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April 06, 2011 | Danielle B | Feminism, Politics
"Hello, Ms. President." (Is That So Hard To Believe?)
The Yahoo! Homepage is literally one of the first things I see when I get up in the morning, and whenever I see a featured article about a woman who's made an impact for reasons other than parading ar...
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April 05, 2011 | Julie Zeilinger | Feminism, LGBTQIA, Politics
An Interview with Zach Wahls
Zach Wahls is a nineteen-year-old Engineering student at the University of Iowa. He is also a staunch gay-rights advocate who bravely and eloquently testified before the Iowa House of Representatives ...
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April 04, 2011 | Alli B | Feminism, Health, Misogyny, Politics, Race/Ethnicity, Violence against women
Racism and Sexism: Are Both Still Problems?
I recently heard some of  my classmates talking about how sexism really isn't as big a problem today as racism is. They said that racism is on a different level and that all the feminists need to shut...
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April 03, 2011 | Oliver L | Education, Feminism, LGBTQIA, Media
I'm A Boy
My interest in feminism could have started when my mom told me that people “aren’t weird, they’re just different.” It could have started when I was teased in elementary school for having braces or in ...
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April 02, 2011 | Julie Zeilinger | Arts and culture, Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Kate Walsh
She’s been called music’s best kept, not-so-secret ‘secret.’; ‘The missing link between Joni Mitchell’ (hails UK’s The Guardian) and a host of female singer/songwriters cut from the UK’s intricate...
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April 01, 2011 | CClio333 | Girls, Media
Saturday Vids: Nerdy Girls Need Love Too
In the spirit of the Team Unicorn debate, here's a great example of a woman refusing to apologize for her nerdiness! ...
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March 31, 2011 | Alec A | Feminism, LGBTQIA, Media
Why Homosexuality Is Perfectly Natural
A miniature Wild West town served as a backdrop to a very interesting thought. There is a scene in Rango where the eponymous character kisses his love interest, the sassy lizard named Beans. The two p...
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March 31, 2011 | Letty Cottin Pogrebin | Feminism, Politics
Remembering Gerry and the Courage of Her Convictions
Author and activist Letty Cottin Pogrebin here gives us a close friend's portrait of Geraldine Ferraro.
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March 30, 2011 | Audrey S | Arts and culture, Feminism, Media
For All Feminists Looking Forward to "On The Road"
Undoubtedly, many of you will want to see Walter Salles' forthcoming cinematic re-telling of On The Road. It's also inevitable that your younger sisters will also want to see it since Kristen Stewart ...
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March 29, 2011 | Julie Zeilinger | Education, Feminism, Girls, Health, Politics
Let's Talk About Sex: Emergency Contraception (EC) Edition
Today, my lovely FBomb friends, is a wonderful day. Why is that? You may perplexedly ponder. I don't recall hearing talk of it being International Free Cupcake Day and  I'm pretty sure Ryan Gosling is...
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March 28, 2011 | Julie Zeilinger | Education, Feminism, Gender-based violence, Media, Violence against women
Feminist Click Moments
In honor of the Feminist Portrait Project's Blog Carnival, (part of Feminist Coming Out Day) I'm re-posting an article I wrote this past summer about my feminist "click" moment, which I originally...
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March 28, 2011 | Kate Farrar, Susannah Shakow | Disability, Education, Politics, WMC Loreen Arbus Journalism Program
Women Missing from the Campus Ballot
The way colleagues and commentators are remembering Geraldine Ferraro this week shows the extraordinary importance of seeing women in leadership roles. Kate Farrar of AAUW and Susannah Shakow of Running Start here point to a critical stepping stone for women aspiring to political office.
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March 27, 2011 | Kate M | Feminism, Girls, Health, Media
Virgin Shaming
I am almost 18 years old and I am a virgin. When I tell people this, they kind of just stare at me. They automatically become suspicious because, to look at me, there's nothing obviously "wrong" with...
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March 26, 2011 | Brian C | Arts and culture, Feminism, Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Warpaint
Warpaint is an American experimental art rock group from Los Angeles, formed in 2004. The band consists of Emily Kokal (vocals, guitar), Theresa Wayman (guitar, vocals), Jenny Lee Lindberg (bass, voca...
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March 25, 2011 | Julie Zeilinger | Feminism, Girls, Media, Race/Ethnicity
Saturday Vids: I Am This Land Video Contest Winner
I'm a little late on this, but a while back I was one of the judges for the I Am This Land video contest on diversity. The winner was recently announced, and I'm happy to report that the video "Role C...
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