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April 23, 2015 | Karaleigh S |
Arts and culture
call me a Woman
I am not just pretty.
I am Ethereal.
I am Lethal.
My Eyes are Sharp-Cut Stones
and
My Smile spreads like Hot Butter
I am
Everything
and
I am
Nothing
I have Galaxies of Freckles
that
would...
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April 21, 2015 | Anuradha Sengupta |
Arts and culture
Viral Video on Women's Choices Is Stirring Up Controversy in India
A Vogue India video with a message of women’s empowerment has people asking, Is it a feminist campaign or a PR stunt?
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Meet The Teens Using Intersectional Art As Feminist Activism
First I found myself through art. Then I found myself through feminism. Finally, I found myself through activism. I was confused but ambitious in high school and passionately tried to learn everything...
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April 02, 2015 | Saskia G |
Arts and culture
Pheromones
The curve of you,
where the cheek meets the thigh,
is sweeter than lips strawberry
in a tinted photo
which is not your own anymore.
Instead savor
the place of skin wrapped by summer
clothes str...
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Nightclubs: A Culture of Harassment
The first time I experienced harassment in a club, a man came up behind me and put his hand under my dress and in between my legs. I was horrified. I felt dirty, violated and mortified. As the night w...
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So Many Talented Women
Last night, students shuffled in and out of the audition room for a production I’m working on, frantically asking about pronunciation and deciding whether to use or ignore the chairs we’d provided the...
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These Students Are Sending A Powerful Message to the Oscars
It may be 2015, but women's representation in the entertainment industry is still grim. According to the Women's Media Center, a recent San Diego State University report, for instance, found that wome...
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Doing Feminism
I remember sitting in a circle of girls on the playground. One girl, I'll call her Sarah, showed us that she could fold her tongue. I didn’t know how to fold my tongue, but I lied and told m...
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February 05, 2015 | Samantha P |
Arts and culture,
Feminism
Basic Human Rights
What are you women truly fighting for?
What rights don’t you women have?
Basic human rights.
My consent for you to approach me and get to know me
Is a basic human right
My body does not define me
My c...
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Princes
When I was a little girl my grandma told me that there were princes. Sitting in our house in the Sunset, the N rumbling by, the sky grey and the ocean roaring, she’d tell me about them as I sipped my ...
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An Interview with Melissa Silverstein
It's no secret that the film industry is hardly hospitable to women. The Women's Media Center found that only six percent of the 100 top films of 2012 cast the sexes in equal numbers, and only 28.4...
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January 06, 2015 | Augusta G |
Arts and culture
Womantra
If you can’t handle me,
If my girl-power, middle-finger, bra-burning bothers you
Then reevaluate
Because I am only gaining momentum
I am charging,
Ignited by the tide of my moon
Surrounded by my...
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Why <em>The Legend of Korra</em> May Be the Best Cartoon Show Ever
On December 19th, Nickelodeon released the final episode of the series The Legend of Korra, a fantastical animated series set in a world where four tribes, each of which is associated with an element ...
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Uncomfortable
In class my professor stated that being comfortable
is a key factor to a society evolving.
At the time, I took her word for it. But
that night as I tried to fall asleep, I couldn’t help but
think ...
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Dyllan McGee: The Force Behind MAKERS
Like countless aspects of the women’s movement before it, MAKERS, the renowned digital and video storytelling platform of women’s stories, started with Gloria Steinem. More accurately, it started when...
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October 14, 2014 | Atiya I-M |
Arts and culture,
Media
My Problem With The "Powerful Bitch" Trope
Lately I’ve noticed a trend in some of my favorite shows that makes me uncomfortable on a number of levels. From Blair Waldorf on “Gossip Girl” to Sadie on “Awkward” it appears that if you are a femal...
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September 04, 2014 | Emily Wilson |
Arts and culture
“Lasso of Truth”
A new play takes a unique look at Wonder Woman—and the surprising man who created her.
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August 28, 2014 | Georgia P |
Arts and culture
Progress
Shut up he barked
Sit down he wined
Raise your voice he howled
Raise your cup to me he giggled
Make pure and tender love to me he snapped
Pick me up in your arms and tell me how to change he snak...
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A New Look at Dorothea Lange’s Life and Work
A documentary premiering this week reveals why the groundbreaking photography of Dorothea Lange resonates for a modern audience.
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Jenny Lewis’ The Voyager Is a Feminist Experience
“I’m just another lady without a baby.”
Jenny Lewis’ delivery of this line in “Just One of the Guys,” the third song on her new album, The Voyager, is quiet, yet powerful. She seems almost to be taun...
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A Daily Serving of Misogyny
Most do not realize that
they have swallowed you up
today along with their breakfast
and that you are their favorite cereal
Yours is a deceptive brand
claiming to have enough
servings of...
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Obvious Child Was Obviously Awesome
Last week, I was able to score some passes to a screening of Obvious Child from Feministing.com. Just the idea of a romantic comedy about abortion made my feminist mind little-kid-giddy. Obvious Child...
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Why Sansa Stark Doesn’t Owe You Anything
I’m hesitant to trust people who call Game of Thrones’ Sansa Stark whiney, basic, boring and weak. How someone feels about Sansa Stark tells me a lot about how they think about women.
Sansa Stark is ...
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Why We Need To Stop Romanticizing Mental Illness Amongst Teen Girls
I realized recently that my generation has a strange fascination with the perception of mental illness, especially as it relates to teenage girls. I've noticed young women posting many quotes about me...
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April 23, 2014 | Darializa Avila-Chevalier |
Arts and culture,
Education,
Feminism,
Media,
Race/Ethnicity
Choosing Not to Support Marginalization of Minority Groups Through Illustration
As an artist for my college's newspaper, the Columbia Spectator, I sometimes have to illustrate pieces laced with unrecognized privilege. I’ve drawn for articles that fetishize poverty in Spanish Harl...