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July 07, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger | Arts and culture, Feminism, Media
Women and Broadway: what EXACTLY do we hate?
Clearly there is discrimination against women in the film industry. Hell, if Ela Thier’s open letter didn’t make that clear enough, the associations most of society has with “Hollywood” and “women” sh...
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July 06, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Target Women: Hair
Newest from Sarah Haskins Sort of reminds me about how Facebook quizzes think my hair color affects my personality. Apparently, I should be a redhead  (I am not)  because I am feisty (what a creati...
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July 06, 2009 | Celia Morris | Environment, International
Dancing on the Side in Senegal
The author celebrated her 73rd birthday in a way she could hardly have imagined—surrounded by women who would now be able to draw water year-round in their own village.
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July 06, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger | Body image and body standards, Media
how Liz Jones didn't defeat anorexia
Via Jezebel: Daily Mail reporter Liz Jones wrote one of the most disturbing articles I've ever read. Having admittedly struggled with anorexia for 40 years (she hasn't recovered yet) Jones wrote abou...
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July 05, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger | Feminism, Media
"Self Esteem Excuse"
“I have fake boobs because when random guys stare at my chest on the street, it gives me higher self esteem.” “I take an exercise class that is essentially basic training for strippers because it mak...
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July 04, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger | Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Laura Marling
In honor of 4th of July weekend...I'm going for a Brit. Good.  Laura Marling, a 19 year old from Hampshire, England, released her first album, Alas, I Cannot Swim, in February 2008. Her unique sound...
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July 04, 2009 | Colleen R | Feminism, Media
Revolutionary
So today I watched a movie called Revolutionary Road. I was on a plane coming home from Italy and I had 3 hours left so I figured I might as well fill it with an insightful film that would relax me an...
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July 03, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger | Feminism, Sports
"Serena Williams cruises to Wimbledon victory"
says the nytimes. all i'm gonna say after writing this is you can take your "pretty" and shove it, Wimbledon....
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July 03, 2009 | Hannah S | Education, Feminism, Girls, Media
Growing up too fast
It scares me that things have changed so vastly in the 2 years since I've been in middle school. It seems to me that there is a very different standard for popularity nowadays then there was when I wa...
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July 02, 2009 | Sahar Driver | International
Movement or Revolution? Learning From Developments in Iran
Yesterday in Iran, presidential challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi called the government illegitimate and asked for protests to continue. Iranian-American commentator Sahar Driver tells us that, whatever happens in the near future, the reform movement has already achieved significant gains.
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July 01, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger | Feminism, Media
Bridezillas 24/7
The New York Post reported yesterday that Cablevision is launching a 24/7 wedding channel sometime in the near future. To which I responded: WTF? Why are we so obssessed with weddings? Do we enjoy w...
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June 30, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger | Feminism, Media, Politics, Violence against women
Appointed: a White House advisor on violence against women
Obama just appointed Lynn Rosenthal, a former executive director of the National Netowrk to End Domestic Violence, to the position of "White House adviser on violence against women." Apparently this i...
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June 30, 2009 | Este Yarmosh | Arts and culture, Girls
The Undiagnosed Problem: The Twilight “Saga”
Harmless fantasy-romance? Or influential prototype of a controlling lover? The author asks her (somewhat) younger sister-readers to take a deeper look at the popular series.
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June 30, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger | Feminism, Media, Sports
Oh Wimbledon
Wimbledon. I had respect for you. With your penchant for serving tea and strawberries with cream while watching non contact sports instead of artery-blocking glorified fat while watching supposedly he...
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June 29, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger | Media
Megan Fox is cool
"If your idea of a role model is somebody who’s gonna preach to your kids that sex before marriage is wrong and cursing is wrong and women should be this and be that, then I’m not a role model. But if...
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