Recently, I've been thinking a lot about what it means to be a feminist. Well, not recently, I pretty much always think about that, but more specifically how I define feminism and how it carries throu...
The author, a Women’s Media Center Progressive Women’s Voices alumna, reports back from a Mother’s Day delegation in Phoenix to protest the state’s treatment of immigrant women.
I just read an article about the vote in Belgium that led to a nationwide ban of wearing burqas in public.
On one hand, I can see where people who are for the ban are coming from. The burqa does have...
One of the ultimate highlights of my middle experience was the concept of the "Window Trip." Our middle school, dedicated to giving us ignorant brats a broader view of the world, forced us onto a bus ...
When Rhonda Copelon died this month of ovarian cancer, she was 65 and the influence of her ground-breaking legal career could be appreciated around the world. Here, adapted from a tribute at an awards ceremony last year, friend and colleague Charlotte Bunch describes her extraordinary personal and professional contributions.
We’ve all read about the studies and statistics on girls in school- that we self-defeat in math and science, that we don’t speak up in class. That we’re afraid. But what about when our teachers and ...
The facebook trolls who think they're hilarious for their misogynistic groups and events are at it again, folks!
Some FBomb readers and a recent Jezebel article alerted me to a series of "slut punchi...
Electrik Emily is a 26 year old rock musician, blogger, and all around "women in music" buff, currently living in Seattle, WA.
Born in rural Pennsylvania, her musical career began as a rebellious tee...
I guess I should tell you (being the reader) about me. I'm not going to say my name and school and age, because then I might as well just give you my social security number and blood type and invite y...
That the sexual identity of the Supreme Court nominee might be regarded as anyone’s business but her own strikes the author, lead plaintiff in the 1974 women’s discrimination law suit against the New York Times, as a sad anachronism.
58% of women curse in public. Are you of that 58%? Is it a fact that you’re proud of, or a bad habit that you’re trying to kick? Cursing is something that should be avoided, and definitely by girls, b...
Today I received an email from FBomb reader and contributer Katherine C. She alerted me to the situation involving filmmaker Kiana Firouz. Kiana is a 27 year old Iranian LGBT rights activist who stars...
Big. Small. Fat. Ugly. Moles. Flat. Round. Mediocre.Voluptuous.
I’d say I think about my body and my body size at least 10 times a day. After all, any time I go out (or stay in my house) I see images...
For his second nomination to the high court, President Obama once more chooses a woman—one who lacks a paper trail of judicial opinions and has a history of pulling support from more than one ideological sector. And that, argues the author, is what makes some people nervous.