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July 13, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Education
Syracuse University Chancellor, Nancy Cantor: Interview
A few months ago I got the chance to sit down with Nancy Cantor, the chancellor of Syracuse University.
Chancellor Cantor is a pioneer in implementing student interaction with the City of Syracu...
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Gossip Round Up
I have no schedule for this feature. I do not live my life with regularity, sad-ish but true. Anyway, on with it.
UP passed the $280 mil mark, 2nd only to Finding Nemo of Pixar's movies (because Ell...
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Dr. Regina Benjamin Obama's Surgeon General Choice
Today, Obama announced that Dr. Regina Benjamin is his official choice for Surgeon General.
While the position does require senate confirmation, Dr. Benjamin has accomplished such impressive feats a...
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Popularity is genetic?
Remember that post I did about the relationship between popularity in high school and success in life? Well, guess what folks, the anonymous "researchers" are at it again, trying to prove hat populari...
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Tori Amos on men
Tori Amos just wrote a beautiful a piece for The Guardian's Observer. She speaks, as a victim of sexual assault, how her life was shaped by the incident, the dangers of masculinity standards and the m...
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feminism and dating
I get why guys are afraid of feminists. I do. Many of us just get so worked up about the issues we may be perceived as...well, bitchy. Of course we're not, we just care deeply about protecting and pro...
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KGOY "kids getting older younger"
It's pretty depressing how I'm used to waiting in the line for H&M or Forever 21's dressing room with middle schoolers. I look over, see a 9 year old with a tube top and low-riding jeans, and shru...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Meiko
Meiko, born and raised in Roberta, Georgia (population: 808), has the classic story of a girl with talent from a small town. She honed her skills by singing at church, little league baseball parks and...
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Lily Allen: closet feminist?
So Lily Allen's new music video just come out for her song 22. And it got me thinking. I've always listened to Lily Allen, and thought "there's just something about her I really, really like."
Peopl...
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retro Gloria
Just watch...she's always been awesome. I enjoy the use of the phrase "groovy chick."
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Life is NOT High School
New York Magazine is reporting about a new study. The study, sadly titled "Popularity," reports that how popular you were in high school actually does affect your success in later life.
My ass it do...
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Media Justice for Sotomayor
This is so ridiculous. The statement they're referring to? Sotomayor said in a speech, "I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experience would more often than not reach a be...
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finally a feminist Judd Apatow
I always feel guilty when I watch Judd Apatow movies. It is true that they can be ridiculously funny. Knocked Up kept me laughing the entire time, even if the birth scene scarred me for life and inspi...
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well wtf am i supposed to buy?
So apparently there are no clothing options for me that are both ethical purchases and not something my grandma would squeal over.
Over at jezebel they posted about the Urban Outfitter's Ethics Surv...
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July 09, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Media
Perez starts a record label
Apparently the rumors (that I never actually hard about) have been confirmed and Perez Hilton is launching an imprint with Warner Brothers "in the near future."
Perez states, "I have an ear, whi...
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female CEO behind green efforts
New legislation was recently passed by the House (close vote though - 219 to 212) that seeks to curb greenhouse gas emissions and boost renewable energy use. The driving force behind the bill? Betsy A...
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July 08, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Feminism
Apparently, marrying for money is okay...and feminist!
I feel like I'm back in my modern world history class writing a paper about how the decline of the economy of some society led to their moral and ethical corruption. Except it's real life. And it's ou...
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July 08, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Media
Gossip Roundup
Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam is ago! THANK GOD!!!!! Apparently, Demi and the Purity Ring Trio return to Camp Rock to find out that many of the students and teachers have turned to the dark side and joi...
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July 08, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Media
How a Teenager Outsmarted Multi-Billion Dollar Company
Ari Weinstein is 15. As a preschooler, he changed his family's computer settings. At 7 he created a website and hacked AOL's parental controls. In sixth grade, he jailbreaked his iPod mini to get free...
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Jennifer's Body
So the trailer for Diablo Cody's new movie about a possessed cheerleader who seduces her male classmates then kills them was just released.
Bad news: I can't embed the video from youtube. so you ...
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July 07, 2009 | Becka W |
Feminism,
International
A Persepolis Reality
The hot, sunny days of summer always remind me of what it was like to be a kid – scrapes on my knees, no school, that familiar sound of the ice cream truck, sand in between my toes, shorts, tank tops,...
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July 07, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Media
Robsten? Stewpat?
So here are all the rumors floating around about Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson (that wasn't obvious from the title of the post??) because I feel like it's important to have all the Twilight rum...
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July 07, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Media
another teen show rant
I've been watching a lot of tv on the internet lately. Especially this school year, the scheduling of most "teen" shows [Gossip Girl; 90210; etc] really clashed with my own personal schedule, which wa...
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I Know You're Not 15
Mean Girls. She’s the Man. Romeo + Juliet. Stick It. 10 Things I Hate About You. High School Musical 2 and 3. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Bring It On. John Tucker Must Die. Princess Diaries...
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Boise man takes picture up woman's skirt
Yesterday, a man in Boise was arrested for trying to take pictures up women's skirts in downtown Boise.
He was then inducted into the national tool society of America, given a fedora (the official h...