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10 Things Hillary Was Thinking When Osama Was Shot
Osama Bin-Laden’s death a week ago has caused speculation, excitement, relief, concern, and yet another totally uncalled for hyper-examination of Hillary Clinton’s body language. This time it’s not he...
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Saturday Vids: White House Correspondents' Dinner
In case anybody hasn't yet seen the speeches from the White House Correspondents' Dinner - now is the time. Both President Obama and Seth Meyers brought their A-game.
President Barack Obama
Seth M...
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Rape in High Places
Israeli journalist and women's rights activist Merav Michaeli analyzes an iniquitous sense of entitlement among the leaders of nations—and women's resistance.
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Your Feminist History Lesson For The Day: The ERA
When people are being really annoying about the whole "do we still need feminism" thing, I find it less effective to start listing the thousands of reasons why we do, and more effective to slam wh...
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April 25, 2011 | Collette C |
Body image and body standards,
Education,
Feminism,
Politics,
Violence against women
Dear Feminism
Dear Feminism,
In case no one has told you recently, you are a loaded gun. Some see you as a helpless victim, pulling your woman card and begging for your right to abortion, always complaining about ...
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April 22, 2011 | Julie Zeilinger |
Feminism,
Media,
Politics,
Science and tech,
Violence against women
Saturday Vids: America 2049
For all the gamers out there who are looking to combine your human rights sensibility with their passions for online games, this one's for you:
America 2049 is Breakthrough's new groundbreaking alter...
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April 19, 2011 | Julie Burkhart |
Politics
The Birth Police—Rights of Pregnant Women and Their Families
In the current wave of state legislature proposals, the threat to a woman's reproductive rights goes far beyond whether or not she can choose abortion, as the founder of Trust Women PAC explains.
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Saturday Vids: Ellen Page on Bill Maher
Not to distract from the intensely serious problem that Ellen raises on the show, but SERIOUSLY?! HOW AWESOME IS SHE!? I want to be her best friend. Thank god for one of the few role models teen girls...
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"Hello, Ms. President." (Is That So Hard To Believe?)
The Yahoo! Homepage is literally one of the first things I see when I get up in the morning, and whenever I see a featured article about a woman who's made an impact for reasons other than parading ar...
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An Interview with Zach Wahls
Zach Wahls is a nineteen-year-old Engineering student at the University of Iowa. He is also a staunch gay-rights advocate who bravely and eloquently testified before the Iowa House of Representatives ...
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April 04, 2011 | Alli B |
Feminism,
Health,
Misogyny,
Politics,
Race/Ethnicity,
Violence against women
Racism and Sexism: Are Both Still Problems?
I recently heard some of my classmates talking about how sexism really isn't as big a problem today as racism is. They said that racism is on a different level and that all the feminists need to shut...
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Remembering Gerry and the Courage of Her Convictions
Author and activist Letty Cottin Pogrebin here gives us a close friend's portrait of Geraldine Ferraro.
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Let's Talk About Sex: Emergency Contraception (EC) Edition
Today, my lovely FBomb friends, is a wonderful day. Why is that? You may perplexedly ponder. I don't recall hearing talk of it being International Free Cupcake Day and I'm pretty sure Ryan Gosling is...
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March 28, 2011 | Kate Farrar, Susannah Shakow |
Disability,
Education,
Politics,
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Women Missing from the Campus Ballot
The way colleagues and commentators are remembering Geraldine Ferraro this week shows the extraordinary importance of seeing women in leadership roles. Kate Farrar of AAUW and Susannah Shakow of Running Start here point to a critical stepping stone for women aspiring to political office.
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March 23, 2011 | Julie Zeilinger |
Body image and body standards,
Economy,
Feminism,
Health,
Politics
The Affordable Care Act: Feminism Moving Forward
One of the reasons many girls today don't identify as feminists is because there are quite a few of us who are convinced that men and women are totally equal. The 1970's took care of all of our politi...
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Why Do We Still Need International Women's Day?
A week ago today (March 8th), countries around the world celebrated the hundredth anniversary of International Women’s Day. But surely, one hundred years after its conception, women don’t need their o...
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Saturday Vids: Modern Lady Defends Planned Parenthood
Gaaaaaaaaaaaaah. There are really no words for this insane action by our government. But there are words for the always awesome people of Current TV's infomania, as they wittily tackle another social ...
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March 02, 2011 | Julie Zeilinger |
Arts and culture,
Education,
Feminism,
Girls,
International,
Misogyny,
Politics
Mary Cassatt: Where Are The Female Artists?
This semester in school I'm taking an Art History class. Full disclosure: I actually did not choose to be in this class, but because of scheduling conflicts was funneled in. In fact, I'm artistically ...
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Defense of Marriage Act—Obama Changes His Mind
While the president still is reportedly struggling with the issue of gay marriage personally, the author explores the legal and political ramifications of his decision that DOMA violates the constitution.
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February 22, 2011 | Regina |
Arts and culture,
Body image and body standards,
Feminism,
LGBTQIA,
Media,
Misogyny,
Politics,
Race/Ethnicity,
Religion
The Link Between Beauty, Privilege and the Media
We don’t live in a vacuum. Our ideas, our lexicon, and our beliefs are shaped by outside forces like society, culture, environment, and religion. Fields like sociology and anthropology prove that.
Wo...
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Silvio Berlusconi and Italian Women
You may have heard about the private behaviour of Silvio Berlusconi - the male chauvinist politician that opened his door to protégées and lovers. Add this to Italian culture of degrading media and th...
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February 13, 2011 | Marie L |
Body image and body standards,
Education,
Feminism,
Health,
Politics,
Violence against women
Cut Title X? I Don't Think So.
First the Hyde Amendment, then the reduction in women's services under the new health care bill, and then the attempt to redefine rape - this is really getting under my hackles. Here comes the GOP men...
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Redefining Rape
Ever since Roe vs Wade legalized abortion, the fight against it has been strong, and in a lot of attempts successful. The Hyde Amendment prohibited federal funding for abortion, unless it fit certain ...
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How To Be a High School Feminist
On our way to high school recently, I asked my friend, “Do you consider yourself a feminist?”
After a slight hesitation, she responded, “Well, I support women’s rights and all, but I’m no bra burner....
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