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Support Women Artists Sunday: Ellen Page
A lot of people may criticize Juno, saying that it's an unrealistic portrayal of teen pregnancy (and these are valid claims) - but it's hard to deny how awesome Ellen Page was in that movie. She's fun...
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The Asking
It’s time for prom! I’ve refused to go prom all these years but decided to go this year since it’s my senior year. Besides, the prospect of mocktails is just too much to decline…
Anyway, I’m always f...
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The Runaways (Filmed and Real)
Yesterday, I went to see the movie The Runaways. I am simultaneously a huge fan of Dakota Fanning and Joan Jett herself while not such a huge fan of Kristen Stewart, and wasn't entirely sure what to e...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Rachel Roy and Jennifer Venditti
So, I recently got an e-mail in regards to SWAS - a regular feature on the FBomb. A reader asked why SWAS was restricted only to musicians...and basically I could think of no other answer than, "I'm r...
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Male Studies (As Opposed to Women's Studies)
On Monday, the New York Times reported about the creation of a "Male Studies" program at Wagner College in Staten Island.
Christina Hoff Sommers, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institu...
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B-Listed interviews Nancy Lublin
A while back B-Listed (which, if you don't know is this really cool pop-culture human rights blog aimed at influencing the media) interviewed Nancy Lublin, who I think is really rad.
Basically, Nancy...
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“The Heretics”: Women of the Heresies Collective
The author interviews the maker of a documentary that captures a prolific period of feminist art, focusing on the collective as, according to the film web site, “a microcosm of the larger international women’s movement, in which thousands of small, private groups of women met together in forms unique to their own settings.”
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Jessica Simpson and "The Price Of Beauty"
VH1 is notorious for its truly amazing decisions about television programming, and now it can add “The Price of Beauty” to its track record.
Jessica Simpson makes the argument that her new show is go...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Plastiscines
The Plastiscines, a garage rock revival group composed entirely of French females, formed in 2004 around teenage friends Katty Besnard (guitar/vocals), Marine Neuilly (guitar), Louise Basilien (ba...
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Hot Topic Thinks Cutting Is Cool
I didn't even know what "cutting" was until around middle school when a friend of mine casually called a girl in our grade a "cutter." When I asked her what a cutter was she told me it was a person wh...
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Twilight, Romeo and Juliet and the Disney Princesses: Why Are We Looking Up To These Examples?
In light of the New Moon DVD coming out recently, I have to admit, I shrieked like a little girl every time Taylor Lautner came onto the screen. However, despite how absolutely dreamy I think he is, a...
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Constance McMillen: I'm Sorry People Where You Live Seriously Suck
As if things don't suck enough for Constance McMillen in Itawamba County, where she was initially banned from her prom because she wanted to NOT have to hide the fact that she's gay and bring her girl...
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Being A Christian Feminist
I was raised by feminists- my mother, father, and both grandparents made sure I knew that being a girl was something to be cherished. When I was very small, we worshipped at home, led by my grandfath...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Nneka
Nneka Egbuna was born in a Warri, a bustling and thriving metropolis (with a population of over 1 million) in Nigeria in 1981 and used to sing in her school’s and church choir in Nigeria. She says...
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The War Against Teen Moms
I’ve always thought us young women are pretty lucky in the UK. As oppressive, patriarchal societies go, I’d say the one we enjoy is relatively mild. Legal abortions (though only up to 24 weeks and if ...
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An Answer to those Stupid Tampon Ads
Why are tampon ads constantly stupid? It's embarrassing how advertisers think that because periods are a "girl" problem that we must want to see "girly" ads. So what does this translate to? Girls beha...
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A Vibrant Encounter Space Online: The International Museum of Women
The International Museum of Women is an innovative “new media” approach that utilizes women’s creative powers as a bridge for activism.
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March 27, 2010 | Jessie W |
Arts and culture,
Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Pixie Lott
Victoria Louise Lott, better known as Pixie Lott (a nickname given to her by her mother because she was an extremely little baby), is one of the new and upcoming pop singers of today. This young and c...
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National Young Feminist Leadership Conference
This past weekend, members from my campus’s chapter of FMLA (Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance) went to the National Young Feminist Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C. Despite the fact that ...
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Obvious Child
So recently I got an email from Gillian Robespierre, a filmmaker, letting me know about her short film Obvious Child. I'll let her take it from here, but before I do I have to say I really, really enj...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Marina and the Diamonds
Marina Lambrini Diamandis (born 10 October 1985), better known by her stage name Marina and the Diamonds, is a Greek-Welsh singer-songwriter. She rose to fame after reaching number two on the BBC ...
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A Call to Arms
If women are going to continue to break down barriers and keep the fight of feminism alive, we have got to lay off the girl on girl crime. This is something that affects women of all ages. Several wee...
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Ladette to Lady: How to be an Acceptable Human Being
A while ago I was off school ill and, in the grips of extreme and irreversible boredom, I started browsing through 4OD (for those who don’t know, that’s the website of the UK Channel 4 which allows yo...
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Kathryn Bigelow: The Woman Behind the Landmark
Kathryn Bigelow made history on March 7th when she became the first woman to win the award for Best Director. And to be honest, up until that point I knew very little about her. I'm pretty sure I wasn...
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Why I'm Still a Girl Guide at 18
While researching for an essay on feminism among young people a while back I came across an article by Kira Cochrane, Women’s Editor of The Guardian (I want her job. Please.), talking about the attitu...