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The Super Bowl and Abortion
This year I, like nearly 100 million other Americans, will watch the super bowl. However, this fact has very little to do with the game of football. I have no idea what occurs in this game, and if you...
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Coming of Age
I have always thought the Jewish coming of age ritual for a girl was a Bat Mitzvah, the grasp of the Torah in ceremoniously manicured hands a rite of passage. Rachel Papo's photographs show me that th...
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January 30, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger |
Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Eliza Doolittle
Eliza Doolittle - strong of opinion, smiley of face, loud of tights - is the freshest girl on the block. London born and raised, she knows about the stresses of modern city life, teenage aggro, old so...
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January 28, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger |
Feminism
To Have a Boyfriend…
There are a lot of things that suck about high school. For one, getting up after about four hours of sleep because of some ridiculous paper I forgot was due and started at 11. Also, having to pick out...
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January 27, 2010 | Helen H |
Media
The Mean Girls Reality
It may have been my simplistic seven-year-old view of the world that made me categorize everyone into 'good' and 'bad', but I soon got over it with the help of time, and even things like movies. Still...
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An Interview with Sara K. Gould
It seems like you can’t turn on the news anymore without hearing about the disastrous pit of doom that is our economy. As often happens when people find themselves in a situation they have little cont...
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The Oxymoron of Being BOTH a Female Musician & a Feminist
AKA: Do I Really Have to Put a Paper Bag Over My Head Just to Get You to Listen to What I Have to Say, Rather than Stare at My Ass?
I remember a few years back, I received the biggest insult of my l...
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January 24, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger |
Feminism
A Feminist Break Up
A few weeks ago, one of my best friends broke up with her boyfriend. I'm a teenager, so I should probably be used to this by now. It seems as though I can't make it through an entire week at school wi...
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January 23, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger |
Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Elle King
So I came across Elle King this week pretty unexpectedly by browsing through Jezebel. And...well, you'll see.
The fashionable 19-year-old Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter’s piercing voice and heartfel...
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January 21, 2010 | Helen H |
Feminism
Wajeha Al-Huwaider: A Feminist in Saudi Arabia
A while ago I stumbled upon a blog post from the blog "Sand Gets In My Eyes" about Wajeha Al-Huwaider, a feminist in Saudi Arabia.
(In fact the blog itself is pretty cool. It's written by an American...
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An Interview with Amy Richards
Here at The FBomb, we certainly do our part in defining what feminism means to teens today. While we’re still trying to figure out what our effect on feminism will be, the one thing we’re certain of i...
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Burn Your Bra Color Status Updates
I was wondering why, starting on about Thursday, my Facebook friends were posting words like "black," "hot pink," and "beige" as their statuses. Then I got the mass message: "Cancer awareness: Write ...
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Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., graduated from Morehouse College (B.A., 1948), Crozer Theological Seminary (B.D., 1951), and Boston University (Ph.D., 1955). The son of the past...
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January 14, 2010 | Maggie B |
Feminism
What My Husband Thinks
I am a young wife. I've been married for almost a year now and I am not quite 23. I love my husband more than I possibly ever imagined I could, but his views toward women make me gag. I work between ...
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January 13, 2010 | Amber Q |
Feminism
What My Father Taught Me About Feminism
Men weren't really the enemy - they were fellow victims suffering from an outmoded masculine mystique that made them feel unnecessarily inadequate when there were no bears to kill. - Betty Friedan...
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Wear The Pants
Transcript: Once upon a time, men wore the pants, and wore them well. Women rarely had to open doors and little old ladies never crossed the street alone. Men took charge because that’s what they did....
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January 11, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger |
Body image and body standards,
Feminism,
International,
Media,
Politics,
Violence against women
It's Feminist Video Time
Yesterday was Human Trafficking Awareness Day. While my timing with this one is obviously impeccable, it doesn't change the seriousness of this issue. Please visit The Council of Daughters here or her...
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Impulse Control
I have been told that I have impulse control problems.
I have a tendency to put in my two cents in for every little issue that passes me by, whether it was asked for or not. My mother has always told...
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January 09, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger |
Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: La Roux
La Roux are an English Electropop/Synthpop band made up of singer Eleanor Jackson and synth player, co-writer and co-producer Ben Langmaid. Jackson describes their respective roles as "very much a hal...
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January 07, 2010 | Kate S |
Arts and culture,
Media
Monster
there was never a pat from dad
there only was a slap on the head
unconditional love that lasted a blowjob
a dollar bill measuring her worth
how many men does it take to crush a girl
millions could ta...
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The Lovely Bones
I read the book The Lovely Bones a few years after it came out. I was about fourteen and I couldn't remember having ever read a book where the protagonist reminded me so much of myself, or at least...
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A Walking Chest
I was on an online forum when I saw that a girl asked the question: "Girls: would your life be easier without boobs?"
I thought about this for a moment. My chest is awkwardly large, a pain when it co...
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January 02, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger |
Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Kate Nash
Nash was born in Dublin, Ireland, to an English father and Irish mother, on 6 July 1987. She grew up in Harrow, North West London. Nash became interested in music in childhood. She learned how to play...
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Why I Don't Like Pride
But Steph, you may say: you're trans, and sort of a lesbian – queer as hell! You should love pride!
And yes, I should. But I don't. There are a few reasons, all compelling.
1) Transphobia. Full stop...
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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...