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August 12, 2015 Feminism
Struggling With My Dominican Identity
In September of 2013, a law was passed in the Dominican Republic that effectively caused mass deportation and displaced countless Haitians. The law ruled that children born in the DR to non-citizens d...
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August 11, 2015 | David Guirgis | Feminism, Politics
Seriously, America? Donald Trump?
Megyn Kelly has been widely praised for her skillful moderation of last Thursday's GOP debate. Many noted that the Fox News host asked sharp yet substantial questions and took a no-nonsense approach t...
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August 10, 2015 | Aph Ko | Feminism, Media, Misogyny
It's 2015. Why Is Male Nudity Still Funny?
"There's a big problem in Hollywood today," Kevin Bacon says at the start of a recently released video. "In so many films and TV shows we see gratuitous female nudity, and that's not okay." While rai...
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August 09, 2015 | Saskia G | Arts and culture, Economy, Feminism, Media, Science and tech
Why We Need To Be Careful About Emphasizing Women's Progress in STEM
I saw it in middle school, and later in high school: If the girls in my class didn’t excel in science, no body was surprised, since girls are never expected to excel in the subject. But if they receiv...
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August 07, 2015 | Chagmion Antoine | International, Violence against women
‘I thought that happens to other people’: Being trafficked without knowing it

When I met Sophie Otiende, she was running late. I had reached out to her in December 2014 while I was in Nairobi doing research for a film about sex trafficking. Sophie and her boyfriend, Jakob Christensen, are volunteers at the anti-trafficking nonprofit HAART Kenya and had agreed to meet me for dinner. But as time wore on, I was beginning to think I’d been stood up.

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August 06, 2015 | Judith Browne Dianis | Politics
Rights under siege: On the 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, activists are fighting back

Two years after the Supreme Court gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, activists in North Carolina and other states keep up the pressure to restore rights.

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August 05, 2015 | Lexi V | Body image and body standards, Feminism, Media
We Need To Stop Trying to Convince Girls They're Beautiful
I was lucky enough to have a healthy body image for most of my childhood. I consistently played on various soccer and basketball teams, and between going to practice and scrambling to finish my homewo...
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August 03, 2015 | Beatrice M | Feminism, Misogyny, Violence against women
It's Time To Stop Publicly Judging Women's Bodies
One evening last week, I stopped at home after work to change my clothes before dance class. It was a hot day and I wanted to shed my workplace-appropriate pants in favor of more comfortable attire be...
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August 03, 2015 | Christine L | Feminism, Misogyny, Violence against women
Why I Stayed In an Abusive Relationship — and How I Finally Left
"Why doesn't she just leave her abusive partner?" It seems like a simple question and it's one that's often posed when people learn others are experiencing abuse. Leaving seems like the most obvious ...
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