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Support Women Artists Sunday: Rilo Kiley / Jenny Lewis
Rilo Kiley
Rilo Kiley’s audiences have a strong tendency to fall in love on the spot. Perhaps it’s their beaming faces or laid-back, admirable West Coast attitudes. Or maybe it’s just their uncan...
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March 04, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger |
Feminism
But You Don't Act Like A Feminist?
High school is a magical place. Throw a bunch of horny teenagers who are trying to figure out who the hell they are into a building that looks more like an insane asylum circa 1960 than a place of edu...
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Someone Needs To Take The Negative PR Off Of Abortion's back
As I was reading this post on "Abortion Doulas" I got to thinking about being pro-choice, abortion in general and about abortion in India in particular (as this is where I live). Out here, we tend to ...
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March 01, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger |
Feminism,
Gender-based violence,
International,
Violence against women
I Can't Believe This Still Happens: Honor Killings
It's kind of hard to convince American teenagers that we still need feminism. "But my mom works," many a peer of mine has stated in response to finding out that I identify with the f word. "She even k...
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Thoughts on "Hook Up Culture," or What I Learned From My High School Diary
Debates about "hooking up," swinging from genuine concern to hysteria on both sides of political spectrum, have been raging throughout the 2000s (Most of the freakouts over the "hookup scene" happens ...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Sia
Sia (full name Sia Furler) hails from the famously laid-back Australian city of Adelaide. Boasting a powerful, soulful voice, she worked the Adelaide jazz circuit during the '90s as a vocalist for...
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How Far We’ve Come: College
It's true- when people ask if we still need feminism I get really indignant and start yelling at them that of course we do, why a perfect example is last week when you told me to go make you a sandwic...
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National Eating Disorder Awareness Week
No, the title of this post is not the most uplifting thought in the world. But it's an issue that's plaguing my peers and isn't going away any time soon. Scratch that, it's not just an issue, or somet...
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February 23, 2010 | Jamie N |
Feminism
The Name Game
Even if you’re only a little bit of a feminist, getting married can be tough. I knew that some of the more archaic traditions could be nauseating but I found myself affronted with some good ole’ fashi...
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Taylor Swift: Not A Feminist's Dream
Inspired by AutoStraddle's article.
Now, let me begin by saying I don’t hate Taylor. She plays her own instruments, writes her own song (a fact that at times is painfully obvious) and if she learned ...
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GRITtv Interviews Kathleen Hanna
I love Kathleen Hanna and Bikini Kill. A lot. So when I saw this very recent interview with her, considering she doesn't do that many, I knew I had to share! She talks about zines v. blogging, the Wil...
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Elizabeth Gilbert on "Genius
My school advisor recently sent me a link to this video of a talk Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Pilgrims and Eat, Pray, Love, gave to the TED conference last year. Her views on the pressures of being a...
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An Interview With Marie C. Wilson
In 2008, the world watched as Hilary Clinton campaigned for the Democratic Presidential nomination. Although she didn’t receive the nomination, the fact that she was able to even enter the race and wa...
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"But Baby..."
I am a 14 year old girl, and a freshman in high school. I go to a great school, have amazing friends, and have found a love so deep and so early it’s impossible to understand. That said, I am also a f...
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Gen Eff: What You Don't Know Can Kill You
I wanted to share this with you guys. This is a new non-profit in my hometown that aims to increase health care awareness among teens and twenty-somethings. Health care is such a huge issue that I've ...
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Chicago Girls Rock
It's no surprise that I love music and especially take great interest in promoting women in the music industry. So when I got this email about an upcoming event in Chicago (I wish I could go!) I knew ...
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February 07, 2010 | Sheridan T |
Body image and body standards,
Feminism
A Woman and Her So-Called "Girly Parts": The Shaving Dilemma
Pubic hair has become kind of a controversial topic, especially among feminists, who seem to have gotten a reputation for being, well… hairy. But with so little exposure in porn and in the media to wh...
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An Interview with Carol Jenkins
It’s no secret that the media is dominated by men. The sexist treatment of Clinton and Palin in the election coverage is only one example of how women are viewed as less seriously as men, and certainl...
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International Night for Dummies
This post occurs at the same boarding school where girls have to wear pastel dresses for commencement. Ah, the bright future that lies ahead of us as the esteemed, Ivy-Leagued educated CEO’s wives…
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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 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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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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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...