I’m fifteen, and I live all the way in Amman, Jordan. I do get a lot of, “Jordan? Is that, like, behind California?” but that’s not the point. Jordan is a Middle-Eastern country—“Wow. Do you rid...
Nikki Darling recently interviewed me for her blog, and we had a very cool chat.
Nikki Darling is a feminist music critic who writes for the LA Weekly and was the former interviews editor at LA Rec...
Remember when I posted that video from the fantabulous Midwest Teen Sex Show? Well, I just found out, thanks to WMC, that Comedy Central invited MTSS to make a full-length pilot episode this summer ...
As the author reports, the creators of the podcast believe humor and honest information about sex for teens do mix, and programmers at Comedy Central think they may be on to something.
Has anyone else been seeing the commercials for the Ugly Truth movie and been worried about it?
Ever since I first saw an ad for it, I got the feeling that it was another movie that exploits the ster...
I just returned from a week long pre-college leadership program for young women at a college that will remain unnamed. I was brimming with excitement to attend the competitive program, for which I ha...
It’s been said again and again that the mainstream media has a problem with feminism. I completely agree with that, given all of the mainstream media I absorb on a daily basis. TV shows and movies mak...
I'm honestly not even sure I can articulate my feelings about this video. It makes me sick that this is how some people view affirmative action. It makes me sick to see how white supremacy is still al...
In the past few weeks, the fbomb has exploded (haha pun sort of intended). People have been asking about me, about how I found feminism.
I do want to emphasize that of course the fbomb is not about ...
It can be hard to be a feminist in high school. I know, I was there. I'm very familiar with the strange looks that you get after stating that you're a feminist. I'm very familiar with the way people...
I am pro-choice.
"Pro-choice describes the political and ethical view that a woman should have complete control over her fertility (and the choice to continue or terminate a pregnancy)."
That being ...
Great post by "eitheror" at dailykos.com, who makes the case for male feminists - quite eloquently at that. I'm so glad a man wrote this article for men: it's so important that this happens m...
I know from personal experience what it's like to be a feminist in a place that has the same amount of tolerance for change and gender equality that a teaspoon can hold. I live in a tiny town that isn...
Despite my passion for music, I doubt I could ever succeed in the music business. My reasons for this are very simple: I am overweight, I don’t wear makeup and I don’t keep up with current trends, and...