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Why I Chose A Women's College
On May 1st, I signed my life away to the college where I will spend the next four years of my life. When I nervously pressed “submit” on the acceptance form a few days ago, I expected a grand display ...
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Loryn Brantz On Why The World Needs “Feminist Baby”
Although we’ve made undeniable progress over the years, debunking the negative stereotypes that still surround the word “feminism” is important, to say the least. And the earlier on we can do this, th...
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A Love Letter on Disability: Stop Feeling Sorry For Us. Start Fighting For Us.
The onset of my disabilities began at 13 and I have been unable to engage in regular physical activities for years. Early on, I braced myself for a lifetime of chronic back dysfunctions compounded by ...
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#MissingDCGirls Reminds Us Of A Greater Epidemic
501 children have been reported missing from the District of Columbia since the beginning of the year alone; a disturbingly high number of them were black or Latino children, and 22 cases remain unsol...
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#20PercentCounts: A Nation Comes Together in Support of Equal Pay
Three months and four days. This is how much longer, on average, women in the United States had to work to make what their male counterparts did over the last year; Women in the United States had to ...
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April 06, 2017 | Julie Zeilinger |
Feminism
Here We Are: A Q&A With Kelly Jensen, Author Of A New Intersectional Anthology
It’s been an interesting few years to be a young feminist. From the high of rising teen feminist celebrities and role models to the lows of the election, it’s clear that the next generation of young f...
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What Trans Individuals Need To Know About Their Rights Under Obamacare
Last weekend, I felt a tiny glimmer of hope in light of the looming threat of the Trump Administration and Republican-controlled House of Representatives. Trump’s new health care bill (aka the America...
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Manners Or Sexism?
“Girls, you NEVER say no to a guy when he asks you to dance,” barked the instructor at the sea of awkward children, anxiously tugging at our itchy formalwear. I was in fifth grade, in the midst of a “...
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Words of Wisdom From Feminist Writer Ariel Levy
Many feminists may know Ariel Levy as the author of modern feminist classic “Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women And The Rise Of Raunch Culture.” A contributor to the the New Yorker as well, Levy has built ...
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This Isn't About Leggings
United Airlines was thrust into the spotlight this week after a gate agent refused to let two female travelers board an aircraft. Their issue wasn’t concern for passengers’ security or managing inappr...
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Filmmaker Tracy Droz Tragos Puts Women First in Her New HBO Documentary on Abortion
The trailer for Abortion: Stories Women Tell, award-winning filmmaker Tracy Droz Tragos’s new documentary, opens on a hall full of people with boundless energy. We catch a glimpse of a low-hanging “Mi...
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What Rihanna Revealed About Humanitarian Work
On February 28, 2017, Rihanna walked up the creaky wooden steps of one of Cambridge’s storied halls to accept the Harvard Foundation’s 2017 Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian of the Year Award. While she is ...
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AMAZE and the Importance of Sex Education for Tweens
I grew up in a religious and conservative family, in the very religious and conservative country of Saudi Arabia. My parents never talked to me about sex education. At school, the topic of sex was unq...
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Being LGBT In The Middle East
For the most part, I am a normal teenager in Amman, Jordan. I wake up when I hear my alarm and get ready for school. But perhaps unlike other 15-year old-boys, I have never fantasized about beautiful ...
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An Interview With Hanne Larsen, The College-Aged Director Of 'The Sex Myth'
In 2015, feminist journalist Rachel Hills published The Sex Myth: The Gap Between Our Fantasies and Reality—a book that questions the sexual norms and expectations with which younger generations have ...
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The Brilliance Of 'Get Out'
*Spoiler Alert*: This review contains details about the plot of the movie.
The film Get Out opens on a single shot that, just like the film as a whole, manages to brilliantly capitalize on horror tro...
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Addressing Gendered Online Harassment
Last summer, my friend Katie* received an Instagram message from a man who claimed to know her. When she ignored him, he commented several times on her photos: “hey baby,” “bad girl,” “sexy,” “I knew ...
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An Interview With Award-Winning Teen Activist Filmmaker Jordan Barger
Jordan Barger is a junior in high school from Houston, Texas. She also happens to be an award-winning filmmaker who has her own production company, JOM Productions. Barger’s short film, "Milky White /...
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The Fight Against the Single Story: 'Speed Sisters’ Amber Fares and Rabab Haj Yahya on Sisterhood, Resilience, and the Importance of Human Connection
Being the first takes courage. Putting yourself in a position of vulnerability, stepping out of your comfort zone, and risking failure can be terrifying—but also hugely rewarding. It’s an experience f...
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A Guide To Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
During his campaign, President Donald Trump made it clear he would build a wall on the country’s southern border, introduce the End Illegal Immigration Act, and terminate prior executive orders that h...
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March 06, 2017 | Ashley Johnson |
Feminism,
Race/Ethnicity
Embracing My Blackness At Predominantly White Institutions
I wouldn’t say that I necessarily felt white growing up, but I never felt all that black, either. I wasn’t raised to feel in any way less than my white counterparts, but at the same time, my parents n...
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Hands on Their Backs: How Black Girls Are Pushed Out of Schools
Dr. Monique Morris made me nervous. She shouldn’t have. She has soft-looking chestnut skin and gorgeous locs. On the day we met, she wore a set of bracelets whimsically stacked on her arm that ...
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#DearBetsy: Protect Title IX
Betsy DeVos’s appointment as the United States Secretary of Education is monumentally problematic. DeVos has no background in education: in fact, her appointment will be her first job held in the fiel...
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This Eating Disorder Survivor Is Making A Difference
“There’s beauty in everything and everyone, and that shouldn’t be decided by the media or anyone,” Dayna Altman — a 24-year-old eating disorder survivor, graduate student, and mental health activist from the National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA) — told me in a recent interview.
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A Mother-Daughter Outing
I came out to my family at 25 years old. It was 2014, and while the country had made great progress in acceptance in terms of recognizing civil unions, putting more LGBTQ figures on television, and passing pro-gay laws, coming out was still a weighty experience.