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April 11, 2017 | Kayleigh Bolingbroke | Feminism, Misogyny
#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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March 30, 2017 | Kinder L | Feminism, Misogyny
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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March 12, 2017 | Gabby Catalano | Feminism, Media, Misogyny, Online harassment, Science and tech
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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February 28, 2017 | Mankaprr Conteh | Feminism, Misogyny
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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February 15, 2017 | Kayleigh Bolingbroke | Feminism, Media, Misogyny, Politics, Violence against women
What Does #FreeMelania Really Mean?

By now, you have probably seen the infamous clip of Trump and Melania on Inauguration Day. To recap for those who haven’t, the footage shows Trump turning to Melania, who is courtly, beaming. As soon as Trump turns his back, her smile turns swiftly into what can only be described as a grave scowl.

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February 14, 2017 | Isaiah Strong | Feminism, Misogyny, Race/Ethnicity
I Am Not A 'Phase'
I was standing on the top floor of a fraternity house in the early days of my sophomore year of college. Across the room, I saw an upperclasswoman I had heard about through the grapevine. She was well...
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January 19, 2017 | Virginia Jiang | Feminism, LGBTQIA, Misogyny
Why I March
I remember the first time I was called a fag. It was on a crisp fall day. I was walking to class. A man passed by me. It was casual, almost off-hand, like a bigoted stutter. It wasn’t the first time ...
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December 29, 2016 | Madeline Redell | Arts and culture, Feminism, Misogyny
The Underlying Sexism of Playing An Instrument
I was the textbook definition of an awkward twelve-year-old. I had braces, wild frizzy hair, and tended to match my eyeshadow to the color of any one my assorted array of graphic tees. This was only m...
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December 20, 2016 | Susannah Keogh | Feminism, Girls, Misogyny, Online harassment, Science and tech, Violence against women
The Bigger Problem Online Harassment Indicates
Two weeks ago, my friend Izzy accepted a Facebook friend request from a mutual friend of a friend. Let’s call him "Chris." She thought nothing of it until she read the comments his friends left on the...
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December 18, 2016 | Julie Graves | Feminism, Misogyny, Violence against women
Calling Out Everyday Sexism
Content Warning: this article contains a discussion of sexual assault.  The other day, my best friends and I were casually chatting in a group message. Between complaining about homework and our crus...
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November 29, 2016 | Kami Baker | Feminism, Media, Misogyny, Politics, Race/Ethnicity
How To Go Forward With Love Post-Election
On November 9, I went to a watch party for the 2016 election. At first, it was full of hope and promise. We had spent the first half of our days giddy after filling in our very first ballots — ballots...
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November 22, 2016 | Farha Khalidi | Feminism, Media, Misogyny
Wifey Material
It has been almost one hundred years since the Women’s Bureau was established in the Department of Labor. The Bureau aimed to promote the welfare of wage-earning women and for their rights to be respe...
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November 06, 2016 | Chloe Hallinan | Feminism, Media, Misogyny, Race/Ethnicity
Experiencing Racial Bias In Preschool
When I was in preschool I hated my skin. While I had bronze skin, brown eyes, and brown hair, my friends in preschool looked different. Most of them had fair skin, blue eyes, and blond hair. I thought...
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October 11, 2016 | Blythe Drucker | Feminism, Misogyny, Online harassment, Violence against women
My Fight To End Sexist Harassment In Schools
In the summer of 2015, I discovered feminism. While I had previously been aware of the fight for gender equality, I had never really educated myself on the movement and its values. Like many others, I...
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October 09, 2016 | Kayleigh Bolingbroke | Feminism, Misogyny
Overcoming Internalized Misogyny
“Wow, they’re beautiful,” I thought to myself at nine years old as I watched yet another music video by yet another girl group for the hundredth time. I admired these women, in all their scantily clad...
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October 06, 2016 | Frances Nguyen | Feminism, Media, Misogyny, Violence against women
Public Women Are Not Public Property
Ukrainian social media personality Vitalii Sediuk is having a hard time with the definition of "assault." Rather, the self-described “prankster”— who is responsible for assaulting both Gigi Hadid outs...
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October 02, 2016 | Rachael Hanakowski | Feminism, Media, Misogyny, Politics
The Problem With Criticizing Emma Watson and Justin Trudeau's Feminism
On September 29th, two influential individuals had a very public meeting of the minds: Justin Trudeau, current Prime Minister of Canada, and actor/activist Emma Watson. The two met in Parliament in Ot...
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September 22, 2016 | Faatimah Solomon | Body image and body standards, Feminism, Misogyny, Race/Ethnicity
The History Of Banning Black Women's Hair
When I turned twelve, I started faithfully straightening my hair every single week. By the time I was fourteen years old, therefore, I had straightened my hair at least one hundred and four times. At ...
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September 20, 2016 | Gabby Catalano | Body image and body standards, Feminism, Media, Misogyny, Race/Ethnicity
We Need To Stop Sexualizing And Policing Women Who Have Curvy Bodies
Patrice Brown, a fourth-grade teacher in Atlanta who is known for being at the center of the hashtag #TeacherBae, is being criticized in the media — not for her body of work, but rather her body at wo...
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September 05, 2016 | Chloe Hallinan | Feminism, International, Misogyny, Race/Ethnicity, Religion
The Burkini Ban And The Long Legacy Of Controlling Women's Bodies
Imagine you are at the beach, sitting on the sand, and enjoying the sounds of waves crashing.  Suddenly you are confronted by armed police officers.  The police officers stand over you and demand that...
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August 28, 2016 | David Guirgis | Arts and culture, Feminism, Media, Misogyny
An Interview With Agunda Okeyo
Agunda Okeyo is, above all, an activist. While her work spans from the writing desk to the director’s chair, all of her projects have a unifying focus: raising awareness about feminism and the neo-civ...
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August 21, 2016 | Crystal O | Feminism, LGBTQIA, Misogyny, Race/Ethnicity
How I Fit Into Mainstream Pride Events As A Queer Black Woman
I realized that I wasn’t straight when I was about 15 years old. Soon after, I got involved with my high school's Gay-Straight Alliance. During one of the club's meetings, the steering committee chair...
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August 09, 2016 | Vicki Soogrim | Feminism, Misogyny, Politics, Race/Ethnicity, Violence against women
The Powerful Message of Mothers of the Movement
On Tuesday, July 26th, several mothers of police brutality victims spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. United by the organization Mothers of the Movement,  the women joined to...
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August 07, 2016 | David Guirgis | Feminism, Gender-based violence, Misogyny, Violence against women
Qandeel Baloch's Death Proves Misogyny Is Still Lethal
"I believe I am a modern day feminist," Pakistani internet celebrity Qandeel Baloch wrote the day before her death, according to the Huffington Post. "I believe in equality. I need not to choose what ...
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August 01, 2016 | Gabby C | Feminism, Misogyny, Violence against women
Invading A Woman's Personal Privacy Should Be Illegal
Despite a popular myth to the contrary, what a woman chooses to wear is hardly the only factor that contributes to her public objectification — objectification that often overtly violates women’s cons...

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