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April 11, 2011 | Audrey S | Feminism, Gender-based violence, LGBTQIA, Media, Violence against women
The Opposite of a Crush
Once, for an Introductory Sociology course, I gave a lecture about social oppression. It was fairly abstract. I didn't talk about any specific kind of social oppression, like gender oppression or raci...
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March 28, 2011 | Julie Zeilinger | Education, Feminism, Gender-based violence, Media, Violence against women
Feminist Click Moments
In honor of the Feminist Portrait Project's Blog Carnival, (part of Feminist Coming Out Day) I'm re-posting an article I wrote this past summer about my feminist "click" moment, which I originally...
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February 27, 2011 | Marie B | Education, Feminism, Gender-based violence, Sports, Violence against women
Martial Arts: Not Just Defense
This weekend I will be testing for my black belt after eight years of Taekwondo classes. During those eight years, I’ve grown into the person I am today. Not only have I learned how to kick, punch, an...
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February 07, 2011 | Aleka Raju | Arts and culture, Education, Feminism, Gender-based violence, Girls, International
The Right to Learn
"Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the end.?" - Rigoberta Manchu Tum. Women are quite possibly the most dis...
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November 08, 2010 | Talia | Arts and culture, Feminism, Gender-based violence, Violence against women
Why Couldn't I Say "Rape"
One of my extremely good friends is finishing out her high school career abroad, and I spent the weekend at her apartment with some other friends as a send-off party before she left. When we were disc...
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October 10, 2010 | 5hereen 5ays | Feminism, Gender-based violence, International, Religion, Violence against women
I’m a Feminist (Don’t Tell The Teachers)
When you’re poised at the beginning of what you see as a vigorating cross-country marathon, it’s very hard not to step over the line. You know that it’s going to be demanding and your first aid kit wi...
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October 07, 2010 | Shenny | Arts and culture, Feminism, Gender-based violence, Violence against women
Honor
The morning was grim. Mom woke me earlier then usual, whispering something about a family outing. Her lips were trembling and her eyes were nervously flitting around the room, as if afraid that someo...
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October 06, 2010 | Natalia K | Feminism, Gender-based violence, Violence against women
Pink and Blue
It breaks my heart whenever I hear that women in China and India are having abortions or killing their new born babies just because they turn out to be girls. I'm pro-choice, but having an abortion be...
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August 30, 2010 | Talia | Feminism, Gender-based violence, Media, Misogyny, Violence against women
Allison Iraheta and the Glamorization of Violence
When Allison Iraheta was on American Idol, I really liked her, and was upset when she got voted off. One of my friends fell totally in love with her. "You gotta hear her single, 'Friday I’ll Be Over U...
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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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June 20, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger | Feminism, Gender-based violence, Girls, International, Violence against women
An Interview with Zainab Salbi
When Zainab Salbi started Women for Women International, an organization that provides women survivors of war and other conflicts with tools and resources to move from crisis and poverty to stability ...
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June 01, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger | Feminism, Gender-based violence, Violence against women
My Click Moment
While I haven't read the actual "Click" book yet, reading Nellie's essay and the concept of the book as a whole really got me thinking about my own click moment - about when I knew I was a feminist. ...
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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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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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March 01, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger | Feminism, Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women
I Can't Believe This Still Happens: Honor Killings
It's kind of hard to convince American teenagers that we still need feminism. "But my mom works," many a peer of mine has stated in response to finding out that I identify with the f word. "She even k...
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January 05, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger | Gender-based violence, Media, Violence against women
The Lovely Bones
I read the book The Lovely Bones a few years after it came out. I was about fourteen and I couldn't remember having ever read a book where the protagonist reminded me so much of myself, or at least...
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November 15, 2009 | Helen H | Feminism, Gender-based violence, Violence against women
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"...
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October 26, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger | Economy, Gender-based violence, Media, Online harassment, Science and tech
That's Not Cool
It seems to me like our parents, and other various adults, are freaking out about the technology we have available to us today. I've always thought that if you're responsible --- you put up all the pr...
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October 25, 2009 | Sarah F | Feminism, Gender-based violence, International, Media, Violence against women
Feminist Action Can Save Lives
Living as a white teenage feminist in America, surrounded by so many other white teenage feminists, it's so easy to forget that feminism is so much more than just you and me. It's easy to forget that ...
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September 09, 2009 | Shelan O | Feminism, Gender-based violence, Girls, Media, Violence against women
GR!C: Day 3
Our band finally has a name and a logo, which will be screened onto shirts, so each band has merch. Sweet!  It had been down to Electric Field Trip or On The Fritz, but fate...took another course...(d...
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August 20, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger | Feminism, Gender-based violence, Violence against women
Percentage of Women Who Believe It's OK For Husbands To Hit Them
Image via Global Health Magazine Just in case you haven't seen this chart yet (via Jezebel and Feministing) it depicts the percentage of women who believe that their partner would be justified in h...
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April 19, 2009 | Hannah S | Gender-based violence, Media
Don't Be a Band Creeper
It seems that people these days don't have lives. Its too bad really. I've become increasingly aware of this fact because lately i've realized that the obsession rate with some musicians and bands i...
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April 15, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger | Feminism, Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women
The 50 Million Missing Campaign
For a few years now, I’ve been tracking the practice of female feticide in rural India. I’ve always been incredibly interested in Indian culture- I even speak a little bit of Hindi (not well) and foll...
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