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GR!C: Day 5
Xenia and I are a few minutes late today, and when we get to the cafeteria, everyone has paper taped to their backs and are running around with markers. We soon learn that you’re supposed to write on...
WMC FBomb
GR!C: Day 4
Our song is nearly finished! Yay! We pretty much had the music down since day one, except for the last minute bass solo/bridge I added yesterday. The lyrics, on the other hand, were only finalized ...
WMC FBomb
September 09, 2009 | Shelan O |
Feminism,
Gender-based violence,
Girls,
Media,
Violence against women
GR!C: Day 3
Our band finally has a name and a logo, which will be screened onto shirts, so each band has merch. Sweet! It had been down to Electric Field Trip or On The Fritz, but fate...took another course...(d...
WMC News & Features
Health Care: A Lesbian Mother’s Sudden Passion for Reform
As the author found out, the rules of our broken health care system are so baroque, something entirely unexpected can trip you up, threatening family finances. She asks us to help President Obama sell the nation on reform this week.
WMC FBomb
GR!C: Day 2
I’ve been moved to a new bass class, which is awesome because now I have Allison as my teacher! Allison was my drum teacher last year, and has been with the camp since the beginning, so we’re old p...
WMC News & Features
Broadcast News: When Women Become Two out of Three
The author, whose first job after earning her journalism degree was with Katie Couric’s evening news show, argues that both Couric and Diane Sawyer will adjust to a changing TV news scene, one in which the traditional evening broadcasts coexist with interactive new media.
WMC FBomb
GR!C: Day 1
I woke up at 5:40 am, raring to go. My sister, Xenia, who has been pretty low-key in expressing her enthusiasm, literally danced into the bathroom singing “Good morning, good morning, good morning to...
WMC FBomb
Are You Ready to Rock?? GR!C 2009
Julie: Hey FBombers. This week, I'm handing the fbomb over to the super rad Shélan O. She participated in this year's Girls Rock! Chicago - a week-long summer camp program for girls ages 9-16 that mot...
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September 04, 2009 | Becka W |
Media
Forget Those Toolkits, Ladies: He's Broken
I’m hangin’ out, watching TV, and as I flip channels I just happened to come across the season premiere of the TV Show Tool Academy.
I’ve always had issues respecting the people who go on these kinds...
WMC News & Features
For Wage-Earning Women—A 21st Century Answer
Employed women have a wide variety of needs—equitable wages, reliable benefits, regular hours and flexible schedules—the very issues that unions can address through collective bargaining. Passage of the Employee Free Choice Act can help.
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September 03, 2009 | Nellie B |
Feminism
Dealing with Terms of "Endearment"
As I began my senior year of high school yesterday, I was reminded of how frustrating it is to be young and female at the mercy of patronizing teachers.
Now, many of my teachers are fine people who ...
WMC FBomb
I Love My Pole Dancing Doll!
Oh lawd. There is some debate over whether or not this product is real, according to ParentDish. I really hope it's not, and yet I can sort of believe that it is, considering that British store Tesco ...
WMC News & Features
Health Care Reform: Post-recess Politics
House and Senate members return to D.C. next week having heard an earful from constituents on health care reform. It falls to President Obama to cut through the confusion.
WMC FBomb
September 01, 2009 | Amanda M |
Arts and culture
Pretty Girl
You know the kind.
She takes her panties off but you're scrubbing at the pie tin, the aluminum pie tin, because you don’t want to be wasteful. You're scrubbing at the pie tin with steel wool, and sh...
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