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December 30, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger | Feminism, Media
Happy New Year!
Instead of posting some random facts about this holiday (if there are any?) I figured I should post about the "Don't Drop The Ball" campaign. Hope everybody has a happy (and safe!) holiday. Why New Y...
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December 29, 2009 | Helen H | Feminism, Religion
The Headscarf
Right. Islam and feminism. What's the deal? I really don't know. I do appreciate the religion, though, as a lapsed Muslim, I'm probably not the best person to talk about this. Still, I think I'm qual...
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December 28, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger | Feminism, Girls, Media
Feminist Vlogging
It seems like blogging is a pretty accepted form of spreading the feminist word. However, we don't talk about those who are doing some awesome feminist vlogging. I thought today I'd share some of the ...
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December 26, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger | Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Regina Spektor
A veteran of New York's anti-folk scene, songwriter Regina Spektor makes quirky, highly eclectic, but always personal music. Born and raised in Moscow until age nine, Spektor listened to her father's ...
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December 25, 2009 | Brenna F | Media
The Prince Is Safe Now
This morning I felt extremely lazy, so when I woke up at 11:00 I decided to turn on some cartoons. (Hey, we’re all kids at heart.) There were commercials on, but one of them was a little different t...
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December 23, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger | Feminism, Media
Required Reading: Girldrive
I just finished reading the book Girldrive by Nona Willis Aronowitz (who has been an fbomb supporter from the beginning!) and Emma Bee Bernstein, and I must say, everybody who reads this blog HAS to r...
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December 21, 2009 | Beth T | Feminism, Media
Bitch
It's the word that everyones heard before. If you're a female you've probably been called it at least once in your lifetime. A bitch is sometimes that girl who speaks out. She's labeled a bitch so she...
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December 21, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger | LGBTQIA, Media, Politics
Prop 8: The Musical
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December 19, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger | Arts and culture, Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Florence & the Machine
Florence and The Machine is the name for Florence Welch and her cast of backing musicians. The band has received a great deal of critical acclaim since their inception and were chosen in 2008 as one o...
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December 16, 2009 | Taylor S | Disability, Feminism
An Old School Family
I grew up in an old school family. I am a second generation Hungarian immigrant, and first generation Canadian immigrant. Our family unites all of central Europe: Hungary, Croatia, former Yugoslavia, ...
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December 14, 2009 | DrewsieDrewsie | Media
A Feminist Analysis of "Fifteen"
Taylor Swift's song, Fifteen: I love country music. I love it with a burning passion. And inside of my love for country music also comes a love for Taylor Swift. I like her because she is my age, he...
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December 13, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger | Education, Feminism, Race/Ethnicity
What I Learned at SDLC
When I told my friends I was going to SDLC, the Student Diversity Leadership Conference, they all asked the question I’d both anticipated and dreaded. “How can you go to that?” they asked, “You’re whi...
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December 12, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger | Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Tegan and Sara
Ask and you shall receive, FBombers... Tegan and Sara are a Canadian indie rock/indie pop duo consisting of identical twins Tegan Rain Quin and Sara Kiersten Quin, born September 19, 1980. Both Tegan...
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December 10, 2009 | Amy CT | Feminism
"I'm Not At All Sexist, Except..."
I work in a café – this may not initially seem important, but bare with me. So, when I work on Sundays, I’m the team supervisor; a seventeen year old girl running a team which includes at least two o...
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December 09, 2009 | Nellie B | Feminism, Violence against women
That's Not Funny
They're everywhere, it seems. Polluting my conversation, tainting my first impressions of people, causing me to seriously question my feminism. I'm talking about rape jokes. This culture has legit...
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