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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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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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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...
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The Headscarf
Right. Islam and feminism. What's the deal? I really don't know. I do appreciate the religion, though, as a lapsed Muslim, I'm probably not the best person to talk about this.
Still, I think I'm qual...
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Feminist Vlogging
It seems like blogging is a pretty accepted form of spreading the feminist word. However, we don't talk about those who are doing some awesome feminist vlogging. I thought today I'd share some of the ...
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Required Reading: Girldrive
I just finished reading the book Girldrive by Nona Willis Aronowitz (who has been an fbomb supporter from the beginning!) and Emma Bee Bernstein, and I must say, everybody who reads this blog HAS to r...
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December 16, 2009 | Taylor S |
Disability,
Feminism
An Old School Family
I grew up in an old school family. I am a second generation Hungarian immigrant, and first generation Canadian immigrant. Our family unites all of central Europe: Hungary, Croatia, former Yugoslavia, ...
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What I Learned at SDLC
When I told my friends I was going to SDLC, the Student Diversity Leadership Conference, they all asked the question I’d both anticipated and dreaded. “How can you go to that?” they asked, “You’re whi...
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December 10, 2009 | Amy CT |
Feminism
"I'm Not At All Sexist, Except..."
I work in a café – this may not initially seem important, but bare with me. So, when I work on Sundays, I’m the team supervisor; a seventeen year old girl running a team which includes at least two o...
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December 09, 2009 | Nellie B |
Feminism,
Violence against women
That's Not Funny
They're everywhere, it seems. Polluting my conversation, tainting my first impressions of people, causing me to seriously question my feminism. I'm talking about rape jokes.
This culture has legit...
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Uganda Be Kidding Me
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Let me see if I have this...
There exists something called the "Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009" in Uganda and through this...
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How Many Calories Are In That Gerber Applesauce?
Girls have an immense amount of pressure on them from an extremely early age. For as long as I can remember, I or one of my friends has been experiencing some kind of an issue with our body image. Whe...
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December 03, 2009 | Bobbi N |
Feminism
Something to Think About
My boyfriend and I have a good relationship. He respects me, and I do likewise, and we're both happy. But something very interesting happened today.
We had been making breakfast/lunch together, and a...
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Questions about Lesbianism
My name is Vanessa Fernando. I’m a writer, a dark chocolate addict, a vegetarian, a lady-loving lady, a repressed cat lover and an undergrad at McGill University majoring in History and Women’s Studie...
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Utena, Feminism, and the Vision of All Possible Worlds
Revolutionary Girl Utena follows the life of a teenage girl, who, rescued by a prince in childhood, resolves to become a prince as an adult. The series combines a fantastic setting with realistic char...