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July 14, 2015 | Julie Zeilinger | Feminism, Girls, Health, Media
HelloFlo, Hello Naama: An Interview With HelloFlo Founder, Naama Bloom
You may be familiar with HelloFlo from their viral videos that buck period-related stigmas and feature boisterous young girls celebrating their time of month. But this company is much more than these ...
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July 13, 2015 | Eliza V | Feminism
The Importance of Embracing Change
When I was sixteen my parents and I packed up and moved from Australia to New York. I left behind my school, the place I grew up, some friends, and many family members. It was a big change, but one th...
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July 12, 2015 | Ines R | Economy, Feminism, Misogyny, Violence against women
Why What We Wear To Work Actually Matters
I remember watching my mother get ready for work in the mornings as a little girl. Every day she went through the careful, time-consuming process of doing her makeup and selecting a button down shirt ...
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July 09, 2015 | Kristal Brent Zook |
Meet the woman journalist behind early US-Cuba talks

As the United States and Cuba reopen embassies this month, we remember Lisa Howard, a little-known television journalist who played a key role in secret talks between the Kennedy and Castro governments.

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July 08, 2015 | Natalie H | Body image and body standards, Feminism, Media, Misogyny, Politics
'Miss USA' Switched Networks, But Should It Be Retired Altogether?
NBC recently dropped the Miss USA Pageant, but the pageant quickly found a new home with cable network REELZ. However, it seems like this could have been a good time to stop televising the pageant alt...
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July 08, 2015 | Lauren Wolfe | Girls, International, Violence against women
The refugee girl I barely met in Lampedusa

The end of June was hot and dry in Lampedusa, as summer always is. The week I spent on the island of an estimated 5,000-6,000 Italians there was a very separate center of town for a population of 771 people.

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July 07, 2015 | Aviva B | Body image and body standards, Feminism, Violence against women
We Need To Talk About The True Definition of Sexual Assault
*Trigger warning* I have been sexually assaulted twice, although I didn't recognize either event as such at the time. The first time, I was 18, asleep next to my boyfriend. I had passed out almost i...
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July 06, 2015 | Emily Z | Feminism, Media, Politics
Why I'm Happy Clinton and Fiorina Are Both Running for President
It’s clear that women are severely underrepresented in U.S. politics: Currently, only 20% of the seats in Congress, and 25% of the seats in state legislators are held by women. The fact that Hillary C...
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July 05, 2015 | Cheyenne T | Feminism, LGBTQIA, Race/Ethnicity
The Complexity of Being A Black Feminist in a Relationship
It’s hard being alone after having been with someone for a long time. It’s hard to detach from your first love, to not have that person on whom you can rely for comfort, happiness and safety. You miss...
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July 02, 2015 | Danielle Moodie-Mills | LGBTQIA
The Supreme Court’s marriage ruling was about rights—and about love

For author Danielle Moody-Mills, it was stories of love and commitment, not statistics and poll numbers, that changed hearts and minds.

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July 01, 2015 | Hannah B | Arts and culture, Feminism, Gender-based violence, Media, Violence against women
The Problem With The Supposed Feminist 'Comeback'
Much lip service has been paid to feminism's supposed comeback — especially in terms of more authentic representations of women in pop culture. Charlize Theron's recent portrayal of the badass protago...
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July 01, 2015 | Lauren Wolfe | International, Violence against women
This is what a Mediterranean refugee boat landing looks like

Often stories on the “Mediterranean migrant crisis” use shots of the rescue at sea: A rickety boat overfilled with desperate people wait to board some kind of Navy boat. But what happens to them next?

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