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April 16, 2015 | Ines R | Feminism
A Letter to My Mom, A Modern Day Woman
More and more I see myself thinking like you. Less like a child, and more like a woman. I used to think that a woman could either have the white picket fence with a happy family and a golden retriever...
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April 14, 2015 | Cheyenne T | Arts and culture, Feminism, Race/Ethnicity
Meet The Teens Using Intersectional Art As Feminist Activism
First I found myself through art. Then I found myself through feminism. Finally, I found myself through activism. I was confused but ambitious in high school and passionately tried to learn everything...
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April 12, 2015 | Sharmee S | Body image and body standards, Feminism, Media, Misogyny, Race/Ethnicity
Why I Bought Skin Lightening Cream At 11 Years Old
I was 11 years old when I succumbed to buying my first tube of "fairness" cream. It was right after a popular boy teased me by calling out "Weh blackie" to me. Before he teased me, I internalized mos...
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April 09, 2015 | Brittany Brathwaite and Kimberly Huggins | Education, Feminism, Health
8 Things You Can Do To Empower Young People This National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Today is the 3rd National Youth HIV and AIDS Awareness Day — a meaningful day for us as an adolescent health educator and feminist youth worker. But we weren't always as aware or passionate about educ...
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April 07, 2015 | Anonymous | Feminism, Race/Ethnicity
My Mixed Race Features Are Not Pieces of a Puzzle
What Are You? I find myself being asked that question more often than I like to admit. It takes many forms, broken down and built back up again, that same old question rattling around in my head like...
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April 05, 2015 | Abby H | Feminism, Media, Sports
I Am Proud to Throw Like a Girl
Female professional athletes in this nation do not get the recognition they deserve. As a female athlete who competes at the collegiate level, I know first hand that women's sports just do not get the...
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April 02, 2015 | Saskia G | Arts and culture
Pheromones
The curve of you, where the cheek meets the thigh, is sweeter than lips strawberry in a tinted photo which is not your own anymore. Instead savor the place of skin wrapped by summer clothes str...
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March 31, 2015 | Sarah Landrum | Economy, Feminism, Misogyny
What Young Women Need To Know About The Wage Gap Right Now
As of 2014, women earn 82.55 percent of what men do in full-time wage and salary jobs. That's a five percent increase from the 77 percent statistic often cited by the media and some clear progress tow...
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March 29, 2015 | Karen Blakelock | Education, Feminism, Girls
Single Sex Environments Matter — For Girls and Boys Alike.
I am the proud graduate of an all-girls high school. While some of my peers sought boys out, spending time at our brother school down the road, I ended up having limited contact with the opposite sex,...
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March 26, 2015 | Tara E | Feminism, Media, Race/Ethnicity
Meet The Comedy Duo Asking Strangers “What Do Feminists Look Like?"
What does feminism look like? If you identify as a feminist, you probably feel trained to not care about appearances and encourage others not to as well. But maybe you still wonder: What does my appea...
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March 24, 2015 | Julie Zeilinger | Body image and body standards, Education, Feminism, Media
Lena Dunham, Mindy Kaling and the Importance of Live Panels
I'm a fan of both Lena Dunham and Mindy Kaling. Yet I found myself somewhat surprised by just how impressive I found both women while recently watching their contributions to a Sundance live panel mod...
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March 22, 2015 | Devki R | Feminism, International, Media, Misogyny, Violence against women
Sexual Assault Is A Global Disease. Censorship Is Not The Cure.
My parents grew up in Delhi and the city is like a second home to us. In addition to my cultural roots and personal connection to the country, I also have a deep, personal interest in Indian society, ...
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March 19, 2015 | Megan G | Arts and culture, Feminism, Media, Violence against women
Nightclubs: A Culture of Harassment
The first time I experienced harassment in a club, a man came up behind me and put his hand under my dress and in between my legs. I was horrified. I felt dirty, violated and mortified. As the night w...
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March 17, 2015 | Pippa B | Body image and body standards, Feminism, Health, Media
How Weightlifting Helped One College Student Overcome Her Eating Disorder
When Nika Shelby, a student at Union College, started weightlifting it wasn’t to get fit. She was fighting to save her life. In high school, her friends knew her as a powerhouse. She was the stronges...
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March 15, 2015 | Carolina G | Body image and body standards, Feminism, Media, Misogyny, Race/Ethnicity
If You're Latina, Then Why Are You White?
A few weeks ago, I was at a party with a few of my friends. I had been casually using a new dating app and had been talking to a guy that seemed pretty nice. He mentioned that he happened to be out in...
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