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SUPERBUG MEAT: FACTORY FARMS WEAKEN ANTIBIOTICS

4/27/12 10:27am by Piper Hoffman
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Originally published on Care2.  Read more >

Devan Sipher Defies Publishing Sexism with a Romantic Comedy about A Nice Guy

4/16/12 9:08am by Piper Hoffman
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Coffee and love

"The Wedding Beat," a new novel by New York Times wedding writer Devan Sipher, encountered one big bump in its road into print: the publishing industry doesn't think much of female readers.  Read more >

Newcastle Beer Censors "Unattractive" Women

4/6/12 1:27pm by Piper Hoffman
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Newcastle ad (screen shot of embedded video)

As far as beer commercials are concerned, women might as well be blow-up sex dolls -- as long as they're pretty dolls. But in what looks (at first) like a win for feminism, Newcastle Brown Ale is running a TV commercial featuring a female brewmaster. The commercial goes on and on about her skilled hands, showing them sifting through barley and such. But wait for the punchline: "Why do we focus so much on our brewmaster's hands? Because she's not an attractive woman."  Read more >

Ten Really Good Reasons Not to Have Kids

3/8/12 11:47am by Piper Hoffman
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Nearly one in four parents (22%) say that if they could do it over they would not have children, according to a Dear Abby poll. Dr.  Read more >

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Full Name
Piper Hoffman
Member Since
August 2010
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FEMINIST • VEGAN • CHILDFREE • ATTORNEY I am a writer and attorney living in Brooklyn with my husband and two cats.As a lawyer I work to protect workers' rights, fight discrimination, and have experience defending animal rights and women's rights.  I have a B.A. magna cum laude from Brown University and a J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School. I also am a BlogHer 2011 Voices of the Year Honoree! Visit my blog at piperhoffman.com and follow me on Twitter (@piperhoffman). Thanks for reading!

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Brown University, Harvard Law School

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Feminist, vegan, animal rights, childfree, workers' rights

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