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July 13, 2010 | Kirsten M | Economy, Feminism, Health, Media, Politics
Unnatural Causes: Feminism and Health Care
Health care reform is on everyone’s radar these days after we’ve watched Obama’s plan go through change after change before being passed this year. It’s been on my radar as a feminist because of the w...
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July 12, 2010 | Emily B | Arts and culture
Another Night
Before the sky empties of truth, she tells him. He peels apart dollar bills like clammy thighs as the faucet drips out a heartbeat Or maybe it was tears. She wishes she could turn up his love like the...
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July 11, 2010 | Steph L | Feminism, Girls, Misogyny, Online harassment, Science and tech, Violence against women
Frape
I’m sure I’m not the only one out there who’s disturbed by the number of people who casually use the term "facebook rape” or “frape.” For those of you not familiar with facebook (if such a rare spec...
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July 10, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger | Arts and culture, Feminism, Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Vanessa Paradis
Born in St. Maur, France on December 22, 1972, Vanessa enjoyed singing from an early age. Her career began to develop after she was discovered on a popular TV show entitled L'Ecole Des Fans; a French ...
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July 08, 2010 | Ashley P | Feminism, Gender-based violence, International, Media, Politics, Violence against women
Female Bodies and Female Genital Mutilation: There is No Room for Compromise
Apparently, parental request for altering their young daughters’ genitalia had reached the magnitude to which the American Academy of Pediatrics issued their policy statement in April condoning and in...
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July 07, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger | Body image and body standards, Feminism, Health, International, Media, Misogyny
Circle Contact Lenses: The Terrifying Future of Beauty as We Know It
As Joan Jacobs, in her great book The Body Project illuminated, the idea of teen girls working to improve their bodies in a detached way – as if it were a project with perfection as its goal, rather t...
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July 06, 2010 | Anna S | Feminism, LGBTQIA, Media, Race/Ethnicity
Pretty Little Liars and Teen Sexuality
Pretty Little Liars-- yes, that Pretty Little Liars, the one on ABC Family with the ads that looked like it was a show about undead prom queens-- is, at least kinda, doing teen sexuality right. I’m j...
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July 05, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger | Feminism, Media, Violence against women
Teen Girls and Twilight: Why Do We Buy It?
After reading Dodai at Jezebel's minute-by-minute blog of Eclipse, I thought that I could finally pass on an opportunity to fund Twilight mania. Alas, I was wrong: the dark cyclone of doom that is Ste...
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July 04, 2010 | Danielle B | Feminism, Girls, Media
Shh, Don't Say the F-Word
I'm a feminist. Man, that feels good. I've been a feminist all my life but didn't realize it until a few weeks ago when I checked out a twenty-pound stack of books from the library (everything from J...
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July 03, 2010 | Steph | Arts and culture, Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Andrea Gibson
Andrea moved from New Orleans to Colorado in 1999, where she began attending weekly poetry readings at Denver’s political hub, The Mercury Café. In a years time she had rushed the scene, making her ma...
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July 01, 2010 | Rachel P | Arts and culture, Feminism, Girls, Media, Misogyny, Violence against women
Seixsm and the Double Bass
Like Esperenza Spalding, I too, am a female double bassist, with the greatest of respect for the wonderful things that Esperenza does - especially with first-hand knowledge of the blatant misogyny tha...
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