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More Women Employed, Fewer Leaders in Italy
A translated part from an article appeared on the Italian newspaper “Corriere della Sera” of 14/08/09.
Job & Career – Public employment: more women, few leaders
“In Italy The percentage of wome...
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Back On Track
"And you know what they say--it's in your DNA!"
-Avenue Q, "If You Were Gay"
I stumbled upon this rather classic questionnaire here:
I decided to fill it out both to
A) Have some fun looking at hete...
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Trying To Be Pretty
this is a quiet acknowledgement
of running a hand over skin to see if it is soft
and over a body to see if it is full
and of measuring the size but more importantly the consistency of breasts
and ...
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August 11, 2009 | Julia P |
Feminism
Dishwashing Feminism
You know, I kinda wanted my debut at the FBomb to be intellectual and interesting and all that, but somehow my first article has turned out to be one of those feel-of-the-moment snippets.
Anyway,...
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August 10, 2009 | Helen H |
Feminism,
International
'Til Death?
Marriage over here (in Jordan)—it’s been bothering me ever since I first started to understand it. This doesn’t happen with everyone, but it’s the way most religious or conservative families go about ...
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August 09, 2009 | Nellie B |
Arts and culture,
Feminism
A Feminist Goes to the Ballet
Ballet, as fine arts and sources of entertainment go, is not exactly what one might call a feminist pastime. Though it is ridiculous trying to mandate whether something is "feminist" or not, ballet d...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Bikini Kill
It's baaaaaaack.
This week - a little history lesson. The post on Care Bears on Fire, and the comments about the riot grrrl movement got me thinking. Most girls my age don't even know what the riot ...
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The Sodini Killings
You probably have already heard about the kilings that took place by the hand of George Sodini in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania on Tuesday night.
Sodini, a 48-year-old man entered an LA Fitness center ...
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Care Bears on Fire
It was a summer afternoon like any other. I was sprawled across the couch with a pack of twizzlers in one hand and a large iced coffee in the other, two food-items that are essential to my survival. T...
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August 02, 2009 | Valentina V. |
Feminism,
International
16 Years Old in Milan: The Reality of a Dangerous City
In these last years in Milan the female condition has generally become worse. I could say it has turned out to be unbearable.
A teenage girl isn't free to live her life in a safe way, like men. Here ...
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The Fatal Generalizations in the Teen Movie
Teen movies very obviously base themselves on harmless stereotypes: the jock, the bitch, the nerd, etc.-- stereotypes so deeply rooted into our expectations of the genre that we can't be bothe...
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Assiya Rafiq is my hero
Assiya Rafiq of Pakistan was sold at 16 by a female family friend to two criminals who were related to prominent politicians. The men beat and raped her for the next year, un...
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Twitter and gendered language
Of all the things to spark a debate over the lack of gender neutrality in language, I really hadn't expected Twitter.
Twitter seems to get a lot of flack. Upon telling people that I have a twitte...
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Carol Smith: Women are Better Managers
The New York Times has an interview with Carol Smith, the senior vice president and chief brand officer at the media company the Elle Group. And she makes some pretty admirable statements.
I think it...
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Gender Equality and Religion: Using the Burqa Ban as a Jumping-Off Point
A little over a month ago, The Huffington Post put up an Associated Press article entitled “Sarkozy: Burqas Are ‘Not Welcome’ In France.” The gist of the article was that French President Nicolas Sar...
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Vandalize Gay
In my nominally liberal suburb of Washington, D.C., the sight of two mommies or daddies and their adorable offspring is not uncommon. In fact, the suburb adjacent to mine, renowned as a bastion of hi...
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July 23, 2009 | Mia |
Arts and culture,
Feminism
Once upon a time
Once upon a time
Someone told
Me that a waltz with him
Would be the end
But we all know that that prompted the flappers and
world war
to hear them talk
children laughing, the
teasing is and ha...
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Joss Whedon's Equality Now Speech
Joss Whedon is the creator of such shows as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly and Dollhouse. He's also awesome. I'm not too familiar with his work, but I've always admired him as a feminist icon, as ...
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July 22, 2009 | Helen H |
Feminism,
International
From the other side of the globe
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...
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feminist chat with the rad Nikki Darling
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...
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MTSS goes CC
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 ...
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The REAL Ugly Truth
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...
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July 19, 2009 | Nellie B |
Feminism
Feminist Camp
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...
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July 18, 2009 | Kolleen R |
Feminism
countering feminist backlash
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...
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Maddow v. Buchanan over Sotomayor
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...