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July 07, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Media
Why I Respect Taylor Swift
"I wanted this since the time I was a little girl. I've always just wished that maybe someday people would care about the words that I wrote. I'm so lucky that my songs are basically my diary put to...
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Women and Broadway: what EXACTLY do we hate?
Clearly there is discrimination against women in the film industry. Hell, if Ela Thier’s open letter didn’t make that clear enough, the associations most of society has with “Hollywood” and “women” sh...
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July 06, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Target Women: Hair
Newest from Sarah Haskins
Sort of reminds me about how Facebook quizzes think my hair color affects my personality. Apparently, I should be a redhead (I am not) because I am feisty (what a creati...
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how Liz Jones didn't defeat anorexia
Via Jezebel: Daily Mail reporter Liz Jones wrote one of the most disturbing articles I've ever read.
Having admittedly struggled with anorexia for 40 years (she hasn't recovered yet) Jones wrote abou...
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"Self Esteem Excuse"
“I have fake boobs because when random guys stare at my chest on the street, it gives me higher self esteem.”
“I take an exercise class that is essentially basic training for strippers because it mak...
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July 04, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Laura Marling
In honor of 4th of July weekend...I'm going for a Brit. Good.
Laura Marling, a 19 year old from Hampshire, England, released her first album, Alas, I Cannot Swim, in February 2008. Her unique sound...
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Revolutionary
So today I watched a movie called Revolutionary Road. I was on a plane coming home from Italy and I had 3 hours left so I figured I might as well fill it with an insightful film that would relax me an...
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"Serena Williams cruises to Wimbledon victory"
says the nytimes.
all i'm gonna say after writing this is you can take your "pretty" and shove it, Wimbledon....
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Growing up too fast
It scares me that things have changed so vastly in the 2 years since I've been in middle school. It seems to me that there is a very different standard for popularity nowadays then there was when I wa...
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Bridezillas 24/7
The New York Post reported yesterday that Cablevision is launching a 24/7 wedding channel sometime in the near future.
To which I responded: WTF?
Why are we so obssessed with weddings? Do we enjoy w...
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Appointed: a White House advisor on violence against women
Obama just appointed Lynn Rosenthal, a former executive director of the National Netowrk to End Domestic Violence, to the position of "White House adviser on violence against women." Apparently this i...
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Oh Wimbledon
Wimbledon. I had respect for you. With your penchant for serving tea and strawberries with cream while watching non contact sports instead of artery-blocking glorified fat while watching supposedly he...
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June 29, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Media
Megan Fox is cool
"If your idea of a role model is somebody who’s gonna preach to your kids that sex before marriage is wrong and cursing is wrong and women should be this and be that, then I’m not a role model. But if...
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Women's Sports Leagues
It was right around 4th or 5th grade that I, an intramural basketball champ at just under five feet tall, decided that I was going to be a point guard for the "NBA" as I told my parents. "But Julie," ...
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Support Woman Artists Sundays: Bat for Lashes
This week I'm going for Bat for Lashes. She's relatively new on the scene but I totally dig her.
According to her website Bat for Lashes is "the work of British singer/ songwriter, multi- instrument...
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why am I battling a bathing suit?
It's bathing suit season. Actually, it's been bathing suit season for kind of a while now, but I still on turn on the T.V. and am being forced to wonder, "This swimsuit season, whose going to win: you...
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NCRW Conference & Blog
With things being so crazy with my internship at the National Council for Research on Women (NCRW) I've decided to fill y'all in on the great work I've been doing there.
Almost 2 weeks ago, the NCRW...
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June 22, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Media
10 Things I Hate About You...abc fam version
If they screw this up I will send a multitude of strongly worded letters on my wild horse stationary my grandma thought I would love for my 6th birthday (I did ah-bviously) to the execs over at ABC ...
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Father's Day: Obama Style
Okay, I know Father's Day has come and gone, but I just gotta add this one thing that would really be relevant at any time.
President Obama wrote an article for Parade Magazine in honor of Fa...
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June 20, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Feminism
The History of Father's Day
This is history from the history channel's website, so you know it's legit:
The first known celebration of Father's Day was on July 5, 1908 in Fairmont, West Virginia, where it was commemorated at Wi...
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Boarding School: Chauvinist As Ever?
So, I came across this post on feministing. Although feministing is normally a site concerned with women’s rights issues from the perspectives of 20 and 30 something feminists, this post by a high sch...
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The Invisible Glass Ceiling
It was only since Twilight – which was directed by Catherine Hardwick- was released, and the box office totals clearly spelled out success, that I’ve realized what little presence women have in the fi...
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June 16, 2009 | Dylan F |
Media
American Hypersensitivity
To avoid any possibility of beginning this article with a rhetorical question-which, if committed, would be tantamount to stylistic self-immolation-I offer the following statement: this sentence is no...
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Support Women Artists Sunday
Alright, I'm ready to start a weekly series. Every Sunday (unless I forget and it's a different day...which will happen) I'm going to feature an up and coming new female artist that we should all supp...
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Games for Girls
Why hasn’t anyone made any computer games for girls?
*the vid really picks up around the 7 minute mark- but up till then is still good exposition
I’ll be honest, I don’t actually know that much a...