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June 14, 2010 | Aleka R | Feminism, International, Religion
Indian Muslim Women: Excluded from Indian Feminism?
In India, the Dar-ul-Uloom's (an Islamic school propagating Sunni Islam in India) recently declared a new fatwa which states that it is un-Islamic for women to work with men and talk to them. The fatw...
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June 13, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger | Education, Feminism, Health
An Interview with Gloria Feldt
Gloria Feldt, a former teen mother, was the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood. She is currently an activist, author and leading expert in women’s rights, leadership and politics and blogs ab...
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June 12, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger | Arts and culture, Feminism, Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Esperanza Spalding
Hailed as a prodigy on the acoustic double bass within months of first touching the instrument as a 15-year-old, Esperanza Spalding has emerged as a fine jazz bassist, but has also distinguished hers...
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June 11, 2010 | Ashleigh J | Feminism, Violence against women
Emotional/Verbal Abuse IS Abuse
"You are worthless. You are nothing, but a worthless slut." Have you heard this before? Is a vile name your term of endearment? Does your partner tell you how pitiful you are? Instead of complimenti...
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June 10, 2010 | Hannah C | Arts and culture
Tradition
I was thinking about female genital mutilation and the prevalency it still has within a large number of African communities, and in other countries worldwide. After reading Alice Walker's Possessing t...
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June 07, 2010 | Freddy-May A. | Arts and culture, Feminism, Media, Misogyny
Hayley Williams' Topless Photos: Who Cares?
So, as you may or may not have heard, a topless photo of Hayley Williams was posted on her Twitter. The post was deleted fifteen minutes later, and thirty minutes after that, another post appeared sa...
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June 06, 2010 | Anne C | Body image and body standards, Feminism
Body Acceptance
Body image is an issue for a lot of teenage girls, and especially for me. After struggling with a weird relationship with food for the past few years, I’ve recently tried to stop worrying about what ...
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June 05, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger | Arts and culture, Feminism, Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Bonham Carter, daughter of Raymond Bonham Carter, a merchant banker, and Elena Bonham Carter (née Propper de Callejón), a psychotherapist, was born in Golders Green, London, England on May 26, ...
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June 03, 2010 | Sarah Coggrave | Arts and culture, Media
Organs Grabbing
Organs grabbing My greedy little body It’s full of little hands Feed me now they shout at me You must meet our demands Every tiny organ Is pushing for its share I was first no me pick me Their finge...
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June 02, 2010 | Markita S | Arts and culture
The Music in the Bedroom
The whole thing starts with a sentence—not even—a word. As I sit on the scratchy, green couch, mashed up between Sara and Noah, I hear that word and I just feel… odd. It’s like all of me, my powdered ...
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June 01, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger | Feminism, Gender-based violence, Violence against women
My Click Moment
While I haven't read the actual "Click" book yet, reading Nellie's essay and the concept of the book as a whole really got me thinking about my own click moment - about when I knew I was a feminist. ...
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