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June 18, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger |
Arts and culture,
Body image and body standards,
Feminism,
Media,
Violence against women
Perez, Miley and Slut Shaming
Last Sunday, gossip blogger Perez Hilton made the controversial decision to post a photo of Miley Cyrus exiting a car on his twitter, implying that she was not wearing underwear. Now, the internet is ...
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An Interview with Gloria Feldt
Gloria Feldt, a former teen mother, was the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood. She is currently an activist, author and leading expert in women’s rights, leadership and politics and blogs ab...
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Hayley Williams' Topless Photos: Who Cares?
So, as you may or may not have heard, a topless photo of Hayley
Williams was posted on her Twitter. The post was deleted fifteen
minutes later, and thirty minutes after that, another post appeared sa...
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All The Way
Therese Shechter, the awesome documentarian who brought us I Was A Teenage Feminist, is it again, and this time she's tackling virginity with "How to Lose Your Virginity":
Our new trailer! "How To ...
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Prom and Assimilation
As a senior in high school, I am less than ecstatic about senior year and its attendant rites. That’s right: it’s prom time.
It’s a fortuitous year to be queer and prom-bound, as Constance McMillen ...
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Kiana Firouz
Today I received an email from FBomb reader and contributer Katherine C. She alerted me to the situation involving filmmaker Kiana Firouz. Kiana is a 27 year old Iranian LGBT rights activist who stars...
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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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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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March 29, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger |
Body image and body standards,
Feminism,
Girls,
Violence against women
The Conundrum of The Flirt
I have a friend. Let's call him Finneus. Finneus is a well known flirt at my school. The fact that he's pretty much had a girlfriend consistently since the beginning of 6th grade does not disuade him ...
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Lesbian Teen Banned from Prom
I'm sure a lot of you have heard about this story by now but I had to blog about it. Apparently the school district of Itawamba County in Mississippi would not allow Constance McMillen, 18, to attend ...
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Owning Up to My "Number"
A few days ago, I took a huge step in the self-confidence department. I was reading Jessica Valenti’s Full-Frontal Feminism (a particular favorite of mine) for the fifth time, and her chapter about wo...
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A Generation of Prosti-tots
Last year, I worked at an after-school day care center for kids in preschool-6th grade. Basically, after a long day at school, I hauled my ass to work where for 3 hours I was surrounded by a bunch of ...
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Someone Needs To Take The Negative PR Off Of Abortion's back
As I was reading this post on "Abortion Doulas" I got to thinking about being pro-choice, abortion in general and about abortion in India in particular (as this is where I live). Out here, we tend to ...
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Thoughts on "Hook Up Culture," or What I Learned From My High School Diary
Debates about "hooking up," swinging from genuine concern to hysteria on both sides of political spectrum, have been raging throughout the 2000s (Most of the freakouts over the "hookup scene" happens ...
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Elizabeth Gilbert on "Genius
My school advisor recently sent me a link to this video of a talk Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Pilgrims and Eat, Pray, Love, gave to the TED conference last year. Her views on the pressures of being a...
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The Super Bowl and Abortion
This year I, like nearly 100 million other Americans, will watch the super bowl. However, this fact has very little to do with the game of football. I have no idea what occurs in this game, and if you...
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January 28, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger |
Feminism
To Have a Boyfriend…
There are a lot of things that suck about high school. For one, getting up after about four hours of sleep because of some ridiculous paper I forgot was due and started at 11. Also, having to pick out...
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January 24, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger |
Feminism
A Feminist Break Up
A few weeks ago, one of my best friends broke up with her boyfriend. I'm a teenager, so I should probably be used to this by now. It seems as though I can't make it through an entire week at school wi...
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Why I Don't Like Pride
But Steph, you may say: you're trans, and sort of a lesbian – queer as hell! You should love pride!
And yes, I should. But I don't. There are a few reasons, all compelling.
1) Transphobia. Full stop...
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Uganda Be Kidding Me
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Let me see if I have this...
There exists something called the "Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009" in Uganda and through this...
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Questions about Lesbianism
My name is Vanessa Fernando. I’m a writer, a dark chocolate addict, a vegetarian, a lady-loving lady, a repressed cat lover and an undergrad at McGill University majoring in History and Women’s Studie...
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Corduroy Skirts are a Sin
So, it's Thanksgiving break and my brother just came home from college with plenty of stories about the happenings of the Syracuse drama department. I love me some Spring Awakening and Next to Normal,...
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Honor Killings
I told Julie I was meaning to write about this ever since I submitted my first post here, but I've been delaying it.
However, my friend Elena just sent me this article from a Jordanian magazine, "Jo"...