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June 03, 2010 | Sarah Coggrave | Arts and culture, Media
Organs Grabbing
Organs grabbing My greedy little body It’s full of little hands Feed me now they shout at me You must meet our demands Every tiny organ Is pushing for its share I was first no me pick me Their finge...
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June 03, 2010 | Melissa Silverstein | Arts and culture
The Lilly Awards Honor Women in Theatre
Preempting the male bastion that dominates the Tony Awards, supporters of women playwrights took matters into their own hands, as Women and Hollywood blogger Melissa Silverstein explains.
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June 02, 2010 | Markita S | Arts and culture
The Music in the Bedroom
The whole thing starts with a sentence—not even—a word. As I sit on the scratchy, green couch, mashed up between Sara and Noah, I hear that word and I just feel… odd. It’s like all of me, my powdered ...
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June 01, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger | Feminism, Gender-based violence, Violence against women
My Click Moment
While I haven't read the actual "Click" book yet, reading Nellie's essay and the concept of the book as a whole really got me thinking about my own click moment - about when I knew I was a feminist. ...
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May 31, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger | Feminism, Media
Click: When We Knew We Were Feminists
Some of you may have already heard about the awesome new anthology "Click: When We Knew Were Feminists" edited by Courtney Martin and J. Courtney Sullivan. The FBomb is lucky enough (and let's just sa...
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May 30, 2010 | Haley S | Feminism, LGBTQIA, Misogyny, Politics
Language Matters
Barack Obama was my sisters 2010 University of Michigan commencement speaker. He was incredible, but he said one thing that I immediately had a negative reaction to. He said, "Through periods of great...
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May 29, 2010 | Christina L | Arts and culture, Feminism, Media, Violence against women
Support Women Artists Sunday: Emilie Autumn
Emilie Autumn is an American singer-songwriter, poet and musician. The Los Angeles-born musician is also eccentric and label-defying in the best possible way. As a young girl, it was Emilie´s dream t...
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May 27, 2010 | Kate S | Education, Feminism, Race/Ethnicity
Affirmative Action?
Maren H. wrote a great piece on the importance of feminism and focused on gender discrimination in hiring. It coincided with something that ticked me off today so here is my rant. As my tradition-bou...
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May 27, 2010 | Letty Chiwara | Education, Girls, International
I’ve Seen First Hand What CEDAW Can Do
The author, chief of the Africa Division of UNIFEM, explains the power of the UN treaty to eliminate discrimination against women—a potent tool that will only gain in strength with ratification by the United States.
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May 26, 2010 | Cat F | Education, Feminism, Science and tech
Female/Male Brain?
When I took an online 'female/male brain' quiz for class, it told me I have a male brain. I have a strong visuospatial sketchpad - I got nearly 100% on both an angles task and a rotation one. This is ...
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May 25, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger | Arts and culture, Feminism, Media
All The Way
Therese Shechter, the awesome documentarian who brought us I Was A Teenage Feminist, is it again, and this time she's tackling virginity with "How to Lose Your Virginity": Our new trailer! "How To ...
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May 24, 2010 | Allison Y | Arts and culture, Feminism
I Am Not
I am not: a helpless lamb. a damsel in distress. a glorified baby receptacle. a little flower incapable of thought. I am a philosopher, a scientist, an artist both in the visual and auditory re...
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May 24, 2010 | Megan Carpentier | Health, International
Global Moms Bill: An Opening for the Administration to Keep Its Promises?
President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton have voiced concern for women’s safety and health around the world. Legislation introduced this month in the House calls for specific steps to meet that commitment in regard to mothers dying in childbirth.
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May 23, 2010 | Nellie B | Feminism, LGBTQIA, Media
Prom and Assimilation
As a senior in high school, I am less than ecstatic about senior year and its attendant rites.  That’s right: it’s prom time. It’s a fortuitous year to be queer and prom-bound, as Constance McMillen ...
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May 22, 2010 | Nia T | Arts and culture, Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Ellie Goulding
23 year old singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding recently topped the BBC’s Sound of 2010 poll and won the Critics Choice Awards at the BRITs and is tipped for big things. After learning to play folk music...
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