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October 24, 2010 | Asasia R | Feminism, Media, Sports
Too Sexual or Not Sexual Enough?
I recently saw a commercial for lingerie football. Basically, it's a bunch of "hot"women running around playing tackle football in their underwear. At first I was appalled. Why is it that women don...
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October 23, 2010 | Brian C | Arts and culture, Feminism, Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Nicole Reynolds
Nicole Reynolds is a singer/songwriter, and a traveler without a home, at least for now. She has just released (December 2009) her fourth full studio record, “A Fine Set of Fools,” after mostly being ...
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October 22, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger | Body image and body standards, Feminism, Health, Media
Saturday Vids: Good Girls Don't Get Fat
Originally embedded in Rose M's post, this video about Dr. Robyn Silverman's book Good Girls Don't Get Fat: How Weight Obsession is Messing Up Our Girls & How We Can Help Them Thrive Despite It sh...
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October 21, 2010 | Hannah S | Arts and culture, Body image and body standards, Feminism
Be Yourself
I can see your accusing eyes I can hear your insults behind my back Don’t you know the world is telling you lies? They’re telling you that I’m fat They’re telling you that you’re not good enough They’...
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October 21, 2010 | Sara K. Gould, Susan Wefald | LGBTQIA
Out Cry: Ending Violence Against LGBTQ Youth
After Spirit Day, yesterday’s memoriam for LGBTQ suicides, the president and the executive vice president of the Ms. Foundation for Women call on us to fight the cultural messages that cause vulnerable teens to turn violence inward.
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October 20, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger | Arts and culture, Feminism, Health, International, Politics, Violence against women
The Democratic Republic of Congo: Understanding the Conflict
This year in school, I'm taking a really amazing English elective called Gender, Culture, Power (SURPRISE! It's taught by the same awesome teacher who handed me Jessica Valenti's Full Frontal Feminism...
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October 19, 2010 | Liz P | Body image and body standards, Feminism, Health, Violence against women
The Clothesline Project
October isn’t just Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it’s also Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Instead of sharing statistics that you can easily find online to show how prevalent domestic violence and...
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October 19, 2010 | Shelby Knox | Politics
Why Christine O'Donnell Is Not a Joke
Drawing on her experience as an “itinerant feminist organizer,” WMC Progressive Women's Voices alumna Shelby Knox explains why the seemingly fringe views of Delaware’s GOP Senate candidate are no laughing matter.
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October 18, 2010 | Steph | Education, Feminism, LGBTQIA, Media
Gender Policing and Justin Bieber
"What is Justin Bieber doing out of the Kitchen?" "It is an offence that we need to share the same gender as Justin Bieber" "If Justin Bieber was a woman...oh wait, never mind" "Leave Justi...
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October 17, 2010 | Rose M | Body image and body standards, Feminism, Girls
Anorexia and Bulimia In Our Culture: Unspoken Questions
There isn't exactly a "name" for this topic so, here, i'll try to spell it out for you. It's a topic that affects me personally and deeply, but also something that is very rarely talked about in the e...
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October 16, 2010 | Brian C | Arts and culture, Feminism, Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: The Pipettes
The Pipettes are a British indie pop girl group formed in 2003 in Brighton. The group has released two albums, We Are the Pipettes, and Earth vs. The Pipettes and released numerous singles to support ...
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October 15, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger | Arts and culture, Feminism, LGBTQIA, Media
Saturday Vids: Tegan & Sara Speak Out
Recently, Annie Barr from The [i4c] Campaign - an interactive campaign that seeks to create a better tomorrow by supporting change-making entrepreneurs - interviewed the awesome duo Tegan and Sara (ch...
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October 14, 2010 | Sonia L | Arts and culture, Feminism
Blazing Stink of an August Sidewalk
Blazing stink of an august sidewalk. My fingers my eyeballs are grey with the newsprint of this morning’s sins and a heavy shamed sickness knowing I am born with Certain Inalienable Rights: to have le...
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October 14, 2010 | Lexi St. John | Environment, Feminism, Girls, Media
SPARK and Teenage Activism
My name is Lexi St. John and I am currently a senior in high school. I have been an environmental activist throughout my high school career. I am the co-founder and president (with my twin sister Liza...
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October 13, 2010 | Zoe Y | Education, Feminism, Misogyny
Military Draft and Reverse Sexism
One or two years ago, I was taking my first Women’s Studies class at my college and it began my infatuation with feminism. Naturally, I had mixed feelings at first between agreeing with my teacher’s p...
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