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February 15, 2011 | Julie Zeilinger |
Body image and body standards,
Economy,
Education,
Feminism,
Girls,
Media,
Misogyny
Masculinity: From A Feminine Perspective
It pains me a little bit to say this, but I have to admit it. I'm kind of a hypocrite. I've spent over a year on this blog exploring most every facet of being a teen girl in this culture through a fem...
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Notes on Beauty
When I was nine years old, I secretly dreamed of becoming a model.
I still wanted to be a writer, of course, but hey, a girl can dream, right? My family doctor had told my parents that because of the...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Ladies of the 2011 Grammys
Normally I don't pay much attention to the Grammys, but this year there are a number of female nominees that I'm pretty freakin psyched about. Some I've featured on SWAS before, others are new inducte...
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Saturday Vids: Katie Makkai "Pretty"
I came across this video while researching performance poetry for a competition I'm involved in at school, and I was floored by how truthful and beautifully written and performed it is.
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The Future West Point Cadet and Military Axe Grinding
Not a single female was to be found in my first semester history course.
Our class discussed this curious state of affairs extensively, and it was decided after much deliberation that another history...
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February 06, 2011 | Alana M |
Education,
Feminism,
Girls,
Media,
Misogyny,
Online harassment,
Science and tech
"Smack A Slut Week" is No Laughing Matter
These days, the only way I can get my friends together is through Facebook. That handy little "Events" section has really helped organize my social life. So, imagine my surprise when I logged on tod...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Neko Case
Neko Case is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her solo career and her contributions as a member of the Canadian indie rock group The New Pornographers.
Case recorded and toured for s...
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Saturday Vids: The Making of a Girl
Research shows that sex trafficking spikes on Super Bowl Sunday. But what exactly does sex trafficking in America look like?
What You Can Do
- Help pass a Federal Bill to increase direct support s...
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What Penalty For Sexism in Sport?
Anyone living in Britain at the moment would have to be hiding under a rock to have missed the current Sky news sexism row. It hasn’t quite got its own ‘-gate’ suffix yet but it’s surely only a matte...
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Femen: How Ukraine Does Feminist Protesting
The relationship between feminists and our bodies is a complicated one. Where as our general goal is to have ownership of and the ability to make choices about our bodies, we're stuck in a society tha...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Nellie McKay
"Feminists don't have a sense of humor
Feminists just want to be alone
Feminists spread vicious lies and rumors
They have a tumor on their funny bone..."
These brilliantly satirical lyrics com...
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Girls and Geekdom: The Team Unicorn Conundrum
The girls of Team Unicorn just can’t seem to win. They are hot girls and nerds, yet they find themselves rejected by both women and nerds. Team Unicorn’s video Geek and Gamer Girls made its way thro...
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Boycott "Monster"
When I first read this article on Experimentations of a Teenage Feminist, the first thing I said to myself was “good God.” It wasn’t a good “good God.” It was a BAD “good God.” A REALLY, REALLY, REALL...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Kellee Maize
Kellee’s mother always said, she “was dancing and singing before she could walk and talk”. She started singing and writing poetry and songs at a young age to entertain herself and escape reality. ...
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Saturday Vids: Kids Interviewed About Gender
*Sigh* looks like gender stereotypes aren't exactly being alleviated with the next generation. I mean, seriously, the parents who let their child wear safety goggles to the TV interview weren't open m...
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January 19, 2011 | Cherokee S |
Body image and body standards,
Economy,
Feminism,
Girls,
Media,
Science and tech
Get Thin or Die Trying
In outrage, my mum showed me an article in UK newspaper The Evening Standard and told me to read it. More or less, after finishing the article, I was in shock. I couldn’t believe what I had just read....
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January 18, 2011 | Julie Zeilinger |
Body image and body standards,
Education,
Feminism,
Girls,
Health,
International,
LGBTQIA,
Media,
Violence against women
Beauty Pageants: What You Should Do Instead
I usually don't pay attention to beauty pageants anymore. My reasons for hating them are pretty obvious and I've written about them here before. They blatantly objectify women. If they're boosting "se...
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January 17, 2011 | Katherine C |
Body image and body standards,
Feminism,
Health,
Media,
Misogyny,
Religion,
Violence against women
Thoughts on Victimization
In ancient Celtic myth, the goddess Macha was forced by Conor mac Nessa of Ulster and his men to race against his horses while trapped in human form, even though she was pregnant. It made her begin l...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Chairlift
Chairlift formed in Boulder, Colorado in early 2006 to make live music for haunted houses. Frequenting the Broker Inn on the edge of town for empty late-night jazz shows, Caroline Polachek, Aaron Pfen...
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Saturday Vids: Modern Lady on Bridalplasty
As soon as I heard about the new reality show "Bridalplasty" on E!, I knew I had to share its absurdity with other rational beings. On this show, engaged women compete in various wedding-themed challe...
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Snooki: An Emblem of Female Polarization
There is probably nothing that depresses me more than walking into a bookstore - to me, a sacred institution - and coming face to face with the most recent attempt of a starlet to write a book (becaus...
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Gay Slurs in Television
I would like to preface this entire post by mentioning that most actors who play high school students in our favorite dramas are really, really old. Though they have not yet succumbed to the allure of...
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Music Video Girls: Exploitive or an Industry of Independence
UK TV Channel BBC3 once in a while produces something worth taking a look at, and the minute I saw an advert for their latest one-off documentary endeavour - "Music, Money and Hip-Hop Honeys" - explor...
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Saturday Vids: Eve Ensler - I Love Being A Girl
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