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August 31, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger | Feminism, Media, Race/Ethnicity
"Sexism, Strength and Dominance: Masculinity in Disney Films"
Here are a few videos I found about sexism and racism in Disney films.    I do want to acknowledge that YESSSS a lot of these movies were made a "long time ago." Y'know like a couple of decades. But...
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August 30, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger | Media
(500) Days of Summer is revenge disguised as a cute, indie movie
I enjoyed (500) Days of Summer. It had its moments despite the fact that the entire film was essentially an extended explanation for the writer's hatred of one woman, because she was crazy enough not...
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August 30, 2009 | Danielle C | Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Porcelain and the Tramps
The first time I ever heard the name 'Porcelain and the Tramps', I was randomly searching YouTube (as one does on a boring Saturday morning) and their song Gasoline popped up in that Related Videos ba...
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August 28, 2009 | Becka W | Media
Mad Men Puts Things in Perspective
  So recently on my Netflix account (how did we ever live without this miraculous invention?), I’ve been taking out every DVD of the TV show Mad Men and watching them incessantly with my roommate. As...
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August 27, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger | Feminism, Health, Politics
RIP Ted Kennedy
This past Tuesday night, Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts died at 77.  Ted Kennedy really was a great senator, and accomplished some really incredible things. He authored more than 2,500 bi...
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August 25, 2009 | Jessica S | Feminism, Politics
Go Topless Day?
Did you know that August 23rd is Go Topless Day?   While browsing the internet today, I came upon an interesting website: gotopless.org   They are a US organization claiming that women have the s...
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August 24, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger | Body image and body standards, Feminism, International, Media
The New Miss Universe Thinks We're Post-Feminism
Stefania Fernandez, the 18-year-old Miss. Venezuela, won the 2009 Miss Universe crown on Sunday.  Normally, I'd probably just sigh and say something sassy. To me, the reasons why beauty pageants ar...
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August 23, 2009 | Becka W | Feminism, International
The Right to Choose vs. The Right to Survival
I was recently in China from 7/17 – 8/2 on a family vacation (we take some pretty unique vacations, haha). We went on this fabulous tour from Shanghai to Wuhan to a 5-day Cruise down the Yangtze River...
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August 22, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger | Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Jenny Owen Youngs
  Born in New Jersey in 1981 and raised in the usual suburban surroundings, Youngs first picked up the guitar at the age of 14 and attended the music program at the State University of New York at Pur...
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August 21, 2009 | Jessica S | Feminism, Media
Glamour Magazine's September Issue Gets it Right
I do not read Glamour magazine. My sister's friend, however, does. So when flipping through the September issue with them, I was happy to see this: A non-airbrushed photo of model Lizzie Miller. M...
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August 20, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger | Feminism, Media, Politics
The Archie-type
When I was in third or fourth grade, my Dad brought home an Archie comic, with some kind of sentiment like, "These used to be around when I was little!" I vividly remember being confused by phrases su...
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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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August 19, 2009 | Helen H | Feminism, International, Media
it's funny cuz it's true...?
Apparently, there’s a whole range of animated sketches about Jordanians (and Arabs in general) up on Youtube. Now, I’m not saying they’re not humorous at all—a lot of people think they’re absolutely h...
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August 18, 2009 | Valentina V. | Economy, Feminism, International
More Women Employed, Fewer Leaders in Italy
A translated part from an article appeared on the Italian newspaper “Corriere della Sera” of 14/08/09. Job & Career – Public employment: more women, few leaders “In Italy The percentage of wome...
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August 16, 2009 | Stephanie G | Feminism, LGBTQIA
Back On Track
"And you know what they say--it's in your DNA!" -Avenue Q, "If You Were Gay" I stumbled upon this rather classic questionnaire here: I decided to fill it out both to A) Have some fun looking at hete...
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