they want to. Isn't the whole point of feminism to allow us to be the kind of woman we want to be?

Hey, I agree that feminists come in all colors, sizes, and shapes. Maybe it is a clever mockery of the Good Housekeeping cover. Maybe I wouldn't take that type of pose, but I like the big tent concept.

Feminist as a term covers everybody who calls themselves a feminist, and let me tell you there are a ton of feminists out there who don't agree on everything. It broke my heart to hear Kate O'Beirne use the term in her interview with Rebecca Traister in such an acid-tongued way, and to read everyday the way that "feminists" are portrayed. It seems everyday i am reminded that the feminism my mother took part in 30 years ago is all that can be remembered today. Radical feminism was an important aspect of the feminist movement, but the Catherine Mackinnon's and Andrea Dworkin's do not stand to represent any one feminist before or after them. Yes, feminists have puppies and are stay-at-home moms, they are journalists and students and 6-year olds and corporate executives. Sure the cover of Ms. looks a lot like Good Housekeeping, but didn't Gloria Steinam recently appear on the L Word and have a discussion about how not every woman is a feminist, not every feminists is a lesbian, and not every lesbian is a feminist. And isn't she famous for her mini-skirts and boots of the 70's? As a "third wave" feminist, i can tell you i disagree with my mom about a lot of feminist issues (sex work, pornography, gender issues, men), but i would never discount either of us as un-feminist, and i know she would never do that to me. To say that Ms. has lost it's edge is dangerous and risky; why alienate those who stand with us against all things feminist?

I don't subscribe to Ms. anymore, but I thought the article "5 ways a woman's heart differs from a man's" was about the differences in regards to medicine not some touchy feely thing about emotions. anyone actually have the issue in question?

just checking, even though the cover has pink frilly things on it, it's still ms. magazine under there? they can have whatever cover they want and whatever they think looks good as long as the articles and mission stay the same. sheesh.

I'm all for wearing pink sweaters while planning the insurrection...it helps me fly under the radar, and offsets my foul mouth :)

The Ms. cover with Jane Fonda and her dog doesn't bother me, either. Why can't a feminist like pretty things? (I'm really not a dog person... but recognize that I'm in the minority on that one.)

As for the heart differences... well, I had just read this AP story: http://www.salon.com/wire/ap/archive.html?wire=D8F786A07.html before catching up with Broadsheet. Granted, the story is more about brain than heart, but I'm not sure that those boundaries are really that black and white.

And, really, who, if not Jane Fonda, has actually lived her life by trying on so many different feminine archetypes?

When the Jane Fonda issue of Ms. Magazine arrived in my mailbox, I admit that I did find it a little awkward. While I do love pink (my entire graduate film thesis is completely covered in pink due to my obsession with the color in connection with gender study) and I love cute little animals (love my featherly little pet birds), it looked more like a cover of Good Housekeeping than Ms. Magazine at first sight. As a young feminist (being 25), I thoroughly believe that all women should be given a choice in all aspects of their life. That's the point. However, I don't mind getting rid of the pink for a little while and seeing some kick ass women who still combat for women's rights in todays' public eye. There are times I like to see that in order to know that there are other women in the world still supporting/defending women who don't have the same freedoms that I do in my own life.

The picture is of Jane Fonda so maybe she suggested it be like that in order to support the image she wants. Maybe that's all it could be.

The irony of this mention of the fluffy Fonda image on the Ms. cover being offered by Broadsheet, the column featuring a deep-decolletee'd pen-"smoking" hyperplucked-browed super-lipsticked pink-ribboned Cosmo-girl on its banner...

...is apparent.

Sigh. (Don't look for this to be an Editors' Choice.)

.. to realize that scorning pink and girl things is an insidious form of misogyny. As if it only has value if boys endorse it. My daughter plays soccer in pink shinguards, and I no pretend I don't like figure skating, which I find amazing.

Also, if it makes you feel any better, MS had the world's most unflattering cover picture with Charlize Theron last issue.