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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 22, 2010 | Nia T |
Arts and culture,
Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Ellie Goulding
23 year old singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding recently topped the BBC’s Sound of 2010 poll and won the Critics Choice Awards at the BRITs and is tipped for big things. After learning to play folk music...
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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 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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Support Women Artists Sunday (Mother's Day Edition): Carly Simon
My Mom is obsessed with Carly Simon. I'm pretty sure I knew the lyrics of Let The River Run before I knew my own name, which I suspect was inspired by the Carly song "Julie Through The Glass." So this...
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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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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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Support Women Artists Sunday: The Donnas
The Donnas are an American all-female rock band comprised of lead vocalist Brett Anderson (Donna A.), guitarist Allison Robertson (Donna R.), bassist Maya Ford (Donna F.), and drummer Torry Castel...
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How Are Teenage Girls Supposed to Identify as Feminists With These Role Models?
She’s staring at me like I’ve just insinuated she embodies the anti-Christ. “A feminist? No, I’m not a feminist. Oh my God.” Despite the fact that this classmate of mine just spent ten minutes ranting...
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Prom, Dresses and Body Image Issues
I’m looking for a prom dress at the moment. Okay, maybe I’m not. Perhaps a more accurate description of my current activities is that I’m writing this lot a rambling spiel, whilst conveniently skiving...
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Prom and New Opportunities: Setting Ourselves Up To Fail?
My mother is a wonderful, funny woman. She has several interesting stories from her past which she shares with me, including one about prom. For her prom, she decided to go dressed in a long, powder b...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Ellen Page
A lot of people may criticize Juno, saying that it's an unrealistic portrayal of teen pregnancy (and these are valid claims) - but it's hard to deny how awesome Ellen Page was in that movie. She's fun...
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The Asking
It’s time for prom! I’ve refused to go prom all these years but decided to go this year since it’s my senior year. Besides, the prospect of mocktails is just too much to decline…
Anyway, I’m always f...
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The Runaways (Filmed and Real)
Yesterday, I went to see the movie The Runaways. I am simultaneously a huge fan of Dakota Fanning and Joan Jett herself while not such a huge fan of Kristen Stewart, and wasn't entirely sure what to e...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Rachel Roy and Jennifer Venditti
So, I recently got an e-mail in regards to SWAS - a regular feature on the FBomb. A reader asked why SWAS was restricted only to musicians...and basically I could think of no other answer than, "I'm r...
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Male Studies (As Opposed to Women's Studies)
On Monday, the New York Times reported about the creation of a "Male Studies" program at Wagner College in Staten Island.
Christina Hoff Sommers, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institu...
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B-Listed interviews Nancy Lublin
A while back B-Listed (which, if you don't know is this really cool pop-culture human rights blog aimed at influencing the media) interviewed Nancy Lublin, who I think is really rad.
Basically, Nancy...
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“The Heretics”: Women of the Heresies Collective
The author interviews the maker of a documentary that captures a prolific period of feminist art, focusing on the collective as, according to the film web site, “a microcosm of the larger international women’s movement, in which thousands of small, private groups of women met together in forms unique to their own settings.”
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Jessica Simpson and "The Price Of Beauty"
VH1 is notorious for its truly amazing decisions about television programming, and now it can add “The Price of Beauty” to its track record.
Jessica Simpson makes the argument that her new show is go...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Plastiscines
The Plastiscines, a garage rock revival group composed entirely of French females, formed in 2004 around teenage friends Katty Besnard (guitar/vocals), Marine Neuilly (guitar), Louise Basilien (ba...
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Hot Topic Thinks Cutting Is Cool
I didn't even know what "cutting" was until around middle school when a friend of mine casually called a girl in our grade a "cutter." When I asked her what a cutter was she told me it was a person wh...
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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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