WMC FBomb
The Fatal Generalizations in the Teen Movie
Teen movies very obviously base themselves on harmless stereotypes: the jock, the bitch, the nerd, etc.-- stereotypes so deeply rooted into our expectations of the genre that we can't be bothe...
WMC News & Features
July 30, 2009 Arts and culture
Yoo Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg: A Story of the “Oprah of Her Day”
Before Lucy Ricardo, there was Molly Goldberg. The author interviews prize-winning filmmaker Aviva Kempner, whose documentary brings to life the star, writer and producer of the first TV sitcom, “The Goldbergs.”
WMC FBomb
Assiya Rafiq is my hero
Assiya Rafiq of Pakistan was sold at 16 by a female family friend to two criminals who were related to prominent politicians. The men beat and raped her for the next year, un...
WMC News & Features
Will Healthcare Reform Be Fair to Immigrants?
For reform to work, argues the author, it must fully include immigrant communities, whose members already struggle to afford decent medical care in the United States.
WMC FBomb
Twitter and gendered language
Of all the things to spark a debate over the lack of gender neutrality in language, I really hadn't expected Twitter.
Twitter seems to get a lot of flack. Upon telling people that I have a twitte...
WMC FBomb
Carol Smith: Women are Better Managers
The New York Times has an interview with Carol Smith, the senior vice president and chief brand officer at the media company the Elle Group. And she makes some pretty admirable statements.
I think it...
WMC FBomb
Gender Equality and Religion: Using the Burqa Ban as a Jumping-Off Point
A little over a month ago, The Huffington Post put up an Associated Press article entitled “Sarkozy: Burqas Are ‘Not Welcome’ In France.” The gist of the article was that French President Nicolas Sar...
WMC FBomb
Vandalize Gay
In my nominally liberal suburb of Washington, D.C., the sight of two mommies or daddies and their adorable offspring is not uncommon. In fact, the suburb adjacent to mine, renowned as a bastion of hi...
WMC FBomb
July 23, 2009 | Mia |
Arts and culture,
Feminism
Once upon a time
Once upon a time
Someone told
Me that a waltz with him
Would be the end
But we all know that that prompted the flappers and
world war
to hear them talk
children laughing, the
teasing is and ha...
WMC FBomb
Joss Whedon's Equality Now Speech
Joss Whedon is the creator of such shows as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly and Dollhouse. He's also awesome. I'm not too familiar with his work, but I've always admired him as a feminist icon, as ...
WMC News & Features
Liberia’s Difficult Path Toward Reconciliation
Having emerged from a long and violent civil war, President Sirleaf and the people of Liberia try to inch their way toward a just peace, while former president Taylor is on trial for war crimes against the citizens of a neighboring country.
WMC FBomb
July 22, 2009 | Helen H |
Feminism,
International
From the other side of the globe
I’m fifteen, and I live all the way in Amman, Jordan. I do get a lot of, “Jordan? Is that, like, behind California?” but that’s not the point. Jordan is a Middle-Eastern country—“Wow. Do you rid...
WMC FBomb
feminist chat with the rad Nikki Darling
Nikki Darling recently interviewed me for her blog, and we had a very cool chat.
Nikki Darling is a feminist music critic who writes for the LA Weekly and was the former interviews editor at LA Rec...
WMC FBomb
MTSS goes CC
Remember when I posted that video from the fantabulous Midwest Teen Sex Show? Well, I just found out, thanks to WMC, that Comedy Central invited MTSS to make a full-length pilot episode this summer ...
WMC News & Features
Midwest Teen Sex Show: Can Sex Ed Actually Be Entertaining?
As the author reports, the creators of the podcast believe humor and honest information about sex for teens do mix, and programmers at Comedy Central think they may be on to something.
WMC FBomb
The REAL Ugly Truth
Has anyone else been seeing the commercials for the Ugly Truth movie and been worried about it?
Ever since I first saw an ad for it, I got the feeling that it was another movie that exploits the ster...
WMC FBomb
July 19, 2009 | Nellie B |
Feminism
Feminist Camp
I just returned from a week long pre-college leadership program for young women at a college that will remain unnamed. I was brimming with excitement to attend the competitive program, for which I ha...
WMC FBomb
July 18, 2009 | Kolleen R |
Feminism
countering feminist backlash
It’s been said again and again that the mainstream media has a problem with feminism. I completely agree with that, given all of the mainstream media I absorb on a daily basis. TV shows and movies mak...
WMC FBomb
Maddow v. Buchanan over Sotomayor
I'm honestly not even sure I can articulate my feelings about this video. It makes me sick that this is how some people view affirmative action. It makes me sick to see how white supremacy is still al...
WMC FBomb
July 17, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Feminism
The Power of Punctuation
Just for funsies.
Thanks to Erin S. for sending it in!...
WMC FBomb
July 17, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Feminism
My Story
In the past few weeks, the fbomb has exploded (haha pun sort of intended). People have been asking about me, about how I found feminism.
I do want to emphasize that of course the fbomb is not about ...
WMC FBomb
July 17, 2009 | Silby |
Feminism
feminist activism: high school edition
It can be hard to be a feminist in high school. I know, I was there. I'm very familiar with the strange looks that you get after stating that you're a feminist. I'm very familiar with the way people...
WMC FBomb
July 16, 2009 | Jessica |
Feminism
I Am Pro-Choice
I am pro-choice.
"Pro-choice describes the political and ethical view that a woman should have complete control over her fertility (and the choice to continue or terminate a pregnancy)."
That being ...
WMC FBomb
July 16, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Feminism
The Case for Male Feminists
Great post by "eitheror" at dailykos.com, who makes the case for male feminists - quite eloquently at that. I'm so glad a man wrote this article for men: it's so important that this happens m...
WMC FBomb
July 16, 2009 | Alexa D |
Feminism
musings of a teenage feminist
I know from personal experience what it's like to be a feminist in a place that has the same amount of tolerance for change and gender equality that a teaspoon can hold. I live in a tiny town that isn...
Categories
- All Categories
- Arts and culture
- Body image and body standards
- Disability
- Economy
- Education
- Environment
- Feminism
- Free Speech
- Gender-based violence
- Girls
- Gloria Steinem
- Health
- Immigration
- International
- Jane Fonda
- LGBTQIA
- Media
- Misogyny
- Online harassment
- Politics
- Race/Ethnicity
- Religion
- Robin Morgan
- Science and tech
- Sports
- Violence against women
- WMC Loreen Arbus Journalism Program