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Jordin Sparks: 30 Lbs Down
Every week, my Grandma brings over her copy of People magazine for my Mom and I to peruse. It’s a guilty pleasure that I actively try to avoid, but every once in a while I’ll flip through the rag just...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Gossip
Danielle B's post earlier this week reminded me how awesome Beth Ditto and Gossip are. Enjoy!
Gossip (formerly The Gossip) is a three-piece American indie rock band formed in 1999. The band consi...
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Feeling Beautiful
I can shoot lightning bolts from my fingertips
Poetry spouts like jewel-encrusted bullets
From my chapped lips
Soul shining like a beacon
Behind my eyes
Creating tiny worlds
With each sleepy sig...
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Support Women Artist Sundays: India.Arie
India.Arie (born India Marie Simpson; October 3, 1975) is a Grammy Award-winning American soul, R&B, and neo soul musician, songwriter, and producer. She has sold over 3.3 million records on U.S. ...
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June 16, 2011 | Tesneem A |
Arts and culture,
Feminism
Sick
I'm sick and tired of you,
And I'm sick of the things you do,
I'm sick of the things you say,
And how you insist you have your own way,
For how can I forgive someone who can't respect me and the c...
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June 13, 2011 | Julie Zeilinger |
Arts and culture,
Feminism,
Girls,
Health,
LGBTQIA,
Media,
Violence against women
#YASaves
I have been an avid fan of Young Adult fiction since the third grade. I vividly remember standing in the library check out line with the rest of my class during "Library Time" eagerly digging into my ...
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June 11, 2011 | Brian C |
Arts and culture,
Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Amanda Palmer
Amanda MacKinnon Gaiman Palmer (born 30 April 1976) is an American performer who first rose to prominence as the lead singer, pianist, and lyricist/composer of the duo The Dresden Dolls. She has s...
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Saturday Vids: Amy Poehler at Harvard College
It is no secret to those who know me well that the women of SNL past and present are my personal pantheon of goddesses, to which I worship on a regular basis. I recently got my Tina Fey fix, reading h...
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Many Roads to Their Truth—The Topp Twins
In what singer-songwriter Billy Bragg calls their "anarchist variety act," the Topp Twins expand their loyal following beyond New Zealand's borders.
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Agnes Obel
Agnes Caroline Thaarup Obel (born 1981) is a Danish singer-songwriter. Her first album, Philharmonics, was released by PIAS Recordings on 4 October 2010 in Denmark, Norway, Germany and other Europ...
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My Anthem
I won't follow your conventions; I'll lead my own way,
And I will refuse to listen to those that say nay,
I'll speak my mind and do whatever I like,
Whether you think I am wrong or right,
For who ...
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No Body Is Perfect
Colour me flawless, colour me pretty,
Isn't it enough that I'm smart, caring and witty?
I have my scars and I have my scratches,
I even have my fair share of bulges,
I wish that the skeletons woul...
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Bossypants: Why We Should All Bask In The Wisdom Of Tina Fey
Tina Fey is awesome. This is not new information. She’s hilarious, successful, and still dedicated to her family. Fey seems genuine and grounded, which is always nice to see in famous people, who I ty...
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I'm Writing A Book. And You're Going To Help Me.
When I was a freshman in high school, I read Jessica Valenti’s book Full Frontal Feminism and it changed my life. It’s what sent me to Feministing, which introduced me to the feminist blogosphere, whi...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Girls In Trouble
Alicia Jo Rabins hails from Brooklyn, New York. Alicia started violin lessons at the age of three and has trained herself to be a classical violinist. While growing up with such aspirations, Alici...
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Saturday Vids: Out of the Vinyl Deeps - Ellen Willis on Rock Music
In 1968, the New Yorker hired Ellen Willis as its first popular music critic. Her column, Rock, Etc., ran for seven years and established Willis as a leader in cultural commentary and a pioneer in the...
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Wanna Be A Victim? No Thanks.
I love music. From Tchaikovsky to T-Pain, my iPod has it all. I also love to sing. I'm not all that good at it, and my off-key crooning is usually confined to my shower or car, but nevertheless I enj...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Emiliana Torrini
Emilíana Torrini (born May 16, 1977) is an Icelandic singer, best known for her 2009 single Jungle Drum, 1999 album Love in the Time of Science and for performing "Gollum's Song", during the endin...
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May 12, 2011 | JessicaMc |
Arts and culture,
Feminism,
Gender-based violence,
Violence against women
Torture
Vaginas and clitorises and lips,
cut to pieces, ripped open,
stitched up, closed up,
torn apart like dispensable junk.
Hanging bits of flesh
falling to the ground
and blood-soaked thighs trembli...
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Bridesmaids: Not Your Average Wedding Movie
One of the benefits of going to a college at large, urban campus is that we fairly often get cool free previews of things. My freshman year I went to a free advanced screening of Role Models (hilariou...
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May 07, 2011 | Brian C |
Arts and culture,
Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Oh Land
Nanna Øland Fabricius (born 20 November 1985 in Copenhagen), better known by her stage name Oh Land, is a Danish singer-songwriter and record producer. She is currently living in Brooklyn, New York Ci...
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May 05, 2011 | Shvaugn |
Arts and culture
Red Sunflower Desire
I can remember
the first time I split
this earth open,
locked within the blooming
garden of sunflowers that
formed the upstairs bathroom.
I told you first
almost begging, asking about
how I sh...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Dum Dum Girls
Dum Dum Girls are an indie pop band from California currently signed to Sub Pop Records. Their name is a homage to The Vaselines album 'Dum Dum' and the Iggy Pop song "Dum Dum Boys". The group als...
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Saturday Vids: Ideal Women
Elena Rossini is a film director, cinematographer and editor from Italy. She's also a really awesome woman who is working on multiple feminist projects, including a documentary about the manipulation ...
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April 25, 2011 Arts and culture
Hollywood Gender Gap Persists in 100 Top-Grossing 2008 Films
A new study from researchers at the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism shows that females remain less visible and less valued than males in top feature films—both in front of and behind the camera.