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May 06, 2014 | Katie Koestner |
Feminism,
Gender-based violence,
Media,
Politics,
Violence against women
An Open Letter to TBTN Event Holders
I was 18 years old when I joined you. Many of you had been holding Take Back the Night events in rain or snow, amid hecklers, for years. Some of you were already making your way to radical, already p...
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America Voted for Laverne Cox, So Why Didn't TIME Magazine Listen?
When I was in 12th grade, I asked my parents to buy me a subscription to TIME Magazine so I could learn more about current events before heading off to college. I still remember when the TIME 100 Most...
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Lady Promposals: I'm Breaking the Prom Double Standard -- Right Now
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With my grade's school day countdown approaching the twenties, obligatory end-of-high-school events are beco...
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April 23, 2014 | Darializa Avila-Chevalier |
Arts and culture,
Education,
Feminism,
Media,
Race/Ethnicity
Choosing Not to Support Marginalization of Minority Groups Through Illustration
As an artist for my college's newspaper, the Columbia Spectator, I sometimes have to illustrate pieces laced with unrecognized privilege. I’ve drawn for articles that fetishize poverty in Spanish Harl...
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Exciting News: The FBomb Is Joining the Women's Media Center
Discovering the world of feminist blogging was an experience of simultaneous relief and isolation: just as Second Wave feminists have described the way consciousness raising allowed them to realize th...
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Why We Must Speak Out
I love Sara Bareilles’ Brave. Who doesn’t love a message about overcoming fear in order to express one’s opinions?
Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
W...
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Girls: Do We Run The World?
I love Beyonce’s song Girls Run The World, it has an awesome chorus, a pumping beat, and a great message about the power of women. But unfortunately I think James Brown more accurately depicts our...
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Body Shaming In College Health Services Needs to Stop
“So it says on your record that you have a history with an eating disorder.”
“Yes,” I sputtered. I know it’s true, but no matter how many times the nurse practitioners read it to me at Barnard Colleg...
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What Exactly Do We Mean By Equal?
I am a feminist. I wear shirts that say “Riots not Diets” and tweet articles about women's issues. I am the founder of the feminist club on the campus of my women's college. I could probably take some...
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Saturday Vids: The Girls of Atomic City
I personally love uncovered stories of how women shaped history, which is why I'm adding The Girls of Atomic City to my reading list. The book covers how at the height of WWII, thousands of young girl...
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Black Women Create: Highlighting Black Women in Film and TV
Many people underestimate the power that representation in the media can have for young girls, and especially young girls of color–but connecting with the experiences of another person and empathizing...
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Who Are You Calling A Feminist?
Feminism is confronting its “uncool” reputation all over again, but this time it's the least likely candidates rejecting the movement: women. Celebrities like Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, and Taylor Swift a...
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Saturday Vids: Lily Myers "Shrinking Woman"
You may have already seen the viral video of Lily Myers' beautiful spoken poem "Shrinking Woman," but in honor of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, it's definitely worth experiencing again. All...
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Vogue vs Dunham vs Jezebel
Recently, I have been caught up in thinking about Lena Dunham's photo-shoot for Vogue Magazine. I am an avid Girls watcher and a Lena Dunham fan: she's quirky, funny, sharp, and not afraid to say wha...
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Body Positivity Looks Different For Each Person
I clearly did not wake up like this. There is liquid eyeliner on my eyes to create this cat eye, there is bronzer on my cheekbones to create the illusion that I have been in the sunlight, and there is...
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Saturday Vids: Elsa Teaches Disney Princesses About Empowerment
Though there has been some debate about whether or not Frozen is feminist or not, I personally feel that I can get behind this musical parody's message: why be confined to hiding behind true love?
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Why #Unapologetic Barbie Might Just Help The Body Positive Cause
As a feminist blogger who consistently deconstructs the way things like Barbie and digitally altered images of models objectify women and hold them to unachievable standards of beauty, I completely un...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Jessica Childress
Jessica Childress is an explosive talent poised to take the music industry by storm. She is reminiscent of the golden age of classic soul, with a voice that will move and inspire you. This LA soulstre...
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This Valentine's Day, Treat Yo Self
Each Valentine’s Day I can count on one thing: a bouquet of flowers from my mom. This bouquet used to make me feel lame, lonely, not loved in any “real” romantic, non-mommy way. As a feminist I have a...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: London Grammar
English trio London Grammar combined sparse electronic pop in the model of the xx with dramatic, big-voiced lead singer Hannah Reid, whose vocals evoke contemporaries Florence Welch and Natasha Khan o...
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The Disney Channel's First LGBTQ Couple
The last weekend of January sure was an eventful one in the pop culture world. Sunday night was the 56th Grammy Music Awards and, although I didn't have the patience to sit through the entire awards s...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Caitlin Rose
Caitlin Rose's inspirations, from Gram Parsons to Bonnie Raitt to Linda Ronstadt, belied her late-‘80s birth. The offbeat Nashville, Tennessee-based singer/songwriter and guitarist debuted in February...
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Saturday Vids: Ten Responses to the Phrase 'Man Up'
Thanks so much to reader Monique for submitting this fantastic video of spoken-word poet Guante describing ten ways to respond to the phrase "Man Up."
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The Russian Broadway Community Responds to Russian Anti-Gay Propoganda Law
Anybody who has been paying even a modicum of attention to the 2014 Winter Olympics knows about the outrage caused by Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to sign into law an act prohibiting th...
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Sexist Jokes: Still Not Funny
One of my male teachers has repeatedly made a joke about girls belonging in the kitchen. Usually, he'd make that comment, some girls in my class would jokingly yell "hey!" and he'd laugh, say he's jok...