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Support Women Artists Sunday: Emilie Autumn
Emilie Autumn is an American singer-songwriter, poet and musician. The Los Angeles-born musician is also eccentric and label-defying in the best possible way.
As a young girl, it was Emilie´s dream t...
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Affirmative Action?
Maren H. wrote a great piece on the importance of feminism and focused on gender discrimination in hiring. It coincided with something that ticked me off today so here is my rant.
As my tradition-bou...
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Female/Male Brain?
When I took an online 'female/male brain' quiz for class, it told me I have a male brain. I have a strong visuospatial sketchpad - I got nearly 100% on both an angles task and a rotation one. This is ...
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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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May 24, 2010 | Allison Y |
Arts and culture,
Feminism
I Am Not
I am not:
a helpless lamb.
a damsel in distress.
a glorified baby receptacle.
a little flower incapable of thought.
I am a philosopher, a scientist,
an artist both in the visual
and auditory re...
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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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May 20, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger |
Feminism
The FBomb
Recently, I've been thinking a lot about what it means to be a feminist. Well, not recently, I pretty much always think about that, but more specifically how I define feminism and how it carries throu...
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Women’s Stake in Fighting Arizona’s New Law
The author, a Women’s Media Center Progressive Women’s Voices alumna, reports back from a Mother’s Day delegation in Phoenix to protest the state’s treatment of immigrant women.
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Belgian Burqa Ban
I just read an article about the vote in Belgium that led to a nationwide ban of wearing burqas in public.
On one hand, I can see where people who are for the ban are coming from. The burqa does have...
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The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
One of the ultimate highlights of my middle experience was the concept of the "Window Trip." Our middle school, dedicated to giving us ignorant brats a broader view of the world, forced us onto a bus ...
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Rhonda Copelon—An Architect of Feminist Human Rights Law
When Rhonda Copelon died this month of ovarian cancer, she was 65 and the influence of her ground-breaking legal career could be appreciated around the world. Here, adapted from a tribute at an awards ceremony last year, friend and colleague Charlotte Bunch describes her extraordinary personal and professional contributions.
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Brilliance is Human
We’ve all read about the studies and statistics on girls in school- that we self-defeat in math and science, that we don’t speak up in class. That we’re afraid. But what about when our teachers and ...
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May 16, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger |
Feminism,
Gender-based violence,
Misogyny,
Online harassment,
Science and tech,
Violence against women
National Punch a Slut Day
The facebook trolls who think they're hilarious for their misogynistic groups and events are at it again, folks!
Some FBomb readers and a recent Jezebel article alerted me to a series of "slut punchi...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Electrik Emily
Electrik Emily is a 26 year old rock musician, blogger, and all around "women in music" buff, currently living in Seattle, WA.
Born in rural Pennsylvania, her musical career began as a rebellious tee...
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Females and Four-Letter Words
58% of women curse in public. Are you of that 58%? Is it a fact that you’re proud of, or a bad habit that you’re trying to kick? Cursing is something that should be avoided, and definitely by girls, b...
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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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The Bronte Sisters Action Figures
I want to buy this for everybody I know / how cool would it be if there actually WERE commercials like this...
...
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May 11, 2010 | Morgan SW |
Body image and body standards,
Feminism
A Good Look In The Mirror
Big. Small. Fat. Ugly. Moles. Flat. Round. Mediocre.Voluptuous.
I’d say I think about my body and my body size at least 10 times a day. After all, any time I go out (or stay in my house) I see images...
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May 10, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger |
Education,
Feminism,
Gender-based violence,
Media,
Violence against women
Yeardley Love: Why Domestic Violence Is Serious
Many of you may have heard by now about the murder of Yeardley Love, a senior lacrosse player at the University of Virginia. Last Monday, Yeardley was found by one of her roommates in bed, face down a...
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Why Was I The One Who Was Ashamed?
The other day, I was home from college and sitting at the back table with my mother where we were talking about the state of the world. I had brought up an article sitting before me in The Week about ...
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The Problems We Mothers Wish We Had
While the media focus on “Work-Family Dilemmas of the Rich and Famous,” the average employed mother has few resources and fewer choices, says the author of a new book, “The War on Moms: On Life in a Family-Unfriendly Nation.”
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Every Minute of Every Day
I just received an e-mail from Ms. Magazine about their 'Countdown to 2015 Campaign'
The e-mail started with this sentence. "Every minute of every day, a woman or girl dies from complications of ...
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May 04, 2010 | Krystie Y |
Feminism
Manifesta, 10 Years Later
I was 10-years-old when Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards wrote ManifestA: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future, I was 17-years-old when I heard them speak about their feminist trademark at Barna...
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Nickels for Change
We would like to see some change in the world.
And that's why we have started Nickels for Change.
We go to a science and engineering school, chock full of boys who perpetuate rape culture. Rape joke...
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