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Anybody Else Freaked Out By Child Beauty Pageants?
I have to ask this question: am I the only one who's completely freaked out by child beauty pageants? I mean, whenever I'm flipping through our 900 channels (887 of which are useless) and happen acros...
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Pads, Phallus, and Gloria: Advocating for Trash Bins and More
I recently came across Gloria Steinem’s “If Men Could Menstruate” as I was perusing over required reading packet. In this article, Steinem creates an alternate universe where the power of the penis is...
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Saturday Vids: Nona Willis Aronowitz & Feminist Experimentation
You may remember Nona from the post I wrote about GirlDrive (her really super awesome book) and her guest post about Hooking Up. Well, Nona recently did some social experimentin' involving feminism, t...
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August 05, 2010 | Sarah T. |
Arts and culture,
Feminism
Dear World
Dear World,
Today,
I will speak out.
Today,
I will report the man,
Who gropes me on the street.
Today,
I will tell my story,
To anyone who asks.
Today,
I will warn every woman and girl,
Of the man on ...
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August 04, 2010 | Jill L |
Feminism
Let's Reclaim the Name
“So, you know how you're a feminist?”
“Yes.”
“And yet you still expect men to open doors for you?”
“No, I expect the person going in through the door in front of me to slam it in my face.”
'Feminist'...
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August 03, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger |
Economy,
Feminism,
Girls,
Media,
Online harassment,
Science and tech
Formspring and Cyber Bullying
My first interaction with Formspring (for those who don’t know: Formspring is a site where people can comment anonymously about eachother) occurred just this past year when a girl a year younger than ...
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HIV/AIDS: Raising a Clamor in Vienna
Already an award winning writer, our 14-year-old correspondent at the international HIV/AIDS conference, July 18 to 23, tells and shows us why it was important for her to be among the youth delegates struggling to have their voices heard.
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Sexism in Science
You know what makes me angry? The fact that I apparently can’t do science because I have a vagina. Now, I didn’t think that my gender was damaging my math and science skills, but I guess having breast...
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Banish Girl Hate Today
I’ll admit it: I used to be a hater. After I hit 13, for whatever reason, I started to really, really dislike other girls. I was constantly jealous of them, hated when they talked to my array of (of...
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Saturday Vids: Modern Lady & Beer Ads
When Sarah Haskins and Target Women left Current TV, a little part of me died. But then they found Erin Gibson and I'm slowly learning to love again! Enjoy!
Oh, by the way, this whole "Saturday Vid...
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Huge and Feminist Stereotypes
Yet again, the media continues to fail with another horribly unrealistic feminist character. I was interested in the new series "Huge" and how this show would portray body image issues. However, when ...
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Boys: Second Class Citizens in the Classroom
Apparently, when it comes to education in New York City, boys are "second class citizens." Or at least that’s what Christina Hoff Sommers, author of The War Against Boys and the recent article Are The...
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Free to Be You and Me
On my last procrastination streak, in addition to watching dozens of videos of young children singing pop songs on YouTube, I stumbled upon a gem from my childhood – all 44 minutes of ‘Free to Be… You...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Metric
Metric is a Canadian indie rock band, formed in Toronto in 1998 and based at various times in Montreal, London, New York City and Los Angeles. The band members are Emily Haines (vocals, keyboards)...
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Why Don't Teen Girls Identify as Feminists?
I’ll just get it out of the way: Barnard’s Young Women’s Leadership Institute was an amazing program, and one of the best experiences of my life. We had some really awesome speakers/workshops (includi...
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July 21, 2010 | Elinor K |
Body image and body standards,
Economy,
Environment,
Feminism,
Health,
Media
Femme Toxic: How To Be a Healthy & Environmentally Friendly Consumer
My name is Elinor Keshet and I’ve been an intern at FemmeToxic over the past several months. What’s FemmeToxic? Well, it’s a project that was started by Breast Cancer Montreal in partnership with Girl...
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Forever 21's Materntiy Line and the Normalization of Teen Pregnancy
I am 17, and when I close my eyes and think of what my life would be like if I were to become pregnant in the near future, my cynical mind goes here: I am holding a tiny child that is crying and spitt...
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"Phat" Girl in a Skinny World
When you're the only fat girl in your 2nd grade class, kids can be pretty mercilous. As someone who's been overweight their entire life I've heard every joke and jab imaginable: ugly, fat-ass, puffer ...
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Standing with Abortion Providers
Doctors who provide women with abortion services often don't have the luxury of privacy and security. Here, the leader of a group organized to represent those front-line physicians tells how each of us who believe in a woman's right to safe reproductive health care can support their work.
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Sparknotes Gender Test and Gender Stereotypes
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Ok, the gender test on the Sparknotes website really pisses me off.
Their claim: "Guys...
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July 14, 2010 | Alexis Sclamberg |
LGBTQIA
U.S. Judge Faults Congress in Denying Same-Sex Marriage
In a strongly worded ruling, the Defense of Marriage Act falls in federal court to a combined challenge by GLAD and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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Unnatural Causes: Feminism and Health Care
Health care reform is on everyone’s radar these days after we’ve watched Obama’s plan go through change after change before being passed this year. It’s been on my radar as a feminist because of the w...
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July 11, 2010 | Steph L |
Feminism,
Girls,
Misogyny,
Online harassment,
Science and tech,
Violence against women
Frape
I’m sure I’m not the only one out there who’s disturbed by the number of people who casually use the term "facebook rape” or “frape.” For those of you not familiar with facebook (if such a rare spec...
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July 08, 2010 | Ashley P |
Feminism,
Gender-based violence,
International,
Media,
Politics,
Violence against women
Female Bodies and Female Genital Mutilation: There is No Room for Compromise
Apparently, parental request for altering their young daughters’ genitalia had reached the magnitude to which the American Academy of Pediatrics issued their policy statement in April condoning and in...
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July 07, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger |
Body image and body standards,
Feminism,
Health,
International,
Media,
Misogyny
Circle Contact Lenses: The Terrifying Future of Beauty as We Know It
As Joan Jacobs, in her great book The Body Project illuminated, the idea of teen girls working to improve their bodies in a detached way – as if it were a project with perfection as its goal, rather t...